Art by Raoul Vitale
Commander deckG
Black Tom Cassidy
Leverage Black Tom Cassidy as a reliable ramp engine in the command zone, utilizing untap effects, Mutant synergies, and lifegain payoffs to accelerate into overwhelming mono-green stompy threats.
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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
1Black Tom Cassidy
1GLegendary Creature — Mutant Villain
Chosen commander for the requested strategy.
Ramp
10
Selvala, Heart of the Wilds
1GGLegendary Creature — Elf Scout
massive mana generation tied to high power
Card Draw
10
Toski, Bearer of Secrets
3GLegendary Creature — Squirrel
indestructible draw engine on combat damage
The Great Henge
7GGLegendary Artifact
provides life, counters, mana, and card draw
Rishkar's Expertise
4GGSorcery
draws cards equal to greatest power and gives free cast
Removal
10
Kenrith's Transformation
1GEnchantment — Aura
neutralizes problem commanders while cantripping
Song of the Dryads
2GEnchantment — Aura
turns any threatening permanent into a harmless forest
Reclamation Sage
2GCreature — Elf Shaman
creature-based artifact and enchantment removal
Kogla, the Titan Ape
3GGGLegendary Creature — Ape
fights on entry and shatters artifacts/enchantments on attack
Ram Through
1GInstant
efficient one-sided creature removal with trample excess damage
Lignify
1GKindred Enchantment — Treefolk Aura
strips an opposing creature of all abilities
Threats/Wincons
24
Biogenic Ooze
3GGCreature — Ooze
Mutant that generates tokens and grows each turn
Experiment One
GCreature — Human Ooze
Mutant one-drop that grows rapidly and regenerates
Pelt Collector
GCreature — Elf Warrior
aggressive one-drop that scales with large creatures entering
Basking Broodscale
1GCreature — Eldrazi Lizard
Mutant that creates Eldrazi Spawn when getting +1/+1 counters
Evolution Witness
2GCreature — Elf Shaman Mutant
Mutant that recurs key cards whenever counters are placed
Defiler of Vigor
3GGCreature — Phyrexian Wurm
turns life into green mana and distributes +1/+1 counters
Vorinclex, Monstrous Raider
4GGLegendary Creature — Phyrexian Praetor
doubles counters on our creatures while halving opponents'
Apex Devastator
8GGCreature — Chimera Hydra
cascades four times to flood the board with value
Avenger of Zendikar
5GGCreature — Elemental
creates a wide plant army that grows with land drops
Primeval Protector
10GCreature — Avatar
massive body that gets cheaper against wide boards and buffs team
Scavenging Ooze
1GCreature — Ooze
graveyard hate that grows and triggers additional lifegain
Woodfall Primus
5GGGCreature — Treefolk Shaman
Mutant threat that destroys noncreature permanents and persists
Ghalta, Primal Hunger
10GGLegendary Creature — Elder Dinosaur
massive 12/12 trampler that often casts for two mana
Blossom Prancer
3GGCreature — Spirit
digs for permanents or gains life when needed
Tribute to the World Tree
GGGEnchantment
buffs small creatures and draws cards off large ones
Court of Garenbrig
1GGEnchantment
monarch card draw and doubles +1/+1 counters in upkeep
Staff of Domination
3Artifact
untaps Black Tom and serves as a lifegain combo outlet
Well of Lost Dreams
4Artifact
turns Black Tom's Mutant lifegain triggers into card draw
Nylea, God of the Hunt
3GLegendary Enchantment Creature — God
indestructible board-wide trample enabler and mana sink
Kamahl, Heart of Krosa
6GGLegendary Creature — Human Druid
overrun effect every combat to close out the game
Utility
8
Heroic Intervention
1GInstant
protects entire board with hexproof and indestructible
Lightning Greaves
2Artifact — Equipment
gives haste to Black Tom and protects with shroud
Swiftfoot Boots
2Artifact — Equipment
haste and hexproof protection for key creatures
Quirion Ranger
GCreature — Elf Ranger
untaps Black Tom to double tap for mana and life
Scryb Ranger
1GCreature — Faerie Ranger
instant-speed untapper for extra commander activations
Thousand-Year Elixir
3Artifact
pseudo-haste for tap abilities and allows untapping
Seedborn Muse
3GGCreature — Spirit
untaps everything each opponent's turn for repeated activations
