Snakes by Schwerdtfeger

Format: Commander

Commander: Kaseto, Orochi Archmage

Bracket: 2

DeckCheck Threat Index: 26

Deck overview

This deck is a classic Simic Snake tribal deck led by Kaseto, Orochi Archmage. The game plan revolves around deploying cheap, efficient Snakes in the early turns, establishing Kaseto, and utilizing Kaseto's activated ability to make Snakes unblockable while boosting their power and toughness. Mana acceleration through low-cost land enchantments and dorks ensures Kaseto enters play on Turn 3 and can activate abilities multiple times each combat step. The deck pressures individual opponents through evasive combat damage and poison counters from Blight Mamba. Subthemes include Kamigawa-era combat freeze triggers and creature-based card selection. While the deck boasts strong mana consistency and redundant cheap attackers, its linear single-target combat structure leaves it slow to close out a full four-player table, giving opponents multiple turns to find sweepers or execute faster combo strategies.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Abundant Harvest
  • 1 Ambush Viper
  • 1 Birds of Paradise
  • 1 Blight Mamba
  • 1 Brutalizer Exarch
  • 1 Changeling Titan
  • 1 Citanul Woodreaders
  • 1 Cobra Trap
  • 1 Commune with Nature
  • 1 Commune with the Gods
  • 1 Dawntreader Elk
  • 1 Disdainful Stroke
  • 1 Dreamdew Entrancer
  • 1 Dreams of Laguna
  • 1 Elvish Visionary
  • 1 Fertile Ground
  • 1 Fog
  • 16 Forest
  • 1 Gatecreeper Vine
  • 1 Glass Asp
  • 1 Goggles of Night
  • 1 Grim Flowering
  • 1 Hapless Researcher
  • 1 Harrow
  • 16 Island
  • 1 Jewel-Eyed Cobra
  • 1 Kaseto, Orochi Archmage
  • 1 Kashi-Tribe Reaver
  • 1 Kashi-Tribe Warriors
  • 1 Kelpie Guide
  • 1 Lakeside Shack
  • 1 Lead the Stampede
  • 1 Ley Druid
  • 1 Llanowar Elves
  • 1 Llanowar Empath
  • 1 Matsu-Tribe Decoy
  • 1 Matsu-Tribe Sniper
  • 1 Mire Boa
  • 1 Moss Viper
  • 1 Natural Connection
  • 1 Negate
  • 1 Nemesis of Mortals
  • 1 Noose Constrictor
  • 1 Nylea's Presence
  • 1 Opt
  • 1 Orochi Leafcaller
  • 1 Orochi Ranger
  • 1 Orochi Sustainer
  • 1 Overgrowth
  • 1 Quandrix Campus
  • 1 Rampant Growth
  • 1 Reality Shift
  • 1 Reclaim
  • 1 Recollect
  • 1 Rending Vines
  • 1 Repulsive Mutation
  • 1 River Boa
  • 1 Run Away Together
  • 1 Seedling Charm
  • 1 Seek the Wilds
  • 1 Simic Guildgate
  • 1 Snake of the Golden Grove
  • 1 Stuck in Summoner's Sanctum
  • 1 Tangle Asp
  • 1 Thornwood Falls
  • 1 Trade the Helm
  • 1 Warriors' Lesson
  • 1 Wasteland Viper
  • 1 Wild Growth
  • 1 Wildsize