Rhys' Coupon Book by user2913814

Format: Commander

Commander: Rhys the Redeemed

Bracket: 2

DeckCheck Threat Index: 23

Deck overview

This Selesnya token deck is built under a deliberate creative constraint: every nonland card in the 99 and the command zone has a base mana value of one (or zero/X with base cost one). Led by Rhys the Redeemed, the deck floods the battlefield with efficient one-drop creatures, artifact engines, and token makers like Ocelot Pride, Retrofitter Foundry, and Crashing Footfalls. Because all base spells cost a single mana, early deployment is smooth and consistent. The mid-to-late game converts this wide presence into lethal pressure using big mana activations, specifically Rhys's six-mana token-doubling ability, Allosaurus Shepherd's 5/5 pump, and Gavony Township. The self-imposed one-drop restriction creates noticeable trade-offs: the deck lacks premium catch-all removal, mass card draw, and fast mana, relying instead on resilient token generation and narrow protection spells like Divine Resilience to push combat damage across multiple turn cycles.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Abundant Countryside
  • 1 Abundant Growth
  • 1 Adventurous Impulse
  • 1 Allosaurus Shepherd
  • 1 Animation Module
  • 1 Argoth, Sanctum of Nature
  • 1 Authority of the Consuls
  • 1 Awe Strike
  • 1 Bag of Holding
  • 1 Basri, Tomorrow's Champion
  • 1 Bountiful Promenade
  • 1 Case of the Uneaten Feast
  • 1 Castle Ardenvale
  • 1 Celestial Reunion
  • 1 Chocobo Camp
  • 1 Cloakwood Swarmkeeper
  • 1 Commune with Nature
  • 1 Concordant Crossroads
  • 1 Contortionist Troupe
  • 1 Coordinated Barrage
  • 1 Copperhorn Scout
  • 1 Crashing Footfalls
  • 1 Daily Regimen
  • 1 Dawn-Blessed Pennant
  • 1 Dawnglow Infusion
  • 1 Deafening Silence
  • 1 Divine Resilience
  • 1 Eclipsed Realms
  • 1 Elven Bow
  • 1 Elven Farsight
  • 1 Elvish Hexhunter
  • 1 Esper Sentinel
  • 1 Essence Warden
  • 1 Ezuri's Archers
  • 1 Festival of Trokin
  • 1 Festival of the Guildpact
  • 1 Figure of Fable
  • 1 For the Common Good
  • 1 Forced Adaptation
  • 5 Forest
  • 1 Fountainport
  • 1 Gavony Township
  • 1 Gird for Battle
  • 1 Goldvein Hydra
  • 1 Gourmand's Talent
  • 1 Greenseeker
  • 1 Haldir, Lórien Lieutenant
  • 1 Hangarback Walker
  • 1 Heirloom Epic
  • 1 Hinterland Sanctifier
  • 1 Horizon Canopy
  • 1 Joraga Treespeaker
  • 1 Joraga Warcaller
  • 1 Khalni Garden
  • 1 Kyoshi Village
  • 1 Light of Hope
  • 1 Llanowar Elves
  • 1 Llanowar Mentor
  • 1 Lunarch Veteran // Luminous Phantom
  • 1 Mana Tithe
  • 1 Manifold Key
  • 1 Marketback Walker
  • 1 Mikaeus, the Lunarch
  • 1 Ocelot Pride
  • 1 Ochre Jelly
  • 1 Oviya Pashiri, Sage Lifecrafter
  • 1 Paladin Class
  • 5 Plains
  • 1 Progenitor Exarch
  • 1 Radiant Grove
  • 1 Razorverge Thicket
  • 1 Retrofitter Foundry
  • 1 Rhys the Redeemed
  • 1 Seedcradle Witch
  • 1 Shapers' Sanctuary
  • 1 Slime Molding
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Speaker of the Heavens
  • 1 Sunpetal Grove
  • 1 Swarm Shambler
  • 1 Sylvan Offering
  • 1 Tajuru Blightblade
  • 1 Temple Garden
  • 1 Temple of Plenty
  • 1 Termagant Swarm
  • 1 Trash the Town
  • 1 Twinblade Slasher
  • 1 Urza's Saga
  • 1 Virulent Emissary
  • 1 War Room
  • 1 Wirewood Lodge
  • 1 Wooded Bastion