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Format: Commander

Commander: Grismold, the Dreadsower

Bracket: 3

DeckCheck Threat Index: 45

Deck overview

Grismold, the Dreadsower commands a Golgari strategy that turns symmetric token creation into asymmetric commander damage and life drain. Grismold gives each player a 1/1 Plant token at your end step and gains a +1/+1 counter whenever any creature token dies. When paired with passive sweepers like Illness in the Ranks and Virulent Plague, those tokens die immediately upon entering, giving Grismold four counters every turn while denying opponents board presence. The deck accelerates this growth with gift spells like Hunted Troll, board clears like Culling Ritual, and aristocrat drain engines like Bastion of Remembrance, Blood Artist, and Vein Ripper. Opponents face an escalating trample clock supported by flexible Golgari removal and targeted protection spells.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Alpha Authority
  • 1 Arachnogenesis
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Assassin's Trophy
  • 1 Avenger of Zendikar
  • 1 Awakening Zone
  • 1 Bala Ged Recovery // Bala Ged Sanctuary
  • 1 Bastion of Remembrance
  • 1 Birds of Paradise
  • 1 Blood Artist
  • 1 Boseiju, Who Endures
  • 1 Call of the Ring
  • 1 Carpet of Flowers
  • 1 Carrion Feeder
  • 1 Clackbridge Troll
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Contest of Claws
  • 1 Corpsejack Menace
  • 1 Court of Garenbrig
  • 1 Creakwood Liege
  • 1 Culling Ritual
  • 1 Deadly Dispute
  • 1 Elves of Deep Shadow
  • 1 Farseek
  • 1 Forbidden Orchard
  • 13 Forest
  • 1 Forge of Heroes
  • 1 Genesis Chamber
  • 1 Golgari Charm
  • 1 Grismold, the Dreadsower
  • 1 Hardened Scales
  • 1 Heroic Intervention
  • 1 Hunted Bonebrute
  • 1 Hunted Troll
  • 1 Idol of Oblivion
  • 1 Illness in the Ranks
  • 1 Imp's Mischief
  • 1 Infernal Genesis
  • 1 Lightning Greaves
  • 1 Malakir Rebirth // Malakir Mire
  • 1 Massacre Girl
  • 1 Massacre Girl, Known Killer
  • 1 Massacre Wurm
  • 1 Mithril Coat
  • 1 Nature's Lore
  • 1 Obscuring Haze
  • 1 Pest Infestation
  • 1 Plague Engineer
  • 1 Poison-Tip Archer
  • 1 Ram Through
  • 1 Rampant Growth
  • 1 Rogue's Passage
  • 1 Skullclamp
  • 1 Slaughter Specialist
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Spymaster's Vault
  • 1 Stronghold Assassin
  • 13 Swamp
  • 1 Sylvan Offering
  • 1 Syr Konrad, the Grim
  • 1 Tangled Florahedron // Tangled Vale
  • 1 The Skullspore Nexus
  • 1 Tower Winder
  • 1 Toxic Deluge
  • 1 Tragic Slip
  • 1 Undergrowth Stadium
  • 1 Vein Ripper
  • 1 Virulent Plague
  • 1 Viscera Seer
  • 1 Vraska Joins Up
  • 1 Wild Growth
  • 1 Wildwood Mentor
  • 1 Witherbloom Command
  • 1 Woe Strider
  • 1 Yahenni, Undying Partisan
  • 1 Zulaport Cutthroat