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Format: Commander

Commander: Jenson Carthalion, Druid Exile

Bracket: 4

DeckCheck Threat Index: 58

Deck overview

This Abzan deck utilizes Lurrus of the Dream-Den as a companion, restricting all permanents to mana value 2 or less to build a low-to-the-ground, highly resilient graveyard combo engine. The primary game plan accelerates into an early Hermit Druid or Ad Nauseam. Activating Hermit Druid with only two basic lands in the library mills dozens of creature cards directly into the graveyard. From there, mass reanimation spells like Raise the Past, Lively Dirge, or flashbacked Sevinne's Reclamation return multiple sacrifice outlets and drain payoffs such as Cruel Celebrant, Zulaport Cutthroat, Marionette Apprentice, and Elas il-Kor, Sadistic Pilgrim simultaneously. Sacrificing the entire board drains all three opponents from 40 to 0 life in a single explosive turn. The deck features extreme recovery potential because Lurrus of the Dream-Den and low-mana reanimation spells easily rebuild wiped boards, though it remains vulnerable to targeted graveyard hate and countermagic.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Accursed Marauder
  • 1 Ad Nauseam
  • 1 Aftermath Analyst
  • 1 Altar of Dementia
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Assassin's Trophy
  • 1 Bala Ged Recovery // Bala Ged Sanctuary
  • 1 Bartolomé del Presidio
  • 1 Birds of Paradise
  • 1 Bountiful Promenade
  • 1 Brushland
  • 1 Buried Alive
  • 1 Carrion Feeder
  • 1 Caves of Koilos
  • 1 Chthonian Nightmare
  • 1 Circle of the Land Druid
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Cruel Celebrant
  • 1 Culling the Weak
  • 1 Dark Confidant
  • 1 Dark Ritual
  • 1 Dauthi Voidwalker
  • 1 Deadly Dispute
  • 1 Deathrite Shaman
  • 1 Delighted Halfling
  • 1 Diabolic Intent
  • 1 Elas il-Kor, Sadistic Pilgrim
  • 1 Elves of Deep Shadow
  • 1 Elvish Mystic
  • 1 Entomb
  • 1 Fiend Artisan
  • 1 Flare of Cultivation
  • 1 Forest
  • 1 Godless Shrine
  • 1 Greedy Freebooter
  • 1 Grist, Voracious Larva // Grist, the Plague Swarm
  • 1 Haywire Mite
  • 1 Helping Hand
  • 1 Hermit Druid
  • 1 High Market
  • 1 Ignoble Hierarch
  • 1 Indatha Triome
  • 1 Insidious Fungus
  • 1 Insidious Roots
  • 1 Jenson Carthalion, Druid Exile
  • 1 Jet Medallion
  • 1 Lively Dirge
  • 1 Llanowar Elves
  • 1 Llanowar Wastes
  • 1 Lush Portico
  • 1 Malevolent Rumble
  • 1 Marionette Apprentice
  • 1 Marsh Flats
  • 1 Mind Stone
  • 1 Mishra's Bauble
  • 1 Nature's Rhythm
  • 1 Overgrown Tomb
  • 1 Phyrexian Tower
  • 1 Raise the Past
  • 1 Ripples of Undeath
  • 1 Sakura-Tribe Elder
  • 1 Satyr Wayfinder
  • 1 Sevinne's Reclamation
  • 1 Shadowy Backstreet
  • 1 Shambling Ghast
  • 1 Sheltered by Ghosts
  • 1 Shifting Woodland
  • 1 Skull Prophet
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Springheart Nantuko
  • 1 Sterling Grove
  • 1 Stitcher's Supplier
  • 1 Sunpetal Grove
  • 1 Swamp
  • 1 Sylvan Library
  • 1 Tainted Field
  • 1 Tainted Wood
  • 1 Takenuma, Abandoned Mire
  • 1 Talisman of Hierarchy
  • 1 Talisman of Resilience
  • 1 Talisman of Unity
  • 1 Temple Garden
  • 1 The Queen of Dale
  • 1 Town Greeter
  • 1 Twilight Mire
  • 1 Umbral Collar Zealot
  • 1 Undead Butler
  • 1 Underground Mortuary
  • 1 Undergrowth Stadium
  • 1 Unearth
  • 1 Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth
  • 1 Urza's Bauble
  • 1 Vault of Champions
  • 1 Verdant Catacombs
  • 1 Viscera Seer
  • 1 Westfold Rider
  • 1 Wight of the Reliquary
  • 1 Windswept Heath
  • 1 Woodland Cemetery
  • 1 Zulaport Cutthroat