Art by Milivoj Ćeran
Commander deckG
Bushmaster, Coiled Henchman
Distribute +1/+1 counters across your board to grant all creatures deathtouch, then exploit deathtouch via cheap bite spells, pinging artifacts, and trample effects to dominate combat and control the board.
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Deck anatomy
What this list actually runs on: how cheaply it casts things, and whether it has enough ramp, card draw and interaction to keep up at the table. Each block is one card — hover for its name.
Mana curve · 62 nonland cards
The working parts
Counted from Scryfall’s community card tags, not from the builder’s own labels. A card that does two jobs counts twice, so these add up to more than the deck. The hatched band is a common rule of thumb, not a law — combo decks run leaner, battlecruiser decks heavier.
Colored mana symbols
Commander
1Bushmaster, Coiled Henchman
1GLegendary Creature — Snake Human Villain
Chosen commander for the requested strategy.
Ramp
10
Llanowar Elves
GCreature — Elf Druid
Classic turn-one mana dork that can later carry counters and deathtouch.
Fyndhorn Elves
GCreature — Elf Druid
Redundant one-mana dork to accelerate early plays.
Gyre Sage
1GCreature — Elf Druid
Grows with evolve and produces massive amounts of green mana.
Incubation Druid
1GCreature — Elf Druid
Taps for three mana once given a counter, while gaining deathtouch.
Kodama's Reach
2GSorcery — Arcane
Consistent ramp staple to keep land drops flowing.
Card Draw
10
Inspiring Call
2GInstant
Mass card draw and indestructible protection for your modified creatures.
Armorcraft Judge
3GCreature — Elf Artificer
Draws a card for each creature with a +1/+1 counter.
Rishkar's Expertise
4GGSorcery
Draws cards based on your largest creature and casts a free spell.
Return of the Wildspeaker
4GInstant
Flexible burst draw or a team-wide buff for closing games.
Greater Good
2GGEnchantment
Sacrifice outlet that converts tall creatures into immense card advantage.
Toski, Bearer of Secrets
3GLegendary Creature — Squirrel
Uncounterable draw engine rewarding combat connections.
Hunter's Insight
2GInstant
Turns a large trampling deathtouch attacker into huge card draw.
Guardian Project
3GEnchantment
Continuous draw on nontoken creature ETBs in singleton.
Removal
10
Bite Down
1GInstant
One-way bite effect that destroys any creature when paired with deathtouch.
Master's Rebuke
1GInstant
Instant-speed bite spell to eliminate any threat cleanly.
Ram Through
1GInstant
One-way damage that tramples excess damage through to the opponent.
Nature's Way
1GSorcery
Gives vigilance and trample while biting an opposing creature.
Bushwhack
GSorcery
Flexible modal spell serving as early land search or a deathtouch fight.
Kenrith's Transformation
1GEnchantment — Aura
Cantripping aura that neutralizes troublesome commanders.
Threats/Wincons
24
Hardened Scales
GEnchantment
Doubles down on every counter distribution effect for one mana.
Branching Evolution
2GEnchantment
Doubles all +1/+1 counters placed on your creatures.
Ozolith, the Shattered Spire
1GLegendary Artifact
Adds extra counters and provides repeatable counter placement.
The Ozolith
1Legendary Artifact
Preserves counters when modified creatures leave the battlefield.
Rishkar, Peema Renegade
2GLegendary Creature — Elf Druid
Spreads counters on ETB and turns modified creatures into mana dorks.
Managorger Hydra
2GCreature — Hydra
Quickly balloons out of control from every player's spellcasts.
Kalonian Hydra
3GGCreature — Hydra
Doubles all counters on all creatures whenever it attacks.
Bristly Bill, Spine Sower
1GLegendary Creature — Plant Druid
Places counters on landfall and doubles counters on all creatures.
Forgotten Ancient
3GCreature — Elemental
Gathers counters rapidly and distributes them freely across the team.
Champion of Lambholt
1GGCreature — Human Warrior
Grows with each creature and makes your deathtouch attackers unblockable.
Kodama of the West Tree
2GLegendary Creature — Spirit
Gives trample to modified creatures and ramps basic lands on combat damage.
Evolution Sage
2GCreature — Elf Druid
Proliferates every +1/+1 counter on every land drop.
Vorinclex, Monstrous Raider
4GGLegendary Creature — Phyrexian Praetor
Doubles your counter generation while halving opponents' counters.
Scavenging Ooze
1GCreature — Ooze
Graveyard hate that grows itself into a deathtouch blocker.
Defiler of Vigor
3GGCreature — Phyrexian Wurm
Discounts green spells and spreads counters across the entire board.
Tribute to the World Tree
GGGEnchantment
Provides counters to smaller creatures or draws cards off larger ones.
Renata, Called to the Hunt
2GGLegendary Enchantment Creature — Demigod
Guarantees every creature enters with a +1/+1 counter and immediate deathtouch.
Kami of Whispered Hopes
2GCreature — Spirit
Enhances counter placement while generating substantial mana.
Loyal Guardian
4GCreature — Rhino
Distributes +1/+1 counters to your entire team each combat.
Pridemalkin
2GCreature — Cat
Grants trample to all creatures with +1/+1 counters, making deathtouch lethal.
Duskshell Crawler
1GCreature — Insect
Two-drop that adds a counter and grants trample to modified creatures.
Walking Ballista
XXArtifact Creature — Construct
With Bushmaster granting deathtouch, each ping cleanly kills any creature.
Triskelion
6Artifact Creature — Construct
Enters with counters and immediately snipes opposing creatures with deathtouch.
Utility
8
Heroic Intervention
1GInstant
Board protection giving indestructible and hexproof.
Tyvar's Stand
XGInstant
Scalable protection spell that can double as a lethal combat pump.
Silkguard
XGInstant
Distributes +1/+1 counters and shields all modified creatures with hexproof.
Viridian Longbow
1Artifact — Equipment
Equipment that turns any deathtouch creature into an active tap-to-kill sniper.
Thornbite Staff
2Kindred Artifact — Shaman Equipment
Combos with deathtouch creatures to untap and machine-gun opposing boards.
