Mono Green - Goreclaw by jdugas

Format: Commander

Commander: Goreclaw, Terror of Qal Sisma

Bracket: 3

DeckCheck Threat Index: 36

Deck overview

This deck is a focused Mono-Green Stompy strategy built around Goreclaw, Terror of Qal Sisma. The primary game plan accelerates mana on Turns 1 and 2 to cast Goreclaw on Turn 3. Once active, Goreclaw provides a {2} cost reduction for creatures with power 4 or greater, allowing rapid deployment of massive threats such as Vaultborn Tyrant, Railway Brawler, and Defiler of Vigor. Power-triggered enchantments like Garruk's Uprising and Elemental Bond replenish your hand as creatures enter the battlefield. The deck turns this board presence into a win on Turns 5 and 6 using combat overruns and stat multipliers like Craterhoof Behemoth, Overwhelming Stampede, Unnatural Growth, and Zopandrel, Hunger Dominus, supported by Goreclaw's trample-granting attack trigger. While resilient to destruction thanks to Heroic Intervention and The Skullspore Nexus, the deck remains vulnerable to exile board wipes and lacks stack interaction.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Anara, Wolvid Familiar
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Archdruid's Charm
  • 1 Azusa, Lost but Seeking
  • 1 Beanstalk Giant // Fertile Footsteps
  • 1 Beast Within
  • 1 Blitzball Shot
  • 1 Bow of Nylea
  • 1 Bramble Sovereign
  • 1 Challenger Troll
  • 1 Craterhoof Behemoth
  • 1 Defense of the Heart
  • 1 Defiler of Vigor
  • 1 Elemental Bond
  • 1 Emerald Medallion
  • 29 Forest
  • 1 Gaea's Touch
  • 1 Garruk's Uprising
  • 1 Ghalta, Primal Hunger
  • 1 Goreclaw, Terror of Qal Sisma
  • 1 Heroic Intervention
  • 1 Hulking Raptor
  • 1 Ilysian Caryatid
  • 1 Jaheira's Respite
  • 1 Kenrith's Transformation
  • 1 Kodama of the East Tree
  • 1 Lightning Greaves
  • 1 Llanowar Elves
  • 1 Llanowar Tribe
  • 1 Mending Touch
  • 1 Mosswort Bridge
  • 1 Nature's Lore
  • 1 Nissa, Who Shakes the World
  • 1 Old Gnawbone
  • 1 Oracle of Mul Daya
  • 1 Outcaster Trailblazer
  • 1 Overwhelming Stampede
  • 1 Pathbreaker Ibex
  • 1 Poison Dart Frog
  • 1 Primeval Protector
  • 1 Railway Brawler
  • 1 Ram Through
  • 1 Reliquary Tower
  • 1 Rhonas's Monument
  • 1 Rogue's Passage
  • 1 Selvala's Stampede
  • 1 Selvala, Heart of the Wilds
  • 1 Silverback Elder
  • 1 Skyshroud Claim
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Steel Leaf Champion
  • 1 Surrak and Goreclaw
  • 1 The Earth King
  • 1 The Great Henge
  • 1 The Skullspore Nexus
  • 1 Three Visits
  • 1 Tifa's Limit Break
  • 1 Titan of Industry
  • 1 Topiary Stomper
  • 1 Torgal, A Fine Hound
  • 1 Traverse the Outlands
  • 1 Unnatural Growth
  • 1 Utopia Sprawl
  • 1 Vaultborn Tyrant
  • 1 Verdurous Gearhulk
  • 1 Vigor
  • 1 Wayward Swordtooth
  • 1 Whisperer of the Wilds
  • 1 Wilson, Refined Grizzly
  • 1 Winds of Qal Sisma
  • 1 Yorvo, Lord of Garenbrig
  • 1 Zopandrel, Hunger Dominus