GruulLegendary Creature — Elf DruidTana, the Bloodsower
Mana value4Rank#13,377PartnerYes
The Commander
Trample
Whenever Tana deals combat damage to a player, create that many 1/1 green Saproling creature tokens.
Partner (You can have two commanders if both have partner.)
Guide
Gameplan
Tana wants to connect with a player to spawn a wave of Saproling tokens, then either go wide for a big swing or feed an aristocrats/sacrifice engine. You build her up just enough to hit hard once, snowball into a token army, and close with overrun effects or sacrifice payoffs. Her Partner slot lets you pick a second commander to plug holes—card draw, a sac outlet, or another beater.
Strengths
- Snowballs into a huge token army off a single profitable swing
- Trample makes her hard to chump and guarantees damage gets through for tokens
- Partner gives deckbuilding flexibility and a second commander to abuse
- Saprolings synergize with both go-wide and aristocrats payoffs
Weaknesses
- Tokens only come from combat damage, so she's blank if she can't connect
- Vulnerable to board wipes that erase the whole Saproling army
- Needs evasion or pump to break through blockers and get the trigger online
- Gruul lacks reliable card draw and interaction without good partner support
Key Cards
- Craterhoof Behemoth — Turns a wide Saproling board into instant lethal trample damage.
- Doubling Season — Doubles the Saproling tokens Tana makes for an explosive board.
- Skullclamp — Sacrificing 1/1 Saprolings to draw two cards each is the best engine in the deck.
- Rogue's Passage — Grants unblockable to guarantee Tana's combat damage and a fresh wave of tokens.
- Parallel Lives — Another doubler that turns one connection into a flood of bodies.
- Tendershoot Dryad — Floods the board with Saprolings and anthems your entire token army.
Upgrade Path
Add reliable evasion (Rogue's Passage, trample/pump auras) and token doublers (Doubling Season, Parallel Lives, Anointed Procession) to maximize each hit. Lean into a sacrifice subtheme with Skullclamp, Blood Artist effects, and free sac outlets to keep value flowing even through wipes. Choose a Partner that fixes Gruul's weaknesses—Tymna the Weaver for draw, Ikra Shidiqi for lifegain/cards, or Reyhan for counter synergy.
Core Cards
The most-played cards for this commander, built from aggregated deck data (the Mythic Graph). Build public decks to seed it.
Win Conditions
- ▸Craterhoof Behemoth or Overrun-style finisher with a wide Saproling board
- ▸Aristocrats drain via Blood Artist, Zulaport Cutthroat and a sacrifice outlet
- ▸Combat damage snowball pushing repeated lethal trample swings
Archetypes
- Tokens — Tana mass-produces Saprolings on combat, fueling go-wide anthem and overrun strategies.
- Aristocrats — The endless stream of 1/1 tokens is perfect fodder for sacrifice and drain engines.
- Voltron-lite — Pumping and giving Tana evasion maximizes the number of tokens per swing.
- +1/+1 Counters / Stompy — Gruul beatdown with token support and big-creature payoffs.
Combos
- Tana, the Bloodsower + Aggravated Assault + Utopia Mycon
→ Infinite colored mana, Infinite combat damage, Infinite combat phases
- Tana, the Bloodsower + Aggravated Assault + Phyrexian Altar
→ Infinite colored mana, Infinite combat damage, Infinite combat phases
- Tana, the Bloodsower + Breath of Fury + Fervor
→ Infinite combat damage, Infinite combat phases, Infinite death triggers
- Tana, the Bloodsower + Time Sieve + Encroaching Mycosynth
→ Infinite turns, Lock
- Tana, the Bloodsower + Time Sieve + Mycosynth Lattice
→ Infinite turns, Lock
Combos via Commander Spellbook.
Related Commanders
Same color identity (GR), by popularity.
