Treefolk by mariohobbit

Format: Commander

Commander: Doran, the Siege Tower

Bracket: 2

DeckCheck Threat Index: 23

Deck overview

This deck is an Abzan combat aggro strategy led by Doran, the Siege Tower. The game plan utilizes Doran's static ability to convert high-toughness creatures into efficient attackers, maximizing cards like Guardian Zendikon, Warden of the Woods, and Blighted Blackthorn. The deck develops its mana on curve using traditional land ramp spells, casts its commander on turn 3 or 4, and curves into resilient Treefolk beaters. By turn 7, it presents a substantial combat board capable of eliminating opponents across multiple attack rotations. While the deck boasts high baseline creature stats and independent high-power backup beaters like Flora Colossus, it operates at a casual speed. It lacks instant-speed combo finishes, hard stax locks, and efficient tutors, relying entirely on honest combat damage and modest point removal to achieve victory around turn 10.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Abzan Devotee
  • 1 Ambuscade
  • 1 Anchovy & Banana Pizza
  • 1 Audacious Thief
  • 1 Awakener Druid
  • 1 Beastrider Vanguard
  • 1 Blighted Blackthorn
  • 1 Bogslither's Embrace
  • 1 Builder's Blessing
  • 1 Burlfist Oak
  • 1 Cremate
  • 1 Curious Farm Animals
  • 1 Dark Bargain
  • 1 Doran, the Siege Tower
  • 1 Earth Kingdom Soldier
  • 1 Eclipsed Kithkin
  • 1 Enraged Huorn
  • 1 Field Trip
  • 1 Fire Nation Engineer
  • 1 Fleshtaker
  • 1 Flora Colossus
  • 1 Flowering Lumberknot
  • 21 Forest
  • 1 Gaea's Blessing
  • 1 Gallant Citizen
  • 1 Great Forest Druid
  • 1 Guardian Zendikon
  • 1 Hamato Guardian Stance
  • 1 Ilysian Caryatid
  • 1 Ironroot Treefolk
  • 1 Ironroot Warlord
  • 1 Karai's Technique
  • 1 Kyoshi Island Plaza
  • 1 Magnigoth Sentry
  • 1 Maximum Overdrive
  • 1 Midnight Tilling
  • 1 Might of the Masses
  • 1 Moonlit Lamenter
  • 1 Nemata, Grove Guardian
  • 1 Northern Air Temple
  • 1 Old-Growth Educator
  • 1 Outmuscle
  • 1 Pillar Launch
  • 7 Plains
  • 1 Quickbeam, Upstart Ent
  • 1 Roots of Wisdom
  • 1 Saber-Tooth Moose-Lion
  • 1 Search for Tomorrow
  • 1 Snakeskin Veil
  • 1 Southern Air Temple
  • 1 Street Wraith
  • 1 Sun-Dappled Celebrant
  • 9 Swamp
  • 1 Swampsnare Trap
  • 1 Tainted Treats
  • 1 They Went This Way
  • 1 Thriving Moor
  • 1 Tuinvale Treefolk // Oaken Boon
  • 1 Undercity Dire Rat
  • 1 Village Rites
  • 1 Wander Off
  • 1 Warden of the Woods
  • 1 Wear Down
  • 1 Wild Dogs
  • 1 Yedora, Grave Gardener
  • 1 Yew Spirit