Counter Assault by Luckylewke

Format: Commander

Commander: Shalai and Hallar

Bracket: 3

DeckCheck Threat Index: 29

Deck overview

This deck is a synergistic Naya midrange deck piloted by Shalai and Hallar. The strategy converts +1/+1 counter placement directly into player damage while developing formidable creature threats. The deck ramps during the opening turns with cards like Arcane Signet and Cultivate, assembling its commander alongside counter enablers such as Conclave Mentor and Grumgully, the Generous by turn 4. In the midgame, explosive multipliers including Doubling Season, Branching Evolution, and Primeval Protector generate large bursts of burn damage and build an insurmountable board presence. Lacking infinite combos or stax pieces, the list relies on fair combat damage, trample, and unblockable attackers via Champion of Lambholt to close out games by turn 8. Robust defensive instants like Heroic Intervention and Inspiring Call protect creature investments against destruction, while sweepers like Farewell offer reset utility when trailing.

Decklist (100 cards)

• 1 Abandoned Air Temple
• 1 Agitator Ant
• 1 Ancient Bronze Dragon
• 1 Arcane Signet
• 1 Arena of Glory
• 1 Armorcraft Judge
• 1 Beast Whisperer
• 1 Bender's Waterskin
• 1 Bioengineered Future
• 1 Boros Signet
• 1 Branching Evolution
• 1 Break Ties
• 1 Bretagard Stronghold
• 1 Bulwark Ox
• 1 Buried Ruin
• 1 Caradora, Heart of Alacria
• 1 Champion of Lambholt
• 1 Citadel Siege
• 1 Cleansing Nova
• 1 Command Tower
• 1 Conclave Mentor
• 1 Cultivate
• 1 Dawn Charm
• 1 District Mascot
• 1 Doubling Season
• 1 Duty Beyond Death
• 1 Eladamri's Call
• 1 Farewell
• 1 Fertilid
• 1 Forced Adaptation
• 4 Forest
• 1 Fortified Village
• 1 Furycalm Snarl
• 1 Game Trail
• 1 Gavony Township
• 1 Get Lost
• 1 Goblin Anarchomancer
• 1 Grumgully, the Generous
• 1 Gruul Spellbreaker
• 1 Gruul Turf
• 1 Haliya, Ascendant Cadet
• 1 Hamza, Guardian of Arashin
• 1 Harmonize
• 1 Heroic Intervention
• 1 Hexing Squelcher
• 1 Inspiring Call
• 1 Invigorating Hot Spring
• 1 Jetmir's Garden
• 1 Kessig Wolf Run
• 1 Kodama's Reach
• 1 Kutzil, Malamet Exemplar
• 1 Manamorphose
• 1 Mirri, Weatherlight Duelist
• 1 Mossfire Valley
• 6 Mountain
• 1 Mowu, Loyal Companion
• 1 Necklace of Girion
• 1 Nesting Grounds
• 1 Oran-Rief, the Vastwood
• 5 Plains
• 1 Pledge of Unity
• 1 Primeval Protector
• 1 Privileged Position
• 1 Quilled Greatwurm
• 1 Ray of Revelation
• 1 Regna's Sanction
• 1 Renata, Called to the Hunt
• 1 Rhythm of the Wild
• 1 Scattered Groves
• 1 Selesnya Sanctuary
• 1 Shalai and Hallar
• 1 Slayers' Stronghold
• 1 Sol Ring
• 1 Sparring Regimen
• 1 Spirit Link
• 1 Stirring Hopesinger
• 1 Sungrass Prairie
• 1 Sunhome, Fortress of the Legion
• 1 Swiftfoot Boots
• 1 Tajic, Legion's Edge
• 1 Taurean Mauler
• 1 The Earth King
• 1 Together Forever
• 1 Towashi Guide-Bot
• 1 Unbreakable Formation
• 1 Undercity Upheaval
• 1 Victory's Envoy
• 1 Vitality Hunter