01_Tidus Counters - Updated by user8068562

Format: Commander

Commander: Tidus, Yuna's Guardian

Bracket: 3

DeckCheck Threat Index: 39

Deck overview

This deck is a Bant midrange strategy focused on +1/+1 counters, value accumulation, and overwhelming combat steps. Led by Tidus, Yuna's Guardian, the deck deploys early mana dorks and low-cost creatures that enter with or generate counters. Tidus moves counters to optimal attackers and rewards combat damage with card draw and proliferation. As the board grows, the deck leverages high-synergy multipliers such as Bristly Bill, Spine Sower, Kami of Whispered Hopes, and Brokers Ascendancy to scale creature power rapidly. It converts this size into victory using unblockable or flying enablers like Herald of Secret Streams and Abzan Falconer, closing the game around Turn 7. A robust suite of phasing and indestructible protection spells shields the board from wipes, while asymmetric sweepers like Damning Verdict clear opposing blockers. The deck trades stack interaction for high board durability and explosive combat scaling.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Abzan Falconer
  • 1 Arid Mesa
  • 1 Arwen, Mortal Queen
  • 1 Arwen, Weaver of Hope
  • 1 Bala Ged Recovery // Bala Ged Sanctuary
  • 1 Barkchannel Pathway // Tidechannel Pathway
  • 1 Biophagus
  • 1 Birds of Paradise
  • 1 Boseiju, Who Endures
  • 1 Bountiful Promenade
  • 1 Branchloft Pathway // Boulderloft Pathway
  • 1 Breeding Pool
  • 1 Bristly Bill, Spine Sower
  • 1 Brokers Ascendancy
  • 1 Champion of Lambholt
  • 1 Clever Concealment
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Damning Verdict
  • 1 Danny Pink
  • 1 Darksteel Mutation
  • 1 Dawn's Truce
  • 1 Delighted Halfling
  • 1 Dryad Arbor
  • 1 Eladamri's Call
  • 1 Esper Sentinel
  • 1 Evolution Sage
  • 1 Evolution Witness
  • 1 Faerie Mastermind
  • 1 Farseek
  • 1 Fathom Mage
  • 1 Finale of Devastation
  • 1 Flooded Strand
  • 1 Floodfarm Verge
  • 4 Forest
  • 1 Forgotten Ancient
  • 1 Gavony Township
  • 1 Generous Gift
  • 1 Generous Pup
  • 1 Green Sun's Zenith
  • 1 Gyre Sage
  • 1 Hallowed Fountain
  • 1 Hengegate Pathway // Mistgate Pathway
  • 1 Herald of Secret Streams
  • 1 Heroic Intervention
  • 1 Hushwood Verge
  • 1 Incubation Druid
  • 1 Inspiring Call
  • 2 Island
  • 1 Kami of Whispered Hopes
  • 1 Maester Seymour
  • 1 Managorger Hydra
  • 1 Marsh Flats
  • 1 Misty Rainforest
  • 1 Nature's Lore
  • 1 Noble Hierarch
  • 1 Ouroboroid
  • 1 Path to Exile
  • 1 Pensive Professor
  • 3 Plains
  • 1 Polluted Delta
  • 1 Ray Fillet, Wave Warrior
  • 1 Rejuvenating Springs
  • 1 Rhystic Study
  • 1 Rikku, Resourceful Guardian
  • 1 Ripples of Potential
  • 1 Scalding Tarn
  • 1 Scythecat Cub
  • 1 Sea of Clouds
  • 1 Simic Ascendancy
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Song of the Dryads
  • 1 Spara's Headquarters
  • 1 Stroke of Midnight
  • 1 Swords to Plowshares
  • 1 Teferi's Protection
  • 1 Temple Garden
  • 1 Terrasymbiosis
  • 1 The Great Henge
  • 1 The One Ring
  • 1 The Ozolith
  • 1 Three Visits
  • 1 Tidus, Yuna's Guardian
  • 1 Together Forever
  • 1 Verdant Catacombs
  • 1 Walking Ballista
  • 1 Warden of the Grove
  • 1 Wave Goodbye
  • 1 Wildgrowth Archaic
  • 1 Willowrush Verge
  • 1 Winds of Abandon
  • 1 Windswept Heath
  • 1 Witch Enchanter // Witch-Blessed Meadow
  • 1 Wooded Foothills
  • 1 Yavimaya, Cradle of Growth