Upgrading Squirreled Away Precon (Hazel)
I'm kind of new at Magic, have been playing for around 6 months and I love it. I've gotten some precons and upgraded them myself to weak 3s (no gamechangers yet), and they seem to hold their own in my pod, who are all around the same level. I have managed to talk my wife into playing, and she's gone down the path of the Squirreled Away precon, and is having fun with it. She likes the whole Bloomburrow thematic (cute squirrels) as well as making them go wide and large and overrunning the table. As most of the pod we're in also have upgraded decks, sometimes she feels like she lags behind in the game, and would like some more synergy/fine-tuning for her Squirrels. She plays casually and only plays with our pod, has no interest in going to LGSs (I've only started going every now and then for shits and giggles).
I've already read around EDHREC, other Reddit posts and Recommander, and have ended up with this Build.
https://archidekt.com/decks/24867684/hazel_squirrel_army
Obviously it was difficult to cut out the last couple of cards in the deck, as I feel like there are many synergistic cards to the theme. The Maybeboard includes the cut cards from the precon, as well as other cards I have available to me that were previously included/swapped out.
Goal is to keep [[Hazel of the Rotbloom]] (cute squirrel) as a commander, and have enough Squirrels and food tokens to either make the squirrels big, or use the Food tokens for other triggers, such as Token sac+ Drain/make treasure tokens/forage/+1/+1 counters. Ultimately, the tokens can also be used for mana to drop the big finisher spells like [[Craterhoof Behemoth]] or [[Finale of Devastation]] to make squirrels hilariously deadly. I've tried to keep the Mana sources up with sufficient ramp, as well as an OK Land Base ([[Overgrown Tomb]] and [[Fabled Passage]] will join the deck in due time]]).
I'm aware that there aren't many haste enablers in the Deck for new tokens with [[Chatterfang, Squirrel General]] or [[The Undefeatable Squirrel Girl]], I'm also considering perhaps [[Akromas memorial]].
I guess my question is, do the upgrades make sense, is the synergy there (and effective on curve), or have I just made it worse? Should I swap in/out cards in the maybeboard? Any tips and constructive criticism on fine-tuning would be greatly appreciated!
P.S. in Categories (multiple) you can see the overlapping sub-parts (Draw, Removal, Ramp, etc.)
Posted Aug 3, 2026, 10:37 AM UTC