Gruul Cluestone

{T}: Add {R} or {G}.
{R}{G}, {T}, Sacrifice Gruul Cluestone: Draw a card.

Hajar, Loyal Bodyguard

Sacrifice Hajar, Loyal Bodyguard: Legendary creatures you control get +1/+0 and gain indestructible until end of turn.

Krosan Grip

Split second (As long as this spell is on the stack, players can't cast spells or activate abilities that aren't mana abilities.)
Destroy target artifact or enchantment.

Maze of Ith

{T}: Untap target attacking creature. Prevent all combat damage that would be dealt to and dealt by that creature this turn.

Rhythm of the Wild

Creature spells you control can't be countered.
Nontoken creatures you control have riot. (They enter with your choice of a +1/+1 counter or haste.)

Surrak and Goreclaw

Trample
Other creatures you control have trample.
Whenever another nontoken creature you control enters, put a +1/+1 counter on it. It gains haste until end of turn.

Tyrite Sanctum

{T}: Add {C}.
{2}, {T}: Target legendary creature becomes a God in addition to its other types. Put a +1/+1 counter on it.
{4}, {T}, Sacrifice Tyrite Sanctum: Put an indestructible counter on target God.

Urabrask the Hidden

Creatures you control have haste.
Creatures your opponents control enter tapped.

Wild Ricochet

You may choose new targets for target instant or sorcery spell. Then copy that spell. You may choose new targets for the copy.

Stonehoof Chieftain

Trample, indestructible
Whenever another creature you control attacks, it gains trample and indestructible until end of turn.

Skyshroud Claim

Search your library for up to two Forest cards, put them onto the battlefield, then shuffle.

Thought Vessel

You have no maximum hand size.
{T}: Add {C}.

Worldly Tutor

Search your library for a creature card, reveal it, then shuffle and put the card on top.

Yavimaya Hollow

{T}: Add {C}.
{G}, {T}: Regenerate target creature.

Neyith of the Dire Hunt

Whenever one or more creatures you control fight or become blocked, draw a card.
At the beginning of combat on your turn, you may pay {2}{R/G}. If you do, double target creature's power until end of turn. That creature must be blocked this combat if able. ({R/G} can be paid with either {R} or {G}.)

Anara, Wolvid Familiar

During your turn, commanders you control have indestructible. (Effects that say "destroy" don't destroy them. A creature with indestructible can't be destroyed by damage.)
Partner (You can have two commanders if both have partner.)

Arni Metalbrow

Whenever a creature you control attacks or a creature you control enters attacking, you may pay {1}{R}. If you do, you may put a creature card with mana value less than that creature's mana value from your hand onto the battlefield tapped and attacking.

Asceticism

Creatures you control have hexproof.
{1}{G}: Regenerate target creature. (The next time it would be destroyed this turn, instead tap it, remove it from combat, and heal all damage on it.)

Augur of Autumn

You may look at the top card of your library any time.
You may play lands from the top of your library.
Coven — As long as you control three or more creatures with different powers, you may cast creature spells from the top of your library.

Bolt Bend

This spell costs {3} less to cast if you control a creature with power 4 or greater.
Change the target of target spell or ability with a single target.

Chaos Maw

When Chaos Maw enters, it deals 3 damage to each other creature.

Radha, Heir to Keld

Whenever Radha, Heir to Keld attacks, you may add {R}{R}.
{T}: Add {G}.

Sunder Shaman

Sunder Shaman can't be blocked by more than one creature.
Whenever Sunder Shaman deals combat damage to a player, destroy target artifact or enchantment that player controls.

Avoid Fate

Counter target instant or Aura spell that targets a permanent you control.

Gamble

Search your library for a card, put that card into your hand, discard a card at random, then shuffle.

Hornet Nest

Defender (This creature can't attack.)
Whenever Hornet Nest is dealt damage, create that many 1/1 green Insect creature tokens with flying and deathtouch. (Any amount of damage a creature with deathtouch deals to a creature is enough to destroy it.)

Radha, Heart of Keld

During your turn, Radha, Heart of Keld has first strike.
You may look at the top card of your library any time, and you may play lands from the top of your library.
{4}{R}{G}: Radha gets +X/+X until end of turn, where X is the number of lands you control.

Jeska's Will

Choose one. If you control a commander as you cast this spell, you may choose both instead.
• Add {R} for each card in target opponent's hand.
• Exile the top three cards of your library. You may play them this turn.

Rootbound Crag

Rootbound Crag enters tapped unless you control a Mountain or a Forest.
{T}: Add {R} or {G}.

Kodama of the East Tree

Reach
Whenever another permanent you control enters, if it wasn't put onto the battlefield with this ability, you may put a permanent card with equal or lesser mana value from your hand onto the battlefield.
Partner (You can have two commanders if both have partner.)

Arcane Signet

{T}: Add one mana of any color in your commander's color identity.

Caldera Hellion

Devour 1 (As this enters, you may sacrifice any number of creatures. This creature enters with that many +1/+1 counters on it.)
When Caldera Hellion enters, it deals 3 damage to each creature.

Chain Reaction

Chain Reaction deals X damage to each creature, where X is the number of creatures on the battlefield.

Command Tower

Darksteel Plate

Indestructible
Equipped creature has indestructible.
Equip {2}

Brash Taunter

Indestructible
Whenever Brash Taunter is dealt damage, it deals that much damage to target opponent.
{2}{R}, {T}: Brash Taunter fights another target creature.

Etali, Primal Storm

Whenever Etali attacks, exile the top card of each player's library, then you may cast any number of spells from among those cards without paying their mana costs.

Chaos Warp

The owner of target permanent shuffles it into their library, then reveals the top card of their library. If it's a permanent card, they put it onto the battlefield.

Svella, Ice Shaper

{3}, {T}: Create a colorless snow artifact token named Icy Manalith with "{T}: Add one mana of any color."
{6}{R}{G}, {T}: Look at the top four cards of your library. You may cast a spell from among them without paying its mana cost. Put the rest on the bottom of your library in a random order.

Sylvan Library

At the beginning of your draw step, you may draw two additional cards. If you do, choose two cards in your hand drawn this turn. For each of those cards, pay 4 life or put the card on top of your library.

Warstorm Surge

Whenever a creature you control enters, it deals damage equal to its power to any target.

Trumpeting Carnosaur

Trample
When Trumpeting Carnosaur enters, discover 5.
{2}{R}, Discard Trumpeting Carnosaur: It deals 3 damage to target creature or planeswalker.

Solemn Simulacrum

When this creature enters, you may search your library for a basic land card, put that card onto the battlefield tapped, then shuffle.
When this creature dies, you may draw a card.

Sol Ring

Shattering Spree

Replicate {R} (When you cast this spell, copy it for each time you paid its replicate cost. You may choose new targets for the copies.)
Destroy target artifact.

Voldaren Thrillseeker

Backup 2 (When this creature enters, put two +1/+1 counters on target creature. If that's another creature, it gains the following ability until end of turn.)
{1}, Sacrifice this creature: It deals damage equal to its power to any target.

Eternal Witness

When Eternal Witness enters, you may return target card from your graveyard to your hand.

Flametongue Kavu

When Flametongue Kavu enters, it deals 4 damage to target creature.

Forest

Game Trail

As Game Trail enters, you may reveal a Mountain or Forest card from your hand. If you don't, Game Trail enters tapped.
{T}: Add {R} or {G}.

Goblin Anarchomancer

Each spell you cast that's red or green costs {1} less to cast.

Gruul Turf

Gruul Turf enters tapped.
When Gruul Turf enters, return a land you control to its owner's hand.
{T}: Add {R}{G}.

Heroic Intervention

Permanents you control gain hexproof and indestructible until end of turn.

Hua Tuo, Honored Physician

{T}: Put target creature card from your graveyard on top of your library. Activate only during your turn, before attackers are declared.

Manic Vandal

When Manic Vandal enters, destroy target artifact.

Mossfire Valley

Mountain

Myriad Landscape

Myriad Landscape enters tapped.
{T}: Add {C}.
{2}, {T}, Sacrifice Myriad Landscape: Search your library for up to two basic land cards that share a land type, put them onto the battlefield tapped, then shuffle.

Nesting Dragon

Flying
Landfall — Whenever a land you control enters, create a 0/2 red Dragon Egg creature token with defender and "When this creature dies, create a 2/2 red Dragon creature token with flying and '{R}: This creature gets +1/+0 until end of turn.'"

Oran-Rief, the Vastwood

Oran-Rief, the Vastwood enters tapped.
{T}: Add {G}.
{T}: Put a +1/+1 counter on each green creature that entered this turn.

Path of Ancestry

Path of Ancestry enters tapped.
{T}: Add one mana of any color in your commander's color identity. When that mana is spent to cast a creature spell that shares a creature type with your commander, scry 1. (Look at the top card of your library. You may put that card on the bottom.)

Regrowth

Return target card from your graveyard to your hand.

Obsidian Charmaw

This spell costs {1} less to cast for each land your opponents control that could produce {C}.
Flying
When Obsidian Charmaw enters, destroy target nonbasic land an opponent controls.

Sneak Attack

{R}: You may put a creature card from your hand onto the battlefield. That creature gains haste. Sacrifice the creature at the beginning of the next end step.

Natural Order

As an additional cost to cast this spell, sacrifice a green creature.
Search your library for a green creature card, put it onto the battlefield, then shuffle.

Virtue of Strength

If you tap a basic land for mana, it produces three times as much of that mana instead.

Garenbrig Growth

Return target creature or land card from your graveyard to your hand. (Then exile this card. You may cast the enchantment later from exile.)

Virtue of Strength // Garenbrig Growth

Nissa's Revelation

Scry 5, then reveal the top card of your library. If it's a creature card, you draw cards equal to its power and you gain life equal to its toughness.

Wulfgar of Icewind Dale

Melee (Whenever this creature attacks, it gets +1/+1 until end of turn for each opponent you attacked this combat.)
If a creature you control attacking causes a triggered ability of a permanent you control to trigger, that ability triggers an additional time.

Lightning Greaves

Equipped creature has haste and shroud. (It can't be the target of spells or abilities.)
Equip {0}

Lurking Predators

Whenever an opponent casts a spell, reveal the top card of your library. If it's a creature card, put it onto the battlefield. Otherwise, you may put that card on the bottom of your library.

Sensei's Divining Top

{1}: Look at the top three cards of your library, then put them back in any order.
{T}: Draw a card, then put Sensei's Divining Top on top of its owner's library.

Noxious Revival

({G/P} can be paid with either {G} or 2 life.)
Put target card from a graveyard on top of its owner's library.

Kessig Wolf Run

{T}: Add {C}.
{X}{R}{G}, {T}: Target creature gets +X/+0 and gains trample until end of turn.

Green Sun's Zenith

Search your library for a green creature card with mana value X or less, put it onto the battlefield, then shuffle. Shuffle Green Sun's Zenith into its owner's library.

Regeneration

Enchant creature (Target a creature as you cast this. This card enters attached to that creature.)
{G}: Regenerate enchanted creature. (The next time that creature would be destroyed this turn, instead tap it, remove it from combat, and heal all damage on it.)

Hans Eriksson

Whenever Hans Eriksson attacks, reveal the top card of your library. If it's a creature card, put it onto the battlefield tapped and attacking defending player or a planeswalker they control. Otherwise, put that card into your hand. When you put a creature card onto the battlefield this way, it fights Hans Eriksson.

Stompy

Fight

Topdeck

Jank

Hans Leads the Charge

Last minute subs, since I found the cards:
Natural Order
Virtue of Strength

Hans Leads the Charge - 20240105

Changed out 15% of the deck, mainly rebalancing creatures for more red and more nasty ETBs.  Included creatures I've gotten since August, and did a little streamlining work on the artifact/enchantment/instant/sorcery balance to bring everything more in line.

Hans Leads the Charge - 20240104

Just an 11 card refresh looking to make him hit just a little harder and possibly faster.  Muddled with card ratios and removed a couple of cards that rarely made an appearance for ones that, if they rarely appear, will have more of an impact.

Hans Leads the Charge - 20230826

s/Lifecrafter's Bestiary/Sensei's Divining Top

Hans Leads the Charge - 20230809

Swapped out three more critters to get a little more red usage in there.

Hans Leads the Charge - 20230612-2

More creatures, less sorceries = more balance

Hans Leads the Charge - 20230612

Added back card draw, reduced the average mana cost and gained a little more on the low end in creatures.  Added moar red to balance it out a little more.

Hans Leads the Charge - 20230607

Finally playtested.  Swapped 10 cards for more ramp, any recursion, curve fitting, and average mana cost reduction

Hans Leads the Charge - 20230604

Threw the parts together to see what sticks and what fails.

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