
Rhys the Redeemed
Rhys the Redeemed Commander Deck
This deck goes wide with creature tokens. Rhys the Redeemed makes Elf Warrior tokens early and later doubles every creature token on the battlefield, backed by mass copy effects and token multipliers. A strong Elf mana base fuels the expensive activations, and anthems and counter engines turn the swarm into a lethal army. How it wins: It floods the board with tokens, doubles them, pumps them with anthems or counters, and swarms over opponents in combat, with Halo Fountain's alternate win as a backup once fifteen creatures are in play. Key roles: - Token doubling: Rhys the Redeemed's second ability and the mass copy spells multiply every creature token at once, turning a modest board into an overwhelming one (Second Harvest, For the Common Good, Rootborn Defenses). - Token generation: Repeatable makers, attack triggers and burst spells give the doublers something to work with, and one card adds an extra Soldier to every token creation (Queen Allenal of Ruadach, Rabble Rousing, Elspeth, Sun's Champion). - Elf mana engine: Elf mana creatures scale with the tribe's numbers, and a rite that taps the whole board for mana pays for Rhys the Redeemed's costly copy activation and the X spells (Priest of Titania, Elvish Archdruid, Cryptolith Rite). - Anthems and counters: Static pumps and enter-the-battlefield counter engines make 1/1 tokens lethal attackers (Cathars' Crusade, Intangible Virtue, Collective Blessing). - Wide-board card advantage: Token and creature entries draw cards, and mass draw spells cash in board size, with equipment drawing off dying tokens (Skullclamp, Collective Unconscious, Idol of Oblivion). - Token protection and one-sided sweeps: The deck shields tokens with indestructibility and hexproof while a sweeper that spares tokens clears the opposing nontoken creatures (Hour of Reckoning, King Darien XLVIII, Rootborn Defenses).
Rhys the Redeemed decklist
- Arcane Signet
- Commander's Sphere
- Halo Fountain
- Idol of Oblivion
- Selesnya Signet
- Skullclamp
- Sol Ring
- Blossoming Sands
- Canopy Vista
- Command Tower
- Evolving Wilds
- Exotic Orchard
- 13× Forest
- Fortified Village
- 10× Plains
- Selesnya Sanctuary
- Sungrass Prairie
- Sunpetal Grove
- Temple of Plenty
- Tranquil Thicket
- Ant-Man's Army
- Attercop
- Avacyn's Pilgrim
- Avenger of Zendikar
- Beast Whisperer
- Belladonna Took
- Elvish Archdruid
- Elvish Mystic
- Elvish Warmaster
- Fyndhorn Elves
- Ghalta and Mavren
- Immaculate Magistrate
- Imperious Perfect
- King Darien XLVIII
- Llanowar Elves
- Lys Alana Huntmaster
- Mentor of the Meek
- Old Fat Spider
- Priest of Titania
- Queen Allenal of Ruadach
- Rampaging Baloths
- Reclamation Sage
- The Queen of Dale
- Tolsimir Wolfblood
- Trostani Discordant
- Virulent Emissary
- Wilt-Leaf Liege
- Wirewood Channeler
- Beastmaster Ascension
- Cathars' Crusade
- Collective Blessing
- Cryptolith Rite
- Gleaming Splendor
- Intangible Virtue
- Mirari's Wake
- Rabble Rousing
- Tocasia's Welcome
- Aura Mutation
- Beast Within
- Fog
- March of the Multitudes
- Path to Exile
- Rootborn Defenses
- Second Harvest
- Secure the Wastes
- Sundering Growth
- Swords to Plowshares
- Elspeth, Sun's Champion
- Camaraderie
- Collective Unconscious
- Cultivate
- For the Common Good
- Harmonize
- Hour of Reckoning
- Moment of Glory
- Forest
- Plains
- Forest