+1 Rad Mill V1.0 by Mintsauce

Format: Commander

Commander: The Wise Mothman

Bracket: 3

DeckCheck Threat Index: 50

Deck overview

This Sultai deck is led by The Wise Mothman, blending mill strategies with explosive +1/+1 counter scaling. The early turns prioritize mana acceleration via creatures and talismans to cast Mothman on Turn 3. Once deployed, Mothman distributes rad counters to all players on entry and attack. During opponents' precombat main phases, rad counters force mill triggers that grow your creature suite through Mothman's ability. This engine is amplified by counter doublers like Hardened Scales and Branching Evolution, alongside elite draw engines like Danny Pink and Fathom Mage. The deck pivots smoothly between two lethal paths: overwhelming the table with evasive combat damage using Herald of Secret Streams and Kodama of the West Tree, or executing deterministic infinite drain combos with Mindcrank paired with Duskmantle Guildmage or Bloodchief Ascension. Efficient interaction like Fierce Guardianship and Assassin's Trophy protects the engine while disrupting key opposing threats.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 An Offer You Can't Refuse
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Ashiok, Dream Render
  • 1 Assassin's Trophy
  • 1 Bayou
  • 1 Beast Within
  • 1 Birds of Paradise
  • 1 Bloatfly Swarm
  • 1 Bloodchief Ascension
  • 1 Bloom Tender
  • 1 Bojuka Bog
  • 1 Boseiju, Who Endures
  • 1 Branching Evolution
  • 1 Breeding Pool
  • 1 Buried Ruin
  • 1 Cankerbloom
  • 1 City of Brass
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Danny Pink
  • 1 Deadly Rollick
  • 1 Demonic Tutor
  • 1 Drowned Catacomb
  • 1 Duskmantle Guildmage
  • 1 Evolution Witness
  • 1 Exotic Orchard
  • 1 Fathom Mage
  • 1 Fellwar Stone
  • 1 Fierce Guardianship
  • 1 Flooded Grove
  • 2 Forest
  • 1 Giggling Skitterspike
  • 1 Glen Elendra Archmage
  • 1 Golgari Charm
  • 1 Grim Tutor
  • 1 Gyre Sage
  • 1 Hardened Scales
  • 1 Herald of Secret Streams
  • 1 Herd Baloth
  • 1 Heroic Intervention
  • 1 Hollowmurk Siege
  • 1 Icetill Explorer
  • 1 Incubation Druid
  • 2 Island
  • 1 Jidoor, Aristocratic Capital // Overture
  • 1 Kami of Whispered Hopes
  • 1 Key to the Side-Door
  • 1 Kodama of the West Tree
  • 1 Maddening Cacophony
  • 1 Malakir Rebirth // Malakir Mire
  • 1 Mana Confluence
  • 1 Memory Erosion
  • 1 Mesmeric Orb
  • 1 Minamo, School at Water's Edge
  • 1 Mindcrank
  • 1 Misty Rainforest
  • 1 Morphic Pool
  • 1 Nature's Claim
  • 1 Nuclear Fallout
  • 1 Overgrown Tomb
  • 1 Polluted Delta
  • 1 Pollywog Prodigy
  • 1 Prismatic Vista
  • 1 Psychic Corrosion
  • 1 Reflecting Pool
  • 1 Rejuvenating Springs
  • 1 Reliquary Tower
  • 1 Retribution of the Ancients
  • 1 Rhystic Study
  • 1 Ripples of Undeath
  • 1 Ruin Crab
  • 1 Screeching Scorchbeast
  • 1 Shizo, Death's Storehouse
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Sunken Ruins
  • 1 Swamp
  • 1 Swarmyard
  • 1 Swiftfoot Boots
  • 1 Syr Konrad, the Grim
  • 1 Tainted Strike
  • 1 Talisman of Curiosity
  • 1 Talisman of Resilience
  • 1 Tamiyo's Safekeeping
  • 1 Tato Farmer
  • 1 Terrasymbiosis
  • 1 The Master of Lake-town
  • 1 The Thirteenth Doctor
  • 1 The Water Crystal
  • 1 The Wise Mothman
  • 1 Three Visits
  • 1 Tropical Island
  • 1 Twilight Mire
  • 1 Underground River
  • 1 Underground Sea
  • 1 Undergrowth Stadium
  • 1 Verdant Catacombs
  • 1 Vexing Radgull
  • 1 Watery Grave
  • 1 Zagoth Triome