Squirreled Away by ArcyltheRed

Format: Commander

Commander: Hazel of the Rootbloom

Bracket: 3

DeckCheck Threat Index: 33

Deck overview

This deck is a Golgari token-swarm and aristocrats strategy led by Hazel of the Rootbloom. The game plan revolves around generating early creature and artifact tokens, deploying Hazel on Turn 4 to duplicate Squirrels at each end step, and tapping tokens for explosive mana acceleration. Once a dense board of tokens is established, the deck transitions into a lethal win condition using team-wide combat buffs like Beastmaster Ascension and End-Raze Forerunners, or life-draining aristocrat triggers from Bastion of Remembrance, Zulaport Cutthroat, and Valley Rotcaller. It controls the board with versatile permanent removal such as Tear Asunder and asymmetric sweepers like Swarmyard Massacre. While the deck lacks instant-speed stack protection and relies on untapping with creature tokens, its deep redundancy across token generators and death payoffs allows it to rebuild quickly and threaten lethal pressure by Turns 6–7.

Decklist (100 cards)

• 1 Academy Manufactor
• 1 Arcane Signet
• 1 Bastion of Remembrance
• 1 Beastmaster Ascension
• 1 Binding the Old Gods
• 1 Bloodroot Apothecary
• 1 Bojuka Bog
• 1 Camellia, the Seedmiser
• 1 Chatterfang, Squirrel General
• 1 Chatterstorm
• 1 Chittering Witch
• 1 Chitterspitter
• 1 Command Tower
• 1 Deadly Dispute
• 1 Deep Forest Hermit
• 1 End-Raze Forerunners
• 1 Evolving Wilds
• 1 Exotic Orchard
• 9 Forest
• 1 Garruk, Cursed Huntsman
• 1 Golgari Rot Farm
• 1 Golgari Signet
• 1 Grim Backwoods
• 1 Haunted Mire
• 1 Haywire Mite
• 1 Hazel of the Rootbloom
• 1 Hazel's Brewmaster
• 1 Honored Dreyleader
• 1 Idol of Oblivion
• 1 Jungle Hollow
• 1 Kindred Dominance
• 1 Liliana of the Dark Realms
• 1 Llanowar Wastes
• 1 Maelstrom Pulse
• 1 Maskwood Nexus
• 1 Morbid Opportunist
• 1 Mudflat Village
• 1 Mutable Explorer
• 1 Nadier's Nightblade
• 1 Necroblossom Snarl
• 1 Ogre Slumlord
• 1 Oran-Rief, the Vastwood
• 1 Osteomancer Adept
• 1 Path of Ancestry
• 1 Plaguecrafter
• 1 Plumb the Forbidden
• 1 Poison-Tip Archer
• 1 Putrefy
• 1 Ravenous Squirrel
• 1 Rootcast Apprenticeship
• 1 Rottenmouth Viper
• 1 Saw in Half
• 1 Scavenger's Talent
• 1 Scurry of Squirrels
• 1 Season of Loss
• 1 Second Harvest
• 1 Shamanic Revelation
• 1 Skullclamp
• 1 Skyfisher Spider
• 1 Sol Ring
• 1 Squirrel Mob
• 1 Squirrel Nest
• 1 Squirrel Sovereign
• 7 Swamp
• 1 Swarmyard
• 1 Swarmyard Massacre
• 1 Sword of the Squeak
• 1 Tainted Wood
• 1 Talisman of Resilience
• 1 Tear Asunder
• 1 Temple of Malady
• 1 Terramorphic Expanse
• 1 The Odd Acorn Gang
• 1 Thornvault Forager
• 1 Tireless Provisioner
• 1 Toski, Bearer of Secrets
• 1 Twilight Mire
• 1 Valley Rotcaller
• 1 Vanquisher's Banner
• 1 Vinereap Mentor
• 1 Viridescent Bog
• 1 Viscera Seer
• 1 Windgrace's Judgment
• 1 Woe Strider
• 1 Woodland Cemetery
• 1 Zulaport Cutthroat