ANT MAN B2 by Maloydeus

Format: Commander

Commander: The Astonishing Ant-Man

Bracket: 2

DeckCheck Threat Index: 25

Deck overview

This is a Simic counter engine that turns card draw into counters on The Astonishing Ant-Man, then converts those counters into a large Insect army. Branching Evolution, Hardened Scales, Doubling Season, Michelangelo, Weirdness to 11, and The Earth Crystal increase counter production, while Terrasymbiosis, Mister Fantastic, Reed Richards, Faerie Mastermind, and Sylvan Library provide additional card flow. The strongest ordinary route assembles The Astonishing Ant-Man, Branching Evolution, and Terrasymbiosis around turn 6, creates roughly twelve Insects on turn 7, and attacks with Craterhoof Behemoth on turn 8. The deck has useful interaction and protection, but the plan is exposed to removal and requires several specific permanents. Its alternate Simic Ascendancy route is slower and does not replace the primary token plan efficiently. It is a strong general-power deck, not a cEDH construction.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Adrix and Nev, Twincasters
  • 1 Amphibian Downpour
  • 1 An Offer You Can't Refuse
  • 1 Arcane Denial
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Beast Within
  • 1 Beastmaster Ascension
  • 1 Birds of Paradise
  • 1 Brainstorm
  • 1 Brainsurge
  • 1 Branching Evolution
  • 1 Breeding Pool
  • 1 Cephalid Coliseum
  • 1 Coat of Arms
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Counterspell
  • 1 Craterhoof Behemoth
  • 1 Doubling Season
  • 1 Dreamroot Cascade
  • 1 Elvish Mystic
  • 1 Enduring Vitality
  • 1 Exotic Orchard
  • 1 Explore
  • 1 Faerie Mastermind
  • 10 Forest
  • 1 Frantic Search
  • 1 Fyndhorn Elves
  • 1 Gemstone Mine
  • 1 Germination Practicum
  • 1 Glen Elendra Guardian
  • 1 Growth Curve
  • 1 Hardened Scales
  • 1 Harmonized Crescendo
  • 1 Harmonized Trio // Brainstorm
  • 1 Heroic Intervention
  • 1 Hinterland Harbor
  • 1 Insight Engine
  • 1 Inspiring Call
  • 10 Island
  • 1 Ivy Lane Denizen
  • 1 Kid Loki
  • 1 Kodama of the West Tree
  • 1 Llanowar Elves
  • 1 Loading Zone
  • 1 Lyla, Holographic Assistant
  • 1 Michelangelo, Weirdness to 11
  • 1 Mind into Matter
  • 1 Mirri's Guile
  • 1 Mister Fantastic, Reed Richards
  • 1 Misty Rainforest
  • 1 Nature's Lore
  • 1 Opt
  • 1 Overflowing Basin
  • 1 Overwhelming Stampede
  • 1 Ozolith, the Shattered Spire
  • 1 Proft's Eidetic Memory
  • 1 Pym Particles
  • 1 Rapid Hybridization
  • 1 Reliquary Tower
  • 1 Repulse
  • 1 Shang-Chi, Master of Kung Fu
  • 1 Simic Ascendancy
  • 1 Skullclamp
  • 1 Slip Out the Back
  • 1 Snakeskin Veil
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Swiftfoot Boots
  • 1 Sylvan Library
  • 1 Talisman of Curiosity
  • 1 Terrasymbiosis
  • 1 The Astonishing Ant-Man
  • 1 The Earth Crystal
  • 1 The Ozolith
  • 1 The Ten Rings
  • 1 Three Visits
  • 1 Tolarian Winds
  • 1 Tribute to the World Tree
  • 1 Triumph of the Hordes
  • 1 Wizard Class
  • 1 Wonder
  • 1 Yavimaya Coast
  • 1 Zimone, Paradox Sculptor