Heroes and where to find them by swiftyp106

Format: Commander

Commander: G'raha Tia, Scion Reborn

Bracket: 3

Deck overview

This is an Esper Hero-token deck built around G'raha Tia, Scion Reborn's "Throw Wide the Gates," which turns noncreature spells into scaling Hero tokens at a life cost. The core loop is to cast one high-impact noncreature spell per turn, pay life equal to its mana value, and create a Hero token with that many +1/+1 counters. The deck backs this with a large Job-select Equipment package, token-generating spells such as Aerith Rescue Mission, The Crystal's Chosen, and Champions from Beyond, and a pump/drain layer featuring Cid, Timeless Artificer, Avengers Assemble!, Intangible Virtue, Chocobo Knights, Y'shtola, Night's Blessed, and Black Mage's Rod. There are no infinite combos; the plan is fair, scaling combat damage with Exsanguinate and a heavy life-gain/drain cushion as reach.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Aerith Rescue Mission
  • 1 Agent Phil Coulson
  • 1 Arcane Sanctum
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Archaeomancer's Map
  • 1 Astrologian's Planisphere
  • 1 Authority of the Consuls
  • 1 Avengers Assemble!
  • 1 Biorganic Carapace
  • 1 Black Mage's Rod
  • 1 Blue Mage's Cane
  • 1 Caretaker's Talent
  • 1 Champions from Beyond
  • 1 Chocobo Knights
  • 2 Cid, Timeless Artificer
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Counterspell
  • 1 Dancer's Chakrams
  • 1 Dark Knight's Greatsword
  • 1 Dovin's Veto
  • 1 Dragoon's Lance
  • 1 Dragoon's Wyvern
  • 1 Envoy of the Ancestors
  • 1 Exsanguinate
  • 1 Eye of Nidhogg
  • 1 G'raha Tia, Scion Reborn
  • 1 Hildibrand Manderville // Gentleman's Rise
  • 1 Hour of Reckoning
  • 1 Idol of Oblivion
  • 1 Intangible Virtue
  • 8 Island
  • 1 Lightning Greaves
  • 1 Machinist's Arsenal
  • 1 Magitek Armor
  • 1 Monk's Fist
  • 1 Moogles' Valor
  • 1 Negate
  • 1 Ninja's Blades
  • 1 Observed Stasis
  • 1 Paladin's Arms
  • 1 Papalymo Totolymo
  • 1 Path to Exile
  • 20 Plains
  • 1 Propaganda
  • 1 Puresteel Paladin
  • 1 Reaper's Scythe
  • 1 Sage's Nouliths
  • 1 Sidequest: Catch a Fish // Cooking Campsite
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Soul Warden
  • 7 Swamp
  • 1 Swords to Plowshares
  • 1 Talisman of Dominance
  • 1 Talisman of Hierarchy
  • 1 Talisman of Progress
  • 1 Team Transmitter
  • 1 The Crystal's Chosen
  • 1 The Wind Crystal
  • 1 Thief's Knife
  • 1 Thought Vessel
  • 1 Tocasia's Welcome
  • 1 Vault of the Archangel
  • 1 Vindicate
  • 1 Void Rend
  • 1 Whip of Erebos
  • 1 White Mage's Staff
  • 1 Y'shtola, Night's Blessed