It's an exceptionally simple deck that, in a format with incredible power, proves simplicity is sometimes the best weapon
Commander follows the standard multiplayer rules for choosing a starting player and taking mulligans: Choose the starting player: Most groups roll dice, flip a coin, or use another method of randomization
It deals a solid 50 damage that ramps up to 110 for just 3 energy and that kind of pressure is comparable to something like Garchomp ex
And it fuels itself
Image via Wizards of the Coast LLC Nissa, Ascended Animist A new Nissa planeswalker is a real treat for mono green stompy decks with Awaken the Woods, as you can use Dryad lands to ramp into her ultimate ability and give them a powerful boost, as all these lands are also forests
On the other, we have icons like Pikachu and Blastoise that are rising purely on 30th-anniversary nostalgia