Bant (Counters) by diegoLacamara

Format: Commander

Commander: Tidus, Yuna's Guardian

Bracket: 3

DeckCheck Threat Index: 32

Deck overview

This deck is a Bant +1/+1 counters midrange deck commanded by Tidus, Yuna's Guardian. The game plan focuses on establishing early counter generators and mana acceleration to deploy Tidus on Turn 3. Starting on Turn 4, attacking with counter-bearing creatures triggers Tidus's Cheer ability, creating a steady stream of card draw and proliferate triggers. The mid-game develops a broad board of scaling creatures using synergistic engines like Evolution Sage, Forgotten Ancient, and Wakka, Devoted Guardian. The deck closes the game on Turn 8 through overwhelming combat damage, leveraging mass overrun effects like Overwhelming Stampede and Kalonian Hydra alongside evasion lords like Abzan Falconer and Champion of Lambholt. Interaction includes efficient spot removal and one-sided board wipes like Damning Verdict, while defensive spells like Inspiring Call and Protection Magic protect the board against opposing sweepers.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Abundant Countryside
  • 1 Abzan Falconer
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Archangel Elspeth
  • 1 Beast Whisperer
  • 1 Bred for the Hunt
  • 1 Canopy Vista
  • 1 Champion of Lambholt
  • 1 Chocobo Knights
  • 1 Collective Effort
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Contagion Engine
  • 1 Cultivate
  • 1 Damning Verdict
  • 1 Darksteel Mutation
  • 1 Duskshell Crawler
  • 1 Duty Beyond Death
  • 1 Everflowing Chalice
  • 1 Evolution Sage
  • 1 Fathom Mage
  • 1 Fellwar Stone
  • 1 Fight Rigging
  • 1 Flooded Grove
  • 5 Forest
  • 1 Forge of Heroes
  • 1 Forgotten Ancient
  • 1 Fortified Village
  • 1 Garruk's Uprising
  • 1 Germination Practicum
  • 1 Glen Elendra Guardian
  • 1 Grateful Apparition
  • 1 Gyre Sage
  • 1 Hamza, Guardian of Arashin
  • 1 Hardened Scales
  • 1 Herd Heirloom
  • 1 Hinterland Harbor
  • 1 Hushwood Verge
  • 1 Incubation Druid
  • 1 Inexorable Tide
  • 1 Inspiring Call
  • 4 Island
  • 1 Kalonian Hydra
  • 1 Karn's Bastion
  • 1 Kodama's Reach
  • 1 Lae'zel, Vlaakith's Champion
  • 1 Lulu, Stern Guardian
  • 1 Luminous Broodmoth
  • 1 Maester Seymour
  • 1 Managorger Hydra
  • 1 Metastatic Evangel
  • 1 Mosswort Bridge
  • 1 Nature's Lore
  • 1 Nesting Grounds
  • 1 Norn's Choirmaster
  • 1 O'aka, Traveling Merchant
  • 1 Ornithopter of Paradise
  • 1 Overflowing Basin
  • 1 Overgrown Farmland
  • 1 Overwhelming Stampede
  • 4 Plains
  • 1 Planewide Celebration
  • 1 Port Town
  • 1 Prairie Stream
  • 1 Primal Rage
  • 1 Promise of Loyalty
  • 1 Protection Magic
  • 1 Resourceful Defense
  • 1 Rikku, Resourceful Guardian
  • 1 Seaside Citadel
  • 1 Shelinda, Yevon Acolyte
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Spell Pierce
  • 1 Sphere Grid
  • 1 Summon: Yojimbo
  • 1 Sungrass Prairie
  • 1 Sunpetal Grove
  • 1 Swords to Plowshares
  • 1 Temple of Enlightenment
  • 1 Temple of Mystery
  • 1 Temple of Plenty
  • 1 Terrasymbiosis
  • 1 Three Visits
  • 1 Tidus, Yuna's Guardian
  • 1 Together Forever
  • 1 Tromell, Seymour's Butler
  • 1 Unnatural Growth
  • 1 Urban Retreat
  • 1 Vineglimmer Snarl
  • 1 Wakka, Devoted Guardian
  • 1 Yuna, Grand Summoner