Baddies on a Budget

Format: Commander

Commander: Henzie "Toolbox" Torre

Bracket: 3

DeckCheck Threat Index: 50

Deck overview

This deck is a high-velocity Jund Midrange list commanded by Henzie 'Toolbox' Torre. It leverages Henzie's blitz ability to grant haste, cost reduction, and death-triggered card draw to large creature spells. Dense 1-mana ramp ensures Henzie enters on Turn 2, enabling Turn 3 blitzing of ramp creatures like Primeval Herald and Rampant Rejuvenator. By Turn 4, the deck deploys game-ending threats including Archon of Cruelty, Etali, Primal Conqueror, and Ancient Copper Dragon. The blitz mechanic circumvents sorcery-speed removal and stocks the graveyard for explosive mass reanimation through Living Death and Bringer of the Last Gift. While it lacks infinite combos, its recurring card flow, heavy ETB/death attrition, and rapid combat pressure eliminate the table by Turn 6.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Ancient Brass Dragon
  • 1 Ancient Copper Dragon
  • 1 Anger
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Archon of Cruelty
  • 1 Archpriest of Shadows
  • 1 Assassin's Trophy
  • 1 Atsushi, the Blazing Sky
  • 1 Balor
  • 1 Bane of Progress
  • 1 Birds of Paradise
  • 1 Birthing Pod
  • 1 Birthing Ritual
  • 1 Blood Crypt
  • 1 Bloodstained Mire
  • 1 Bloom Tender
  • 1 Boseiju, Who Endures
  • 1 Braids, Arisen Nightmare
  • 1 Bringer of the Last Gift
  • 1 Chainer, Nightmare Adept
  • 1 City of Brass
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Deadly Rollick
  • 1 Deflecting Swat
  • 1 Delighted Halfling
  • 1 Disciple of Bolas
  • 1 Disciple of Freyalise // Garden of Freyalise
  • 1 Dragonskull Summit
  • 1 Druid of Purification
  • 1 Elves of Deep Shadow
  • 1 Elvish Mystic
  • 1 Etali, Primal Conqueror // Etali, Primal Sickness
  • 1 Evercoat Ursine
  • 1 Exotic Orchard
  • 1 Farseek
  • 1 Fell the Profane // Fell Mire
  • 4 Forest
  • 1 Garruk's Uprising
  • 1 Goreclaw, Terror of Qal Sisma
  • 1 Greater Good
  • 1 Henzie "Toolbox" Torre
  • 1 Ignoble Hierarch
  • 1 Incinerator of the Guilty
  • 1 Industrial Advancement
  • 1 Junji, the Midnight Sky
  • 1 Karplusan Forest
  • 1 Kogla, the Titan Ape
  • 1 Kokusho, the Evening Star
  • 1 Kura, the Boundless Sky
  • 1 Living Death
  • 1 Llanowar Elves
  • 1 Llanowar Wastes
  • 1 Luxury Suite
  • 1 Malakir Rebirth // Malakir Mire
  • 1 Massacre Wurm
  • 1 Mikaeus, the Unhallowed
  • 2 Mountain
  • 1 Nature's Lore
  • 1 Noxious Gearhulk
  • 1 Ojer Kaslem, Deepest Growth // Temple of Cultivation
  • 1 Overgrown Tomb
  • 1 Primaris Eliminator
  • 1 Primeval Herald
  • 1 Protean Hulk
  • 1 Rampant Rejuvenator
  • 1 Ravenous Chupacabra
  • 1 Reanimate
  • 1 Riveteers Ascendancy
  • 1 Rockfall Vale
  • 1 Roxanne, Starfall Savant
  • 1 Savage Lands
  • 1 Scourge of the Throne
  • 1 Seedguide Ash
  • 1 Sheoldred // The True Scriptures
  • 1 Skullclamp
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Solemn Simulacrum
  • 1 Spire Garden
  • 1 Stomping Ground
  • 1 Sulfurous Springs
  • 3 Swamp
  • 1 Takenuma, Abandoned Mire
  • 1 The Notary Hobbits
  • 1 Tibalt's Trickery
  • 1 Timeless Witness
  • 1 Tom, Bert, and William
  • 1 Twilight Mire
  • 1 Undergrowth Stadium
  • 1 Verdant Catacombs
  • 1 Victimize
  • 1 Wild Growth
  • 1 Wooded Foothills
  • 1 Woodland Cemetery
  • 1 Ziatora's Proving Ground