Tidus Yuna's Guardian v2 by WarOfLion

Format: Commander

Commander: Tidus, Yuna's Guardian

Bracket: 4

DeckCheck Threat Index: 57

Deck overview

This Bant Commander deck, helmed by Tidus, Yuna's Guardian, executes an aggressive, highly resilient +1/+1 counters midrange strategy paired with a compact infinite mana backup combo. The deck utilizes dense 1-to-2-mana acceleration to establish an operational engine by Turn 3, deploying Tidus alongside synergistic counter distributors like Bristly Bill, Spine Sower, Innkeeper's Talent, and Biophagus. Through Tidus's Cheer ability, every combat step generates repeatable card draw and table-wide proliferation. By Turn 4, scaling powerhouses such as Ouroboroid and Herald of Secret Streams construct a decisive must-answer board state, which translates into a lethal overrun on Turn 5 via Triumph of the Hordes, Akroma's Will, or unblockable combat damage. Backing this primary plan is a format-ceiling suite of protection spells—including Clever Concealment, Flawless Maneuver, and Grand Abolisher—and an efficient infinite mana line with Bloom Tender and Freed from the Real feeding Walking Ballista or Finale of Devastation.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Adarkar Wastes
  • 1 Agatha's Soul Cauldron
  • 1 Akroma's Will
  • 1 Allosaurus Shepherd
  • 1 An Offer You Can't Refuse
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Biophagus
  • 1 Birds of Paradise
  • 1 Bloom Tender
  • 1 Boseiju, Who Endures
  • 1 Bountiful Promenade
  • 1 Breeding Pool
  • 1 Bristly Bill, Spine Sower
  • 1 Brushland
  • 1 Cavern of Souls
  • 1 Champion of Lambholt
  • 1 Chord of Calling
  • 1 City of Brass
  • 1 Clever Concealment
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Delighted Halfling
  • 1 Dovin's Veto
  • 1 Eladamri's Call
  • 1 Enlightened Tutor
  • 1 Esper Sentinel
  • 1 Exotic Orchard
  • 1 Fanatic of Rhonas
  • 1 Finale of Devastation
  • 1 Flawless Maneuver
  • 1 Flooded Strand
  • 1 Force of Negation
  • 1 Force of Will
  • 4 Forest
  • 1 Freed from the Real
  • 1 Gatta and Luzzu
  • 1 Grand Abolisher
  • 1 Green Sun's Zenith
  • 1 Hallowed Fountain
  • 1 Hardened Scales
  • 1 Herald of Secret Streams
  • 1 Heroic Intervention
  • 1 Incubation Druid
  • 1 Innkeeper's Talent
  • 2 Island
  • 1 Kami of Whispered Hopes
  • 1 Kinnan, Bonder Prodigy
  • 1 Kutzil, Malamet Exemplar
  • 1 Llanowar Elves
  • 1 Lotus Petal
  • 1 Mana Confluence
  • 1 Mana Drain
  • 1 March of Swirling Mist
  • 1 Michelangelo, Weirdness to 11
  • 1 Misty Rainforest
  • 1 Mutational Advantage
  • 1 Mystic Remora
  • 1 Noble Hierarch
  • 1 Orim's Chant
  • 1 Otawara, Soaring City
  • 1 Ouroboroid
  • 1 Ozolith, the Shattered Spire
  • 1 Path to Exile
  • 1 Pir, Imaginative Rascal
  • 2 Plains
  • 1 Plaza of Heroes
  • 1 Prismatic Vista
  • 1 Ranger-Captain of Eos
  • 1 Razorverge Thicket
  • 1 Reflecting Pool
  • 1 Rejuvenating Springs
  • 1 Rishkar, Peema Renegade
  • 1 Rogue's Passage
  • 1 Sea of Clouds
  • 1 Silence
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Stubborn Denial
  • 1 Swan Song
  • 1 Swords to Plowshares
  • 1 Sylvan Library
  • 1 Sylvan Tutor
  • 1 Temple Garden
  • 1 The Ozolith
  • 1 Tidus, Yuna's Guardian
  • 1 Triumph of the Hordes
  • 1 Turntimber Symbiosis // Turntimber, Serpentine Wood
  • 1 Tyvar's Stand
  • 1 Urza's Saga
  • 1 Veil of Summer
  • 1 Walking Ballista
  • 1 Wild Growth
  • 1 Windswept Heath
  • 1 Worldly Tutor
  • 1 Yavimaya Coast
  • 1 Yavimaya, Cradle of Growth
  • 1 Yuna, Grand Summoner