The Commander
Green creatures you control get +0/+2.
Guide
Gameplan
Jacques le Vert is an old-border Naya lord that buffs your green creatures with +0/+2 and gives access to the format's premier creature colors. Flood the board with green-heavy creatures, grow them wide and tall, and crash in for lethal combat damage. Use Jacques as a value-adding anchor while your real beaters carry the game.
Strengths
- Access to the best three colors for ramp, removal, and big creatures
- Toughness boost helps your team survive board wipes' damage-based effects and combat
- Naya identity supports both go-wide tokens and go-tall stompy strategies
- Cheap commander at four mana lets you redeploy threats quickly
Weaknesses
- The +0/+2 buff is weak and only touches green creatures, providing no offensive punch
- Jacques does nothing the turn he hits and offers no card advantage or evasion
- Vulnerable to board wipes since the strategy is creature-dependent
- No built-in interaction means you lean entirely on the 99 for protection
Key Cards
- Craterhoof Behemoth — Turns your wide green board into immediate lethal with overrun and trample.
- Doubling Season — Doubles token output and counters, supercharging a go-wide Naya creature plan.
- Beast Whisperer — Converts your dense green creature base into a steady stream of cards.
- Heroic Intervention — Protects your board from wraths and targeted removal at instant speed for cheap.
- Cathars' Crusade — Stacks counters every time a creature enters, making a creature-heavy deck snowball fast.
Upgrade Path
Lean into a stronger payoff than Jacques himself: add efficient ramp (Birds of Paradise, Cultivate, Skyshroud Claim) and a finisher package of Craterhoof Behemoth, Triumph of the Hordes, and Cathars' Crusade. Prioritize protection (Heroic Intervention, Boros Charm) and card advantage (Guardian Project, Beast Whisperer) since the commander provides neither. Consider treating Jacques as a value piece while a more aggressive token or counters engine does the real work.
Core Cards
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Win Conditions
- ▸Overrun effects like Craterhoof Behemoth or Overwhelming Stampede for one-shot kills
- ▸Wide token swarms buffed by anthem effects and Jacques' toughness
- ▸Going tall with trample and combat-boosting auras/equipment
Archetypes
- Stompy/Big Creatures — GRW ramp into fatties that the toughness buff keeps alive through combat and burn.
- Tokens/Go-Wide — Naya excels at flooding the board, and Jacques pumps an army of green tokens.
- +1/+1 Counters — Color identity supports counter synergies that pair with Jacques' anchor presence.
- Aggro Beatdown — Cheap commander and aggressive curve let you apply pressure across multiple opponents.
Combos
No combos found for this commander on Commander Spellbook.
Related Commanders
Same color identity (GRW), by popularity.
