Doran, the Siege Tower

Commander / EDH BGW (Abzan, Junk)

Marc_IRL

Creature (35)

• 1x Abzan Beastmaster
• 1x Azusa, Lost but Seeking
• 1x Black Poplar Shaman
• 1x Bosk Banneret
• 1x Chameleon Colossus
• 1x Changeling Titan
• 1x Colfenor, the Last Yew
• 1x Dauntless Dourbark
• 1x Deadwood Treefolk
• 1x Everbark Shaman
• 1x Faeburrow Elder
• 1x Fendeep Summoner
• 1x Great Oak Guardian
• 1x Ikra Shidiqi, the Usurper
• 1x Indomitable Ancients
• 1x Ironroot Warlord
• 1x Karametra, God of Harvests
• 1x Leaf-Crowned Elder
• 1x Magnigoth Treefolk
• 1x Mirror Entity
• 1x Oathsworn Giant
• 1x Orchard Warden
• 1x Sapling of Colfenor
• 1x Seedguide Ash
• 1x Sheltering Ancient
• 1x Silklash Spider
• 1x Skinshifter
• 1x Thorntooth Witch
• 1x Timber Protector
• 1x Treefolk Harbinger
• 1x Ulvenwald Observer
• 1x Unstoppable Ash
• 1x Verdeloth the Ancient
• 1x Warden of the First Tree
• 1x Wickerbough Elder

Land (37)

• 1x Bountiful Promenade
• 1x Cavern of Souls
• 1x Command Tower
• 1x Exotic Orchard
• 13x Forest
• 1x Ghost Quarter
• 1x Godless Shrine
• 1x Indatha Triome
• 1x Marsh Flats
• 1x Murmuring Bosk
• 1x Overgrown Tomb
• 1x Path of Ancestry
• 3x Plains
• 1x Reflecting Pool
• 1x Sandsteppe Citadel
• 3x Swamp
• 1x Temple Garden
• 1x Undergrowth Stadium
• 1x Vault of Champions
• 1x Verdant Catacombs
• 1x Windswept Heath

Instant (7)

• 1x Anguished Unmaking
• 1x Despark
• 1x Mortify
• 1x Ready / Willing
• 1x Tower Defense
• 1x Utter End
• 1x Wretched Confluence

Commander (1)

Sorcery (8)

• 1x Cultivate
• 1x Genesis Wave
• 1x Kodama's Reach
• 1x Merciless Eviction
• 1x Seasons Past
• 1x Skyshroud Claim
• 1x Wave of Reckoning
• 1x Wrath of God

Enchantment (7)

• 1x Abundance
• 1x Assault Formation
• 1x Defense of the Heart
• 1x Guardian Project
• 1x Kindred Boon
• 1x Mirari's Wake
• 1x Sylvan Library

Artifact (5)

• 1x Arcane Signet
• 1x Chromatic Lantern
• 1x Lifecrafter's Bestiary
• 1x Sol Ring
• 1x The Great Henge

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I've wanted to use this color combination for a long time, and I've also wanted to build some sort of tribal deck. Goblins, elves and the like were a bit too mainstream, so... Treefolk!

This is my first draft of the deck, and I can only imagine that it needs some tweaking. I suspect it may be a bit light on card draw, and the mana may need to be fixed even further in order to have BGW on turn three.

You consistently want to play Doran on that third turn so that you can enable the rest of your creatures' big attacks. Assault Formation gives the deck a little backup, and Asceticism provides Doran some resilience, but it remains to be seen how fragile the deck might be.

I've substituted land ramp spells (six and one cycling card, which can find seven different types of forest!) for mana rocks, hopefully making the deck more resilient to board wipes. Killing Doran to turn off your creatures might look like a good idea, but he's not too threatening on his own, and when you have the mana to re-cast him time and time again, your opponents' spot removal may find more pressing targets.

The deck runs four sorcery-speed board wipes of its own, though each of them is conditional, allowing you to have some control over which creatures are wiped off of the play area, and which remain. Doran also makes use of black and white's efficient exile removal, which you should save to get rid of permanents that threaten to end the game.

Your win condition is to turn your creatures sideways (unless you've got an Oathsworn Giant !), and attack. Doran may have access to black and white, but the deck is 60% green, and the timeless green formula of "attack with big things" still works just fine.

Date added	7 years
Last updated	3 years
Legality	This deck is Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	8 - 0 Mythic Rares 46 - 0 Rares 17 - 0 Uncommons 10 - 0 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	4.02
Tokens	Saproling 1/1 G