shalai and hallar by band1t33

Format: Commander

Commander: Shalai and Hallar

Bracket: 4

Deck overview

Shalai and Hallar is a +1/+1 counters combo deck that turns counter placement into direct damage. The primary plan is to resolve one of several infinite-counter engines-Heliod with Walking Ballista, All Will Be One with The Red Terror, or the Hardened Scales/Kami/Innkeeper's Talent loop-and convert it into lethal burn. The commander serves as the cheapest and most repeatable payoff, but a solid beatdown backup with trampling hydras and Overwhelming Stampede can close games if the combo is disrupted. Protection spells like Heroic Intervention, Dawn's Truce, and Teferi's Protection defend the critical turn, while a light tutor suite digs for the missing combo piece.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 All Will Be One
  • 1 Alpine Meadow
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Archdruid's Charm
  • 1 Arctic Treeline
  • 1 Arid Mesa
  • 1 Basilisk Collar
  • 1 Beast Within
  • 1 Birds of Paradise
  • 1 Black Widow, Agile Avenger
  • 1 Blasphemous Act
  • 1 Bountiful Promenade
  • 1 Bright-Palm, Soul Awakener
  • 1 Bristly Bill, Spine Sower
  • 1 Chaos Warp
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Conclave Sledge-Captain
  • 1 Crystalline Armor
  • 1 Cultivate
  • 1 Dawn's Truce
  • 1 Defiler of Vigor
  • 1 Deflecting Swat
  • 1 Eladamri's Call
  • 1 Esper Sentinel
  • 1 Evolution Sage
  • 1 Farewell
  • 1 Farseek
  • 1 Felidar Retreat
  • 1 Flawless Maneuver
  • 8 Forest
  • 1 Forgotten Ancient
  • 2 Hardened Scales
  • 1 Heliod, Sun-Crowned
  • 1 Heroic Intervention
  • 1 Highland Forest
  • 1 Hushwood Verge
  • 1 Hydra's Growth
  • 1 Idyllic Tutor
  • 2 Innkeeper's Talent
  • 1 Jennifer Walters // The Sensational She-Hulk
  • 1 Jetmir's Garden
  • 1 Kalonian Hydra
  • 1 Kami of Whispered Hopes
  • 1 Managorger Hydra
  • 4 Mountain
  • 1 Nature's Lore
  • 1 Necklace of Girion
  • 1 Oran-Rief, the Vastwood
  • 1 Ouroboroid
  • 1 Overwhelming Stampede
  • 1 Path to Exile
  • 6 Plains
  • 1 Quilled Greatwurm
  • 1 Reliquary Tower
  • 1 Return of the Wildspeaker
  • 1 Rhythm of the Wild
  • 1 Sacred Foundry
  • 1 Season of Gathering
  • 1 Shadowspear
  • 1 Shalai and Hallar
  • 1 Shalai, Voice of Plenty
  • 1 Skyshroud Claim
  • 1 Smothering Tithe
  • 1 Snakeskin Veil
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Sphere Grid
  • 1 Spire Garden
  • 1 Stomping Ground
  • 1 Strength of Will
  • 1 Sunpetal Grove
  • 1 Sunscorch Regent
  • 1 Swiftfoot Boots
  • 1 Swords to Plowshares
  • 1 Tamiyo's Safekeeping
  • 1 Taurean Mauler
  • 1 Teferi's Protection
  • 1 Terrasymbiosis
  • 1 The Great Henge
  • 1 The Red Terror
  • 1 Thornspire Verge
  • 1 Walking Ballista
  • 1 Witch's Clinic
  • 1 Wooded Foothills