Emotional Distance by TayTayLovin

Format: Commander

Commander: Betor, Kin to All

Bracket: 3

DeckCheck Threat Index: 36

Deck overview

This deck is an Abzan Toughness-Matters strategy commanded by Betor, Kin to All. The primary plan develops low-power, high-toughness defenders during the opening turns to accelerate mana and establish a massive defensive wall. Once Betor, Kin to All enters the battlefield on turn 4, the deck immediately draws extra cards each end step. Crossing 20 total toughness untaps all creatures every turn, providing vigilance and impenetrable defense. By turn 6, enormous toughness anchors like The Walls of Ba Sing Se and Ancient Adamantoise push the team past 40 toughness, causing opponents to lose half their life each turn. Redundant damage enablers such as Doran, the Siege Tower, Assault Formation, and Bedrock Tortoise convert this defensive mass into overwhelming combat damage, closing out the table by turn 8. Efficient spot removal and asymmetric sweepers like Slaughter the Strong keep opposing boards clear.

Decklist (99 cards)

  • 1 Abundant Growth
  • 1 Abzan Beastmaster
  • 1 Ancient Adamantoise
  • 1 Ancient Lumberknot
  • 1 Ancient Ziggurat
  • 1 Anguished Unmaking
  • 1 Arbor Adherent
  • 1 Arboreal Grazer
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Assassin's Trophy
  • 1 Assault Formation
  • 1 Axebane Guardian
  • 1 Baldin, Century Herdmaster
  • 1 Bar the Door
  • 1 Bedrock Tortoise
  • 1 Betor, Kin to All
  • 1 Bitter Triumph
  • 1 Blood Money
  • 1 Bloodletter of Aclazotz
  • 1 Bojuka Bog
  • 1 Brushland
  • 1 Canopy Gargantuan
  • 1 Caves of Koilos
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Conduit Pylons
  • 1 Crossroads Village
  • 1 Crystal Barricade
  • 1 Cultivate
  • 1 Darkmoss Bridge
  • 1 Deceptive Landscape
  • 1 Dirge of Dread
  • 1 Doom Blade
  • 1 Doran, Besieged by Time
  • 1 Doran, the Siege Tower
  • 1 Dragonlord Dromoka
  • 1 Eerie Ultimatum
  • 1 Erode
  • 1 Escape Tunnel
  • 1 Evolving Wilds
  • 1 Exotic Orchard
  • 1 Faeburrow Elder
  • 1 Farseek
  • 1 Fecund Greenshell
  • 1 Felothar the Steadfast
  • 1 Fetid Heath
  • 4 Forest
  • 1 Ghalta the Immovable
  • 1 Goldmire Bridge
  • 1 Huatli, the Sun's Heart
  • 1 Ikra Shidiqi, the Usurper
  • 1 Ilysian Caryatid
  • 1 Jaws of Defeat
  • 1 Last March of the Ents
  • 1 Llanowar Wastes
  • 1 Mentor of the Meek
  • 1 Murmuring Bosk
  • 1 Night's Whisper
  • 1 Ohran Frostfang
  • 1 Overgrown Battlement
  • 1 Overgrown Farmland
  • 3 Plains
  • 1 Poison Dart Frog
  • 1 PuPu UFO
  • 1 Radagast of Rhosgobel
  • 1 Razorverge Thicket
  • 1 Requisition Raid
  • 1 Restless Prairie
  • 1 Sandsteppe Citadel
  • 1 Shineshadow Snarl
  • 1 Slaughter the Strong
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Sudden Edict
  • 1 Sunpetal Grove
  • 2 Swamp
  • 1 Swords to Plowshares
  • 1 Sylvan Caryatid
  • 1 Talisman of Hierarchy
  • 1 Talisman of Resilience
  • 1 Talisman of Unity
  • 1 Terramorphic Expanse
  • 1 The Walls of Ba Sing Se
  • 1 Tower Defense
  • 1 Towering Titan
  • 1 Tree of Perdition
  • 1 Tree of Redemption
  • 1 Twilight Mire
  • 1 Vibrant Cityscape
  • 1 Walking Bulwark
  • 1 Wall of Blossoms
  • 1 Wall of Omens
  • 1 Weathered Sentinels
  • 1 Wild Growth
  • 1 Wound Reflection