Proof of a Hero (copy) by TolarianUDropout

Format: Commander

Commander: Kresh the Bloodbraided

Bracket: 3

DeckCheck Threat Index: 39

Deck overview

This deck is a Jund combat and aristocrats build centered on Kresh the Bloodbraided. It accelerates mana early to deploy oversized creatures, sacrifice outlets, and damage multipliers. Once established, it grows Kresh to massive proportions whenever creatures die, then converts that raw power into game-ending combat attacks and direct-damage effects like Chandra's Ignition and Ziatora, the Incinerator. The deck features high card quality, flexible creature tutors, and robust backup lines through heavy hitters like Ghalta, Stampede Tyrant and Xenagos, God of Revels, allowing it to remain dangerous even if the commander is removed.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Akul the Unrepentant
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Ashnod's Altar
  • 1 Birds of Paradise
  • 1 Blackcleave Cliffs
  • 1 Blooming Marsh
  • 1 Bone Shards
  • 1 Boseiju, Who Endures
  • 1 Buster Sword
  • 1 Champion of Lambholt
  • 1 Chandra's Ignition
  • 1 Cinder Glade
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Compy Swarm
  • 1 Copperline Gorge
  • 1 Cultivate
  • 1 Dark Ritual
  • 1 Deadly Rollick
  • 1 Deathgorge Scavenger
  • 1 Deflecting Swat
  • 1 Demonic Tutor
  • 1 Dinosaur Egg
  • 1 Dragonskull Summit
  • 1 Drakuseth, Maw of Flames
  • 1 Drover of the Mighty
  • 1 Farseek
  • 1 Fires of Yavimaya
  • 12 Forest
  • 1 Game Trail
  • 1 Garruk Wildspeaker
  • 1 Ghalta, Stampede Tyrant
  • 1 Golgari Signet
  • 1 Greater Good
  • 1 Grim Giganotosaurus
  • 1 Grim Haruspex
  • 1 Gruul Signet
  • 1 Hulking Raptor
  • 1 Hunter's Bow
  • 1 Imperial Recruiter
  • 1 Invasion of Ikoria // Zilortha, Apex of Ikoria
  • 1 Jeska's Will
  • 1 Kraven the Hunter
  • 1 Kresh the Bloodbraided
  • 1 Maarika, Brutal Gladiator
  • 1 Mizzium Mortars
  • 1 Monster Manual // Zoological Study
  • 4 Mountain
  • 1 Necroblossom Snarl
  • 1 Otepec Huntmaster
  • 1 Overgrown Tomb
  • 1 Phyrexian Altar
  • 1 Phyrexian Tower
  • 1 Quartzwood Crasher
  • 1 Rakdos Signet
  • 1 Rampant Growth
  • 1 Ravenous Tyrannosaurus
  • 1 Razaketh, the Foulblooded
  • 1 Regisaur Alpha
  • 1 Rhythm of the Wild
  • 1 Rootbound Crag
  • 1 Sarulf, Realm Eater
  • 1 Savage Lands
  • 1 Selvala, Heart of the Wilds
  • 1 Smoldering Marsh
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Stomping Ground
  • 1 Studious First-Year // Rampant Growth
  • 3 Swamp
  • 1 Sword of Forge and Frontier
  • 1 Sylvan Tutor
  • 1 Terramorphic Expanse
  • 1 The Black Gate
  • 1 The Masamune
  • 1 The Skullspore Nexus
  • 1 Tooth and Nail
  • 1 Undergrowth Stadium
  • 1 Vaevictis Asmadi, the Dire
  • 1 Vampiric Tutor
  • 1 Veil of Summer
  • 1 Village Rites
  • 1 Wasitora, Nekoru Queen
  • 1 Wrathful Raptors
  • 1 Xenagos, God of Revels
  • 1 Ziatora, the Incinerator