Counter Hinata (copy)

Format: Commander

Commander: Hinata, Dawn-Crowned

Bracket: 3

DeckCheck Threat Index: 36

Deck overview

This Jeskai control deck centers on Hinata, Dawn-Crowned, leveraging its cost-reduction ability to turn expensive multi-target spells into devastating, low-cost plays. By reducing the cost of each target by {1}, spells like Curse of the Swine, Icy Blast, and Red Sun's Twilight become asymmetric board wipes for just one or two colored mana. The deck ramps smoothly on early turns using efficient 2-CMC mana rocks and cost reducers before deploying Hinata on Turn 4. Once assembled, the deck controls the stack with versatile countermagic and free commander spells like Deflecting Swat and Flawless Maneuver. Value engines such as Archmage Emeritus, Storm-Kiln Artist, and Niv-Mizzet, Parun provide continuous card flow and mana surplus. The deck establishes control around Turn 6 and closes the game on Turn 8 with massive Crackle with Power or Comet Storm burn alongside flying commander attacks.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 An Offer You Can't Refuse
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Archmage Emeritus
  • 1 Archmage of Runes
  • 1 Azorius Signet
  • 1 Baral and Kari Zev
  • 1 Baral, Chief of Compliance
  • 1 Birgi, God of Storytelling // Harnfel, Horn of Bounty
  • 1 Boros Signet
  • 1 Boseiju, Who Shelters All
  • 1 Comet Storm
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Cori Mountain Monastery
  • 1 Counterflux
  • 1 Counterspell
  • 1 Crackle with Power
  • 1 Curse of the Swine
  • 1 Deflecting Swat
  • 1 Divine Resilience
  • 1 Electrodominance
  • 1 Elsha of the Infinite
  • 1 Esper Sentinel
  • 1 Exotic Orchard
  • 1 Faerie Mastermind
  • 1 Fellwar Stone
  • 1 Flawless Maneuver
  • 1 Ghostly Flicker
  • 1 Glen Elendra Guardian
  • 1 Glen Elendra's Answer
  • 1 Hinata, Dawn-Crowned
  • 1 Hope of Ghirapur
  • 1 Hullbreaker Horror
  • 1 Icy Blast
  • 1 Inspiring Vantage
  • 1 Into the Flood Maw
  • 12 Island
  • 1 Isochron Scepter
  • 1 Izzet Signet
  • 1 Kiki-Jiki, Mirror Breaker
  • 1 Kitsa, Otterball Elite
  • 1 Lier, Disciple of the Drowned
  • 1 Malcolm, Alluring Scoundrel
  • 1 Malcolm, the Eyes
  • 1 Mistrise Village
  • 7 Mountain
  • 1 Mystic Monastery
  • 1 Negate
  • 1 Niv-Mizzet, Parun
  • 1 Orim's Chant
  • 1 Orvar, the All-Form
  • 1 Overmaster
  • 1 Path of Ancestry
  • 6 Plains
  • 1 Raff, Weatherlight Stalwart
  • 1 Red Sun's Twilight
  • 1 Serra Ascendant
  • 1 Sevinne's Reclamation
  • 1 Shiko and Narset, Unified
  • 1 Shiko, Paragon of the Way
  • 1 Snap
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Spectral Denial
  • 1 Spellseeker
  • 1 Storm-Kiln Artist
  • 1 Stormcatch Mentor
  • 1 Syncopate
  • 1 Taigam, Ojutai Master
  • 1 Talisman of Conviction
  • 1 Talisman of Creativity
  • 1 Talisman of Progress
  • 1 Teferi, Time Raveler
  • 1 The Grey Havens
  • 1 Third Path Iconoclast
  • 1 Tyrite Sanctum
  • 1 Urza, Lord High Artificer
  • 1 Valorous Stance
  • 1 Young Pyromancer
  • 1 Zinnia, Valley's Voice