Counter Combo 2.0 by AvgGreenPlayer

Format: Commander

Commander: Shalai and Hallar

Bracket: 4

DeckCheck Threat Index: 55

Deck overview

This deck is a high-synergy combo engine commanded by Shalai and Hallar. The strategy converts +1/+1 counter placement directly into lethal burn damage. Supported by green ramp and creature tutors, the deck consistently casts its commander on turn 3 and seeks to resolve a damage loop enabler like The Red Terror, War Elemental, or Heliod, Sun-Crowned on turn 4. Once a single counter is placed on an active loop permanent, an unbounded chain of damage triggers finishes the table in a single turn. The deck includes extensive redundancy, alternative infinite combos like Heliod, Sun-Crowned plus Walking Ballista, and a robust defensive suite featuring Veil of Summer and Heroic Intervention to insulate its win attempts against opposing interaction.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Abandoned Air Temple
  • 1 Ajani's Pridemate
  • 1 All Will Be One
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Archangel of Thune
  • 1 Archdruid's Charm
  • 1 Ascendant Acolyte
  • 1 Basking Broodscale
  • 1 Bloom Tender
  • 1 Boseiju, Who Endures
  • 1 Bountiful Promenade
  • 1 Branching Evolution
  • 1 Bretagard Stronghold
  • 1 Bristly Bill, Spine Sower
  • 1 Canopy Vista
  • 1 Casey Jones, Back Alley Brute
  • 1 Cathars' Crusade
  • 1 Cinder Glade
  • 1 Cleric Class
  • 1 Clifftop Retreat
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Defense of the Heart
  • 1 Delighted Halfling
  • 1 Doubling Season
  • 1 Eladamri's Call
  • 1 Envoy of the Ancestors
  • 1 Esper Sentinel
  • 1 Evolution Witness
  • 1 Fangs of Kalonia
  • 1 Farseek
  • 1 Force of Vigor
  • 2 Forest
  • 1 Forgotten Ancient
  • 1 Gavony Township
  • 1 Hardened Scales
  • 1 Heliod, Sun-Crowned
  • 1 Herd Baloth
  • 1 Heroic Intervention
  • 1 Innkeeper's Talent
  • 1 Ivy Lane Denizen
  • 1 Jetmir's Garden
  • 1 Jungle Shrine
  • 1 Kami of Whispered Hopes
  • 1 Karn's Bastion
  • 1 Kessig Wolf Run
  • 1 Kutzil, Malamet Exemplar
  • 1 Level Up
  • 1 Lifelink
  • 1 Light of Promise
  • 1 Llanowar Reborn
  • 1 Mountain
  • 1 Nature's Lore
  • 1 Oran-Rief, the Vastwood
  • 1 Ouroboroid
  • 1 Overgrown Farmland
  • 1 Path of Ancestry
  • 2 Plains
  • 1 Radagast of Rhosgobel
  • 1 Reliquary Tower
  • 1 Resourceful Defense
  • 1 Rockfall Vale
  • 1 Rootbound Crag
  • 1 Rosie Cotton of South Lane
  • 1 Savage Summoning
  • 1 Scurry Oak
  • 1 Selvala, Heart of the Wilds
  • 1 Shalai and Hallar
  • 1 Shalai, Voice of Plenty
  • 1 Shifting Woodland
  • 1 Silkguard
  • 1 Slippery Bogbonder
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Spectator Seating
  • 1 Sphere Grid
  • 1 Spike Feeder
  • 1 Spire Garden
  • 1 Spirit Link
  • 1 Stomping Ground
  • 1 Sunbond
  • 1 Sundown Pass
  • 1 Sunpetal Grove
  • 1 Swiftfoot Boots
  • 1 Take Up the Shield
  • 1 Temple Garden
  • 1 The Earth Crystal
  • 1 The Red Terror
  • 1 Three Visits
  • 1 Time of Need
  • 1 Tribute to the World Tree
  • 1 Veil of Summer
  • 1 Vigor
  • 1 Walking Ballista
  • 1 War Elemental
  • 1 Windswept Heath
  • 1 Witch's Clinic
  • 1 World War Hulk
  • 1 Worldly Tutor
  • 1 Yavimaya, Cradle of Growth