Squirreled Away by ZayDesu

Format: Commander

Commander: Hazel of the Rootbloom

Bracket: 3

DeckCheck Threat Index: 41

Deck overview

This deck is a Golgari token swarm and aristocrats strategy led by Hazel of the Rootbloom. Hazel provides both explosive mana acceleration and exponential token multiplication, cloning your best tokens each end step and doubling Squirrel copies. The game plan opens with low-cost token generators and mana dorks before deploying Hazel on turn 4. Once Hazel is active, you leverage token copies to generate massive mana bursts, casting high-impact payoffs like Chatterfang, Squirrel General, The Unbeatable Squirrel Girl, and Beledros Witherbloom. The deck converts wide token boards into decisive victories through two primary angles: aristocrat life drain via Mirkwood Bats, Marionette Apprentice, and Zulaport Cutthroat, or overwhelming combat overruns with Beastmaster Ascension and The Odd Acorn Gang. Robust recursion, instant-speed protection, and flexible interaction ensure the engine recovers smoothly from removal and maintains relentless table-wide pressure.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Arachnogenesis
  • 1 Assassin's Trophy
  • 1 Bala Ged Recovery // Bala Ged Sanctuary
  • 1 Bayou
  • 1 Beastmaster Ascension
  • 1 Beifong's Bounty Hunters
  • 1 Beledros Witherbloom
  • 1 Beseech the Mirror
  • 1 Black Market Connections
  • 1 Bloodroot Apothecary
  • 1 Boggart Trawler // Boggart Bog
  • 1 Boseiju, Who Endures
  • 1 Braids, Arisen Nightmare
  • 1 Camellia, the Seedmiser
  • 1 Chatterfang, Squirrel General
  • 1 Chittering Witch
  • 1 Chord of Calling
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Cryptolith Rite
  • 1 Deathcap Glade
  • 1 Deathrite Shaman
  • 1 Deep Forest Hermit
  • 1 Dina, Essence Brewer
  • 1 Emergence Zone
  • 1 Enduring Vitality
  • 1 Evolving Wilds
  • 1 Exotic Orchard
  • 1 Exquisite Blood
  • 1 Fabled Passage
  • 1 Fell the Profane // Fell Mire
  • 1 Forest
  • 1 Fountainport
  • 1 Garruk, Cursed Huntsman
  • 1 Gilded Goose
  • 1 Gothmog, Morgul Lieutenant
  • 1 Grim Backwoods
  • 1 Grist, the Hunger Tide
  • 1 Growing Rites of Itlimoc // Itlimoc, Cradle of the Sun
  • 1 Haywire Mite
  • 1 Hazel of the Rootbloom
  • 1 Hazel's Brewmaster
  • 1 Head of the Hunt
  • 1 Heroic Intervention
  • 1 In Garruk's Wake
  • 1 Jaheira, Friend of the Forest
  • 1 Kingpin, Wilson Fisk
  • 1 Legolas's Quick Reflexes
  • 1 Llanowar Wastes
  • 1 Marionette Apprentice
  • 1 Maskwood Nexus
  • 1 Mazirek, Kraul Death Priest
  • 1 Mirkwood Bats
  • 1 Morbid Opportunist
  • 1 Mudflat Village
  • 1 Nadier's Nightblade
  • 1 Oakhollow Village
  • 1 Obscuring Haze
  • 1 Ogre Slumlord
  • 1 Ophiomancer
  • 1 Oran-Rief, the Vastwood
  • 1 Osteomancer Adept
  • 1 Pelakka Predation // Pelakka Caverns
  • 1 Phyrexian Tower
  • 1 Poison-Tip Archer
  • 1 Priest of Forgotten Gods
  • 1 Radagast of Rhosgobel
  • 1 Ravenous Squirrel
  • 1 Restless Cottage
  • 1 Scavenger's Talent
  • 1 Scurry of Squirrels
  • 1 Shang-Chi, Master of Kung Fu
  • 1 Sifter of Skulls
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Sudden Spoiling
  • 2 Swamp
  • 1 Swarmyard
  • 1 Swarmyard Massacre
  • 1 Tangled Florahedron // Tangled Vale
  • 1 Terramorphic Expanse
  • 1 The Odd Acorn Gang
  • 1 The Unbeatable Squirrel Girl
  • 1 Thorn Mammoth
  • 1 Thornvault Forager
  • 1 Tippy-Toe, Terrific Partner
  • 1 Toski, Bearer of Secrets
  • 1 Umbral Collar Zealot
  • 1 Underground Mortuary
  • 1 Undergrowth Stadium
  • 1 Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth
  • 1 Valley Rotcaller
  • 1 Vat of Rebirth
  • 1 Veil of Summer
  • 1 Verdant Catacombs
  • 1 Vernal Fen
  • 1 Warren Soultrader
  • 1 Wastewood Verge
  • 1 Woodland Cemetery
  • 1 Yavimaya, Cradle of Growth
  • 1 Zulaport Cutthroat