GolgariLegendary Creature — FungusAkawalli, the Seething Tower
Mana value3Rank#10,188
The Commander
Descend 4 — As long as there are four or more permanent cards in your graveyard, Akawalli gets +2/+2 and has trample.
Descend 8 — As long as there are eight or more permanent cards in your graveyard, Akawalli gets an additional +2/+2 and can't be blocked by more than one creature.
Guide
Gameplan
Akawalli is a cheap Golgari beater that grows as you fill your graveyard with permanent cards, swinging for big trample/evasive damage by the mid-game. You self-mill and sacrifice to stock the yard, hit Descend thresholds (4 then 8), and turn Akawalli into a fast voltron clock while grinding value from your graveyard.
Strengths
- Cheap 3-mana commander that becomes a 7/7 evasive threat once Descend 8 is online
- Self-mill and sacrifice synergies are deep and inexpensive in BG
- Graveyard recursion makes the deck grindy and resilient to removal
- Descend payoffs from Lost Caverns of Ixalan reward a strategy you want to do anyway
Weaknesses
- Relies on a single commander to deal damage—repeated removal taxes you heavily
- Graveyard hate (Rest in Peace, Bojuka Bog) shuts off both thresholds at once
- No native card draw or evasion beyond what Akawalli grants itself
- Slow to assemble eight permanent cards against fast combo decks
Key Cards
- Stitcher's Supplier — Cheap creature that mills six over its lifetime, instantly fueling Descend thresholds.
- Satyr Wayfinder — Mills four and finds a land, hitting Descend 4 in a single card.
- Splendid Reclamation — Returns all land cards from your graveyard, refilling permanents and ramping hard.
- World Shaper — On death returns lands while also milling, keeping the yard stocked with permanents.
- Hermit Druid — Loads the graveyard with permanent cards extremely fast to power Descend.
- Rampaging Baloths — Landfall token engine that pairs with land recursion for board presence and chip damage.
Upgrade Path
Add efficient self-mill and recursion like Buried Alive, Life from the Loam, and Eternal Witness to keep Descend thresholds and your engine online. Improve mana with fast ramp (Sol Ring, Carpet of Flowers, Deathrite Shaman) and protect your commander with Heroic Intervention, Swiftfoot Boots, and Tyvar's Stand. For top-end, lean into a landfall finisher (Scapeshift plus Valakut alternatives or Avenger of Zendikar) or an aristocrats loop so you don't rely solely on commander damage.
Core Cards
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Win Conditions
- ▸Commander damage from an evasive, pumped-up Akawalli
- ▸Landfall token swarms from cards like Rampaging Baloths and Avenger of Zendikar
- ▸Aristocrats drain via Blood Artist effects fueled by repeated sacrifice
Archetypes
- Graveyard Midrange — Akawalli rewards stuffing permanents into the yard while grinding value back out.
- Voltron — Akawalli naturally becomes a hard-to-block beater you can buff with trample equipment and auras.
- Lands/Landfall — Recurring lands from the graveyard keeps Descend live while triggering landfall payoffs.
- Aristocrats — Sacrificing creatures and permanents fills the graveyard and drains opponents.
Combos
No combos found for this commander on Commander Spellbook.
Related Commanders
Same color identity (BG), by popularity.
