Kraven the Hunter (Copy) by tamtam

Format: Commander

Commander: Kraven the Hunter

Bracket: 3

Deck overview

This is a Golgari midrange "apex predator" deck helmed by Kraven the Hunter. The plan is simple and brutal: force the death of each opponent's largest creature through fight spells, edicts, and targeted removal, then cash those deaths into cards and +1/+1 counters on Kraven. Trample lets the commander convert that growth into real damage, while supporting bodies like Vincent Valentine // Galian Beast, Super Shredder, and Forgotten Ancient mirror the same death-and-counters theme. Secondary finishers include a sudden infect swing via Tainted Strike, a life-drain spike with Essence Harvest, and late-game power multiplication from The Skullspore Nexus. The deck is light on true tutors and infinite combos; it wins by attrition, combat, and out-valuing the table once the removal engine is online.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Arbor Elf
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Assassin's Trophy
  • 1 Bala Ged Recovery // Bala Ged Sanctuary
  • 1 Basilisk Collar
  • 1 Beast Within
  • 1 Biosynthic Burst
  • 1 Birds of Paradise
  • 1 Blooming Marsh
  • 1 Bojuka Bog
  • 1 Bridgeworks Battle // Tanglespan Bridgeworks
  • 1 Bushwhack
  • 1 Chevill, Bane of Monsters
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Consumed by Greed
  • 1 Curtains' Call
  • 1 Deathreap Ritual
  • 1 Elves of Deep Shadow
  • 1 Elvish Mystic
  • 1 Essence Harvest
  • 1 Exotic Orchard
  • 1 Extract a Confession
  • 1 Fell the Profane // Fell Mire
  • 1 Fight for the Throne
  • 11 Forest
  • 1 Forgotten Ancient
  • 1 Gix's Command
  • 1 Glissa Sunslayer
  • 1 Go for the Throat
  • 1 Hardened Scales
  • 1 Heroic Intervention
  • 1 Hollowmurk Siege
  • 1 Hunter's Bow
  • 1 Hunter's Insight
  • 1 Infernal Grasp
  • 1 Inscription of Abundance
  • 1 Kraven the Hunter
  • 1 Llanowar Elves
  • 1 Llanowar Wastes
  • 1 Make an Example
  • 1 Nature's Lore
  • 1 Nowhere to Run
  • 1 Origin of Metalbending
  • 1 Overgrown Tomb
  • 1 Overkill
  • 1 Ram Through
  • 1 Reliquary Tower
  • 1 Return to Nature
  • 1 Revitalizing Repast // Old-Growth Grove
  • 1 Rishkar's Expertise
  • 1 Scavenging Ooze
  • 1 Snakeskin Veil
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Soul Shatter
  • 1 Strength of Will
  • 1 Super Shredder
  • 8 Swamp
  • 1 Swiftfoot Boots
  • 1 Szat's Will
  • 1 Tail Swipe
  • 1 Tainted Strike
  • 1 Tainted Wood
  • 1 Tamiyo's Safekeeping
  • 1 Tarrian's Soulcleaver
  • 1 The Fire Nation Drill
  • 1 The Masamune
  • 1 The Skullspore Nexus
  • 1 Toxic Deluge
  • 1 Twilight Mire
  • 1 Tyvar's Stand
  • 1 Utopia Sprawl
  • 1 Vernal Fen
  • 1 Villainous Wrath
  • 1 Vincent Valentine // Galian Beast
  • 1 Vines of Vastwood
  • 1 Viridescent Bog
  • 1 Vraska, the Silencer
  • 1 Wastewood Verge
  • 1 Wild Growth
  • 1 Will of the Abzan
  • 1 Windgrace's Judgment
  • 1 Woodland Cemetery
  • 1 Zero Point Ballad