Art by Michele Giorgi
Saved commander deck
Atlas, Sizable Stooge
Deploy high-power creatures to maximize Atlas's combat life-gain trigger, leveraging lifegain payoffs and overwhelming beatdown to dominate the game.
Prompt: Atlas, Sizable Stooge commander deck
Commander
1 cards
Atlas, Sizable Stooge
{2}{B/G}{B/G}Legendary Creature — Human Villain
Chosen commander for the requested strategy.
Ramp
10 cards
Goreclaw, Terror of Qal Sisma
{3}{G}Legendary Creature — Bear
Reduces cost of 4+ power creatures and grants trample
Selvala, Heart of the Wilds
{1}{G}{G}Legendary Creature — Elf Scout
Taps for massive mana based on highest power
Fanatic of Rhonas
{1}{G}Creature — Snake Druid
Taps for four mana with ferocious active
Card Draw
10 cards
Garruk's Uprising
{2}{G}Enchantment
Cantrips on 4+ power creatures and grants trample
Elemental Bond
{2}{G}Enchantment
Draws a card whenever a 3+ power creature enters
Greater Good
{2}{G}{G}Enchantment
Sacrifice outlet that draws cards based on creature power
Rishkar's Expertise
{4}{G}{G}Sorcery
Massive draw based on power plus a free spell
Return of the Wildspeaker
{4}{G}Instant
Draws cards equal to greatest power or buffs the team
Removal
10 cards
Maelstrom Pulse
{1}{B}{G}Sorcery
Versatile removal that can clear tokens or troublesome permanents
Binding the Old Gods
{2}{B}{G}Enchantment — Saga
Destroys nonland permanent, ramps, and gives deathtouch
Threats/Wincons
21 cards
Vito, Thorn of the Dusk Rose
{2}{B}Legendary Creature — Vampire Cleric
Weaponizes Atlas's lifegain directly against opponents
Marauding Blight-Priest
{2}{B}Creature — Vampire Cleric
Drains opponents whenever Atlas gains life
Dina, Soul Steeper
{B}{G}Legendary Creature — Dryad Druid
Drains opponents on every lifegain trigger
Bloodthirsty Conqueror
{3}{B}{B}Creature — Vampire Knight
Massive flying threat that drains when opponents lose life
Surrak and Goreclaw
{4}{G}{G}Legendary Creature — Human Bear
Large body that grants haste and trample to big creatures
Ghalta, Primal Hunger
{10}{G}{G}Legendary Creature — Elder Dinosaur
Massive 12/12 trampler castable for cheap
Elder Gargaroth
{3}{G}{G}Creature — Beast
Powerful 4+ power attacker that makes tokens or gains life
Questing Beast
{2}{G}{G}Legendary Creature — Beast
Hasty 4/4 with numerous combat abilities
Thrun, Breaker of Silence
{3}{G}{G}Legendary Creature — Troll Shaman
Difficult-to-remove 5/5 trampler
Ulvenwald Oddity // Ulvenwald Behemoth
{2}{G}{G}Creature — Beast // Creature — Beast Horror
Hasty 4/4 that transforms into an overrun engine
Defiler of Vigor
{3}{G}{G}Creature — Phyrexian Wurm
Reduces green spell costs and pumps the board with +1/+1 counters
Lurking Predators
{4}{G}{G}Enchantment
Cheats large creatures directly onto the battlefield
Daemogoth Titan
{B/G}{B/G}{B/G}{B/G}Creature — Demon
Four-mana 11/10 to immediately maximize power triggers
Rotting Regisaur
{2}{B}Creature — Zombie Dinosaur
Three-mana 7/6 providing immense early power
Sheoldred, the Apocalypse
{2}{B}{B}Legendary Creature — Phyrexian Praetor
Substantial 4/5 body that synergizes heavily with lifegain
Shifting Ceratops
{2}{G}{G}Creature — Dinosaur
Aggressive uncounterable 5/4 with flexible keywords
Verdurous Gearhulk
{3}{G}{G}Artifact Creature — Construct
Enters as an 8/8 or buffs existing creatures to 4+ power
Noxious Gearhulk
{4}{B}{B}Artifact Creature — Construct
5/4 body that removes a creature and gains life
Railway Brawler
{3}{G}{G}Creature — Rhino Warrior
Doubles the power of subsequent entering creatures
Kogla, the Titan Ape
{3}{G}{G}{G}Legendary Creature — Ape
7/6 fight creature that destroys artifacts and enchantments
Apex Altisaur
{7}{G}{G}Creature — Dinosaur
Huge dinosaur that fights down opposing boards
Utility
7 cards
Heroic Intervention
{1}{G}Instant
Protects your board of large creatures from sweepers
Tamiyo's Safekeeping
{G}Instant
Targeted protection that also provides minor lifegain
Tyvar's Stand
{X}{G}Instant
Flexible protection spell that can pump power in combat
Lightning Greaves
{2}Artifact — Equipment
Grants haste and shroud to Atlas or key beaters
Sanguine Bond
{3}{B}{B}Enchantment
Turns Atlas's lifegain triggers into direct player burn
Eternal Witness
{1}{G}{G}Creature — Human Shaman
Recovers essential threats or interaction from the graveyard
