Shalom & Hallar by huanbispo

Format: Commander

Commander: Shalai and Hallar

Bracket: 3

Deck overview

This Naya +1/+1 counters deck, helmed by Shalai and Hallar, turns every counter placed on a creature into direct damage to an opponent. The primary game plan is to deploy the commander early, then use multiplicative counter engines-Branching Evolution, Conclave Mentor, Innkeeper's Talent, and Kami of Whispered Hopes-to fuel massive, one-shot burn triggers. Secondary win conditions include overwhelming combat damage with trampling hydras (Kalonian Hydra, Managorger Hydra) and the doubling effects of Bright-Palm, Soul Awakener or Uncivil Unrest. The deck lacks traditional tutors and infinite combos, relying instead on consistent value generation and a dense protection suite to keep its commander on the battlefield. Speed is moderate: the deck aims to establish a critical counter mass by turns 6-7 and eliminate opponents sequentially.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Abandoned Air Temple
  • 1 Agent Bishop, Man in Black
  • 1 Akroma's Will
  • 1 All Will Be One
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Arena of Glory
  • 1 Arwen, Weaver of Hope
  • 1 Battlefield Forge
  • 1 Beast Whisperer
  • 1 Biophagus
  • 1 Black Widow, Agile Avenger
  • 1 Bountiful Promenade
  • 1 Branching Evolution
  • 1 Bright-Palm, Soul Awakener
  • 1 Bristly Bill, Spine Sower
  • 1 Brushland
  • 1 Cathars' Crusade
  • 1 Champion of Lambholt
  • 1 City of Brass
  • 1 Clifftop Retreat
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Commercial District
  • 1 Conclave Mentor
  • 1 Court of Garenbrig
  • 1 Cultivate
  • 1 Damning Verdict
  • 1 Dawn's Truce
  • 1 Deflecting Swat
  • 1 Dusk Legion Duelist
  • 1 Emerald Medallion
  • 1 Fangs of Kalonia
  • 2 Forest
  • 1 Forgotten Ancient
  • 1 Gavony Township
  • 1 Germination Practicum
  • 1 Guardian Scalelord
  • 1 Halana and Alena, Partners
  • 1 Hall of Heliod's Generosity
  • 1 Heroic Intervention
  • 1 High Score
  • 1 Hushwood Verge
  • 1 Incubation Druid
  • 1 Innkeeper's Talent
  • 1 Inspiring Call
  • 1 Jetmir's Garden
  • 1 Jungle Shrine
  • 1 Kalonian Hydra
  • 1 Kami of Whispered Hopes
  • 1 Karn's Bastion
  • 1 Kessig Wolf Run
  • 1 Kutzil, Malamet Exemplar
  • 1 Level Up
  • 1 Lion Sash
  • 1 Lush Portico
  • 1 Maester Seymour
  • 1 Managorger Hydra
  • 1 Mikaeus, the Lunarch
  • 1 Mountain
  • 1 Ouroboroid
  • 1 Overgrown Farmland
  • 1 Path to Exile
  • 1 Plains
  • 1 Requisition Raid
  • 1 Resourceful Defense
  • 1 Rhythm of the Wild
  • 1 Rockfall Vale
  • 1 Rootbound Crag
  • 1 Rugged Prairie
  • 1 Sacred Foundry
  • 1 Shalai and Hallar
  • 1 Shelinda, Yevon Acolyte
  • 1 Smothering Tithe
  • 1 Snakeskin Veil
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Spectator Seating
  • 1 Sphere Grid
  • 1 Spire Garden
  • 1 Stomping Ground
  • 1 Strip Mine
  • 1 Sundering Eruption // Volcanic Fissure
  • 1 Sundown Pass
  • 1 Sunpetal Grove
  • 1 Sunscorch Regent
  • 1 Swords to Plowshares
  • 1 Talisman of Impulse
  • 1 Temple Garden
  • 1 Terrasymbiosis
  • 1 The Great Henge
  • 1 The One Ring
  • 1 The Ozolith
  • 1 Three Visits
  • 1 Tribute to the World Tree
  • 1 Uncivil Unrest
  • 1 Vigor
  • 1 Warden of the Grove
  • 1 Witch Enchanter // Witch-Blessed Meadow
  • 1 Wooded Bastion
  • 1 Yavimaya Hollow
  • 1 Yavimaya, Cradle of Growth