Junkyard Dog... SQUIRREL! by user5261213

Format: Commander

Commander: Dogmeat, Ever Loyal

Bracket: 2

DeckCheck Threat Index: 29

Deck overview

This deck is a Naya aggro-voltron and tribal token hybrid commanded by Dogmeat, Ever Loyal. Dogmeat functions as an early engine piece by self-milling five cards upon entry, recurring key Auras and Equipment, and producing Junk tokens whenever an enchanted or equipped creature attacks. These Junk tokens supply impulse card velocity to continuously hit land drops and deploy threats. The mid-game leverages powerful scaling Auras and Equipment like Mantle of the Ancients, Strong Back, and Sunforger to turn Dogmeat or other creatures into formidable combat threats, while secondary engines like Deep Forest Hermit, Chitterspitter, and Comet, Stellar Pup generate a wide secondary board of Dogs and Squirrels. The deck finishes games through heavy commander damage or an unblockable token swarm backed by Heroic Intervention and targeted removal.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Abundant Growth
  • 1 Acorn Harvest
  • 1 Akroan Mastiff
  • 1 Almost Perfect
  • 1 Animal Friend
  • 1 Animal Sanctuary
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Basilisk Collar
  • 1 Blink Dog
  • 1 Canopy Vista
  • 1 Chaos Warp
  • 1 Chitterspitter
  • 1 Cinder Glade
  • 1 Clifftop Retreat
  • 1 Cloakwood Hermit
  • 1 Comet, Stellar Pup
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Cragcrown Pathway // Timbercrown Pathway
  • 1 Cultivate
  • 1 Curious Forager
  • 1 Deep Forest Hermit
  • 1 Dogmeat, Ever Loyal
  • 1 Dogpile
  • 1 Elven Warhounds
  • 1 Evolving Wilds
  • 1 Exotic Orchard
  • 1 Fertile Ground
  • 1 For the Common Good
  • 6 Forest
  • 1 Gate Hound
  • 1 Goldhound
  • 1 Heroic Intervention
  • 1 Honored Dreyleader
  • 1 Inventory Management
  • 1 Jiang Yanggu
  • 1 Journey for the Elixir
  • 1 Jungle Shrine
  • 1 Kessig Wolf Run
  • 1 Komainu Battle Armor
  • 1 Loyal Warhound
  • 1 Make Your Move
  • 1 Mantle of the Ancients
  • 1 Mischievous Pup
  • 1 Mongrel Pack
  • 1 Mossfire Valley
  • 2 Mountain
  • 1 Mowu, Loyal Companion
  • 1 Nut Collector
  • 1 Oakhollow Village
  • 1 Pack Leader
  • 1 Pako, Arcane Retriever
  • 1 Path to Exile
  • 1 Phelia, Exuberant Shepherd
  • 1 Pip-Boy 3000
  • 5 Plains
  • 1 Pre-War Formalwear
  • 1 Racers' Ring
  • 1 Rancor
  • 1 Release the Dogs
  • 1 Rootbound Crag
  • 1 Rootcast Apprenticeship
  • 1 Sacred Peaks
  • 1 Scattered Groves
  • 1 Scurrid Colony
  • 1 Scurry of Squirrels
  • 1 Settle the Wreckage
  • 1 Sheltered Thicket
  • 1 Skullclamp
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Split Up
  • 1 Squirrel Mob
  • 1 Squirrel Nest
  • 1 Squirrel Sovereign
  • 1 Strong Back
  • 1 Sunforger
  • 1 Sungrass Prairie
  • 1 Sunpetal Grove
  • 1 Sunscorched Divide
  • 1 Swiftfoot Boots
  • 1 Temple of Abandon
  • 1 Temple of Plenty
  • 1 Temple of Triumph
  • 1 Toski, Bearer of Secrets
  • 1 Treetop Sentries
  • 1 Trusty Retriever
  • 1 Valorous Stance
  • 1 Verdant Command
  • 1 Vigor
  • 1 Well Rested
  • 1 Wild Growth