The Commander
Deathtouch
When God-Eternal Rhonas enters, double the power of each other creature you control until end of turn. Those creatures gain vigilance until end of turn.
When God-Eternal Rhonas dies or is put into exile from the battlefield, you may put it into its owner's library third from the top.
Guide
Gameplan
Build a wide-ish board of creatures, then cast or blink God-Eternal Rhonas to double everyone's power and grant vigilance for a massive, often lethal alpha strike. Ramp hard in the early game, deploy threats, and turn the corner explosively while the God's recursion clause keeps it coming back even through removal.
Strengths
- Doubling all other creatures' power can deal lethal commander damage spread across blockers in one swing
- Built-in recursion (returns third from top instead of command zone) dodges commander tax and keeps it available
- Deathtouch makes it a great attacker and a punishing blocker
- Mono-green gives unmatched access to ramp, so the 5-mana God lands early
- Blink/flicker effects re-trigger the doubling for repeatable haymakers
Weaknesses
- The doubling lasts only until end of turn, so it's all-in and vulnerable to a single board wipe
- Needs an existing board to matter — a bare battlefield makes the ETB do nothing
- No evasion granted, so big bodies can be chump-blocked or fogged
- Mono-green struggles with interaction, especially countermagic and instant-speed removal
- Telegraphs the lethal turn, inviting defensive responses from opponents
Key Cards
- Craterhoof Behemoth — Stacks trample and another power boost on top of Rhonas's doubling for a guaranteed kill.
- Conduit of Worlds — Recasts the God and creatures from your library/graveyard, exploiting Rhonas's third-from-top recursion.
- Temur Sabertooth — Repeatable blink to re-double your board every turn and protect the God from removal.
- Rhonas the Indomitable — A second cheap deathtouch beater that grants trample, turning doubled power into unblockable damage.
- Cultivate — Representative ramp that ensures you cast Rhonas ahead of curve and rebuild quickly.
- Heroic Intervention — Cheap protection from board wipes and targeted removal on your alpha-strike turn.
Upgrade Path
Add fast mana (Sol Ring, mana dorks like Llanowar Elves and Priest of Titania) to land Rhonas a turn or two early, then layer overrun payoffs (Craterhoof, Pathbreaker Ibex, Overwhelming Stampede) so the doubled power becomes unblockable lethal. Improve resilience with protection (Heroic Intervention, Tamiyo's Safekeeping) and repeatable blink (Temur Sabertooth, Conjurer's Closet); finally tighten the mana base with utility lands and tutors like Green Sun's Zenith and Worldly Tutor to find your finishers consistently.
Core Cards
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Win Conditions
- ▸Alpha strike with doubled power across a wide or tall board for lethal damage
- ▸Craterhoof Behemoth or overrun effects adding trample to the doubled team
- ▸Lethal commander damage by doubling another big creature's power and connecting
- ▸Repeated blink-and-swing turns grinding opponents out
Archetypes
- Stompy / Big Creatures — Rhonas turns a board of fatties into instant lethal by doubling their power.
- Go-Wide Tokens — Doubling the power of many small creatures at once produces enormous combined damage.
- Blink — Flickering Rhonas repeatedly re-triggers the power-doubling ETB for recurring haymaker turns.
- +1/+1 Counters / Aggro — Vigilance and doubled power let counter-buffed creatures attack and defend simultaneously.
Combos
No combos found for this commander on Commander Spellbook.
Related Commanders
Same color identity (G), by popularity.
