Savagery to survive, courage to triumph. by Raystorm

Format: Commander

Commander: Surrak Dragonclaw

Bracket: 3

DeckCheck Threat Index: 50

Deck overview

This Temur deck runs a creature-based midrange engine built around high-power threats, explosive mana ramp, and persistent draw triggers. It uses 14 low-cost mana dorks to deploy power-matters card advantage pieces like Temur Ascendancy, Garruk's Uprising, and The Great Henge ahead of curve. Once established by Turn 4, the deck chains massive creatures, repeatedly drawing cards and generating substantial mana via Selvala, Heart of the Wilds and Klauth, Unrivaled Ancient. On Turn 5, it presents critical combat onset with haste and trample enablers, leveraging lethal force multipliers such as Zopandrel, Hunger Dominus, Xenagos, God of Revels, and Craterhoof Behemoth to eliminate opponents across one response cycle by Turn 6. Surrak Dragonclaw ensures creature spells resolve and grants trample, though the deck operates independently through deep redundancy in the 99. As an alternate late-game line, resolving Primal Surge puts the entire permanent-only library onto the battlefield for an immediate win with Thassa's Oracle.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Aberrant
  • 1 Absorbing Man and Titania
  • 1 Alchemist's Refuge
  • 1 Anzrag, the Quake-Mole
  • 1 Badgermole Cub
  • 1 Balefire Dragon
  • 1 Beast Whisperer
  • 1 Bident of Thassa
  • 1 Biophagus
  • 1 Birds of Paradise
  • 1 Bitter Work
  • 1 Bloom Tender
  • 1 Bonders' Enclave
  • 1 Boreal Druid
  • 1 Boseiju, Who Endures
  • 1 Breeding Pool
  • 1 Bruce Banner // The Incredible Hulk
  • 1 Cactusfolk Sureshot
  • 1 Cascade Bluffs
  • 1 Castle Garenbrig
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Consecrated Sphinx
  • 1 Craterhoof Behemoth
  • 1 Delighted Halfling
  • 1 Dragonborn Champion
  • 1 Elemental Bond
  • 1 Elvish Mystic
  • 1 Eshki, Temur's Roar
  • 1 Fanatic of Rhonas
  • 1 Fear of Impostors
  • 1 Flooded Grove
  • 1 Forest
  • 1 Frilled Mystic
  • 1 Frostcliff Siege
  • 1 Fyndhorn Elves
  • 1 Garruk's Packleader
  • 1 Garruk's Uprising
  • 1 Goblin Anarchomancer
  • 1 Goreclaw, Terror of Qal Sisma
  • 1 Guardian Project
  • 1 Gwenna, Eyes of Gaea
  • 1 Herd Heirloom
  • 1 Hinterland Harbor
  • 1 Hullbreaker Horror
  • 1 Incubation Druid
  • 1 Island
  • 1 Jumbo Cactuar
  • 1 Karplusan Forest
  • 1 Kessig Wolf Run
  • 1 Ketria Triome
  • 1 Klauth, Unrivaled Ancient
  • 1 Kogla, the Titan Ape
  • 1 Llanowar Elves
  • 1 Mistrise Village
  • 1 Misty Rainforest
  • 1 Mountain
  • 1 Mystic Snake
  • 1 Nylea, Keen-Eyed
  • 1 Otawara, Soaring City
  • 1 Outcaster Trailblazer
  • 1 Primal Surge
  • 1 Prime Speaker Zegana
  • 1 Professor Hulk
  • 1 Radagast of Rhosgobel
  • 1 Ravenous Tyrannosaurus
  • 1 Rejuvenating Springs
  • 1 Reliquary Tower
  • 1 Rootbound Crag
  • 1 Scalding Tarn
  • 1 Scrapshooter
  • 1 Selvala, Heart of the Wilds
  • 1 Shivan Reef
  • 1 Silver Surfer, Cosmic Voyager
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Somberwald Sage
  • 1 Spire Garden
  • 1 Steam Vents
  • 1 Stomping Ground
  • 1 Sulfur Falls
  • 1 Surrak Dragonclaw
  • 1 Survival of the Fittest
  • 1 Taiga
  • 1 Teferi, Mage of Zhalfir
  • 1 Temur Ascendancy
  • 1 Temur Battlecrier
  • 1 Temur Sabertooth
  • 1 Terror of the Peaks
  • 1 Thassa's Oracle
  • 1 The Great Henge
  • 1 Training Center
  • 1 Transcendent Dragon
  • 1 Tropical Island
  • 1 Urabrask the Hidden
  • 1 Volcanic Island
  • 1 Wistfulness
  • 1 Wooded Foothills
  • 1 Xenagos, God of Revels
  • 1 Yavimaya Coast
  • 1 Yavimaya, Cradle of Growth
  • 1 Zopandrel, Hunger Dominus