Counter Blitz (Copy) by 737

Format: Commander

Commander: Tidus, Yuna's Guardian

Bracket: 3

DeckCheck Threat Index: 37

Deck overview

This Bant deck leverages +1/+1 counter accumulation and proliferate mechanics to overwhelm opponents through scalable combat damage and alternative win conditions. Commanded by Tidus, Yuna's Guardian, the strategy establishes early counter distributors like Hardened Scales, Shelinda, Yevon Acolyte, or Rishkar, Peema Renegade before deploying Tidus on Turn 3. Tidus's Cheer ability shifts counters and rewards combat connections with steady card draw and table-wide proliferation. In the midgame, the deck ramps mana using counter-scaling dorks like Kami of Whispered Hopes and Incubation Druid, deploying multiplicative threats such as Kalonian Hydra, Chocobo Knights, and Herald of Secret Streams. Asymmetric sweepers like Damning Verdict clear opposing boards while preserving your buffed creatures, allowing unblockable or trample-fueled lethal combat swings by Turn 7. Protective layers including Shalai, Voice of Plenty and Resourceful Defense shield your board against removal, while Simic Ascendancy provides a non-combat endgame.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 An Offer You Can't Refuse
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Arwen, Mortal Queen
  • 1 Ash Barrens
  • 1 Bane of Progress
  • 1 Bred for the Hunt
  • 1 Brushland
  • 1 Canopy Vista
  • 1 Champion of Lambholt
  • 1 Chocobo Knights
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Damning Verdict
  • 1 Dreamtide Whale
  • 1 Duskshell Crawler
  • 1 Everflowing Chalice
  • 1 Evolution Sage
  • 1 Evolving Wilds
  • 1 Exotic Orchard
  • 1 Farewell
  • 1 Farseek
  • 1 Fathom Mage
  • 1 Flooded Grove
  • 3 Forest
  • 1 Forge of Heroes
  • 1 Forgotten Ancient
  • 1 Fortified Village
  • 1 Garruk's Uprising
  • 1 Gatta and Luzzu
  • 1 Glacial Fortress
  • 1 Guardian Scalelord
  • 1 Gyre Sage
  • 1 Hardened Scales
  • 1 Herald of Secret Streams
  • 1 Hinterland Harbor
  • 1 Idyllic Beachfront
  • 1 Incubation Druid
  • 1 Inexorable Tide
  • 1 Innkeeper's Talent
  • 1 Inspiring Call
  • 4 Island
  • 1 Kalonian Hydra
  • 1 Kami of Whispered Hopes
  • 1 Kimahri, Valiant Guardian
  • 1 Lulu, Stern Guardian
  • 1 Luminous Broodmoth
  • 1 Maester Seymour
  • 1 Ms. Bumbleflower
  • 1 Nesting Grounds
  • 1 Overflowing Basin
  • 1 Ozolith, the Shattered Spire
  • 1 Path of Ancestry
  • 1 Path to Exile
  • 3 Plains
  • 1 Port Town
  • 1 Prairie Stream
  • 1 Prime Speaker Zegana
  • 1 Proft's Eidetic Memory
  • 1 Promise of Loyalty
  • 1 Protection Magic
  • 1 Radiant Grove
  • 1 Resourceful Defense
  • 1 Rewind
  • 1 Rikku, Resourceful Guardian
  • 1 Rishkar, Peema Renegade
  • 1 Seaside Citadel
  • 1 Shalai, Voice of Plenty
  • 1 Shelinda, Yevon Acolyte
  • 1 Simic Ascendancy
  • 1 Skycloud Expanse
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Sphere Grid
  • 1 Summoner's Pact
  • 1 Sungrass Prairie
  • 1 Sunpetal Grove
  • 1 Sunscorch Regent
  • 1 Tamiyo, Field Researcher
  • 1 Tangled Islet
  • 1 Tekuthal, Inquiry Dominus
  • 1 Temple of Enlightenment
  • 1 Temple of Mystery
  • 1 Temple of Plenty
  • 1 The Earth Crystal
  • 1 Threats Undetected
  • 1 Three Visits
  • 1 Tidus, Yuna's Guardian
  • 1 Tromell, Seymour's Butler
  • 1 Tyrite Sanctum
  • 1 Vigor
  • 1 Vineglimmer Snarl
  • 1 Wakka, Devoted Guardian
  • 1 Walking Ballista
  • 1 Yuna's Whistle
  • 1 Yuna, Grand Summoner