Countdown to Zanarkand by Viety

Format: Commander

Commander: Yuna, Grand Summoner

Bracket: 3

DeckCheck Threat Index: 35

Deck overview

This deck is a Bant +1/+1 counters midrange powerhouse piloted by Yuna, Grand Summoner. The game plan centers on deploying early mana acceleration to cast Yuna on Turn 3 or 4, unlocking mana fixing and guaranteed +1/+1 counters on subsequent creature casts. The deck leverages high-impact counter multipliers such as Branching Evolution, The Earth Crystal, and Bristly Bill, Spine Sower to rapidly scale creatures into lethal threats. Combat evasion from cards like Herald of Secret Streams, Abzan Falconer, and Akroma's Will ensures massive bodies bypass blockers to eliminate players. While the deck lacks fast combo finishes or stax pieces, it compensates with an elite protective suite consisting of Clever Concealment, Heroic Intervention, and Ripples of Potential, ensuring its board state survives board wipes and targeted interaction.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Abzan Falconer
  • 1 Adarkar Wastes
  • 1 Akroma's Will
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Arwen, Weaver of Hope
  • 1 Barkchannel Pathway // Tidechannel Pathway
  • 1 Birds of Paradise
  • 1 Bloom Tender
  • 1 Boseiju, Who Endures
  • 1 Bountiful Promenade
  • 1 Branching Evolution
  • 1 Breeding Pool
  • 1 Bristly Bill, Spine Sower
  • 1 Brushland
  • 1 Canopy Vista
  • 1 Cathars' Crusade
  • 1 Champion of Lambholt
  • 1 Clever Concealment
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Counterspell
  • 1 Cultivate
  • 1 Damning Verdict
  • 1 Delighted Halfling
  • 1 Deserted Beach
  • 1 Diamond City
  • 1 Dreamroot Cascade
  • 1 Dreamtide Whale
  • 1 Duskshell Crawler
  • 1 Eladamri's Call
  • 1 Evolution Sage
  • 1 Evolution Witness
  • 1 Evolving Wilds
  • 1 Exotic Orchard
  • 1 Fabled Passage
  • 1 Farseek
  • 1 Finale of Devastation
  • 1 Floodfarm Verge
  • 2 Forest
  • 1 Forgotten Ancient
  • 1 Garruk's Uprising
  • 1 Glacial Fortress
  • 1 Grand Abolisher
  • 1 Gyre Sage
  • 1 Hallowed Fountain
  • 1 Hardened Scales
  • 1 Heliod, Sun-Crowned
  • 1 Herald of Secret Streams
  • 1 Heroic Intervention
  • 1 Hinterland Harbor
  • 1 Incubation Druid
  • 1 Inexorable Tide
  • 1 Inspiring Call
  • 2 Island
  • 1 Kalonian Hydra
  • 1 Kami of Whispered Hopes
  • 1 Kodama of the West Tree
  • 1 Kutzil, Malamet Exemplar
  • 1 Llanowar Elves
  • 1 Luminous Broodmoth
  • 1 Managorger Hydra
  • 1 Misty Rainforest
  • 1 Negate
  • 1 Noble Hierarch
  • 1 Otawara, Soaring City
  • 1 Ouroboroid
  • 1 Ozolith, the Shattered Spire
  • 1 Path to Exile
  • 2 Plains
  • 1 Pollywog Prodigy
  • 1 Rejuvenating Springs
  • 1 Resourceful Defense
  • 1 Rikku, Resourceful Guardian
  • 1 Ripples of Potential
  • 1 Sea of Clouds
  • 1 Shelinda, Yevon Acolyte
  • 1 Silence
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Sphere Grid
  • 1 Sunpetal Grove
  • 1 Swords to Plowshares
  • 1 Temple Garden
  • 1 Terrasymbiosis
  • 1 The Earth Crystal
  • 1 The Ozolith
  • 1 Three Visits
  • 1 Thrummingbird
  • 1 Tidus, Yuna's Guardian
  • 1 Together Forever
  • 1 Tribute to the World Tree
  • 1 Tromell, Seymour's Butler
  • 1 Warden of the Grove
  • 1 Wave Goodbye
  • 1 Willowrush Verge
  • 1 Windswept Heath
  • 1 Wooded Foothills
  • 1 Yavimaya Coast
  • 1 Yuna, Grand Summoner