Ham Fisted by doorbroken

Format: Commander

Commander: Minsc & Boo, Timeless Heroes

Bracket: 3

DeckCheck Threat Index: 48

Deck overview

This Gruul midrange deck is commanded by Minsc & Boo, Timeless Heroes, focusing on rapid mana acceleration, aggressive +1/+1 counter scaling, and massive burst card advantage. The deck consistently deploys its commander on Turn 3 via dense 1-2 CMC ramp, immediately creating a hasty, trampling Hamster token (Boo) that grows into a 4/4 or larger threat. By Turn 4, counter multipliers like Branching Evolution and Innkeeper's Talent scale Boo into a lethal attacker, while Minsc & Boo's -2 loyalty ability converts that power into direct burn and huge hand refills. Supported by stompy payoffs such as Xenagos, God of Revels, Ghalta, Primal Hunger, and Chandra's Ignition, the deck distributes overwhelming combat and direct burn damage to eliminate all three opponents by Turn 6. Defensively, low-cost protection and redirection spells safeguard the commander while it powers through opposing boards.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Alexios, Deimos of Kosmos
  • 1 Apex Devastator
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Avatar of Slaughter
  • 1 Beast Within
  • 1 Bolt Bend
  • 1 Branching Evolution
  • 1 Brash Taunter
  • 1 Bugenhagen, Wise Elder
  • 1 Chandra's Ignition
  • 1 Chaos Warp
  • 1 Cinder Glade
  • 1 Combustible Gearhulk
  • 1 Decimate
  • 1 Disciple of Freyalise // Garden of Freyalise
  • 1 Epic Fight
  • 1 Etali, Primal Storm
  • 1 Fanatic of Rhonas
  • 1 Fight Rigging
  • 1 Fire-Lit Thicket
  • 1 Flare of Duplication
  • 1 Fling
  • 11 Forest
  • 1 Forgotten Ancient
  • 1 Frenzied Baloth
  • 1 Game Trail
  • 1 Germination Practicum
  • 1 Ghalta, Primal Hunger
  • 1 Goblin Anarchomancer
  • 1 Grumgully, the Generous
  • 1 Hardened Scales
  • 1 Heroic Intervention
  • 1 Hierophant Bio-Titan
  • 1 Ilysian Caryatid
  • 1 Innkeeper's Talent
  • 1 Karplusan Forest
  • 1 Loading Zone
  • 1 Managorger Hydra
  • 1 Minsc & Boo, Timeless Heroes
  • 1 Mossfire Valley
  • 11 Mountain
  • 1 Nature's Lore
  • 1 Ornithopter of Paradise
  • 1 Overwhelming Stampede
  • 1 Ozolith, the Shattered Spire
  • 1 Powerbalance
  • 1 Rampant Growth
  • 1 Reclamation Sage
  • 1 Redirect Lightning
  • 1 Reliquary Tower
  • 1 Return the Favor
  • 1 Rockfall Vale
  • 1 Rootbound Crag
  • 1 Ruric Thar, the Unbowed
  • 1 Self-Destruct
  • 1 Selvala, Heart of the Wilds
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Soul's Fire
  • 1 Sphere Grid
  • 1 Stomping Ground
  • 1 Talisman of Impulse
  • 1 Tamiyo's Safekeeping
  • 1 Taurean Mauler
  • 1 Terrasymbiosis
  • 1 The Earth Crystal
  • 1 The Fire Crystal
  • 1 The Reaver Cleaver
  • 1 Thornspire Verge
  • 1 Thought Vessel
  • 1 Three Visits
  • 1 Toski, Bearer of Secrets
  • 1 Training Compound
  • 1 Traverse the Outlands
  • 1 Unnatural Growth
  • 1 Verdurous Gearhulk
  • 1 Vigor
  • 1 Whisperer of the Wilds
  • 1 Wild Growth
  • 1 Xenagos, God of Revels
  • 1 Zopandrel, Hunger Dominus