Astonishing Antman by Felipentomo

Format: Commander

Commander: The Astonishing Ant-Man

Bracket: 2

DeckCheck Threat Index: 28

Deck overview

This deck is a Simic +1/+1 counters and token swarm strategy led by The Astonishing Ant-Man. The game plan revolves around drawing cards to steadily grow Ant-Man with +1/+1 counters, then converting those counters into an army of 1/1 green Insect creature tokens. Mid-game engines like Ezuri, Claw of Progress, Fathom Mage, Chasm Skulker, and Loading Zone accelerate counter production and hand replenishment. Once a wide board is established, the deck transitions into lethal combat through mass evasion and pump spells like Archetype of Imagination, Cultivator of Blades, Leatherhead, Iron Gator, and Overcome, or via an alternate win condition with Simic Ascendancy. The deck maintains steady card advantage and functional counterspells, though it remains vulnerable to sweepers and relies on combat steps across two turns to finish the table.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Ant-Man, Colony Commander
  • 1 Archetype of Imagination
  • 1 Beanstalk Giant // Fertile Footsteps
  • 1 Behold the Multiverse
  • 1 Bident of Thassa
  • 1 Bow of Nylea
  • 1 Chasm Skulker
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Consuming Tide
  • 1 Cultivate
  • 1 Cultivator of Blades
  • 1 Dismiss
  • 1 Doc Samson, Super Psychiatrist
  • 1 Duskshell Crawler
  • 1 Ebony Fly
  • 1 Echo, Perceptive Prodigy
  • 1 Everflowing Chalice
  • 1 Evolving Wilds
  • 1 Ezuri, Claw of Progress
  • 1 Farhaven Elf
  • 1 Fathom Mage
  • 14 Forest
  • 1 Forgotten Ancient
  • 1 Fractured Powerstone
  • 1 Growth Curve
  • 1 Growth Spasm
  • 1 Harmonized Trio // Brainstorm
  • 1 Homunculus Horde
  • 1 Hydra's Growth
  • 1 Inspiring Call
  • 1 Invigorating Surge
  • 14 Island
  • 1 Ivy Lane Denizen
  • 1 Kid Loki
  • 1 Leader, Super-Genius
  • 1 Leatherhead, Iron Gator
  • 1 Lifecrafter's Bestiary
  • 1 Llanowar Visionary
  • 1 Loading Zone
  • 1 Loyal Drake
  • 1 Midnight Clock
  • 1 Mirrormind Crown
  • 1 Mystic Reflection
  • 1 Nature's Way
  • 1 Overcome
  • 1 Perplexing Test
  • 1 Pollenbright Druid
  • 1 Pym Particles
  • 1 Pym Technologies
  • 1 Quandrix Charm
  • 1 Reject Imperfection
  • 1 Rishkar, Peema Renegade
  • 1 Riverwise Augur
  • 1 Secret Invasion
  • 1 Simic Ascendancy
  • 1 Simic Growth Chamber
  • 1 Solidarity of Heroes
  • 1 Strength in Numbers
  • 1 Temple of Mystery
  • 1 The Astonishing Ant-Man
  • 1 Thirst for Identity
  • 1 Thornwood Falls
  • 1 Unified Will
  • 1 Unstable Experiment
  • 1 Urban Evolution
  • 1 Uro, Titan of Nature's Wrath
  • 1 Vivien Reid
  • 1 Vizier of Tumbling Sands
  • 1 Vorel of the Hull Clade
  • 1 We Say Thee Nay!
  • 1 Winged Portent
  • 1 Wood Elves
  • 1 Zegana, Utopian Speaker
  • 1 Zimone, Quandrix Prodigy