The Wise Mothman Upgraded by TaiGear

Format: Commander

Commander: The Wise Mothman

Bracket: 3

DeckCheck Threat Index: 42

Deck overview

This deck is a Sultai midrange strategy commanded by The Wise Mothman that weaponizes rad counters, mill triggers, and +1/+1 counter distribution. The game plan focuses on deploying early ramp to cast Mothman on Turn 3 or 4, instantly infecting all players with rad counters. As players mill nonland cards during their precombat main phases, Mothman distributes +1/+1 counters across your battlefield. Synergies like Hardened Scales, Kami of Whispered Hopes, and Mesmeric Orb rapidly accelerate counter growth, while draw engines such as Danny Pink and Fathom Mage refill your hand on every player's turn. The deck finishes games around Turn 7 through overwhelming flying commander damage, trample attacks via Kodama of the West Tree, or one-sided board wipes with Wave Goodbye, supported by premier countermagic and counter-based protection spells like Ripples of Potential.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Academy Ruins
  • 1 Agent Frank Horrigan
  • 1 Altar of the Brood
  • 1 An Offer You Can't Refuse
  • 1 Arcane Denial
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Ash Barrens
  • 1 Atomize
  • 1 Auroral Procession
  • 1 Basking Broodscale
  • 1 Birds of Paradise
  • 1 Black Market Connections
  • 1 Bloom Tender
  • 1 Bojuka Bog
  • 1 Breeding Pool
  • 1 Buried Ruin
  • 1 Collective Resistance
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Counterspell
  • 1 Danny Pink
  • 1 Darkwater Catacombs
  • 1 Deepmuck Desperado
  • 1 Demonic Tutor
  • 1 Evolution Witness
  • 1 Evolving Wilds
  • 1 Exotic Orchard
  • 1 Fabricate
  • 1 Farseek
  • 1 Fathom Mage
  • 2 Forest
  • 1 Generous Patron
  • 1 Glen Elendra Archmage
  • 1 Glowing One
  • 1 Hardened Scales
  • 1 Hedron Crab
  • 1 Hollowmurk Siege
  • 1 Icetill Explorer
  • 1 Insatiable Avarice
  • 1 Inspiring Call
  • 3 Island
  • 1 Kami of Whispered Hopes
  • 1 Kodama of the West Tree
  • 1 Llanowar Wastes
  • 1 Mesmeric Orb
  • 1 Mindcrank
  • 1 Misty Rainforest
  • 1 Muddle the Mixture
  • 1 Muldrotha, the Gravetide
  • 1 Mutational Advantage
  • 1 Nightkin Ambusher
  • 1 Nuclear Fallout
  • 1 Opulent Palace
  • 1 Overflowing Basin
  • 1 Overgrown Tomb
  • 1 Path of Ancestry
  • 1 Polluted Delta
  • 1 Psychic Corrosion
  • 1 Rampant Growth
  • 1 Raul, Trouble Shooter
  • 1 Ray Fillet, Wave Warrior
  • 1 Reanimate
  • 1 Rejuvenating Springs
  • 1 Revitalizing Repast // Old-Growth Grove
  • 1 Rhystic Study
  • 1 Ripples of Potential
  • 1 Ruin Crab
  • 1 Scavenger Grounds
  • 1 Shipwreck Marsh
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Struggle for Project Purity
  • 2 Swamp
  • 1 Swarmyard
  • 1 Swiftfoot Boots
  • 1 Sylvan Library
  • 1 Talisman of Curiosity
  • 1 Talisman of Dominance
  • 1 Tato Farmer
  • 1 Temple of Malady
  • 1 Temple of Mystery
  • 1 Terramorphic Expanse
  • 1 Terrasymbiosis
  • 1 Tezzeret's Gambit
  • 1 The Water Crystal
  • 1 The Wise Mothman
  • 1 Undead Alchemist
  • 1 Underground River
  • 1 Undergrowth Stadium
  • 1 Vampiric Tutor
  • 1 Verdant Catacombs
  • 1 Vexing Radgull
  • 1 Viridescent Bog
  • 1 Walking Ballista
  • 1 Watery Grave
  • 1 Wave Goodbye
  • 1 Winding Constrictor
  • 1 Yavimaya Coast