The Meatdown

Commander / EDH BGW (Abzan, Junk)

Genous

Creature (49)

• 1x Anafenza, Kin-Tree Spirit
• 1x Brimaz, King of Oreskos
• 1x Carrion Feeder
• 1x Champion of Lambholt
• 1x Charming Prince
• 1x Courser of Kruphix
• 1x Dark Confidant
• 1x Deathrite Shaman
• 1x Devoted Druid
• 1x Drana, Liberator of Malakir
• 1x Eternal Witness
• 1x Evolution Sage
• 1x Faeburrow Elder
• 1x Fiend Artisan
• 1x Grand Abolisher
• 1x Grateful Apparition
• 1x Gyre Sage
• 1x Hallowed Spiritkeeper
• 1x Hexdrinker
• 1x High Priest of Penance
• 1x Huatli's Raptor
• 1x Incubation Druid
• 1x Joraga Treespeaker
• 1x Knight of Autumn
• 1x Knight of the Reliquary
• 1x Lurrus of the Dream-Den
• 1x Managorger Hydra
• 1x Mikaeus, the Lunarch
• 1x Mirror Entity
• 1x Pir, Imaginative Rascal
• 1x Renegade Rallier
• 1x Rishkar, Peema Renegade
• 1x Saffi Eriksdotter
• 1x Sakura-Tribe Elder
• 1x Scavenging Ooze
• 1x Scute Mob
• 1x Selfless Spirit
• 1x Skyclave Apparition
• 1x Soul Warden
• 1x Sun Titan
• 1x Suture Priest
• 1x Tireless Tracker
• 1x Tymna the Weaver *f-etch*
• 1x Varolz, the Scar-Striped
• 1x Venerated Loxodon
• 1x Voice of Resurgence
• 1x Winding Constrictor
• 1x Yahenni, Undying Partisan
• 1x Yisan, the Wanderer Bard

Land (37)

• 1x Command Tower
• 1x Fetid Heath
• 8x Forest
• 1x Gavony Township
• 1x Godless Shrine
• 1x Isolated Chapel
• 1x Murmuring Bosk
• 1x Nurturing Peatland
• 1x Overgrown Tomb
• 8x Plains
• 1x Sandsteppe Citadel
• 1x Silent Clearing
• 1x Sunpetal Grove
• 7x Swamp
• 1x Twilight Mire
• 1x Undergrowth Stadium
• 1x Wooded Bastion

Enchantment (3)

• 1x Cathars' Crusade
• 1x Cryptolith Rite
• 1x Oath of Nissa

Sorcery (1)

• 1x Eerie Ultimatum

Commander (1)

Artifact (4)

• 1x Genesis Chamber
• 1x Illusionist's Bracers
• 1x Mirage Mirror
• 1x Thousand-Year Elixir

Planeswalker (3)

• 1x Gideon Blackblade
• 1x Liliana, the Last Hope
• 1x Nissa, Voice of Zendikar

Instant (2)

• 1x Chord of Calling
• 1x Collected Company

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Sideboard

Creature (100)

• 1x Angel of Vitality
• 1x Archangel of Thune
• 1x Archfiend's Vessel
• 1x Athreos, God of Passage
• 1x Auriok Champion
• 1x Ayli, Eternal Pilgrim
• 1x Azusa, Lost but Seeking
• 1x Banewhip Punisher
• 1x Big Game Hunter
• 1x Bloodghast
• 1x Bloom Tender
• 1x Bone Shredder
• 1x Callous Bloodmage
• 1x Channeler Initiate
• 1x Collector Ouphe
• 1x Crystalline Giant
• 1x Dark Impostor
• 1x Dauntless Escort
• 1x Devoted Crop-Mate
• 1x Dryad of the Ilysian Grove
• 1x Duskwatch Recruiter  ^Flip
• 1x Elesh Norn, Grand Cenobite
• 1x Essence Warden
• 1x Ethersworn Canonist
• 1x Fain, the Broker
• 1x Felisa, Fang of Silverquill
• 1x Fiend Hunter
• 1x Fleecemane Lion
• 1x Good-Fortune Unicorn
• 1x Grakmaw, Skyclave Ravager
• 1x Guul Draz Assassin
• 1x Gwyllion Hedge-Mage
• 1x Hapatra, Vizier of Poisons
• 1x Harmonic Sliver
• 1x Heliod, Sun-Crowned
• 1x Honor Troll
• 1x Hornet Nest
• 1x Jadelight Ranger
• 1x Kambal, Consul of Allocation
• 1x Karlov of the Ghost Council
• 1x Kazandu Tuskcaller
• 1x Keen Duelist
• 1x Keensight Mentor
• 1x Kitchen Finks
• 1x Kytheon, Hero of Akros  ^Flip
• 1x Lavabrink Venturer
• 1x Leonin Arbiter
• 1x Liliana, Heretical Healer  ^Flip
• 1x Lone Rider  ^Flip
• 1x Luminarch Aspirant
• 1x Masked Vandal
• 1x Metallic Mimic
• 1x Mirri, Weatherlight Duelist
• 1x Murderous Rider
• 1x Necroplasm
• 1x Necrotic Sliver
• 1x Nighthawk Scavenger
• 1x Nissa, Vastwood Seer  ^Flip
• 1x Oran-Rief Ooze
• 1x Peacekeeper
• 1x Phyrexian Revoker
• 1x Plague Engineer
• 1x Qasali Pridemage
• 1x Ranger-Captain of Eos
• 1x Realmwalker
• 1x Recruiter of the Guard
• 1x Remorseful Cleric
• 1x Resplendent Angel
• 1x Righteous Valkyrie
• 1x Royal Assassin
• 1x Rune-Tail, Kitsune Ascendant  ^Flip
• 1x Runic Armasaur
• 1x Selfless Squire
• 1x Selvala, Explorer Returned
• 1x Serra Ascendant
• 1x Serra Avenger
• 1x Shalai, Voice of Plenty
• 1x Shaman of Forgotten Ways
• 1x Silverquill Silencer
• 1x Skullbriar, the Walking Grave
• 1x Skyclave Shade
• 1x Soul's Attendant
• 1x Speaker of the Heavens
• 1x Spirit of the Labyrinth
• 1x Standard Bearer
• 1x Stoneforge Mystic
• 1x Thalia, Guardian of Thraben
• 1x Thalia, Heretic Cathar
• 1x The Gitrog Monster
• 1x Thrashing Brontodon
• 1x Transcendent Master
• 1x Trophy Hunter
• 1x Twilight Drover
• 1x Undergrowth Champion
• 1x Unyaro Bees
• 1x Valentin, Dean of the Vein  ^Flip
• 1x Vito, Thorn of the Dusk Rose
• 1x Vizkopa Guildmage
• 1x Weathered Wayfarer
• 1x Willowdusk, Essence Seer

Enchantment (41)

• 1x Abzan Ascendancy
• 1x Act of Authority
• 1x Arguel's Blood Fast  ^Flip
• 1x Aura Shards
• 1x Aura of Silence
• 2x Authority of the Consuls
• 1x Beastmaster Ascension
• 1x Blessed Sanctuary
• 1x Blind Obedience
• 1x Darksteel Mutation
• 2x Dawn of Hope
• 1x Deafening Silence
• 1x Death's Oasis
• 1x Descendants' Path
• 1x Durable Handicraft
• 1x Elemental Bond
• 1x Feast on the Fallen
• 1x Ghostly Prison
• 1x Gift of Immortality
• 1x Grasp of Fate
• 1x Growing Rites of Itlimoc  ^Flip
• 1x Hydra's Growth
• 1x Land Tax
• 1x Necropotence
• 1x Oath of Ajani
• 1x Oath of Gideon
• 1x Oath of Liliana
• 1x Oblivion Ring
• 1x Omen of the Sun
• 2x Phyrexian Arena
• 1x Porphyry Nodes
• 1x Runed Halo
• 1x Song of Freyalise
• 1x Sylvan Library
• 1x The Birth of Meletis
• 1x Together Forever
• 2x Trudge Garden

Artifact (7)

• 1x Maul of the Skyclaves
• 1x Oblivion Stone
• 1x Staff of Domination
• 1x Strixhaven Stadium
• 1x Sword of Truth and Justice
• 1x Tainted Sigil
• 1x The Ozolith

Sorcery (3)

• 1x Agadeem's Awakening  ^Flip
• 1x Black Sun's Zenith
• 1x Find / Finality

Planeswalker (2)

• 1x Basri Ket
• 1x Gideon of the Trials

Land (3)

• 1x Castle Locthwain
• 2x Vault of the Archangel

Instant (1)

• 1x Pledge of Unity

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Maybeboard

Creature (11)

• 1x Athreos, God of Passage
• 1x Charnel Troll
• 1x Children of Korlis
• 1x Doran, the Siege Tower
• 1x Embodiment of Agonies
• 1x Grim Flayer
• 1x Hedron-Field Purists
• 1x Sarulf, Realm Eater
• 1x Splendor Mare
• 1x Student of Warfare
• 1x Vampire Hexmage

Enchantment (8)

• 1x Bloodchief Ascension
• 1x Contamination
• 1x Glistening Oil
• 1x Journey to Eternity  ^Flip
• 1x Luminarch Ascension
• 1x Necropotence
• 1x Pernicious Deed
• 1x Phyrexian Reclamation

Planeswalker (1)

• 1x Sorin, Imperious Bloodlord

Instant (1)

• 1x Congregation at Dawn

Sorcery (1)

• 1x Doomsday

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As the name suggests, this deck seeks to beat my opponents in the face with efficient creatures, and gain card advantage with the commander. This is only the first draft, so some changes are inevitable after some playtesting. Enjoy!

After having played the deck a few times, some areas for improvement have become apparent to me. Firstly, the deck already passively gains a decent amount of life, so it would be fruitful to lean into it further with more sources of lifegain and potent payoffs, such as Righteous Valkyrie . Secondly, the deck is alarmingly vulnerable to flyers, so a greater presence of creatures with flying or reach to contest them is in order. Lastly, the deck has little to no removal. I recently played a three-player game against two Aristocrats decks, and one of my opponents resolved a devastating Syr Conrad, The Grim, which had me begging the other player to destroy it, because I didn't have the means to do so myself.

Date added	3 years
Last updated	3 years
Legality	This deck is Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	12 - 23 Mythic Rares 47 - 96 Rares 10 - 33 Uncommons 4 - 4 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	2.62
Tokens	2/2 W Token Creature Unicorn, Angel 4/4 W, Angel 4/4 W w/ Vigilance, Ashaya, the Awoken World, Cat Soldier 1/1 W, Clue, Companion Zone, Demon 5/5 B, Elemental */* GW, Elephant 3/3 G, Emblem Basri Ket, Emblem Gideon of the Trials, Emblem Liliana, Defiant Necromancer, Emblem Liliana, the Last Hope, Fungus Beast 4/4 G, Human Soldier 1/1 W, Hydra */* BG, Illusion */* U, Inkling 2/1 WB, Insect 1/1 G w/ Flying, Deathtouch, Kithkin Soldier 1/1 W, Kor Ally 1/1 W, Myr 1/1 C, On an Adventure, Pest 1/1 BG, Plant 0/1 G, Snake 1/1 G, Snake 1/1 G w/ Deathtouch, Soldier 1/1 W, Soldier 1/1 W w/ Lifelink, Spirit 1/1 W, Treasure, Wall 0/4 C, Zombie 2/2 B
Folders	Commander