Is that a FLYING HAMSTER! by holostail

Format: Commander

Commander: Minsc & Boo, Timeless Heroes

Bracket: 3

Deck overview

This Gruul deck harnesses the +1/+1 counter synergy to turn small creatures into game-ending threats, leveraging the commander Minsc & Boo, Timeless Heroes as a repeatable engine for token generation, counter distribution, and direct damage. The primary plan is to deploy mana dorks and ramp early, then land a critical mass of counter doublers like Doubling Season and Vorinclex, Monstrous Raider to create enormous trampling creatures. Combat damage is the primary win condition, with Chandra's Ignition and Berserk providing explosive finishes. The commander's -2 ability offers a secondary kill by sacrificing a giant creature for face damage while drawing cards. The deck lacks consistent tutors, making it heavily reliant on drawing the right pieces, but its dense counter synergies and powerful payoff cards give it a clear, linear game plan.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Alexios, Deimos of Kosmos
  • 1 Arena of Glory
  • 1 Argonath, Pillars of the Kings
  • 1 Atalan Jackal
  • 1 Bard Class
  • 1 Beast Within
  • 1 Berserk
  • 1 Birds of Paradise
  • 1 Bolt Bend
  • 1 Branching Evolution
  • 1 Chandra's Ignition
  • 1 Cinder Glade
  • 1 Clamavus
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Court of Garenbrig
  • 1 Cultivate
  • 1 Decimate
  • 1 Defiler of Vigor
  • 1 Deflecting Swat
  • 1 Doubling Season
  • 1 Elvish Mystic
  • 1 Emerald Medallion
  • 1 Etali, Primal Conqueror // Etali, Primal Sickness
  • 1 Eternal Witness
  • 1 Exotic Orchard
  • 1 Fabled Passage
  • 1 Faithless Looting
  • 1 Fanatic of Rhonas
  • 1 Farseek
  • 1 Force of Vigor
  • 15 Forest
  • 1 Forgotten Ancient
  • 1 Fyndhorn Elves
  • 1 Gamble
  • 1 Game Trail
  • 1 Goblin Anarchomancer
  • 1 Goldvein Hydra
  • 1 Halana and Alena, Partners
  • 1 Hardened Scales
  • 1 Heroic Intervention
  • 1 Incubation Druid
  • 1 Innkeeper's Talent
  • 1 Jeska's Will
  • 1 Kami of Whispered Hopes
  • 1 Kodama's Reach
  • 1 Llanowar Elves
  • 1 Managorger Hydra
  • 1 Minsc & Boo, Timeless Heroes
  • 1 Mjölnir, Hammer of Thor
  • 10 Mountain
  • 1 Nature's Lore
  • 1 Ouroboroid
  • 1 Ozolith, the Shattered Spire
  • 1 Pick Your Poison
  • 1 Quartzwood Crasher
  • 1 Quilled Greatwurm
  • 1 Railway Brawler
  • 1 Rampant Growth
  • 1 Reliquary Tower
  • 1 Rhythm of the Wild
  • 1 Rootbound Crag
  • 1 Selvala, Heart of the Wilds
  • 1 Sheltered Thicket
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Spire Garden
  • 1 Stomping Ground
  • 1 Taurean Mauler
  • 1 Terrasymbiosis
  • 1 The Great Henge
  • 1 Thrill of Possibility
  • 1 Toski, Bearer of Secrets
  • 1 Tribute to the World Tree
  • 1 Untimely Malfunction
  • 1 Vigor
  • 1 Vorinclex, Monstrous Raider
  • 1 Wooded Foothills
  • 1 Xenagos, God of Revels