Jund Smash

Commander

Kresh the Bloodbraided

4.8±0.5

Upgraded Precon

Core strategy improved with targeted swaps. Mana base and card draw still have clear gaps.

Primary win line:Attrition and lockout endgame

Medium confidence(332 pts)

Estimated win turn

T8best

T9typical

T12+contested

Vector breakdown

Fast mana1

Mana rocks1

Arcane Signet+6

Mana dorks4

B/G

Deathrite Shaman+6

Ignoble Hierarch+6

Elves of Deep Shadow+5

Land ramp5

Nature's Lore+6

Skyshroud Claim+2

The Great Henge+3

Draw engines4

Sylvan Library+8

Phyrexian Arena+5

The Great Henge+5

Cantrips & burst draw2

Rishkar's Expertise+6

Wheels1

Kroxa, Titan of Death's Hunger+1

Recursion1

Phyrexian Reclamation+5

Value engines3

Vincent Valentine // Galian Beast+1

All Will Be One+1

Counterspells2

Tibalt's Trickery+5

Deflecting Swat+9

Spot removal12

Slaughter Pact+7

Ulvenwald Tracker+1

Come Back Wrong+1

Deadly Rollick+8

Druid of Purification+7

Flesh // Blood+6

Graveyard hate1

B/G

Deathrite Shaman+3

Board wipes5

Chain Reaction+7

Mandate of Abaddon+7

Chandra's Ignition+1

Kindred Dominance+6

Blasphemous Act+5

Protection4

Tamiyo's Safekeeping+2

Heroic Intervention+7

Swiftfoot Boots+4

Other3

Essence Harvest+1

Nibelheim Aflame+2

Waltz of Rage+2

Mana Acceleration (11 sources)+1ⓘ

Fetchlands3

Bloodstained Mire+8

Wooded Foothills+8

Verdant Catacombs+8

Dual & shock lands9

Stomping Ground+6

Overgrown Tomb+6

Undergrowth Stadium+5

Castle Locthwain+4

Dragonskull Summit+4

Rootbound Crag+4

Karplusan Forest+4

Sulfurous Springs+4

Premium utility lands3

Path of Ancestry+6

Ziatora's Proving Ground+5

Command Tower+5

Utility lands9

Smoldering Marsh+2

Canyon Slough+2

Kessig Wolf Run+2

Skarrg, the Rage Pits+2

Blightstep Pathway // Searstep Pathway+2

Witch's Clinic+2

Deathcap Glade+2

Reliquary Tower+2

Taplands8

Malakir Rebirth // Malakir Mire+2

B/G

Revitalizing Repast // Old-Growth Grove+2

Bala Ged Recovery // Bala Ged Sanctuary+2

Kazuul's Fury // Kazuul's Cliffs+2

Disciple of Freyalise // Garden of Freyalise+2

The Black Gate+2

Raucous Theater+2

Basic lands3

Tempo Control (lockout lethality)+13.4ⓘ

Combat Damage Synergy: 2 haste enablers+4ⓘ

Synergy pieces4

Kroxa, Titan of Death's Hunger+1

Feldon of the Third Path+4

Jarad, Golgari Lich Lord+4

Win conditions2

Xenagos, God of Revels+1

Chandra's Ignition+1

Combat threats1

Token generators1

Urabrask's Forge+4

Reanimation1

Come Back Wrong+1

Other4

Tainted Strike+1

Inner-Flame Acolyte+1

Bracket

2

Bracket 2Core

Unoptimized but functional. Clear game plan without maximum efficiency.

Breakdown

✓

Power level 4.8 → Bracket 2

Mana base92Interaction90Speed57

1.8 above Bracket 1 ceiling (3)

-0.3 below Bracket 3 threshold (4.5)

✕Game changers — none

✕Mass land denial — none

✕2-card combo — none

✕Extra turns — none

Themes7 total

Aristocrats17 cards

17 sacrifice/death synergies. Drains opponents while generating value from deaths.

Briarhorn,Shriekmaw,Inner-Flame Acolyte,Kroxa, Titan of Death's Hunger,The Ozolith

Stompy / Big Mana13 cards

13 high-impact creatures. Ramp into massive threats that dominate the board.

The Great Henge,Shriekmaw,Greater Good,Essence Harvest,Xenagos, God of Revels

Lifegain9 cards

9 lifegain synergies. Gain life to trigger payoffs and outlast opponents.

The Great Henge,Shadowspear,Essence Harvest,Malakir Rebirth // Malakir Mire,Witch's Clinic

Combos0 total

No combos detected

This deck wins through combat, value engines, or synergies rather than infinite combos. Checked against Commander Spellbook's database of 80,000+ documented combo variants.