Art by Viktor Titov
Commander deckGU
Aesi, Tyrant of Gyre Strait
Ramp aggressively with additional land drops and mass land searches, drawing through the deck to overwhelm opponents with high-impact sea monsters and landfall value.
Asked for“Aloha, makemake wau eʻike i kāu kumukūʻai.”
Deck anatomy
What this list actually runs on: how cheaply it casts things, and whether it has enough ramp, card draw and interaction to keep up at the table. Each block is one card — hover for its name.
Mana curve · 62 nonland cards
The working parts
Counted from Scryfall’s community card tags, not from the builder’s own labels. A card that does two jobs counts twice, so these add up to more than the deck. The hatched band is a common rule of thumb, not a law — combo decks run leaner, battlecruiser decks heavier.
Colored mana symbols
Commander
1Aesi, Tyrant of Gyre Strait
4GULegendary Creature — Serpent
Chosen commander for the requested strategy.
Ramp
11
Sakura-Tribe Elder
1GCreature — Snake Shaman
chump blocker that ramps at instant speed
Card Draw
10
Return of the Wildspeaker
4GInstant
instant-speed draw scalable to large creatures
Removal
11
Kenrith's Transformation
1GEnchantment — Aura
cantripping aura that neutralizes opposing commanders
Reclamation Sage
2GCreature — Elf Shaman
destroy artifact or enchantment on a reusable body
Curse of the Swine
XUUSorcery
scalable exile removal for opposing creature threats
Threats/Wincons
22
Avenger of Zendikar
5GGCreature — Elemental
creates a massive army that grows with every land
Rampaging Baloths
4GGCreature — Beast
produces 4/4 Beast tokens on every land play
Scute Swarm
2GCreature — Insect
multiplies token count exponentially with ramp spells
Nezahal, Primal Tide
5UULegendary Creature — Elder Dinosaur
hard-to-remove beater that draws cards off opponents
Koma, Cosmos Serpent
3GGUULegendary Creature — Serpent
dominates combat and taps down opposing threats
Hullbreaker Horror
5UUCreature — Kraken Horror
flash threat that locks down opponents with spells
Tromokratis
5UULegendary Creature — Kraken
evasive sea monster with built-in hexproof
Lorthos, the Tidemaker
5UUULegendary Creature — Octopus
taps down up to eight opposing permanents on attack
Scourge of Fleets
5UUCreature — Kraken
one-sided bounce wipe scaling with island count
Stormtide Leviathan
5UUUCreature — Leviathan
shuts down ground attackers while attacking unhindered
Multani, Yavimaya's Avatar
4GGLegendary Creature — Elemental Avatar
reusable massive threat fueled by land count
Terastodon
6GGCreature — Elephant
destroys three problematic noncreature permanents
Roil Elemental
3UUUCreature — Elemental
steals opposing creatures with each land played
Murkfiend Liege
2GUGUGUCreature — Horror
buffs Simic creatures and provides pseudo-vigilance
Elder Gargaroth
3GGCreature — Beast
versatile beatstick generating tokens, life, or cards
Breaching Leviathan
7UUCreature — Leviathan
taps down non-blue creatures upon entry
Slinn Voda, the Rising Deep
6UULegendary Creature — Leviathan
board bounce leaving your big sea monsters intact
Trench Behemoth
5UUCreature — Kraken
protects itself and bounces lands for extra triggers
Charix, the Raging Isle
2UULegendary Creature — Leviathan Crab
massive defensive body capable of high power bursts
Utility
8
Lightning Greaves
2Artifact — Equipment
zero-cost protection and haste for big attackers
Ramunap Excavator
2GCreature — Snake Cleric
allows lands to be replayed from the graveyard
Khalni Heart Expedition
1GEnchantment
stores up landfall counters for a double ramp burst
Retreat to Kazandu
2GEnchantment
grows creatures or stabilizes life total on landfall
