Dwarves and Elves by OblivionArchive

Format: Commander

Commander: The Lady of Otaria

Bracket: 3

DeckCheck Threat Index: 34

Deck overview

This Gruul deck combines Dwarf tribal synergies with a robust land-sacrifice engine commanded by The Lady of Otaria. The primary game plan curves out early Dwarves such as Magda, Brazen Outlaw, Gala Greeters, and Seven Dwarves, enabling an early commander cast on Turn 4 via its alternative casting cost. Once active, sacrifice lands like Crop Rotation, Harrow, and fetchlands trigger the commander to refill the hand with Dwarves. Card selection peaks when Dwarven Recruiter stacks the deck to draw ideal packages. The deck closes games around Turn 6 to Turn 8 through wide combat buffs from Dwarven Bloodboiler, double strike from Thorin, Company's Leader, or infinite combat loops with Grand Warlord Radha and Aggravated Assault. It also features an infinite Treasure combo via Fury Storm and Storm-Kiln Artist. Defensive pieces like Sylvan Safekeeper and Constant Mists protect the engine throughout execution.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Aftermath Analyst
  • 1 Aggravated Assault
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Baeloth Barrityl, Entertainer
  • 1 Beast Whisperer
  • 1 Beast Within
  • 1 Blighted Woodland
  • 1 Cabaretti Courtyard
  • 1 Carnivorous Cultivator // Enroot
  • 1 Cinder Glade
  • 1 Circle of Dreams Druid
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Commercial District
  • 1 Conduit of Worlds
  • 1 Constant Mists
  • 1 Crop Rotation
  • 1 Cycle of Renewal
  • 1 Doors of Durin
  • 1 Druid of the Emerald Grove
  • 1 Dwarven Bloodboiler
  • 1 Dwarven Recruiter
  • 1 Elvish Piper
  • 1 Emeritus of Abundance // Regrowth
  • 1 Entish Restoration
  • 1 Escape Tunnel
  • 1 Essence Warden
  • 1 Evolving Wilds
  • 1 Exploration
  • 1 Fabled Passage
  • 10 Forest
  • 1 Fury Storm
  • 1 Gala Greeters
  • 1 Gimli of the Glittering Caves
  • 1 Gimli, Counter of Kills
  • 1 Gimli, Mournful Avenger
  • 1 Glóin, Dwarf Emissary
  • 1 Grand Warlord Radha
  • 1 Harrow
  • 1 Heroic Intervention
  • 1 Highway Robbery
  • 1 Jaheira, Friend of the Forest
  • 1 Life from the Loam
  • 1 Lotus Field
  • 1 Magda, Brazen Outlaw
  • 1 Magda, the Hoardmaster
  • 1 Marwyn, the Clearcutter
  • 1 Marwyn, the Preserver
  • 1 Maskwood Nexus
  • 8 Mountain
  • 1 Myriad Landscape
  • 1 Nature's Lore
  • 1 Nissa, Resurgent Animist
  • 1 Oracle of Mul Daya
  • 1 Prismatic Vista
  • 1 Rampant Growth
  • 1 Realmbreaker, the Invasion Tree
  • 1 Return of the Wildspeaker
  • 1 Rhythm of the Wild
  • 1 Riveteers Overlook
  • 1 Rockfall Vale
  • 1 Roiling Regrowth
  • 1 Rootbound Crag
  • 1 Seeker of Skybreak
  • 5 Seven Dwarves
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Spelunking
  • 1 Stomping Ground
  • 1 Storm-Kiln Artist
  • 1 Strip Mine
  • 1 Sylvan Library
  • 1 Sylvan Safekeeper
  • 1 Terramorphic Expanse
  • 1 The Lady of Otaria
  • 1 Thorin, Company's Leader
  • 1 Tireless Provisioner
  • 1 Undergrowth Recon
  • 1 Wolverine Riders
  • 1 Wooded Foothills
  • 1 Yavimaya, Cradle of Growth
  • 1 Zuran Orb