Snipsi by user2991349

Format: Commander

Commander: Lathiel, the Bounteous Dawn

Bracket: 3

DeckCheck Threat Index: 33

Deck overview

This deck is a dedicated Selesnya lifegain and +1/+1 counters midrange strategy commanded by Lathiel, the Bounteous Dawn. The deck focuses on deploying low-cost lifegain enablers, such as Soul Warden and Essence Warden, alongside mana acceleration in the early turns. Once Lathiel enters the battlefield, every point of life gained converts directly into +1/+1 counters distributed across your board at each end step. The deck compounds this advantage through counter multipliers like Conclave Mentor and Hardened Scales, turning small utility creatures into massive combat threats. Alternate game plans revolve around token production from Crested Sunmare, mass stat boosts from Nykthos Paragon, and alternate win conditions like Felidar Sovereign. While vulnerable to mass removal and lacking countermagic, the deck leverages potent defensive instants like Heroic Intervention and Clever Concealment alongside one-sided board wipes like Damning Verdict to maintain board dominance and close out games through overwhelming evasive attacks.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Abzan Battle Priest
  • 1 Abzan Falconer
  • 1 Ajani's Pridemate
  • 1 Ajani, Strength of the Pride
  • 1 Angel of Vitality
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Authority of the Consuls
  • 1 Avacyn's Pilgrim
  • 1 Bala Ged Recovery // Bala Ged Sanctuary
  • 1 Beast Within
  • 1 Beastmaster Ascension
  • 1 Blighted Woodland
  • 1 Blossoming Sands
  • 1 Brokers Hideout
  • 1 Cabaretti Courtyard
  • 1 Canopy Vista
  • 1 Celestial Unicorn
  • 1 Cleric Class
  • 1 Clever Concealment
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Conclave Mentor
  • 1 Crested Sunmare
  • 1 Cultivate
  • 1 Damning Verdict
  • 1 Delighted Halfling
  • 1 Diamond Mare
  • 1 Elvish Mystic
  • 1 Envoy of the Ancestors
  • 1 Essence Warden
  • 1 Evolution Sage
  • 1 Exemplar of Light
  • 1 Felidar Sovereign
  • 9 Forest
  • 1 Fortified Village
  • 1 Fumigate
  • 1 Garruk's Uprising
  • 1 Generous Gift
  • 1 Gingerbread Cabin
  • 1 Good-Fortune Unicorn
  • 1 Graypelt Refuge
  • 1 Hardened Scales
  • 1 Heliod, Sun-Crowned
  • 1 Heroic Intervention
  • 1 Idyllic Grange
  • 1 Inspiring Call
  • 1 Invoke the Divine
  • 1 Kabira Crossroads
  • 1 Kami of Whispered Hopes
  • 1 Khalni Ambush // Khalni Territory
  • 1 Kodama's Reach
  • 1 Kutzil, Malamet Exemplar
  • 1 Lathiel, the Bounteous Dawn
  • 1 Llanowar Elves
  • 1 Loyal Unicorn
  • 1 Mesa Unicorn
  • 1 Mirror Entity
  • 1 Mosswort Bridge
  • 1 Myriad Landscape
  • 1 Nykthos Paragon
  • 1 Nyx-Fleece Ram
  • 1 Overgrown Farmland
  • 1 Overwhelming Stampede
  • 1 Path to Exile
  • 9 Plains
  • 1 Pledge of Unity
  • 1 Prosperous Innkeeper
  • 1 Radiant Fountain
  • 1 Return of the Wildspeaker
  • 1 Rhox Faithmender
  • 1 Rogue's Passage
  • 1 Sakura-Tribe Elder
  • 1 Sapseep Forest
  • 1 Selesnya Sanctuary
  • 1 Selesnya Signet
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Soul Warden
  • 1 Soul's Attendant
  • 1 Strength of the Harvest // Haven of the Harvest
  • 1 Sunscorch Regent
  • 1 Swiftfoot Boots
  • 1 Swords to Plowshares
  • 1 The Wind Crystal
  • 1 Three Visits
  • 1 Trelasarra, Moon Dancer