Art by Bram Sels
Commander deckBGU
Glarb, Calamity's Augur
Manipulate the top of the library with surveil to chain powerful spells with mana value 4 or greater, ramping heavily and overwhelming opponents with Sultai midrange 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
1Glarb, Calamity's Augur
BGULegendary Creature — Frog Wizard Noble
Chosen commander for the requested strategy.
Ramp
10
Card Draw
10
Beast Whisperer
2GGCreature — Elf Druid
four-mana engine rewarding creature casts
Removal
10
Binding the Old Gods
2BGEnchantment — Saga
four-mana saga that destroys nonland then ramps
Ravenous Chupacabra
2BBCreature — Beast Horror
four-mana creature removal castable from top
Threats/Wincons
24
Doom Whisperer
3BBCreature — Nightmare Demon
repeatable surveil to filter top of library for Glarb
Muldrotha, the Gravetide
3BGULegendary Creature — Elemental Avatar
replays permanents milled or surveilled into graveyard
Tatyova, Benthic Druid
3GULegendary Creature — Merfolk Druid
turns land drops from top of library into draw and life
Aesi, Tyrant of Gyre Strait
4GULegendary Creature — Serpent
extra land drop and draw engine castable from top
The Gitrog Monster
3BGLegendary Creature — Frog Horror
extra land drops and massive card draw engine
Avenger of Zendikar
5GGCreature — Elemental
high-impact token finisher synergizing with lands
Sepulchral Primordial
5BBCreature — Avatar
reanimates top threats from opponents' graveyards
Diluvian Primordial
5UUCreature — Avatar
steals best instants and sorceries from graveyards
Hornet Queen
4GGGCreature — Insect
creates instant defensive deathtouch flying swarm
Gyruda, Doom of Depths
4UBUBLegendary Creature — Demon Kraken
mills and cheats huge even-cost creatures into play
Kogla, the Titan Ape
3GGGLegendary Creature — Ape
fights on entry and cleanses artifacts and enchantments
Noxious Gearhulk
4BBArtifact Creature — Construct
creature removal with lifegain on a menace body
Torrential Gearhulk
4UUArtifact Creature — Construct
flashes back impactful spells from graveyard
Massacre Wurm
3BBBCreature — Phyrexian Wurm
punishes small boards and drains opponents
Scute Swarm
2GCreature — Insect
exponential token threat powered by extra land drops
Vile Entomber
2BBCreature — Zombie Warlock
tutors key cards directly into the graveyard
Sire of Stagnation
4UBCreature — Eldrazi
punishes opponent land drops with exiling and draw
Overseer of the Damned
5BBCreature — Demon
removes a creature and builds zombie army
Prime Speaker Zegana
2GGUULegendary Creature — Merfolk Wizard
massive card draw tied to power of threats
Nezahal, Primal Tide
5UULegendary Creature — Elder Dinosaur
uncounterable threat providing continuous card draw
Terastodon
6GGCreature — Elephant
removes up to three problem noncreature permanents
Consuming Aberration
3UBCreature — Horror
scales massively while milling opponents on cast
Utility
8
Swiftfoot Boots
2Artifact — Equipment
protects commander and gives haste to tap for surveil
Lightning Greaves
2Artifact — Equipment
zero-mana equip protection and immediate surveil activation
Dread Return
2BBSorcery
reanimation castable from hand or via flashback from yard
Seedborn Muse
3GGCreature — Spirit
untaps commander on each turn for continuous surveilling
Sultai Ascendancy
BGUEnchantment
free upkeep filtering to guarantee high-value topdecks
