Tidus by KOI

Format: Commander

Commander: Tidus, Yuna's Guardian

Bracket: 3

DeckCheck Threat Index: 40

Deck overview

This deck is a high-synergy Bant +1/+1 counters and proliferate combat deck led by Tidus, Yuna's Guardian. It establishes early mana velocity and counter generators on Turns 1–2, landing Tidus on Turn 3 or 4 to trigger consistent card draw and board-wide counter proliferation. The deck rapidly scales creature power using force multipliers such as Branching Evolution, Innkeeper's Talent, and Bristly Bill, Spine Sower, then breaks through opposing defenses with mass evasion effects like Herald of Secret Streams, Champion of Lambholt, and Kodama of the West Tree. It protects its aggressive development with an efficient Bant defensive suite including Ripples of Potential, Heroic Intervention, and Fierce Guardianship, while utilizing asymmetric board manipulation through Damning Verdict and The Ozolith to maintain overwhelming board advantage through to a Turn 6 combat victory.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Abandoned Air Temple
  • 1 Adarkar Wastes
  • 1 Agatha's Soul Cauldron
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Arwen, Mortal Queen
  • 1 Biophagus
  • 1 Birds of Paradise
  • 1 Botanical Brawler
  • 1 Bountiful Promenade
  • 1 Branching Evolution
  • 1 Breeding Pool
  • 1 Bristly Bill, Spine Sower
  • 1 Brokers Ascendancy
  • 1 Brushland
  • 1 Cathedral Acolyte
  • 1 Champion of Lambholt
  • 1 Chocobo Knights
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Conclave Mentor
  • 1 Counterspell
  • 1 Damning Verdict
  • 1 Danny Pink
  • 1 Destroy Evil
  • 1 Dusk Legion Duelist
  • 1 Duskshell Crawler
  • 1 Eladamri's Call
  • 1 Eternal Witness
  • 1 Evolution Sage
  • 1 Evolution Witness
  • 1 Exotic Orchard
  • 1 Ezuri, Stalker of Spheres
  • 1 Farewell
  • 1 Farseek
  • 1 Fauna Shaman
  • 1 Fierce Guardianship
  • 1 Flooded Strand
  • 3 Forest
  • 1 Forge of Heroes
  • 1 Fortified Village
  • 1 Generous Pup
  • 1 Glacial Fortress
  • 1 Grateful Apparition
  • 1 Gyre Sage
  • 1 Hardened Scales
  • 1 Herald of Secret Streams
  • 1 Heroic Intervention
  • 1 Hinterland Harbor
  • 1 Incubation Druid
  • 1 Ingenious Prodigy
  • 1 Innkeeper's Talent
  • 1 Inspiring Call
  • 3 Island
  • 1 Kami of Whispered Hopes
  • 1 Karn's Bastion
  • 1 Kodama of the West Tree
  • 1 Kutzil, Malamet Exemplar
  • 1 Mikey & Leo, Chaos & Order
  • 1 Misty Rainforest
  • 1 Mutational Advantage
  • 1 Nesting Grounds
  • 1 Noble Hierarch
  • 1 Ozolith, the Shattered Spire
  • 1 Path to Exile
  • 2 Plains
  • 1 Pollywog Prodigy
  • 1 Prairie Stream
  • 1 Razorverge Thicket
  • 1 Rejuvenating Springs
  • 1 Resourceful Defense
  • 1 Rikku, Resourceful Guardian
  • 1 Ripples of Potential
  • 1 Savannah
  • 1 Seachrome Coast
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Spara's Headquarters
  • 1 Sphere Grid
  • 1 Sunpetal Grove
  • 1 Swords to Plowshares
  • 1 Tekuthal, Inquiry Dominus
  • 1 Temple Garden
  • 1 The Great Henge
  • 1 The Ozolith
  • 1 Three Visits
  • 1 Tidus, Yuna's Guardian
  • 1 Tribute to the World Tree
  • 1 Tromell, Seymour's Butler
  • 1 Tropical Island
  • 1 Tundra
  • 1 Veil of Summer
  • 1 Vineglimmer Snarl
  • 1 Wakka, Devoted Guardian
  • 1 Walking Ballista
  • 1 Windswept Heath
  • 1 Yavimaya Coast
  • 1 Yuna, Grand Summoner