Counting Counters by _Yames

Format: Commander

Commander: Tidus, Yuna's Guardian

Bracket: 3

DeckCheck Threat Index: 36

Deck overview

This Bant deck is commanded by Tidus, Yuna's Guardian and focuses on +1/+1 counter distribution, proliferate engines, and compounding combat pressure. The deck leverages an efficient 1–2 CMC ramp package to deploy counter generators and Tidus on curve. Once Tidus is active on Turn 4, connecting in combat triggers Cheer to draw extra cards and proliferate counters across the entire team. In the midgame, exponential threats such as Kalonian Hydra, Ouroboroid, and Branching Evolution double power rapidly, granting trample and overwhelming opposing life totals by Turn 8. High-grade protection spells like Heroic Intervention and Clever Concealment defend large creature boards against removal and board wipes, while versatile spot answers like Swords to Plowshares and Beast Within disrupt opposing game plans. With no infinite combos or creature tutors, the deck relies on deep card draw and functional redundancy to overwhelm the table through resilient, escalating combat damage.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Access Tunnel
  • 1 Adarkar Wastes
  • 1 Aetherize
  • 1 Arcane Denial
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Arwen, Weaver of Hope
  • 1 Beast Within
  • 1 Beorn's Hospitality
  • 1 Berta, Wise Extrapolator
  • 1 Branching Evolution
  • 1 Bred for the Hunt
  • 1 Canopy Vista
  • 1 Clever Concealment
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Cultivate
  • 1 Doc Samson, Super Psychiatrist
  • 1 Duskshell Crawler
  • 1 Endless Detour
  • 1 Eternal Witness
  • 1 Evolution Sage
  • 1 Exotic Orchard
  • 1 Ezuri, Stalker of Spheres
  • 1 Fabled Passage
  • 1 Farseek
  • 1 Fathom Mage
  • 1 Felidar Retreat
  • 6 Forest
  • 1 Forgotten Ancient
  • 1 Garruk's Uprising
  • 1 Gathering Place
  • 1 Generous Gift
  • 1 Germination Practicum
  • 1 Glacial Fortress
  • 1 Gyre Sage
  • 1 Haliya, Ascendant Cadet
  • 1 Hardened Scales
  • 1 Heroic Intervention
  • 1 Hinterland Harbor
  • 1 Hushwood Verge
  • 1 Incubation Druid
  • 1 Inscription of Abundance
  • 1 Inspiring Call
  • 1 Ipnu Rivulet
  • 6 Island
  • 1 Kalonian Hydra
  • 1 Llanowar Elves
  • 1 Loki, God of Mischief
  • 1 Lonely Sandbar
  • 1 Lush Portico
  • 1 Meticulous Archive
  • 1 Moonshaker Cavalry
  • 1 Mossborn Hydra
  • 1 Ms. Bumbleflower
  • 1 Oko, Thief of Crowns
  • 1 Ouroboroid
  • 1 Path of Ancestry
  • 1 Path to Exile
  • 6 Plains
  • 1 Prairie Stream
  • 1 Prishe's Wanderings
  • 1 Pull from Tomorrow
  • 1 Rampant Growth
  • 1 Rampant Rejuvenator
  • 1 Reality Shift
  • 1 Rejuvenating Springs
  • 1 Rogue's Passage
  • 1 Selfless Spirit
  • 1 Simic Ascendancy
  • 1 Snakeskin Veil
  • 1 Sodden Verdure
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Studious First-Year // Rampant Growth
  • 1 Swords to Plowshares
  • 1 Talisman of Unity
  • 1 Tatyova, Benthic Druid
  • 1 The Earth Crystal
  • 1 Thraben Charm
  • 1 Three Visits
  • 1 Thriving Isle
  • 1 Tidus, Yuna's Guardian
  • 1 Tireless Tracker
  • 1 Training Regimen
  • 1 Valgavoth's Onslaught
  • 1 Vigor
  • 1 Walking Ballista