Ant man by user8302785

Format: Commander

Commander: The Astonishing Ant-Man

Bracket: 3

DeckCheck Threat Index: 35

Deck overview

The Astonishing Ant-Man leads a Simic engine focused on converting card draw into +1/+1 counters and pivoting those counters into a swarm of 1/1 Insect tokens. Casting the commander on Turn 2 enables rapid growth through normal draw steps, cantrips, and burst draw spells like Deep Analysis and Skullclamp. Counter multipliers such as Branching Evolution, Doubling Season, and Innkeeper's Talent accelerate power exponentially. Once a sufficient swarm is assembled, the deck closes games around Turn 6 to 7 using mass evasion from Herald of Secret Streams or overwhelming pump spells like Overwhelming Stampede. A dense countermagic suite of seven low-cost interaction spells shields the board from opposing board wipes and disrupts critical enemy plays. While the deck lacks nonland tutors and relies on combat damage to win, its explosive card draw, token generation, and robust protection provide consistent board presence and compounding value across the midgame.

Decklist (100 cards)

• 1 An Offer You Can't Refuse
• 1 Ant-Man, Colony Commander
• 1 Ant-Man, Reformed Rogue
• 1 Arcane Denial
• 1 Arcane Signet
• 1 Baxter, Fly in the Ointment
• 1 Bioshift
• 1 Branching Evolution
• 1 Bristly Bill, Spine Sower
• 1 Bushmaster, Coiled Henchman
• 1 Claim the Kingdom
• 1 Colossal Collision
• 1 Combat Tutorial
• 1 Combine Chrysalis
• 1 Command Tower
• 1 Counterspell
• 1 Deep Analysis
• 1 Dispel
• 1 Doubling Season
• 1 Exotic Orchard
• 1 Fabled Passage
• 10 Forest
• 1 Herald of Secret Streams
• 1 Heroic Feast
• 1 Heroic Intervention
• 1 Hinterland Harbor
• 1 Homunculus Horde
• 1 Hulk, Brutal Brawler
• 1 Hunter's Bow
• 1 Innkeeper's Talent
• 10 Island
• 1 It's Clobberin' Time!
• 1 Kapow!
• 1 Kid Loki
• 1 Level Up
• 1 Lightning Greaves
• 1 Longshot Squad
• 1 Lyla, Holographic Assistant
• 1 Michelangelo, Weirdness to 11
• 1 Mystical Dispute
• 1 Ouroboroid
• 1 Overwhelming Stampede
• 1 Patchwork Banner
• 1 Path of Discovery
• 1 Ponder
• 1 Primal Vigor
• 1 Proft's Eidetic Memory
• 1 Pym Particles
• 1 Pym Technologies
• 1 Quantum Reduction
• 1 Quick Study
• 1 Reed Richards, Smartest Man
• 1 Rejuvenating Springs
• 1 Reliquary Tower
• 1 Repulsive Mutation
• 1 Restorative Technique
• 1 Scrawling Crawler
• 1 Shamanic Revelation
• 1 Shang-Chi, Martial Mentor
• 1 Shang-Chi, Master of Kung Fu
• 1 Simic Ascendancy
• 1 Skullclamp
• 1 Snakeskin Veil
• 1 Sodden Verdure
• 1 Sol Ring
• 1 Sphere Grid
• 1 Spry and Mighty
• 1 Super Intelligence
• 1 Tatyova, Benthic Druid
• 1 Terramorph
• 1 Terramorphic Expanse
• 1 Terrasymbiosis
• 1 The Astonishing Ant-Man
• 1 Thought Vessel
• 1 Three Visits
• 1 Thriving Grove
• 1 Thriving Isle
• 1 Tippy-Toe, Terrific Partner
• 1 Training Grounds
• 1 Training Regimen
• 1 We Say Thee Nay!
• 1 Zegana, Utopian Speaker