Tidus, Yuna's Guardian by exaflare

Format: Commander

Creator: exaflare

Commander: Tidus, Yuna's Guardian

Bracket: 3

DeckCheck Threat Index: 28

Deck overview

This Bant deck helmed by Tidus, Yuna's Guardian is an aggro-midrange strategy centered on +1/+1 counter proliferation and combat damage triggers. The primary game plan curves early ramp and counter enablers into Tidus on Turn 3, establishing repeatable card draw and board-wide growth by Turn 4 via the Cheer mechanic. As the game transitions into the midgame, exponential counter multipliers like Kalonian Hydra, Sovereign Okinec Ahau, and Court of Garenbrig rapidly elevate the table power, while cards like Herald of Secret Streams and Champion of Lambholt provide unblockable evasion. Because the deck closes the game through fair combat steps over multiple table rotations, it relies on defensive shields such as Ripples of Potential and Inspiring Call alongside asymmetric wipes like Damning Verdict to maintain board dominance against opposing interaction.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Abandoned Air Temple
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Arwen, Mortal Queen
  • 1 Arwen, Weaver of Hope
  • 1 Avacyn's Pilgrim
  • 1 Blast Zone
  • 1 Breeding Pool
  • 1 Brushland
  • 1 Canopy Vista
  • 1 Champion of Lambholt
  • 1 Chocobo Knights
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Counterspell
  • 1 Court of Garenbrig
  • 1 Damning Verdict
  • 1 Danny Pink
  • 1 Denry Klin, Editor in Chief
  • 1 Dreamtide Whale
  • 1 Eladamri's Call
  • 1 Exotic Orchard
  • 1 Ezuri, Claw of Progress
  • 1 Farewell
  • 1 Farseek
  • 1 Fathom Mage
  • 1 Flooded Grove
  • 3 Forest
  • 1 Forgotten Ancient
  • 1 Fortified Village
  • 1 Gathering Place
  • 1 Generous Gift
  • 1 Glacial Fortress
  • 1 Gyre Sage
  • 1 Hamza, Guardian of Arashin
  • 1 Hardened Scales
  • 1 Herald of Secret Streams
  • 1 Hinterland Harbor
  • 1 Innkeeper's Talent
  • 1 Inspiring Call
  • 3 Island
  • 1 Kalonian Hydra
  • 1 Kami of Whispered Hopes
  • 1 Karn's Bastion
  • 1 Kutzil, Malamet Exemplar
  • 1 Last March of the Ents
  • 1 Llanowar Elves
  • 1 Loading Zone
  • 1 Maester Seymour
  • 1 Mikaeus, the Lunarch
  • 1 Mossborn Hydra
  • 1 Mystic Remora
  • 1 Nesting Grounds
  • 1 Ouroboroid
  • 1 Overflowing Basin
  • 1 Overgrown Farmland
  • 1 Ozolith, the Shattered Spire
  • 1 Path of Ancestry
  • 1 Path to Exile
  • 3 Plains
  • 1 Pollywog Prodigy
  • 1 Port Town
  • 1 Prairie Stream
  • 1 Reliquary Tower
  • 1 Reluctant Role Model
  • 1 Rikku, Resourceful Guardian
  • 1 Ripples of Potential
  • 1 Scurry Oak
  • 1 Seachrome Coast
  • 1 Shalai, Voice of Plenty
  • 1 Skycloud Expanse
  • 1 Slippery Bogbonder
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Sovereign Okinec Ahau
  • 1 Sphere Grid
  • 1 Strength of Will
  • 1 Sungrass Prairie
  • 1 Sunpetal Grove
  • 1 Swords to Plowshares
  • 1 Tekuthal, Inquiry Dominus
  • 1 The Earth Crystal
  • 1 The Earth King
  • 1 The Great Henge
  • 1 The Ozolith
  • 1 The Skullspore Nexus
  • 1 Three Visits
  • 1 Tidus, Yuna's Guardian
  • 1 Turntimber Symbiosis // Turntimber, Serpentine Wood
  • 1 Urban Retreat
  • 1 Walking Ballista
  • 1 Warden of the Grove
  • 1 Wargate
  • 1 Wave Goodbye
  • 1 Willowrush Verge
  • 1 Windswept Heath
  • 1 Zack Fair