Art by Jason Pastrana
Commander deckG
Captain Kathryn Janeway
Cast creatures and generate tokens to trigger mass explore effects, drawing lands and placing +1/+1 counters, while utilizing extra land drops and landfall synergies to overpower opponents.
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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 · 61 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
1Captain Kathryn Janeway
3GLegendary Creature — Human Officer
Chosen commander for the requested strategy.
Ramp
10
Sakura-Tribe Elder
1GCreature — Snake Shaman
creature that explores on entry then ramps a basic land
Tireless Provisioner
2GCreature — Elf Scout
creates Treasure tokens from landfall triggers
Azusa, Lost but Seeking
2GLegendary Creature — Human Monk
allows playing multiple additional lands drawn from explore
Card Draw
10
Guardian Project
3GEnchantment
rewards playing non-token creatures with card draw
Tribute to the World Tree
GGGEnchantment
draws cards from large creatures and buffs smaller ones
Toski, Bearer of Secrets
3GLegendary Creature — Squirrel
indestructible engine drawing cards on combat damage
Greater Good
2GGEnchantment
sacrifices explore-boosted creatures for massive card draw
Return of the Wildspeaker
4GInstant
burst draw equal to greatest power or an overrun finisher
Rishkar's Expertise
4GGSorcery
draws cards based on buffed creatures and casts a free spell
Inspiring Call
2GInstant
draws cards for modified creatures and grants indestructible
Removal
10
Kenrith's Transformation
1GEnchantment — Aura
neutralizes problematic commanders while cantripping
Reclamation Sage
2GCreature — Elf Shaman
explores on entry while blowing up artifacts or enchantments
Manglehorn
2GCreature — Beast
creature ETB removal that also slows opponent artifacts
Song of the Dryads
2GEnchantment — Aura
answers any permanent by turning it into a colorless land
Kogla, the Titan Ape
3GGGLegendary Creature — Ape
fights on entry and cleanses artifacts and enchantments
Ezuri's Predation
5GGGSorcery
green board wipe that creates tokens that each explore
Cankerbloom
1GCreature — Phyrexian Fungus
versatile naturalize creature that also proliferates counters
Threats/Wincons
24
Scute Swarm
2GCreature — Insect
triggers landfall to create swarms of creatures that explore
Avenger of Zendikar
5GGCreature — Elemental
creates an army of plants that explore and grow with landfall
Rampaging Baloths
4GGCreature — Beast
produces 4/4 Beast tokens on every land drop that explore
Wildgrowth Walker
1GCreature — Elemental
gains life and rapidly grows whenever creatures explore
Jadelight Ranger
1GGCreature — Merfolk Scout Ranger
explores twice on entry plus an additional time from the commander
Jadelight Spelunker
XGCreature — Merfolk Scout
mana sink creature that explores numerous times on entry
Merfolk Branchwalker
1GCreature — Merfolk Scout
cheap creature that explores immediately to smooth draws
Defiler of Vigor
3GGCreature — Phyrexian Wurm
reduces green costs and pumps the entire board with counters
Kodama of the West Tree
2GLegendary Creature — Spirit
gives modified exploring creatures trample and fetches lands
Craterhoof Behemoth
5GGGCreature — Beast
game-ending combat finisher with trample
Greensleeves, Maro-Sorcerer
3GGLegendary Creature — Elemental Sorcerer
grows huge with lands and creates Badger tokens on landfall
Tireless Tracker
2GCreature — Human Scout
produces Clues from land drops and grows larger
Cultivator Colossus
4GGGCreature — Plant Beast
converts lands explored into hands into massive ramp and draw
Ancient Greenwarden
4GGCreature — Elemental
doubles all landfall triggers and plays lands from graveyard
Topiary Stomper
1GGCreature — Plant Dinosaur
searches for a basic land on entry and triggers explore
Wood Elves
2GCreature — Elf Scout
ramps a forest untapped and triggers explore on entry
Springbloom Druid
2GCreature — Elf Druid
fetches multiple lands on entry and explores
Deeproot Wayfinder
1GCreature — Merfolk Scout
explores on combat damage and recurs lands to the battlefield
Sentinel of the Nameless City
2GCreature — Merfolk Warrior Scout
efficient body that generates Map tokens for repeatable exploration
Nissa, Resurgent Animist
2GLegendary Creature — Elf Scout
ramps and tutors Elves or Elementals off multiple land drops
Kami of Whispered Hopes
2GCreature — Spirit
amplifies explore +1/+1 counters and taps for massive mana
Hornet Queen
4GGGCreature — Insect
spawns four flying deathtouch tokens that each explore
Terastodon
6GGCreature — Elephant
removes noncreature threats and puts a massive body on board
Apex Altisaur
7GGCreature — Dinosaur
chain fights enemy boards upon entering and exploring
Utility
7
Hardened Scales
GEnchantment
doubles up the +1/+1 counters received from exploring
Ozolith, the Shattered Spire
1GLegendary Artifact
adds extra counters and can distribute them at instant speed
The Ozolith
1Legendary Artifact
stores counters when exploring creatures die to maintain power
Conduit of Worlds
2GGArtifact
plays lands and casts permanents milled by explore from graveyard
Ramunap Excavator
2GCreature — Snake Cleric
creature that lets you play lands binned by explore
Heroic Intervention
1GInstant
protects board state from wipes with hexproof and indestructible
Lightning Greaves
2Artifact — Equipment
gives commander haste and shroud for immediate safety
