Squirreled Away Precon: Decklist, Value, and Verdict
Everything in the Squirreled Away Commander deck: all 100 cards with current prices, what the deck is worth against the sealed price, the 10 new cards, and whether it is worth buying.
Hazel of the Rootbloom
{T}, Pay 2 life, Tap X untapped tokens you control: Add X mana in any combination of colors. At the beginning of your end step, create a token that's a copy of target token you control. If that token is a Squirrel, instead create two tokens that are copies of it.
Is Squirreled Away worth buying?
There’s a lot to like from Squirreled Away. New squirrels, valuable reprints. But overall, this is massively disappointing. We were promised the first-ever squirrel Commander precon, and instead, we were given a tokens deck with some squirrels in it.
How Squirreled Away plays
Hazel of the RootbloomThe Odd Acorn Gang
The Golgari commander for this final precon is Hazel of the Rootbloom, and it’s a token generating machine! It can create two Squirrel tokens each turn, then use those tokens to add a ton of mana.
Squirreled Away's theme isn’t so much squirrels as various kinds of tokens. We have rats, spiders, Food tokens, Treasure tokens, in fact anything that would be at home in a Swarmyard. I do love token commanders, even if it’s a bit of a letdown that this isn’t more focused on squirrels.
Squirreled Away's backup commander is The Odd Acorn Gang, a much more focused squirrel commander. You can use these little guys to draw potentially three cards per turn by attacking each opponent during the combat phase. I think there’s not enough squirrels in Squirreled Away to really capitalize on The Odd Acorn Gang, but I’m sure this would shine in a purpose-built deck.
Most valuable cards in Squirreled Away
The 10 new cards
Squirreled Away decklist
Commander 1
- 1Hazel of the Rootbloom$4.20
Creatures 29
- 1Gilded Goose$0.42
- 1Haywire Mite$1.02
- 1Nested Shambler$0.35
- 1Ravenous Squirrel$0.34
- 1Prosperous Innkeeper$0.38
- 1Squirrel Sovereign$0.34
- 1Zulaport Cutthroat$3.48
- 1Academy Manufactor$8.40
- 1Chatterfang, Squirrel General$8.77
- 1Honored Dreyleader$0.36
- 1Morbid Opportunist$0.32
- 1Nadier's Nightblade$0.36
- 1Plaguecrafter$0.37
- 1Scurry of Squirrels$2.91
- 1Tireless Provisioner$3.38
- 1Woe Strider$0.65
- 1Arasta of the Endless Web$0.42
- 1Chittering Witch$0.36
- 1Hazel's Brewmaster$3.65
- 1Insatiable Frugivore$0.25
- 1Poison-Tip Archer$1.08
- 1Skyfisher Spider$0.32
- 1Toski, Bearer of Secrets$6.79
- 1Deep Forest Hermit$0.38
- 1Moonstone Eulogist$0.33
- 1Ogre Slumlord$0.37
- 1The Odd Acorn Gangfoil$0.56
- 1Beledros Witherbloom$2.39
- 1End-Raze Forerunners$0.65
Planeswalkers 1
- 1Garruk, Cursed Huntsman$1.42
Instants 8
- 1Cache Grab$0.27
- 1Deadly Dispute$0.32
- 1Plumb the Forbidden$0.71
- 1Tear Asunder$0.36
- 1Putrefy$0.37
- 1Saw in Half$5.83
- 1Second Harvest$5.39
- 1Windgrace's Judgment$0.27
Sorceries 7
- 1Chatterstorm$0.35
- 1Maelstrom Pulse$0.32
- 1Rootcast Apprenticeship$0.66
- 1Shamanic Revelation$1.45
- 1Swarmyard Massacre$4.50
- 1Casualties of War$0.33
- 1Decree of Pain$0.37
Artifacts 9
- 1Skullclamp$6.31
- 1Sol Ring$2.14
- 1Arcane Signet$0.80
- 1Golgari Signet$0.37
- 1Idol of Oblivion$4.67
- 1Sword of the Squeak$1.53
- 1Talisman of Resilience$0.41
- 1Chitterspitter$0.40
- 1Maskwood Nexus$2.61
Enchantments 7
- 1Gourmand's Talent$0.58
- 1Wolfwillow Haven$0.29
- 1Bastion of Remembrance$0.38
- 1Beastmaster Ascension$6.64
- 1Squirrel Nest$0.75
- 1Binding the Old Gods$0.35
- 1Moldervine Reclamation$0.33
Lands 38
- 1Barren Moor$0.39
- 1Bojuka Bog$2.00
- 1Command Tower$0.25
- 1Evolving Wilds$0.37
- 1Exotic Orchard$0.31
- 9Forest$0.00
- 1Golgari Rot Farm$0.35
- 1Grim Backwoods$0.26
- 1Haunted Mire$0.34
- 1Jungle Hollow$0.28
- 1Llanowar Wastes$1.04
- 1Necroblossom Snarl$0.66
- 1Oran-Rief, the Vastwood$0.48
- 1Path of Ancestry$0.37
- 8Swamp$0.00
- 1Swarmyard$5.56
- 1Tainted Wood$0.37
- 1Temple of Malady$0.33
- 1Terramorphic Expanse$0.29
- 1Tranquil Thicket$0.28
- 1Twilight Mire$0.45
- 1Viridescent Bog$0.27
- 1Woodland Cemetery$1.17
Upgrading Squirreled Away
The best way to focus a deck is by shaving away superfluous subthemes and bolstering the themes you want to add. For this deck, I’m going to focus on token creation and sacrifice. That’s where the deck’s strengths lie.
Draftsim's upgrade guide makes 15 changes to this deck. The first picks (hover for the card):
More on Squirreled Away and the Bloomburrow precons
- Official Bloomburrow Commander decklists (Wizards of the Coast)
- All 6 Golgari Commander Precons in Magic Ranked by A.L. Walser (September 20, 2026)
- Here Are the 22 Best Commander Precon Decks for 2026 by Ignacio (Iñaki) (September 8, 2026)
- The Best and Easy Way to Upgrade Your Preconstructed Commander Magic Deck by A.L. Walser (July 28, 2026)