Blech v2 by cl3vr540

Format: Commander

Commander: Blech, Loafing Pest

Bracket: 3

Deck overview

This is a Golgari lifegain-tribal swarm deck built around Blech, Loafing Pest: every point of life gained turns into a +1/+1 counter on each Pest, Bat, Insect, Snake, and Spider the pilot controls. The deck plays a midrange value game, turning early lifegain permanents like Essence Warden and Bogwater Lumaret into a growing board of token Insects, Spiders, and Pests, then multiplying those counters with Hardened Scales and Winding Constrictor. The primary closure is a burst turn: sacrifice a large board with Plumb the Forbidden or Tend the Pests while Cauldron of Essence and Enduring Tenacity convert every death and life-gain trigger into table-wide drain. A wide trample/menace/deathtouch combat swing is the backup, and a recursion shell of Reanimate, Victimize, Whip of Erebos, and Moseo, Vein's New Dean keeps the engine rebuilding.

Decklist (102 cards)

  • 1 Abrupt Decay
  • 1 Ad Nauseam
  • 1 Arachnogenesis
  • 1 Arasta of the Endless Web
  • 1 Assassin's Trophy
  • 1 Beast Within
  • 1 Blech, Loafing Pest
  • 1 Blex, Vexing Pest // Search for Blex
  • 1 Bogwater Lumaret
  • 1 Bojuka Bog
  • 1 Broodhatch Nantuko
  • 1 Bushmaster, Coiled Henchman
  • 1 Cauldron of Essence
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Command the Dreadhorde
  • 1 Corrupted Conviction
  • 1 Cultivate
  • 1 Dark Ritual
  • 1 Darkstar Augur
  • 1 Deathcap Glade
  • 1 Diabolic Intent
  • 1 Dina's Guidance
  • 1 Dina, Essence Brewer
  • 1 Druid Class
  • 1 Duskshell Crawler
  • 1 Enduring Tenacity
  • 1 Essence Warden
  • 1 Essenceknit Scholar
  • 1 Eumidian Terrabotanist
  • 1 Fanatic of Rhonas
  • 1 Farseek
  • 1 Feral Appetite
  • 11 Forest
  • 1 Golgari Charm
  • 1 Golgari Rot Farm
  • 1 Greater Good
  • 1 Hagra Constrictor
  • 1 Hardened Scales
  • 1 Haywire Mite
  • 1 Heritage Reclamation
  • 1 Hornet Nest
  • 1 Illegitimate Business
  • 1 Immoral Bargain
  • 1 Inspiring Call
  • 1 Iridescent Hornbeetle
  • 1 Jungle Hollow
  • 1 Kazandu Nectarpot
  • 1 Kodama's Reach
  • 1 Llanowar Wastes
  • 1 Moseo, Vein's New Dean
  • 1 Nature's Lore
  • 1 Necroblossom Snarl
  • 1 Overgrown Tomb
  • 1 Pest Infestation
  • 1 Pest Mascot
  • 1 Pest Rescuer
  • 1 Phyrexian Arena
  • 1 Plumb the Forbidden
  • 1 Prosperous Innkeeper
  • 1 Reanimate
  • 1 Sakura-Tribe Elder
  • 1 Scute Swarm
  • 1 Send in the Pest
  • 1 Starscape Cleric
  • 10 Swamp
  • 1 Talisman of Resilience
  • 1 Tamiyo's Safekeeping
  • 1 Teacher's Pest
  • 1 Tend the Pests
  • 1 Terrasymbiosis
  • 1 Toxic Deluge
  • 1 Twilight Mire
  • 1 Twitching Doll
  • 1 Vernal Fen
  • 1 Victimize
  • 1 Vigor
  • 1 Village Rites
  • 1 Virulent Emissary
  • 1 Wastewood Verge
  • 1 Whip of Erebos
  • 1 Winding Constrictor
  • 1 Woodland Cemetery
  • 1 Zero Point Ballad