A Little Tidus Goes A Long Way by Mechanicalgoose

Format: Commander

Commander: Tidus, Yuna's Guardian

Bracket: 3

DeckCheck Threat Index: 32

Deck overview

This deck is a Bant (+1/+1 counters and proliferate) midrange strategy led by Tidus, Yuna's Guardian. It establishes early board presence through efficient ramp and modular counter distributors before deploying Tidus on turn 3. On turn 4, it establishes its core engine by moving counters during combat and triggering Tidus's Cheer ability to draw cards and proliferate. The deck compounds this advantage into massive threats, leveraging evasion from Herald of Secret Streams, counter doubling from Innkeeper's Talent, or secondary poison pressure via Contaminant Grafter and Fynn, the Fangbearer. It operates without fast mana or infinite combos, relying on steady engine velocity, asymmetric sweepers like Damning Verdict, and layered protection to close games through combat by turn 8.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Ajani, Sleeper Agent
  • 1 An Offer You Can't Refuse
  • 1 Aragorn, Company Leader
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Ash Barrens
  • 1 Auron, Venerated Guardian
  • 1 Azor's Elocutors
  • 1 Blitzball Stadium
  • 1 Bow of Nylea
  • 1 Brushland
  • 1 Bushmaster, Coiled Henchman
  • 1 Canopy Vista
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Contaminant Grafter
  • 1 Crystalline Crawler
  • 1 Curse of Predation
  • 1 Damning Verdict
  • 1 Dancing from Dark to Dawn
  • 1 Destroy Evil
  • 1 Endless Detour
  • 1 Everflowing Chalice
  • 1 Evolving Wilds
  • 1 Exotic Orchard
  • 1 Farewell
  • 1 Farseek
  • 1 Fathom Mage
  • 1 Fight Rigging
  • 1 Flooded Grove
  • 3 Forest
  • 1 Forge of Heroes
  • 1 Forgotten Ancient
  • 1 Fortified Village
  • 1 Frog Butler
  • 1 Fynn, the Fangbearer
  • 1 Gatta and Luzzu
  • 1 Gift of the Viper
  • 1 Glacial Fortress
  • 1 Glistening Sphere
  • 1 Grateful Apparition
  • 1 Gyre Sage
  • 1 Hardened Scales
  • 1 Herald of Secret Streams
  • 1 Hinterland Harbor
  • 1 Idyllic Beachfront
  • 1 Incubation Druid
  • 1 Inexorable Tide
  • 1 Infectious Bite
  • 1 Innkeeper's Talent
  • 1 Inspiring Call
  • 3 Island
  • 1 Kimahri, Valiant Guardian
  • 1 Lulu, Stern Guardian
  • 1 Luminous Broodmoth
  • 1 Maester Seymour
  • 1 Mona Lisa, Science Geek
  • 1 Mutagen Man, Living Ooze
  • 1 Necklace of Girion
  • 1 Nesting Grounds
  • 1 Noble Hierarch
  • 1 Norn's Decree
  • 1 Overflowing Basin
  • 1 Path of Ancestry
  • 1 Path to Exile
  • 3 Plains
  • 1 Planewide Celebration
  • 1 Port Town
  • 1 Prairie Stream
  • 1 Prologue to Phyresis
  • 1 Protection Magic
  • 1 Radiant Grove
  • 1 Resourceful Defense
  • 1 Rikku, Resourceful Guardian
  • 1 Scholar of New Horizons
  • 1 Seaside Citadel
  • 1 Sin, Unending Cataclysm
  • 1 Skycloud Expanse
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Sphere Grid
  • 1 Spike Weaver
  • 1 Summon: Ixion
  • 1 Sungrass Prairie
  • 1 Sunpetal Grove
  • 1 Super-Adaptoid
  • 1 Tangled Islet
  • 1 Temple of Enlightenment
  • 1 Temple of Mystery
  • 1 Temple of Plenty
  • 1 Tidus, Yuna's Guardian
  • 1 Tromell, Seymour's Butler
  • 1 Venerated Rotpriest
  • 1 Vineglimmer Snarl
  • 1 Wakka, Devoted Guardian
  • 1 Walking Ballista
  • 1 Yuna, Grand Summoner