Aerith, Last Ancient (Budget) by user5025601

Format: Commander

Commander: Aerith, Last Ancient

Bracket: 3

Deck overview

This Selesnya deck helmed by Aerith, Last Ancient is a lifegain-and-+1/+1-counters value engine that converts life gained into graveyard recursion and overwhelming combat damage. The primary plan is to deploy cheap lifegain triggers (Soul Warden, Essence Warden, Prosperous Innkeeper, Authority of the Consuls), gain 7+ life in a turn to activate Aerith's Raise ability, and recur key creatures to the battlefield. The counter subtheme - Aerith Gainsborough, Shelinda, Yevon Acolyte, Maester Seymour, Sazh Katzroy, Forgotten Ancient - turns small bodies into lethal threats, finished by Jumbo Cactuar's 10,000 Needles, The Warring Triad, and Chocobo Knights double strike. A Saga package (Garnet, Princess of Alexandria resetting lore counters) and an Equipment shell (Excalibur II, Champion's Helm) provide alternate value. The deck wins through combat inevitability rather than combos, with recursion as its resilience backbone.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Adelbert Steiner
  • 1 Adventurer's Inn
  • 1 Aerith Gainsborough
  • 1 Aerith, Last Ancient
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Ash Barrens
  • 1 Auron, Venerated Guardian
  • 1 Austere Command
  • 1 Authority of the Consuls
  • 1 Bastion Protector
  • 1 Behemoth Sledge
  • 1 Blossoming Sands
  • 1 Bonders' Enclave
  • 1 Brushland
  • 1 Bugenhagen, Wise Elder
  • 1 Canopy Vista
  • 1 Champion's Helm
  • 1 Chocobo Knights
  • 1 Cleric Class
  • 1 Cloud's Limit Break
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Crossroads Village
  • 1 Dancer's Chakrams
  • 1 Duskshell Crawler
  • 1 Elena, Turk Recruit
  • 1 Esper Origins // Summon: Esper Maduin
  • 1 Essence Warden
  • 1 Evolving Wilds
  • 1 Excalibur II
  • 1 Exotic Orchard
  • 1 Fabled Passage
  • 6 Forest
  • 1 Forgotten Ancient
  • 1 Fortified Village
  • 1 Garnet, Princess of Alexandria
  • 1 Graypelt Refuge
  • 1 Harmonize
  • 1 High Market
  • 1 Incubation Druid
  • 1 Instant Ramen
  • 1 Jumbo Cactuar
  • 1 Lifestream's Blessing
  • 1 Lightning Greaves
  • 1 Maester Seymour
  • 1 Millikin
  • 1 Minwu, Rebellion Strategist
  • 1 Minwu, White Mage
  • 1 Moogles' Valor
  • 1 Path of Ancestry
  • 11 Plains
  • 1 Prosperous Innkeeper
  • 1 Radiant Grove
  • 1 Razorverge Thicket
  • 1 Resourceful Defense
  • 1 Restoration Magic
  • 1 Rosa, Resolute White Mage
  • 1 Sazh Katzroy
  • 1 Secret Rendezvous
  • 1 Selesnya Sanctuary
  • 1 Shelinda, Yevon Acolyte
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Soul Warden
  • 1 Squall Leonhart
  • 1 Starting Town
  • 1 Summon: Good King Mog XII
  • 1 Summon: Ixion
  • 1 Summon: Magus Sisters
  • 1 Summon: Titan
  • 1 Summon: Yojimbo
  • 1 Summoning Materia
  • 1 Sungrass Prairie
  • 1 Sunpetal Grove
  • 1 Sunscorch Regent
  • 1 Swords to Plowshares
  • 1 The Destined White Mage
  • 1 The Warring Triad
  • 1 The Wind Crystal
  • 1 Trailblazer's Boots
  • 1 Ultimate Magic: Holy
  • 1 Vanquish the Horde
  • 1 Venat, Heart of Hydaelyn // Hydaelyn, the Mothercrystal
  • 1 White Mage's Staff
  • 1 Yuna's Decision
  • 1 Yuna, Hope of Spira
  • 1 Zack Fair