Counter Blitz by user5484742

Format: Commander

Commander: Tidus, Yuna's Guardian

Bracket: 3

DeckCheck Threat Index: 30

Deck overview

This Bant deck is a synergistic +1/+1 counters midrange strategy commanded by Tidus, Yuna's Guardian. The game plan focuses on deploying efficient early creatures and enchantments that generate or multiply counters, such as Hardened Scales, Shelinda, Yevon Acolyte, and Innkeeper's Talent. Casting Tidus on Turn 4 establishes a repeatable card advantage and proliferation engine that triggers whenever modified creatures deal combat damage. As the board state scales, the deck leverages mass counter doublers and evasion enablers like Branching Evolution, Chocobo Knights, and Duskshell Crawler to build overwhelming power. Critical turns often feature one-sided board resets like Damning Verdict, allowing massive trampling or double-striking threats to knock out opponents in rapid succession. Robust defensive layers—including shield counters, Together Forever recursion, and Inspiring Call—shield the team from conventional sweepers while closing the game around Turn 8.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 An Offer You Can't Refuse
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Arwen, Mortal Queen
  • 1 Ash Barrens
  • 1 Auron, Venerated Guardian
  • 1 Blitzball Stadium
  • 1 Branching Evolution
  • 1 Bred for the Hunt
  • 1 Brushland
  • 1 Canopy Vista
  • 1 Chocobo Knights
  • 1 Collective Effort
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Damning Verdict
  • 1 Danny Pink
  • 1 Destroy Evil
  • 1 Dreamtide Whale
  • 1 Duskshell Crawler
  • 1 Elspeth Resplendent
  • 1 Everflowing Chalice
  • 1 Evolving Wilds
  • 1 Exotic Orchard
  • 1 Farewell
  • 1 Farseek
  • 1 Fathom Mage
  • 1 Fight Rigging
  • 1 Flooded Grove
  • 3 Forest
  • 1 Forge of Heroes
  • 1 Forgotten Ancient
  • 1 Fortified Village
  • 1 Gatta and Luzzu
  • 1 Glacial Fortress
  • 1 Grateful Apparition
  • 1 Gyre Sage
  • 1 Hardened Scales
  • 1 Hinterland Harbor
  • 1 Idyllic Beachfront
  • 1 Incubation Druid
  • 1 Inexorable Tide
  • 1 Innkeeper's Talent
  • 1 Inspiring Call
  • 3 Island
  • 1 Kami of Whispered Hopes
  • 1 Kimahri, Valiant Guardian
  • 1 Kutzil, Malamet Exemplar
  • 1 Lulu, Stern Guardian
  • 1 Luminous Broodmoth
  • 1 Maester Seymour
  • 1 Nesting Grounds
  • 1 O'aka, Traveling Merchant
  • 1 Overflowing Basin
  • 1 Path of Ancestry
  • 1 Path of Discovery
  • 1 Path to Exile
  • 3 Plains
  • 1 Port Town
  • 1 Prairie Stream
  • 1 Promise of Loyalty
  • 1 Protection Magic
  • 1 Pull from Tomorrow
  • 1 Radiant Grove
  • 1 Resourceful Defense
  • 1 Rikku, Resourceful Guardian
  • 1 Scholar of New Horizons
  • 1 Seaside Citadel
  • 1 Shelinda, Yevon Acolyte
  • 1 Sin, Unending Cataclysm
  • 1 Skycloud Expanse
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Sphere Grid
  • 1 Summon: Ixion
  • 1 Summon: Valefor
  • 1 Summon: Yojimbo
  • 1 Summoner's Sending
  • 1 Sungrass Prairie
  • 1 Sunpetal Grove
  • 1 Sunscorch Regent
  • 1 Tangled Islet
  • 1 Temple of Enlightenment
  • 1 Temple of Mystery
  • 1 Temple of Plenty
  • 1 Temple of the False God
  • 1 Three Visits
  • 1 Thrummingbird
  • 1 Tidus, Yuna's Guardian
  • 1 Together Forever
  • 1 Tromell, Seymour's Butler
  • 1 Vineglimmer Snarl
  • 1 Wakka, Devoted Guardian
  • 1 Walking Ballista
  • 1 Yuna's Decision
  • 1 Yuna's Whistle
  • 1 Yuna, Grand Summoner