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Verdeloth the Ancient — Commander Hub · Mythicwyrm

Legendary Creature — Treefolk

Verdeloth the Ancient

Mana value6EDHREC#7,432

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▸Craterhoof Behemoth or Overwhelming Stampede alpha strike with a buffed swarm
▸Anthem-stacked Saproling army grinding through combat over several turns
▸Aristocrats drain via Slimefoot or Zulaport Cutthroat sacrificing tokens
▸Trample finishers like Pathbreaker Ibex pushing lethal commander damage

Archetypes

Tokens — Verdeloth both makes Saprolings on entry and anthems the whole token board.
Go-Wide Aggro — A flood of buffed creatures plus an overrun effect closes games fast.
Aristocrats — Saproling generators like Slimefoot turn the swarm into sacrifice-based drain.
Big Mana / Ramp — The kicker scales infinitely with mana, rewarding heavy green ramp.

Combos

No combos found for this commander on Commander Spellbook.

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Kicker (You may pay an additional {X} as you cast this spell.)

Saproling creatures and other Treefolk creatures get +1/+1.

When Verdeloth enters, if it was kicked, create X 1/1 green Saproling creature tokens.

Verdeloth is a mono-green tokens payoff that floods the board with Saprolings and Treefolk, then buffs them into a lethal swarm. Ramp hard, drop Verdeloth with a big kicker to instantly make a wide army, and overrun the table with anthems and a finisher. Recast it from the command zone whenever you need another mass of bodies.

Built-in token generation and anthem in one card

Mono-green gives access to the format's best ramp and land-based recursion

Resilient go-wide plan that rebuilds quickly after a board wipe

Scales naturally in big-mana and ramp-heavy lists

Extremely vulnerable to board wipes and mass removal

Lacks card advantage and interaction inherent to mono-green

No evasion or built-in protection for the swarm

Slow without ramp; a 6-drop that wants extra mana on top

Doubling Season

Doubles the Saproling tokens from Verdeloth's kicked ETB and every other token maker.

Parallel Lives

Cheaper token doubler that turns each kicker payment into twice the bodies.

Craterhoof Behemoth

The premier finisher that converts your wide Saproling board into immediate lethal damage.

Cathars' Crusade

Stacks +1/+1 counters every time a token enters, ballooning the swarm into huge threats.

Slimefoot, the Stowaway

Generates and sacrifices Saprolings for repeatable drain and value alongside Verdeloth.

Cabal Coffers

Massive mana production to fuel huge kicker values, paired with Urborg-style fixing.

Add token doublers (Doubling Season, Parallel Lives, Anointed Procession) and counter engines (Cathars' Crusade, Hardened Scales) to multiply your output, plus a reliable overrun finisher. Lean into mono-green's mana acceleration—Cabal Coffers, Nykthos, Itlimoc, and big ramp like Cultivate—to push kicker values higher. Round out the weaknesses with protection (Heroic Intervention), graveyard recursion, and a couple of card-advantage engines like Beast Whisperer or Garruk's Uprising to refill after wipes.