Art by Mark Spears
Commander deckGU
Chief Montgomery Scott
Ramp quickly, assemble a diverse array of differently named lands, and use Scotty's ability to cheat colossal, counter-boosted threats straight onto the battlefield.
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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 · 60 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
1Chief Montgomery Scott
2GULegendary Creature — Human Artificer
Chosen commander for the requested strategy.
Ramp
10
Sol Ring
1Artifact
Fast mana staple to accelerate toward Scotty's costly activation
Nature's Lore
1GSorcery
Puts an untapped forest with any name onto the battlefield
Hour of Promise
4GSorcery
Fetches any two differently named lands directly to the battlefield
Card Draw
10
Rhystic Study
2UEnchantment
Continuous card advantage to keep a hand full of huge threats
Mystic Remora
UEnchantment
Early game card engine that heavily taxes noncreature spells
Greater Good
2GGEnchantment
Sacrifice massive counter-boosted creatures to draw massive chunks of your library
Return of the Wildspeaker
4GInstant
Draws cards equal to the greatest power among your heavily buffed creatures
Rishkar's Expertise
4GGSorcery
Draws huge cards off high power and casts a free spell
Garruk's Uprising
2GEnchantment
Draws on entry of big creatures and grants essential trample
Elemental Bond
2GEnchantment
Consistent card draw when massive creatures hit the board
Consecrated Sphinx
4UUCreature — Sphinx
Overwhelming draw engine that Scotty can cheat into play with huge stats
Removal
10
Fierce Guardianship
2UInstant
Free protection spell while Scotty is on the battlefield
Swan Song
UInstant
Cheap one-mana interaction against wipes and game-winning spells
Rapid Hybridization
UInstant
Single mana answer to problematic opposing commanders
Cyclonic Rift
1UInstant
One-sided board bounce that clears the path for lethal attacks
Nature's Claim
GInstant
Extremely efficient removal for dangerous artifacts and enchantments
Imprisoned in the Moon
2UEnchantment — Aura
Shuts down enemy commanders by turning them into lands
Threats/Wincons
22
Apex Devastator
8GGCreature — Chimera Hydra
Enormous cascade behemoth that enters with a mountain of +1/+1 counters
Koma, Cosmos Serpent
3GGUULegendary Creature — Serpent
Uncounterable menace that locks down opponents and grows exponentially
Craterhoof Behemoth
5GGGCreature — Beast
Game-ending finisher to overrun the table with your huge board
Nezahal, Primal Tide
5UULegendary Creature — Elder Dinosaur
Resilient giant threat that draws cards and protects itself
Vorinclex, Monstrous Raider
4GGLegendary Creature — Phyrexian Praetor
Doubles all +1/+1 counters Scotty puts on your creatures
Nyxbloom Ancient
4GGGEnchantment Creature — Elemental
Triples mana production so you can easily pay Scotty's activation cost
Jin-Gitaxias, Core Augur
8UULegendary Creature — Phyrexian Praetor
Devastating top-end threat that completely empties opponent hands
Hullbreaker Horror
5UUCreature — Kraken Horror
Uncounterable flash creature that bounces any spell or permanent on cast
Avenger of Zendikar
5GGCreature — Elemental
Creates an army of plant tokens that scale with your diverse lands
Ulamog, the Ceaseless Hunger
10Legendary Creature — Eldrazi
Gigantic indestructible threat cheated out with massive stats
Kogla, the Titan Ape
3GGGLegendary Creature — Ape
Fights on entry, destroys artifacts and enchantments on attack, and saves Humans
Terastodon
6GGCreature — Elephant
Destroys up to three troublesome noncreature permanents immediately
Herald of Secret Streams
3UCreature — Merfolk Warrior
Makes all creatures with +1/+1 counters completely unblockable
Kami of Whispered Hopes
2GCreature — Spirit
Increases counters placed on creatures and taps for immense mana
Brawn
3GCreature — Incarnation
Provides trample from the graveyard so your counter-laden behemoths can punch through
Kalonian Hydra
3GGCreature — Hydra
Doubles all +1/+1 counters across your entire board each time it attacks
Hydroid Krasis
XGUCreature — Jellyfish Hydra Beast
Huge flying trampler that gains life and draws cards
Pathbreaker Ibex
4GGCreature — Goat
Turns a single giant counter-boosted creature into team-wide lethal trampling power
Ghalta, Primal Hunger
10GGLegendary Creature — Elder Dinosaur
Enormous cheap trampler that hits like a truck when enlarged by Scotty
Roaming Throne
4Artifact Creature — Golem
Doubles triggered abilities of chosen creature types to maximize ETB payoffs
Twinning Staff
3Artifact
Utility amplifier replaced by Scute Swarm for land token generation
Scute Swarm
2GCreature — Insect
Explosive token producer that swarms the board with lands
Utility
8
Seedborn Muse
3GGCreature — Spirit
Untaps all permanents on every opponent's turn to activate Scotty repeatedly
Murkfiend Liege
2GUGUGUCreature — Horror
Untaps your green and blue creatures on each opponent's untap step
Kiora's Follower
GUCreature — Merfolk
Untaps Scotty to allow multiple activations in a single turn
Thousand-Year Elixir
3Artifact
Grants pseudo-haste to Scotty's tap ability and untaps him for another use
The Ozolith
1Legendary Artifact
Preserves the massive piles of +1/+1 counters when your creatures die
Simic Ascendancy
GUEnchantment
Alternative win condition that charges up instantly from Scotty's counter placement
Lightning Greaves
2Artifact — Equipment
Protects Scotty with shroud and grants haste for immediate activation
Swiftfoot Boots
2Artifact — Equipment
Hexproof and haste to guarantee Scotty can survive and tap immediately
