Friendly Woman with Pointy Stick! by user8282213

Format: Commander

Commander: Winota, Joiner of Forces

Bracket: 4

DeckCheck Threat Index: 52

Deck overview

This deck is a high-power Boros stax aggro-combo build centered on Winota, Joiner of Forces. The strategy begins by deploying low-cost non-Human creatures on Turns 1 and 2, setting the stage to cast Winota on Turn 3 or 4. When non-Humans attack, Winota digs six cards deep per attacker to cheat powerful Human creatures directly onto the battlefield tapped, attacking, and indestructible. The deck breaks parity on Rule-of-Law effects like High Noon and Deafening Silence because Winota puts creatures into play via triggered abilities rather than spell casts. Payoffs include devastating combat amplifiers like Blade Historian, turn-silencing protectors like Grand Abolisher, and compact two-card combos including Combat Celebrant with Kiki-Jiki, Mirror Breaker and Dualcaster Mage with Twinflame. Supported by efficient redirection, free protection spells, and asymmetric tax pieces, the deck quickly overwhelms the table while denying opponents the resources to respond.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Akroma's Will
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Archaeomancer's Map
  • 1 Aurelia, the Warleader
  • 1 Aven Interrupter
  • 1 Battlefield Forge
  • 1 Blade Historian
  • 1 Bloodthirsty Adversary
  • 1 Bolt Bend
  • 1 Boromir, Warden of the Tower
  • 1 Boros Charm
  • 1 Boros Signet
  • 1 Clifftop Retreat
  • 1 Cloudshift
  • 1 Combat Celebrant
  • 1 Command Beacon
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Curse of Opulence
  • 1 Cursed Mirror
  • 1 Deafening Silence
  • 1 Deflecting Palm
  • 1 Delney, Streetwise Lookout
  • 1 Dualcaster Mage
  • 1 Eerie Interlude
  • 1 Enduring Courage
  • 1 Ephemerate
  • 1 Erode
  • 1 Fabled Passage
  • 1 Feather, the Redeemed
  • 1 Feldon of the Third Path
  • 1 Flare of Fortitude
  • 1 Flashback
  • 1 Furycalm Snarl
  • 1 Generous Gift
  • 1 Gingerbrute
  • 1 Goldspan Dragon
  • 1 Grand Abolisher
  • 1 Hardened Academic
  • 1 Hazoret, Godseeker
  • 1 Hexing Squelcher
  • 1 High Noon
  • 1 Imperial Recruiter
  • 1 Kiki-Jiki, Mirror Breaker
  • 1 Land Tax
  • 1 Lightning, Army of One
  • 1 Molten Duplication
  • 1 Mondrak, Glory Dominus
  • 11 Mountain
  • 1 Oltec Matterweaver
  • 1 Ornithopter
  • 1 Orthion, Hero of Lavabrink
  • 1 Path to Exile
  • 1 Pearl Medallion
  • 10 Plains
  • 1 Professional Face-Breaker
  • 1 Radiant Summit
  • 1 Reconnaissance
  • 1 Recruiter of the Guard
  • 1 Redirect Lightning
  • 1 Rip Apart
  • 1 Rugged Prairie
  • 1 Screaming Nemesis
  • 1 Seasoned Pyromancer
  • 1 Silence
  • 1 Skrelv, Defector Mite
  • 1 Slayers' Stronghold
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Sunbillow Verge
  • 1 Sundown Pass
  • 1 Sunscorched Divide
  • 1 Swords to Plowshares
  • 1 Talisman of Conviction
  • 1 Thalia, Heretic Cathar
  • 1 The Destined White Mage
  • 1 Triceraton Commander
  • 1 Turbulent Steppe
  • 1 Twinflame
  • 1 Voice of Victory
  • 1 Walking Ballista
  • 1 Wear // Tear
  • 1 Winota, Joiner of Forces