Art by Sam Kennedy
Commander deckG
Dr. Leonard "Bones" McCoy
Leverage Dr. McCoy's flash ability to rescue creatures from death or recur key permanents from the graveyard, using sacrifice outlets and powerful death triggers to create overwhelming recursive value.
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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
1Dr. Leonard "Bones" McCoy
1GGLegendary Creature — Human Doctor
Chosen commander for the requested strategy.
Ramp
10
Sakura-Tribe Elder
1GCreature — Snake Shaman
ramps lands and self-sacrifices cleanly for McCoy's rescue effect
Card Draw
10
Greater Good
2GGEnchantment
sac outlet that draws deep and triggers McCoy's death-save trigger
Toski, Bearer of Secrets
3GLegendary Creature — Squirrel
indestructible engine providing cards on combat damage
Return of the Wildspeaker
4GInstant
burst card draw based on largest creature or a team pump
Life's Legacy
1GSorcery
cheap card draw that sacrifices a creature to be saved by McCoy
Evolutionary Leap
1GEnchantment
sacrifices creatures to dig for more gas while McCoy brings them back
Skullclamp
1Artifact — Equipment
converts small or dying creatures into raw card advantage
Garruk's Uprising
2GEnchantment
cantrips on large creatures and grants universal trample
Removal
10
Kenrith's Transformation
1GEnchantment — Aura
neutralizes problem commanders while replacing itself
Reclamation Sage
2GCreature — Elf Shaman
naturalize on a creature body that can be looped
Manglehorn
2GCreature — Beast
destroys artifacts and slows down opponent mana rocks
Acidic Slime
3GGCreature — Ooze
deathtouch blocker that destroys problem artifacts, enchantments, or lands
Kogla, the Titan Ape
3GGGLegendary Creature — Ape
fights on entry and bounces Human Doctor McCoy back to hand to recast with flash
Song of the Dryads
2GEnchantment — Aura
versatile answer that turns any permanent into a colorless forest
Cankerbloom
1GCreature — Phyrexian Fungus
flexible removal on a body that can sacrifice itself on demand
Woodfall Primus
5GGGCreature — Treefolk Shaman
destroys noncreature permanents and resets persist via McCoy's +1/+1 counters
Threats/Wincons
24
Eternal Witness
1GGCreature — Human Shaman
classic green recursion staple to loop with McCoy
Timeless Witness
2GGCreature — Human Shaman
redundant graveyard recursion with eternalize flexibility
Avenger of Zendikar
5GGCreature — Elemental
creates a massive army of plant tokens that scale with lands
Apex Altisaur
7GGCreature — Dinosaur
enrage board-clearing threat that resets cleanly with McCoy
Hornet Queen
4GGGCreature — Insect
stabilizes the board with deathtouch flyers on entry
Protean Hulk
5GGCreature — Beast
devastating death trigger that tutors entire creature packages
Vorinclex, Monstrous Raider
4GGLegendary Creature — Phyrexian Praetor
hasty threat that doubles +1/+1 counters from McCoy's ability
Terastodon
6GGCreature — Elephant
destroys three noncreature permanents upon entering the battlefield
Regal Force
4GGGCreature — Elemental
draws cards equal to the number of green creatures on the board
Seedborn Muse
3GGCreature — Spirit
untaps all permanents on each opponent's turn to enable McCoy's flash tricks
Yeva, Nature's Herald
2GGLegendary Creature — Elf Shaman
grants all green creature spells flash to play at instant speed
Ashaya, Soul of the Wild
3GGLegendary Creature — Elemental
massive threat that protects nontoken creatures from nonland wipes
Ulvenwald Oddity // Ulvenwald Behemoth
2GGCreature — Beast // Creature — Beast Horror
resilient hasty attacker that flips into a trample and haste anthem
End-Raze Forerunners
5GGGCreature — Boar
repeatable pseudo-Craterhoof overrun effect
Goreclaw, Terror of Qal Sisma
3GLegendary Creature — Bear
discounts high-power threats and gives them trample on attack
Green Sun's Zenith
XGSorcery
flexible creature tutor directly to the battlefield
Finale of Devastation
XGGSorcery
tutors from library or graveyard and acts as a game-winning buff
Worldspine Wurm
8GGGCreature — Wurm
colossal threat that leaves behind three 5/5 tokens when it dies
Kura, the Boundless Sky
3GGLegendary Creature — Dragon Spirit
death trigger fetches utility lands or makes a huge spirit, perfect with McCoy
Wurmcoil Engine
6Artifact Creature — Phyrexian Wurm
lifelink deathtouch engine that splits into tokens upon death
Solemn Simulacrum
4Artifact Creature — Golem
ramps on entry and draws on death to maximize rescue value
Utility
8
Ashnod's Altar
3Artifact
free sacrifice outlet generating colorless mana on demand
Altar of Dementia
2Artifact
free sacrifice outlet that fuels the graveyard for McCoy to retrieve
Spore Frog
GCreature — Frog
sacrifices to prevent all combat damage and can be repeatedly looped
Heroic Intervention
1GInstant
instant-speed team protection from board wipes and spot removal
Temur Sabertooth
2GGCreature — Cat
repeatably bounces McCoy to hand to reuse flash and ETB triggers
Lightning Greaves
2Artifact — Equipment
free shroud and haste protection for key creatures
Conjurer's Closet
5Artifact
blinks creatures at end step to reuse powerful enters-the-battlefield triggers
