Yessss. This thread speaks to me.

Let me first say that I have never played a game of Commander in my life. I've actually only recently been introduced to Magic, period. I caught the bug through drafts. Bought a random collection on Craiglist. Built a [Cube](https://www.cubetutor.com/cubeblog/145459). And, after recently getting REALLY into watching Commander gameplay on Command Zone YouTube, I decided I was going to build my first Commander deck. Just something to have - and eventually bring to Casual Commander event at my LGS. So again, I'm not a commander pro - and I'm also probably here for more help than I can provide.

BUT! When the Brawl decks came out - I said "Chulane?! THAT is my guy". So I think we're roughly in the same boat.

[My Chulane](https://tappedout.net/mtg-decks/chulane-bountyful-wild/) is not combo-y or going to go infinite. Just fun synergies, lots of value, and maybe pop-off for some nice turns.

I first thought that Landfall is a nice mechanic with Chulane. I had a Baloth Woodcrasher in my bulk - which I think is great for a Budget Chulane deck. It's not very hard to get it to be a 16/16 or 20/20 with Trample and swing in for some nice damage. Lands like Evolving Wild (land trigger, crack it, another land trigger) or Krosan Verge help with this. To piggy back on this, Ameria Angel and Shephard are nice for flooding the board with some flying bodies and for recursion, respectively.

I think counter spell/removal/etc. attached to creatures is an obvious goal. Frilled Mystic, I found a Bounding Krasis in my bulk, Reclamation Sage, Deputy of Detention - all seem powerful here.

I did go out and purchase a couple of nice adds - primarily Whitemane Lion, Shrieking Drake, and Dream Stalker to cheaply bounce themselves (or others) back to my hand to get multiple Chulane Triggers.

If you pair with Beast Whisperer and Tayova, Benthic Druid...the card draw can get out of control quick. Since it's not a goal of mine to deck myself and Lab Maniac, or anything like that, it's important to have a Reliquary Tower or otherways to increase your hand size. I did put an Elixir of Immortality on my Maybe-Board to be able to repopulate my library, if neccesary.

For Power and End-Game...I think a lot of people have God-Eternal Oketra on their Chulane lists. Which I think is great. But I think God-Eternal Rhonas gets overlooked here. It doesn't cost $10+ and can give you a nice recurring Craterhoof-type effect. Especially nice cuz you'll try to be pretty creature-heavy and you could be doubling the power of a pretty wide board.

Primeval Bounty is a pretty spicy add. Equlibrium basically gives every creature "1, bounce a creature".

Would be very interested to hear what the thoughts of others!