Art by Raymond Swanland
Commander deckBG
Beledros Witherbloom
Generate Pest tokens every upkeep to fuel lifegain and sacrifice engines, then pay life to untap all lands with Beledros into massive game-ending spells like Torment of Hailfire and huge dragons.
Asked for“Prismatic Bridge: Dragon/planeswalker bridge Include these cards and the rest go crazy -Kenrith Myrriim Beledros Witherbloom skirge familiar All the duals, fetches, surveil duals. tarkir dragons, not the elder versions their original forms”
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
1Beledros Witherbloom
5BGLegendary Creature — Elder Dragon
Chosen commander for the requested strategy.
Ramp
11
Skirge Familiar
4BCreature — Phyrexian Imp
turns excess cards into black mana for massive storm and drain turns
Crypt Ghast
3BCreature — Spirit
doubles swamp mana and provides extort lifegain triggers
Card Draw
10
Plumb the Forbidden
1BInstant
sacrifices Pests at instant speed for burst card draw
Morbid Opportunist
2BCreature — Human Rogue
consistent card advantage on death triggers
Species Specialist
2BBCreature — Human Warrior
draws off every dying Pest or Dragon
Shamanic Revelation
3GGSorcery
draws cards equal to creature count and restores life
Bolas's Citadel
3BBBLegendary Artifact
casts cards directly off the top using abundant life
Removal
10
Threats/Wincons
22
Zulaport Cutthroat
1BCreature — Human Rogue Ally
drains opponents whenever Pest tokens die
Marionette Apprentice
1BCreature — Human Artificer
drains each opponent on creature death triggers
Dina, Soul Steeper
BGLegendary Creature — Dryad Druid
turns Pest lifegain into direct damage to all opponents
Sedgemoor Witch
2BCreature — Human Warlock
generates additional Pests and provides ward protection
Witherbloom Apprentice
BGCreature — Human Druid
drains opponents with magecraft triggers
Chatterfang, Squirrel General
2GLegendary Creature — Squirrel Warrior
multiplies token generation and serves as creature removal
Avenger of Zendikar
5GGCreature — Elemental
wide token army payoff that scales with lands
Scourge of Nel Toth
5BBCreature — Zombie Dragon
recursive flying dragon fueled by Pest sacrifices
Ebondeath, Dracolich
2BBLegendary Creature — Zombie Dragon
flash dragon that recurs whenever creatures die
Kokusho, the Evening Star
4BBLegendary Creature — Dragon Spirit
powerful dragon that drains the entire table on death
Ancient Brass Dragon
5BBCreature — Elder Dragon
massive flying dragon that reanimates creatures from any graveyard
Ancient Bronze Dragon
5GGCreature — Elder Dragon
massive dragon that places huge +1/+1 counters on your team
Old Gnawbone
5GGLegendary Creature — Dragon
generates massive treasure tokens from combat damage
Professor Onyx
4BBLegendary Planeswalker — Liliana
planeswalker with magecraft drain and card advantage
Garruk, Cursed Huntsman
4BGLegendary Planeswalker — Garruk
planeswalker creating wolf tokens and emblem buff
Vraska, Golgari Queen
2BGLegendary Planeswalker — Vraska
planeswalker providing card draw, lifegain, and removal
Utility
9
Lightning Greaves
2Artifact — Equipment
protects Beledros with shroud and gives haste
Seedborn Muse
3GGCreature — Spirit
untaps lands and creatures on every opponent's turn
Phyrexian Reclamation
BEnchantment
recurs dead dragons repeatedly using spare life and mana
Vito, Thorn of the Dusk Rose
2BLegendary Creature — Vampire Cleric
amplifies lifegain into targeted opponent damage
Valentin, Dean of the Vein // Lisette, Dean of the Root
BLegendary Creature — Vampire Warlock // Legendary Creature — Human Druid
graveyard hate that produces Pest tokens
