barkfart 2.0 by user3580056

Format: Commander

Commander: Doran, Besieged by Time

Bracket: 3

DeckCheck Threat Index: 39

Deck overview

Doran, Besieged by Time leads an Abzan toughness-matters midrange combat strategy that transforms inexpensive, high-toughness creatures into massive offensive juggernauts. By discounting creatures with toughness greater than power and granting a +X/+X bonus on attack or block equal to the difference, Doran accelerates board development and turns defensive walls into lethal threats. The deck curves low-cost ramp and high-toughness utility creatures into Doran on Turn 4, followed by heavy hitters such as Indomitable Ancients, Ancient Adamantoise, and Bedrock Tortoise. Backed by redundant toughness-damage enablers like Assault Formation and Baldin, Century Herdmaster, critical onset occurs reliably by Turn 5. Opponents face devastating combat damage, life-halving triggers from Betor, Kin to All, or direct life-total exchanges via Tree of Perdition. Robust self-protection from Timber Protector, Sapling Nursery, and Tower Defense shields against wipes, steadily eliminating opponents within two response cycles by Turn 7.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Abzan Beastmaster
  • 1 Abzan Charm
  • 1 Ancient Adamantoise
  • 1 Ancient Lumberknot
  • 1 Angelic Chorus
  • 1 Arbor Adherent
  • 1 Assault Formation
  • 1 Assemble the Entmoot
  • 1 Baldin, Century Herdmaster
  • 1 Bedrock Tortoise
  • 1 Betor, Kin to All
  • 1 Black Market Connections
  • 1 Bojuka Bog
  • 1 Bosk Banneret
  • 1 Canopy Vista
  • 1 Colfenor's Urn
  • 1 Colfenor, the Last Yew
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Crystal Barricade
  • 1 Cultivate
  • 1 Doran, Besieged by Time
  • 1 Dormant Grove // Gnarled Grovestrider
  • 1 Eclipsed Realms
  • 1 Eerie Ultimatum
  • 1 Emerald Medallion
  • 1 Exotic Orchard
  • 1 Expel the Interlopers
  • 1 Fangorn, Tree Shepherd
  • 1 Felothar the Steadfast
  • 12 Forest
  • 1 Fortified Village
  • 1 Godless Shrine
  • 1 Great Forest Druid
  • 1 Grim Contest
  • 1 Growing Rites of Itlimoc // Itlimoc, Cradle of the Sun
  • 1 Guardian Project
  • 1 Huatli, the Sun's Heart
  • 1 Ikra Shidiqi, the Usurper
  • 1 Indatha Triome
  • 1 Indomitable Ancients
  • 1 Jaws of Defeat
  • 1 Kalonian Twingrove
  • 1 Kodama's Reach
  • 1 Last March of the Ents
  • 1 Leaf-Crowned Elder
  • 1 Lignify
  • 1 Mosswort Bridge
  • 1 Murmuring Bosk
  • 1 Nature's Lore
  • 1 Nemata, Primeval Warden
  • 1 Orchard Warden
  • 1 Overgrown Tomb
  • 1 Path of Ancestry
  • 4 Plains
  • 1 Sapling Nursery
  • 1 Sapling of Colfenor
  • 1 Scattered Groves
  • 1 Shared Summons
  • 1 Slagwurm Armor
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Song of the Dryads
  • 4 Swamp
  • 1 Swords to Plowshares
  • 1 Sylvan Caryatid
  • 1 Sylvan Library
  • 1 Temple Garden
  • 1 Temple of Plenty
  • 1 Timber Protector
  • 1 Tip the Scales
  • 1 Tower Defense
  • 1 Tree of Perdition
  • 1 Tree of Redemption
  • 1 Treebeard, Gracious Host
  • 1 Treefolk Harbinger
  • 1 Trostani, Selesnya's Voice
  • 1 Unstoppable Ash
  • 1 Wall of Blossoms
  • 1 Woodfall Primus
  • 1 Woodland Cemetery
  • 1 Wrenn and Seven
  • 1 Yavimaya, Cradle of Growth
  • 1 Yggdrasil, Rebirth Engine
  • 1 Zetalpa, Primal Dawn