Sandman by KaliMoose

Format: Commander

Commander: Sandman, Shifting Scoundrel

Bracket: 2

DeckCheck Threat Index: 28

Deck overview

This deck is a mono-green lands-matter stompy strategy commanded by Sandman, Shifting Scoundrel. The primary game plan ramps aggressively into high land counts to inflate Sandman and parallel scaling creatures like Multani, Yavimaya's Avatar and Ulvenwald Hydra. Early turns focus on establishing mana acceleration with spells like Three Visits, Kodama's Reach, and Sakura-Tribe Elder. By Turn 4, the deck deploys its commander and sets up draw engines such as Garruk's Uprising. The deck pivots into a decisive threat on Turn 6, utilizing massive power multipliers like Unnatural Growth or wide token generators like Rampaging Baloths and Titania, Protector of Argoth. It closes the game across Turns 6 to 8 by punching through defenses with trample, evasion, and unblockable effects. While vulnerable to instant creature removal and mass exile, the commander's built-in graveyard recursion and resilient land base ensure rapid rebuilding after board wipes.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Aftermath Analyst
  • 1 Ancient Greenwarden
  • 1 Arbor Elf
  • 1 Archdruid's Charm
  • 1 Ashaya, Soul of the Wild
  • 1 Avatar Destiny
  • 1 Axebane Ferox
  • 1 Balustrade Wurm
  • 1 Beast Within
  • 1 Beneath the Sands
  • 1 Biogenic Upgrade
  • 1 Blinding Fog
  • 1 Boon of Boseiju
  • 1 Butcher's Cleaver
  • 1 Cactarantula
  • 1 Chariot of Victory
  • 1 Creeping Corrosion
  • 1 Cultivator Colossus
  • 1 Disciple of Freyalise // Garden of Freyalise
  • 1 Echoing Deeps
  • 1 Emerald Medallion
  • 1 Entish Restoration
  • 1 Evolving Wilds
  • 1 Fierce Empath
  • 25 Forest
  • 1 Forgotten Ancient
  • 1 Fungal Sprouting
  • 1 Garruk's Uprising
  • 1 Ghalta, Primal Hunger
  • 1 Harmonize
  • 1 Haunted Cloak
  • 1 Hidden Nursery
  • 1 Kodama's Reach
  • 1 Magus of the Order
  • 1 Map the Frontier
  • 1 Multani, Yavimaya's Avatar
  • 1 Nature's Claim
  • 1 Oak Street Innkeeper
  • 1 Overrun
  • 1 Power Matrix
  • 1 Rain of Thorns
  • 1 Rampaging Baloths
  • 1 Ramunap Excavator
  • 1 Rancor
  • 1 Retreat to Kazandu
  • 1 Return of the Wildspeaker
  • 1 Rites of Flourishing
  • 1 Rogue's Passage
  • 1 Sakura-Tribe Elder
  • 1 Sandman, Shifting Scoundrel
  • 1 Sandstone Deadfall
  • 1 Sandwurm Convergence
  • 1 Scale the Heights
  • 1 Scavenging Ooze
  • 1 Scrapshooter
  • 1 Secret Tunnel
  • 1 Shire Terrace
  • 1 Snakeskin Veil
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Spelunking
  • 1 Summon: Titan
  • 1 Sunscorched Desert
  • 1 Terramorphic Expanse
  • 1 The Boulder, Ready to Rumble
  • 1 Three Visits
  • 1 Titania, Nature's Force
  • 1 Titania, Protector of Argoth
  • 1 Titania, Voice of Gaea
  • 1 Ulvenwald Hydra
  • 1 Unnatural Growth
  • 1 Urza's Cave
  • 1 Vibrant Cityscape
  • 1 Virtue of Strength // Garenbrig Growth
  • 1 Wear Down
  • 1 Wild Pair
  • 1 Yeva, Nature's Herald