Art by Kieran Yanner
Commander deckGUW
Falco Spara, Pactweaver
Generate a wide variety of counters to consistently cast spells from the top of the library, maintaining high card advantage and board presence.
Asked for“A deck build featuring Falco Spara, Pactweaver as its commander, crafted to fully leverage the commander's ability to play cards from the top of the library and deliver counter-centric thematic gameplay. The power level is benchmarked at the Battle tier (official Tier 3 power standard), and the deck shall include a reasonable selection of disruption tools against opponents, including removal, counterspells and exile effects.”
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 · 60 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
1Falco Spara, Pactweaver
1GWULegendary Creature — Bird Demon
Chosen commander for the requested strategy.
Ramp
17
Birds of Paradise
GCreature — Bird
Mana fixing and a potential target for counters.
Noble Hierarch
GCreature — Human Druid
Superior mana dork that provides Exalted triggers.
The Great Henge
7GGLegendary Artifact
Provides mana, card draw, and puts +1/+1 counters on creatures.
Devoted Druid
1GCreature — Elf Druid
Generates mana and provides the -1/-1 counters Falco can remove.
Incubation Druid
1GCreature — Elf Druid
Efficient mana production when it has a counter.
Kodama of the West Tree
2GLegendary Creature — Spirit
Provides trample and land ramp for modified creatures.
Card Draw
9
Sylvan Library
1GEnchantment
Manipulates the top of the library for Falco Spara.
Esper Sentinel
WArtifact Creature — Human Soldier
Low-cost taxing and card draw.
Ledger Shredder
1UCreature — Bird Advisor
Connives to provide counters and filter draws.
Removal
11
Steelbane Hydra
XGGCreature — Turtle Hydra
Repeatable enchantment and artifact removal using counters.
Threats/Wincons
13
Forgotten Ancient
3GCreature — Elemental
Excellent source of consistent +1/+1 counters.
Mikaeus, the Lunarch
XWLegendary Creature — Human Cleric
Distributes +1/+1 counters across the board.
Walking Ballista
XXArtifact Creature — Construct
Scalable creature and removal piece that uses counters.
Luminarch Aspirant
1WCreature — Human Cleric
Reliable source of counters every turn.
Evolution Sage
2GCreature — Elf Druid
Proliferates on land drops to fuel Falco's ability.
Vorinclex, Monstrous Raider
4GGLegendary Creature — Phyrexian Praetor
Doubles your counters while hindering opponents.
Lae'zel, Vlaakith's Champion
2WLegendary Creature — Gith Warrior
Increases counter production.
Chasm Skulker
2UCreature — Squid Horror
Grows with card draw and produces tokens on death.
Tireless Tracker
2GCreature — Human Scout
Generates clues and grows with land drops.
Hydra's Growth
2GEnchantment — Aura
Exponential counter growth on a single creature.
Utility
10
Sensei's Divining Top
1Artifact
Essential for setting up castable spells from the library top.
Teferi's Protection
2WInstant
Premier defensive tool for board state protection.
Shalai, Voice of Plenty
3WLegendary Creature — Angel
Protects the board and provides a mana sink for counters.
The Ozolith
1Legendary Artifact
Saves counters from dying creatures for later use.
Grand Abolisher
WWCreature — Human Cleric
Protects your turns from opponent disruption.
Eternal Witness
1GGCreature — Human Shaman
Recurring key pieces from the graveyard.
Vorel of the Hull Clade
1GULegendary Creature — Human Merfolk
Doubles counters on non-legendary permanents.
Worldly Tutor
GInstant
Finds key creatures and places them on top of the library.
Enlightened Tutor
WInstant
Finds key artifacts or enchantments and places them on top.
