[$25 Budget] My Dog and I (Voltron) by user4336704

Format: Commander

Commander: Pako, Arcane Retriever and Haldan, Avid Arcanist

Bracket: 3

Deck overview

Pako, Arcane Retriever is both the engine and the finisher: the deck ramps him out early, then attacks every turn to exile three cards and convert noncreature cards into +1/+1 counters. Haldan, Avid Arcanist is the second commander and the support piece, letting you cast those exiled noncreature spells for value, removal, and protection. There is no hidden commander-Pako is the only real win condition. The plan is to make him unblockable, grow his power with counters, and deal 21 commander damage to each opponent, accelerating with Temur Battle Rage, Choose Your Weapon, and Last Night Together. Cheap protection and counterspells keep the dog on the battlefield while Haldan turns the exile pile into card advantage.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Biosynthic Burst
  • 1 Blitzball Stadium
  • 1 Breath of Darigaaz
  • 1 Cartouche of Strength
  • 1 Chain Reaction
  • 1 Charge Through
  • 1 Choose Your Weapon
  • 1 Cinder Glade
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Consuming Tide
  • 1 Decisive Denial
  • 1 Defend the Rider
  • 1 Dire-Strain Rampage
  • 1 Doc Aurlock, Grizzled Genius
  • 1 Exotic Orchard
  • 1 Explore
  • 1 Fae Flight
  • 1 Flamebraider
  • 8 Forest
  • 1 Frostboil Snarl
  • 1 Gaea's Gift
  • 1 Game Trail
  • 1 Generator Servant
  • 1 Haldan, Avid Arcanist
  • 1 Harrow
  • 1 Hinterland Harbor
  • 1 Hunter's Insight
  • 1 Hunter's Talent
  • 1 Inscription of Abundance
  • 1 Invigorating Surge
  • 6 Island
  • 1 Karplusan Forest
  • 1 Last Night Together
  • 1 Lost in the Maze
  • 1 Memory Lapse
  • 6 Mountain
  • 1 Negate
  • 1 Niblis of Frost
  • 1 Orcish Lumberjack
  • 1 Origin of Metalbending
  • 1 Pako, Arcane Retriever
  • 1 Pentad Prism
  • 1 Psychic Paper
  • 1 Pym Particles
  • 1 Rampant Growth
  • 1 Reality Shift
  • 1 Reckless Barbarian
  • 1 Reclaim
  • 1 Repulsive Mutation
  • 1 Resculpt
  • 1 Rogue's Passage
  • 1 Rootbound Crag
  • 1 Run Away Together
  • 1 Satyr Hedonist
  • 1 Secret Identity
  • 1 Shivan Reef
  • 1 Sidequest: Play Blitzball // World Champion, Celestial Weapon
  • 1 Siege Smash
  • 1 Smokebraider
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Spell Rupture
  • 1 Spry and Mighty
  • 1 Storm's Wrath
  • 1 Stump Stomp // Burnwillow Clearing
  • 1 Sulfur Falls
  • 1 Sundering Eruption // Volcanic Fissure
  • 1 Sword Coast Sailor
  • 1 Tam, Mindful First-Year
  • 1 Team Tactics
  • 1 Temur Battle Rage
  • 1 Trash the Town
  • 1 Ultimate Magic: Meteor
  • 1 Unsubstantiate
  • 1 Veil of Secrecy
  • 1 Vessel of Volatility
  • 1 Vineglimmer Snarl
  • 1 Waltz of Rage
  • 1 Water Wings
  • 1 Wild Growth
  • 1 Wild Shape
  • 1 Yavimaya Coast
  • 1 You Come to a River
  • 1 You See a Guard Approach