heartwood by user4633865

Format: Commander

Commander: Aerid Konstrari

Bracket: 3

DeckCheck Threat Index: 37

Deck overview

This Gruul artifact-token stompy deck is commanded by Aerid Konstrari, utilizing Heartwood tokens to ramp mana and fuel explosive artifact-scaling payoffs. The early game focuses on deploying efficient 1-2 CMC ramp and artifact lands to resolve Aerid on Turn 3. In the midgame, token multipliers and generators such as Academy Manufactor, Tireless Provisioner, and Roxanne, Starfall Savant flood the board with Treasures, Foods, Clues, and Heartwoods. Once an overwhelming artifact count is established by Turn 6, the deck transitions into lethal combat via haste-enabled finishers like Craterclaw Colossus and Depthshaker Titan, direct burn bursts with Ingenious Artillerist and Reckless Fireweaver, or commander pump activations combined with Chandra's Ignition. While the deck features strong mana velocity and independent engine redundancy, it relies on natural draws for interaction and remains vulnerable to mass artifact exile.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Academy Manufactor
  • 1 Adaptive Omnitool
  • 1 Aerid Konstrari
  • 1 Agatha of the Vile Cauldron
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Beamtown Beatstick
  • 1 Big Score
  • 1 Blade of Selves
  • 1 Blasphemous Act
  • 1 Bolt Bend
  • 1 Bootleggers' Stash
  • 1 Brass's Bounty
  • 1 Chandra's Ignition
  • 1 Chaos Warp
  • 1 Cinder Glade
  • 1 Collective Resistance
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Conjurer's Closet
  • 1 Craterclaw Colossus
  • 1 Cultivate
  • 1 Cursed Mirror
  • 1 Darksteel Citadel
  • 1 Demand Answers
  • 1 Depthshaker Titan
  • 1 Displaced Dinosaurs
  • 1 Electroduplicate
  • 1 Exotic Orchard
  • 12 Forest
  • 1 Game Trail
  • 1 Ghirapur Aether Grid
  • 1 Glóin, Dwarf Emissary
  • 1 Goblin Anarchomancer
  • 1 Great Furnace
  • 1 Gruul Signet
  • 1 Heartstone
  • 1 Heartwood Crafter // Soul Tether
  • 1 Hedron Detonator
  • 1 Hellkite Igniter
  • 1 Hull Breach
  • 1 Idol of Oblivion
  • 1 Improvised Arsenal
  • 1 Impulsive Pilferer
  • 1 Ingenious Artillerist
  • 1 Llanowar Elves
  • 1 Manglehorn
  • 1 Mossfire Valley
  • 10 Mountain
  • 1 Nettlecyst
  • 1 Ornithopter of Paradise
  • 1 Peregrin Took
  • 1 Power Depot
  • 1 Professional Face-Breaker
  • 1 Quicksmith Genius
  • 1 Reckless Fireweaver
  • 1 Redshift, Rocketeer Chief
  • 1 Return of the Wildspeaker
  • 1 Return the Favor
  • 1 Rishkar's Expertise
  • 1 Rockfall Vale
  • 1 Rogue's Passage
  • 1 Rootbound Crag
  • 1 Roxanne, Starfall Savant
  • 1 Sarinth Greatwurm
  • 1 Sarinth Steelseeker
  • 1 Scene of the Crime
  • 1 Second Harvest
  • 1 Slagwoods Bridge
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Song of the Dryads
  • 1 Stridehangar Automaton
  • 1 Talisman of Impulse
  • 1 Tenured Tethermage
  • 1 Tippy-Toe, Terrific Partner
  • 1 Tireless Provisioner
  • 1 Tome of Legends
  • 1 Treasure Vault
  • 1 Tree of Tales
  • 1 Twitching Doll
  • 1 Vandalblast
  • 1 Weftstalker Ardent