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Minsc & Boo, Timeless Heroes
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- Gruul
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ANALYSIS

Overview:

A high-powered Minsc & Boo, Timeless Heroes deck focusing on explosive +1/+1 counter strategies and commander damage, with the ability to pivot into a devastating sacrifice strategy using Boo tokens for card advantage and direct damage.

Primer:

The deck aims to establish early ramp through efficient mana dorks and ramp spells, then deploy Minsc & Boo, Timeless Heroes to begin generating value. The primary gameplan involves pumping creatures (especially Boo tokens) with +1/+1 counters through various doublers like Doubling Season and Branching Evolution, then either swinging for lethal commander damage or using Minsc's -2 ability for massive damage and card draw. The deck includes significant protection and interaction to ensure the strategy can be executed safely. Multiple backup plans exist through large creatures and alternative win conditions like Chandra's Ignition.

Weaknesses:

Heavy reliance on the commander makes the deck vulnerable to repeated removal or effects that prevent planeswalker activation. The strategy can be disrupted by mass exile effects or cards that prevent token creation. The deck can struggle against heavy control strategies that can consistently answer both creatures and planeswalkers.

Top 10 Most Impactful Cards:

  • Doubling Season
  • The Ozolith
  • The Great Henge
  • Vorinclex, Monstrous Raider
  • Xenagos, God of Revels
  • Branching Evolution
  • Chandra's Ignition
  • Deflecting Swat
  • Heroic Intervention
  • Finale of Devastation

Attribute Ratings:

  • Speed: 7/10
  • Resilience: 8/10
  • Consistency: 7/10
  • Interaction: 7/10

Rating Justification:

This deck demonstrates significant optimization with a robust protection package, efficient ramp, and powerful synergies that can create explosive turns. It's faster than typical casual decks but not quite reaching cEDH speeds. The inclusion of premium interaction and protection spells, along with multiple paths to victory, places it firmly in the focused competitive range. While it can't consistently threaten wins before turn 5-6, it can establish dominant board positions by that time and close out games shortly after.

Final power level rating: 7.0 - 7.5

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DECK LIST
Minsc & Boo, Timeless Heroes
Creature: 24
1
Birds of Paradise
G
1
Bristly Bill, Spine Sower
1 G
1
Defiler of Vigor
3 G G
1
Delighted Halfling
G
1
Endurance
1 G G
1
Evolution Sage
2 G
1
Fanatic of Rhonas
1 G
1
Forgotten Ancient
3 G
1
Goblin Anarchomancer
R G
1
Kodama of the West Tree
2 G
1
Llanowar Elves
G
1
Managorger Hydra
2 G
1
Manglehorn
2 G
1
Ojer Kaslem, Deepest Growth // Temple of Cultivation
1
Rampaging Yao Guai
X G G G
1
Sakura-Tribe Elder
1 G
1
Taurean Mauler
2 R
1
Ulvenwald Tracker
G
1
Urabrask the Hidden
3 R R
1
Vexing Shusher
R/G R/G
1
Vigor
3 G G G
1
Vorinclex, Monstrous Raider
4 G G
1
Xenagos, God of Revels
3 R G
1
Zopandrel, Hunger Dominus
5 G G
Sorcery: 7
1
Blasphemous Act
8 R
1
Chandra's Ignition
3 R R
1
Farseek
1 G
1
Finale of Devastation
X G G
1
Nature's Lore
1 G
1
Rampant Growth
1 G
1
Three Visits
1 G
Instant: 16
1
Archdruid's Charm
G G G
1
Autumn's Veil
G
1
Beast Within
2 G
1
Berserk
G
1
Crop Rotation
G
1
Deflecting Swat
2 R
1
Force of Vigor
2 G G
1
Heroic Intervention
1 G
1
Inspiring Call
2 G
1
Legolas's Quick Reflexes
G
1
Pyroblast
R
1
Ram Through
1 G
1
Solidarity of Heroes
1 G
1
Tamiyo's Safekeeping
G
1
Unleash Fury
1 R
1
Veil of Summer
G
Artifact: 7
1
Arcane Signet
2
1
Maskwood Nexus
4
1
Ozolith, the Shattered Spire
1 G
1
Sol Ring
1
1
The Great Henge
7 G G
1
The Ozolith
1
1
Thought Vessel
2
Enchantment: 9
1
Branching Evolution
2 G
1
Court of Garenbrig
1 G G
1
Doubling Season
4 G
1
Fertile Ground
1 G
1
Gimli's Reckless Might
3 R
1
Innkeeper's Talent
1 G
1
Tribute to the World Tree
G G G
1
Unnatural Growth
1 G G G G
1
Wild Growth
G
Land: 36
1
Arcane Lighthouse
1
Arena of Glory
1
Bloodstained Mire
1
Boseiju, Who Endures
1
Command Beacon
1
Command Tower
1
Cragcrown Pathway // Timbercrown Pathway
1
Fabled Passage
10
Forest
1
Karplusan Forest
1
Kessig Wolf Run
1
Mosswort Bridge
5
Mountain
1
Reliquary Tower
1
Rockfall Vale
1
Rootbound Crag
1
Shifting Woodland
1
Spire Garden
1
Stomping Ground
1
Thornspire Verge
1
Windswept Heath
1
Wooded Foothills
1
Yavimaya, Cradle of Growth