Counter Blitz by Kazoragoth

Format: Commander

Commander: Tidus, Yuna's Guardian

Bracket: 4

DeckCheck Threat Index: 48

Deck overview

This Bant deck is commanded by Tidus, Yuna's Guardian and focuses on +1/+1 counter distribution, proliferation, and combat-driven card advantage. The primary strategy accelerates mana via scaling dorks like Incubation Druid and Gyre Sage, establishes Tidus to manipulate counters, and triggers Cheer to draw cards while compounding board size. In the midgame, explosive enhancers like Doc Samson, Super Psychiatrist, The Earth Crystal, and Damning Verdict create insurmountable combat pressure, which closes out games via trample or Akroma's Will. Alternatively, the deck can pivot into an infinite mana combo using Incubation Druid and Freed from the Real to machine-gun the table with Walking Ballista. Backed by a dense suite of protective spells like Heroic Intervention and Kutzil, Malamet Exemplar, the deck resists interaction and rebuilds efficiently.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Aetherize
  • 1 Ajani, the Greathearted
  • 1 Akroma's Will
  • 1 An Offer You Can't Refuse
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Ash Barrens
  • 1 Auron, Venerated Guardian
  • 1 Bloated Contaminator
  • 1 Brainstorm
  • 1 Bred for the Hunt
  • 1 Brushland
  • 1 Canopy Vista
  • 1 Chord of Calling
  • 1 Coastal Piracy
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Counterspell
  • 1 Damning Verdict
  • 1 Doc Samson, Super Psychiatrist
  • 1 Duskshell Crawler
  • 1 Eladamri's Call
  • 1 Elspeth Resplendent
  • 1 Eternal Witness
  • 1 Evolution Witness
  • 1 Exotic Orchard
  • 1 Faeburrow Elder
  • 1 Farewell
  • 1 Farseek
  • 1 Fathom Mage
  • 1 Fight Rigging
  • 1 Flooded Grove
  • 1 Force of Vigor
  • 4 Forest
  • 1 Forge of Heroes
  • 1 Forgotten Ancient
  • 1 Fortified Village
  • 1 Freed from the Real
  • 1 Glacial Fortress
  • 1 Grateful Apparition
  • 1 Gyre Sage
  • 1 Hardened Scales
  • 1 Heroic Intervention
  • 1 Hinterland Harbor
  • 1 Idyllic Beachfront
  • 1 Incubation Druid
  • 1 Inexorable Tide
  • 1 Inspiring Call
  • 3 Island
  • 1 Kami of Whispered Hopes
  • 1 Karvanista, Loyal Lupari // Lupari Shield
  • 1 Kimahri, Valiant Guardian
  • 1 Kutzil, Malamet Exemplar
  • 1 Luminous Broodmoth
  • 1 Maester Seymour
  • 1 Muddle the Mixture
  • 1 Nature's Lore
  • 1 Nesting Grounds
  • 1 O'aka, Traveling Merchant
  • 1 Overflowing Basin
  • 1 Path of Ancestry
  • 1 Path to Exile
  • 1 Pemmin's Aura
  • 3 Plains
  • 1 Port Town
  • 1 Prairie Stream
  • 1 Protection Magic
  • 1 Radiant Grove
  • 1 Reject Imperfection
  • 1 Resourceful Defense
  • 1 Seaside Citadel
  • 1 Silence
  • 1 Skycloud Expanse
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Sphere Grid
  • 1 Sungrass Prairie
  • 1 Sunpetal Grove
  • 1 Swan Song
  • 1 Tamiyo, Field Researcher
  • 1 Tangled Islet
  • 1 Temple of Enlightenment
  • 1 Temple of Mystery
  • 1 Temple of Plenty
  • 1 The Earth Crystal
  • 1 Three Visits
  • 1 Tidus, Yuna's Guardian
  • 1 Together Forever
  • 1 Tromell, Seymour's Butler
  • 1 Veil of Summer
  • 1 Vineglimmer Snarl
  • 1 Walking Ballista
  • 1 Yuna's Decision
  • 1 Yuna's Whistle
  • 1 Yuna, Grand Summoner
  • 1 Zack Fair