Bristly Hydras by user5268625

Format: Commander

Commander: Bristly Bill, Spine Sower

Bracket: 3

DeckCheck Threat Index: 18

Deck overview

Bristly Bill, Spine Sower rewards every land drop with a +1/+1 counter and can later double all counters for five mana. The deck supports this plan with land ramp, mana creatures, counter doublers, large Hydras, and several creature-based draw engines. The preferred game pattern is to establish Bill and a draw engine such as Terrasymbiosis, develop six or more lands, then cast a large trampling threat. Kalonian Hydra, Primordial Hydra, Heroes' Bane, and Goldvein Hydra scale well with the commander, while Garruk's Uprising supplies trample and conditional cards. The deck's main weakness is speed: its strongest creatures cost five or more, and most cannot attack immediately. It can create a strong combat threat around Turn 8, but it usually needs multiple attacks to defeat all three opponents. Protection and interaction are present but narrow, so the deck is best suited to slower, creature-focused Commander tables.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Apex Devastator
  • 1 Asceticism
  • 1 Awaken the Woods
  • 1 Azusa, Lost but Seeking
  • 1 Branching Evolution
  • 1 Bristly Bill, Spine Sower
  • 1 Crop Rotation
  • 1 Cultivate
  • 1 Doubling Season
  • 1 Elvish Mystic
  • 1 Fanatic of Rhonas
  • 1 Flare of Cultivation
  • 37 Forest
  • 1 Gargos, Vicious Watcher
  • 1 Garruk's Uprising
  • 1 Genesis Hydra
  • 1 Gilded Lotus
  • 1 Goldvein Hydra
  • 1 Green Sun's Zenith
  • 1 Growing Rites of Itlimoc // Itlimoc, Cradle of the Sun
  • 1 Guardian Project
  • 1 Heroes' Bane
  • 1 Hooded Hydra
  • 1 Hydra Broodmaster
  • 1 Hydra Omnivore
  • 1 Increasing Savagery
  • 1 Kalonian Hydra
  • 1 Karametra's Acolyte
  • 1 Kenrith's Transformation
  • 1 Khalni Hydra
  • 1 Kodama of the East Tree
  • 1 Kodama of the West Tree
  • 1 Krosan Grip
  • 1 Last March of the Ents
  • 1 Lifecrafter's Bestiary
  • 1 Lignify
  • 1 Llanowar Elves
  • 1 Managorger Hydra
  • 1 Mistcutter Hydra
  • 1 Mossborn Hydra
  • 1 Nykthos, Shrine to Nyx
  • 1 Nyxborn Hydra
  • 1 Oran-Rief Hydra
  • 1 Ouroboroid
  • 1 Phyrexian Hydra
  • 1 Planar Engineering
  • 1 Primordial Hydra
  • 1 Rampaging Aetherhood
  • 1 Rampant Growth
  • 1 Reliquary Tower
  • 1 Rogue's Passage
  • 1 Seedborn Muse
  • 1 Shared Roots
  • 1 Shifting Woodland
  • 1 Studious First-Year // Rampant Growth
  • 1 Swiftfoot Boots
  • 1 Terrasymbiosis
  • 1 The Earth Crystal
  • 1 The Eternity Elevator
  • 1 Throne of Eldraine
  • 1 Trickster's Elk
  • 1 Vorinclex // The Grand Evolution
  • 1 Web of Life and Destiny
  • 1 Wrenn and Realmbreaker