Aunties Plague: TB5w20$L

Format: Commander

Commander: Auntie Ool, Cursewretch

Bracket: 4

DeckCheck Threat Index: 53

Deck overview

This deck is a Jund -1/-1 counter combo-control strategy led by Auntie Ool, Cursewretch. It leverages -1/-1 counter distribution as both an asymmetric board control tool and an explosive card-advantage engine. Fast early ramp accelerates Auntie Ool and key token generators like Hapatra, Vizier of Poisons and Nest of Scarabs onto the battlefield by Turn 4. The primary win condition is an infinite loop between Blowfly Infestation and a token maker, creating endless creature deaths and counter placements that instantly drain opponents via Obelisk Spider, burn them with All Will Be One, or draw the entire library with Auntie Ool. Backed by oppressive stax pieces like Collector Ouphe, Kulrath Knight, and Maha, Its Feathers Night, alongside a rich removal suite, the deck systematically dismantles opposing creature strategies while assembling a deterministic same-turn victory.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Abrupt Decay
  • 1 Ad Nauseam
  • 1 All Will Be One
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Archfiend of Ifnir
  • 1 Assassin's Trophy
  • 1 Auntie Ool, Cursewretch
  • 1 Beast Within
  • 1 Birds of Paradise
  • 1 Black Sun's Zenith
  • 1 Blightstep Pathway // Searstep Pathway
  • 1 Bloodstained Mire
  • 1 Blowfly Infestation
  • 1 Cankerbloom
  • 1 Carpet of Flowers
  • 1 Channeler Initiate
  • 1 Cinder Glade
  • 1 City of Brass
  • 1 Collector Ouphe
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Cragcrown Pathway // Timbercrown Pathway
  • 1 Culling Ritual
  • 1 Culling the Weak
  • 1 Dark Ritual
  • 1 Darkbore Pathway // Slitherbore Pathway
  • 1 Deadly Dispute
  • 1 Deathcap Glade
  • 1 Deathrite Shaman
  • 1 Defense Grid
  • 1 Demonic Consultation
  • 1 Devoted Druid
  • 1 Diabolic Intent
  • 1 Dragonskull Summit
  • 1 Everlasting Torment
  • 1 Evolution Sage
  • 1 Evolutionary Leap
  • 1 Exotic Orchard
  • 1 Farseek
  • 1 Feed the Swarm
  • 1 Fire Covenant
  • 1 Force of Vigor
  • 5 Forest
  • 1 Gamble
  • 1 Glissa Sunslayer
  • 1 Hapatra, Vizier of Poisons
  • 1 Ifnir Deadlands
  • 1 Ignoble Hierarch
  • 1 Imperial Recruiter
  • 1 Infernal Grasp
  • 1 Journey to Eternity // Atzal, Cave of Eternity
  • 1 Karplusan Forest
  • 1 Kulrath Knight
  • 1 Llanowar Wastes
  • 1 Maha, Its Feathers Night
  • 1 Massacre Girl, Known Killer
  • 3 Mountain
  • 1 Nature's Claim
  • 1 Nature's Lore
  • 1 Necroskitter
  • 1 Nest of Scarabs
  • 1 Nesting Grounds
  • 1 Night's Whisper
  • 1 Obelisk Spider
  • 1 Plunge into Darkness
  • 1 Rampant Growth
  • 1 Reanimate
  • 1 Rockfall Vale
  • 1 Rootbound Crag
  • 1 Sakura-Tribe Elder
  • 1 Sinister Gnarlbark
  • 1 Smoldering Marsh
  • 1 Snuff Out
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Sulfurous Springs
  • 7 Swamp
  • 1 Tainted Peak
  • 1 Tainted Wood
  • 1 Terminate
  • 1 The Scorpion God
  • 1 Toxic Deluge
  • 1 Tyvar's Stand
  • 1 Underworld Breach
  • 1 Utopia Sprawl
  • 1 Veil of Summer
  • 1 Village Rites
  • 1 Wild Growth
  • 1 Wooded Foothills
  • 1 Woodland Cemetery