Gilanra and Alena
Gilanra, Caller of Wirewood & Alena, Kessig Trapper Commander Deck
The deck uses Gilanra and Alena together to rapidly accelerate into enormous creatures — Gilanra provides green mana and card draw when that mana fuels spells with mana value 6 or greater, while Alena converts the high power of creatures that entered this turn into large amounts of red mana, creating a snowballing engine that enables casting multiple massive threats in a single turn. The strategy leans heavily on entering-the-battlefield and combat triggers from its large creatures, generating card advantage through death and entry triggers, stealing or exiling opponent permanents, dealing damage through combat and attack triggers, and doubling damage output via Fiendish Duo. The deck wins through overwhelming board presence and combat, backed by effects that grant haste and trample across the team, land-doubling effects that further amplify mana production through Regal Behemoth and Sakiko, Mother of Summer, and cascade spells that chain additional threats into play.
Decklist
- Paleoloth
- Gruul Ragebeast
- Ulvenwald Observer
- Nikya of the Old Ways
- Bane of Bala Ged
- Cyclops of Eternal Fury
- Flameblast Dragon
- Mordant Dragon
- Tyrant of Discord
- Nessian Wilds Ravager
- Savage Ventmaw
- Soul of the Harvest
- Valley Rannet
- Ruric Thar, the Unbowed
- Garruk's Packleader
- Aurora Phoenix
- Dawnglade Regent
- Boarding Party
- Orchard Strider
- Myojin of Roaring Blades
- Ruin Grinder
- Spearbreaker Behemoth
- Cleanup Crew
- Dread Linnorm // Scale Deflection
- Etali, Primal Storm
- Spinerock Knoll
- Sweet-Gum Recluse
- Hoard-Smelter Dragon
- Elvish Aberration
- Emergent Woodwurm
- Conclave Sledge-Captain
- Timberland Ancient
- Soul of New Phyrexia
- Oliphaunt
- Sakiko, Mother of Summer
- Rapacious One
- Stormkeld Vanguard // Bear Down
- Earthshaker Dreadmaw
- Regal Behemoth
- Seismic Monstrosaur
- Topiary Panther
- Stalking Vengeance
- Incinerator of the Guilty
- Mosswort Bridge
- Bighorner Rancher
- Oblivion Sower
- Hideous Taskmaster
- Territory Culler
- Ulvenwald Hydra
- Inferno Titan
- Slavering Branchsnapper
- Shriekwood Devourer
- Thunderfoot Baloth
- Fiendish Duo
- Drakuseth, Maw of Flames
- Pyrewood Gearhulk
- Combustible Gearhulk
- Dragonlord Atarka
- 18× Mountain
- Burning Sun's Avatar
- Trumpeting Carnosaur
- 20× Forest