Overview:
A voltron strategy deck focused on building up Wilson, Refined Grizzly with +1/+1 counters and protection, using Agent of the Shadow Thieves to grant additional combat benefits and ensure consistent growth.
Primer:
This deck aims to establish an early board presence with Wilson and quickly build him into a formidable threat through various forms of counter generation and combat triggers. The strategy revolves around protecting Wilson with numerous hexproof and indestructible effects while steadily increasing his power through +1/+1 counters and combat damage triggers from Agent of the Shadow Thieves.
The secondary gameplan involves utilizing various enchantments and equipment to make Wilson increasingly difficult to deal with while drawing cards through effects like Snake Umbra and Keen Sense. The deck includes several mana dorks and ramp pieces to ensure consistent early game development, while maintaining a steady stream of protection spells to keep Wilson on the battlefield.
Weaknesses:
The deck is heavily reliant on its commander and can struggle if Wilson is repeatedly removed or locked down. Board wipes that bypass indestructible, such as exile effects, can be particularly problematic. The deck also has limited ways to interact with combo-based strategies and can struggle against decks that go wide with tokens since it focuses primarily on single-target removal.
Top 10 Most Impactful Cards:
- Hardened Scales
- Bear Umbra
- Unnatural Growth
- Champion's Helm
- Court of Garenbrig
- Blackblade Reforged
- Necropolis Regent
- Forgotten Ancient
- Inspiring Call
- Winding Constrictor
Attribute Ratings:
- Speed: 5/10
- Resilience: 6/10
- Consistency: 5/10
- Interaction: 4/10
Rating Justification:
This deck operates at a focused casual level, with its primary strategy being commander-centric voltron. While it includes numerous protection pieces and ways to build up Wilson, it typically needs several turns to establish a threatening board presence. The deck would struggle against higher-powered decks (6.0+) due to their faster win conditions and more efficient interaction, but it can consistently threaten less optimized casual decks. The inclusion of multiple redundant protection effects and counter generators provides reasonable consistency for its power level.
Final power level rating: 5.0 - 5.5
Wilson, Refined Grizzly & Agent of the Shadow Thieves