D.D. Bears

Legacy* Bear Dredge Loam Mono-Green Theme/Gimmick Value Engine

Andramalech

Land (24)

• 4x Ancient Tomb
• 1x Boseiju, Who Endures
• 4x City of Traitors
• 4x Crystal Vein
• 4x Forest
• 4x Verdant Catacombs
• 3x Yavimaya, Cradle of Growth

Creature (17)

• 3x Alpine Grizzly
• 4x Ayula, Queen Among Bears
• 4x Elvish Spirit Guide
• 3x Mother Bear
• 3x Wilson, Refined Grizzly

Enchantment (11)

• 4x Ayula's Influence
• 3x Bearscape
• 4x Sylvan Library

Sorcery (4)

• 4x Life from the Loam

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Sideboard

Instant (6)

• 3x Force of Vigor
• 3x Noxious Revival

Creature (6)

• 3x Collector Ouphe
• 3x Endurance

Artifact (3)

• 3x Aether Vial

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We Bear Bears

no, not the show. Although I do like it a lot!

A Mono Green ({G}) deck I had drafted as an idea using dredge mechanics to capitalize on bear stuff, with Ayula, Queen Among Bears.

Mechanics

"Splash a color"

If I were to do such a thing, I'd go {G}{B} Golgari colors for competitive removal like Abrupt Decay.

Golgari also features some black/green dredge mechanics that would work well for the synergies this deck already uses.

"Typal"

Considering things like Goreclaw, Terror of Qal Sisma for the potential of a Mirror Box build.

Even an Aether Vial and some Secluded Courtyard could make it into this build and give it a typal treatment.

Dredge

Some other funky cards like Willow Geist and Golgari Grave-Troll are also featured.

Lands Matter

It's important to address the utility of casting lands from grave if you are pitching them there for value already.

Crucible of Worlds is one option. Has been a staple in this use for a long time.

Ramunap Excavator is another creature that gets some attention, and Elvish Reclaimer provides a decent bit of utility as well.

Discussion

Revisiting this list for the first time since early 2021, going to see what has been printed and may potentially make the build stronger. I miss playing with a bunch a bears!

The list ended up losing a lot of pieces in the switch over to Modern format:

• Wilson, Refined Grizzly and Ruxa, Patient Professor were both EDH specific Bears, and although super cool and flavorful, obviously not legal within the format.

• Slippery Karst is ultimately less effective than other pieces I could use here but it was not legal in the Modern Format either.

Since I shifted this deck to Legacy Format (and here's where it'll stay..) I don't really have anything holding me back now.

The Legacy Format is the most malleable and applicable in any capacity, and while damning from things like Stax, or Combo, or most notably the Blue decks, I think this is where the Bear Dredge/Delve deck belongs most comfortably.

In theory, I might be able to abuse faster mana mechanics like Chancellor of the Tangle and Elvish Spirit Guide, but in reality how much of the concept vs. How much of the competitive edge is what I want.

Having access to things like Berserk also seems pretty cool in terms of it's focused uses, removal, buffing, etc.

"Bear Bodies" (creatures)

So things like Grizzly Bears was the initial concept here, but maybe swapping those bodies out might be better, it's very dependent on if I can make Goreclaw, Terror of Qal Sisma viable. I'm not very certain of that, either.

Ayula, Queen Among Bears does so much heavy lifting here, whether as an on the board presence or as fodder, due to the sheer fact of her might in pumping the rest of the board.

"Bear Circle-of-Life" (Dredge)

The core of the deck began as a means to exploit the use of Dredge mechanics in a casual setting to do fun things. Golgari Grave-Troll is still illegal in Modern as of writing this. So using this mechanic may turn out to be harder than I initially expected.

The Forest Grows

Rebuilding this list underneath the Modern format in order to have fun with a concept that is unorthodox for me. I'm looking forward to trying to make this as powerful as possible.

...And Grows

After doing some research into what kind of deck I really wanted to make with this, I have settled on leaving this deck as a Legacy Format Build.

From here on in, it practically won't matter what form or shape this comes in as, it'll be for fun and to beat face.

Top Ranked	Achieved #16 position overall 1 year ago Achieved #3 position in Casual 1 year ago Achieved #2 position in Casual Theme/Gimmick 1 year ago
Date added	5 years
Last updated	2 months
Legality	This deck is not Legacy legal.
Rarity (main - side)	0 - 6 Mythic Rares 35 - 6 Rares 11 - 3 Uncommons 6 - 0 Commons
Cards	56
Avg. CMC	2.44
Tokens	Bear 2/2 G
Folders	Bears