Counters Galore by user5925316

Format: Commander

Commander: Tidus, Yuna's Guardian

Bracket: 4

DeckCheck Threat Index: 57

Deck overview

This deck is a Bant +1/+1 counters midrange powerhouse led by Tidus, Yuna's Guardian. It establishes an aggressive resource engine early by curving ramp into counter-producing creatures and deploying Tidus on Turn 3. Tidus manipulates counter distribution at combat and triggers Cheer to draw cards and proliferate whenever modified creatures connect. The deck scales rapidly using potent multipliers such as Branching Evolution, Innkeeper's Talent, Court of Garenbrig, and Brokers Ascendancy. Critical onset arrives on Turn 5, pairing massive power with unblockable or evasive evasion from Herald of Secret Streams, Champion of Lambholt, and Abzan Falconer. Table kills occur over two swift combat rotations by Turn 6, with Simic Ascendancy offering an alternate win path. Interaction is rich and efficient, featuring top-tier countermagic, spot removal, and asymmetric tools like Damning Verdict and The Ozolith to maintain resilience.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Abzan Falconer
  • 1 Adarkar Wastes
  • 1 An Offer You Can't Refuse
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Azorius Signet
  • 1 Biophagus
  • 1 Birds of Paradise
  • 1 Bountiful Promenade
  • 1 Branching Evolution
  • 1 Breeding Pool
  • 1 Bristly Bill, Spine Sower
  • 1 Brokers Ascendancy
  • 1 Brushland
  • 1 Champion of Lambholt
  • 1 Chrome Mox
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Conclave Mentor
  • 1 Counterspell
  • 1 Court of Garenbrig
  • 1 Damning Verdict
  • 1 Danny Pink
  • 1 Denry Klin, Editor in Chief
  • 1 Dovin's Veto
  • 1 Dusk Legion Duelist
  • 1 Eladamri's Call
  • 1 Esper Sentinel
  • 1 Evolution Sage
  • 1 Evolution Witness
  • 1 Faerie Mastermind
  • 1 Farseek
  • 1 Fierce Guardianship
  • 1 Flooded Strand
  • 5 Forest
  • 1 Forgotten Ancient
  • 1 Generous Gift
  • 1 Glacial Fortress
  • 1 Grateful Apparition
  • 1 Green Sun's Zenith
  • 1 Gyre Sage
  • 1 Hallowed Fountain
  • 1 Hardened Scales
  • 1 Herald of Secret Streams
  • 1 Heroic Intervention
  • 1 Hinterland Harbor
  • 1 Incubation Druid
  • 1 Innkeeper's Talent
  • 1 Inspiring Call
  • 5 Island
  • 1 Kami of Whispered Hopes
  • 1 Kodama of the West Tree
  • 1 Kutzil, Malamet Exemplar
  • 1 Luminarch Aspirant
  • 1 Mana Drain
  • 1 Managorger Hydra
  • 1 Misty Rainforest
  • 1 Noble Hierarch
  • 1 Ouroboroid
  • 1 Ozolith, the Shattered Spire
  • 1 Path to Exile
  • 4 Plains
  • 1 Pollywog Prodigy
  • 1 Pongify
  • 1 Rapid Hybridization
  • 1 Rejuvenating Springs
  • 1 Rhystic Study
  • 1 Savannah
  • 1 Sea of Clouds
  • 1 Selesnya Signet
  • 1 Simic Ascendancy
  • 1 Simic Signet
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Spara's Headquarters
  • 1 Sphere Grid
  • 1 Stroke of Midnight
  • 1 Sunpetal Grove
  • 1 Swan Song
  • 1 Swords to Plowshares
  • 1 Temple Garden
  • 1 Terrasymbiosis
  • 1 The Great Henge
  • 1 The Ozolith
  • 1 Three Visits
  • 1 Thrummingbird
  • 1 Tidus, Yuna's Guardian
  • 1 Tropical Island
  • 1 Tundra
  • 1 Vigorbloom Charm
  • 1 Windswept Heath
  • 1 Yavimaya Coast