# set · ELD · 4 decks

Throne of Eldraine Brawl Decks

Four Brawl decks rather than Commander decks: 60 cards, one commander, Standard legal at the time. Three of the four legends went on to matter in Commander.

Released
2019-10-03
Alongside
Throne of Eldraine
Colors
White manaBlue manaBlack manaRed manaGreen mana

Mechanics

  • Adamant

    Adamant checks whether you spent three mana of the same color on a spell and gives a bonus if you did. Eighteen cards in the set carry it, and it quietly pushes these decks toward heavier color commitments.

  • Adventure

    An adventure card is cast as a spell first, exiled, then cast later as a creature. Two cards in one slot, which matters more in a 60 card singleton deck than in a 100 card one.

  • Food

    Food tokens sacrifice for two mana and three life. Eldraine introduced them, and the Jund deck treats them as sacrifice fodder rather than a life gain plan.

  • Brawl format

    Brawl is singleton with a commander, 60 cards, 30 starting life, and a Standard legal card pool. These decks are playable in Commander with the deck size and life total adjusted.

The set

These are Brawl decks, not Commander decks. That means 60 cards, a Standard legal pool from 2019, and 30 starting life in the format they were printed for. Most people who own them now play them as Commander starting points instead.

What makes them worth listing is the legends. Korvold, Fae-Cursed King and Chulane, Teller of Tales both became mainstays of the format, and Alela, Artful Provocateur still shows up as a budget Esper commander. Buying the deck was, for a while, the cheapest way to get those cards.

The card pools themselves are shallow by Commander standards. Treat these as a commander plus a pile of playable filler rather than a finished deck.

Where to start

Savage Hunter, without much competition. Korvold alone justifies the box, and the sacrifice shell around him upgrades in almost any direction.

The decks 4

Alela, Artful Provocateur

An Esper artifacts-and-enchantments Brawl deck led by Alela, Artful Provocateur, cast artifacts and enchantments to flood the board with 1/1 flying Faerie tokens, and buff them all with Alela's anthem while their lifelink keeps you alive.

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Syr Gwyn, Hero of Ashvale

A Mardu Knights tribal equipment Brawl deck led by Syr Gwyn, Hero of Ashvale, equip freely with Syr Gwyn's commander-equip discount, attack with Knights to draw cards and gain life, and overwhelm opponents with a heavily armed warrior tribe.

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Korvold, Fae-Cursed King

A Jund sacrifice Brawl deck led by Korvold, Fae-Cursed King, sacrifice permanents on every attack to grow Korvold into an enormous dragon while drawing cards, and close games by flying over opponents with a 12/12 that they've been fueling all game.

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Chulane, Teller of Tales

A Bant creature-ramp deck from the Throne of Eldraine Brawl format, led by Chulane, Teller of Tales, draw a card and put a land into play from your hand every time you cast a creature spell for a snowballing tempo advantage.

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Other sets

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