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Commander deckG
Janice Rand, Essential Aide
Leverage Janice Rand's enters and attack triggers to rapidly fetch lands and stack +1/+1 counters, powering explosive landfall triggers and overwhelming the board with massive green threats.
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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 · 61 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
1Janice Rand, Essential Aide
3GLegendary Creature — Human Advisor
Chosen commander for the requested strategy.
Ramp
10
Azusa, Lost but Seeking
2GLegendary Creature — Human Monk
allows two additional land plays per turn
Card Draw
10
Removal
9
Kenrith's Transformation
1GEnchantment — Aura
neutralizes problem creatures and cantrips
Song of the Dryads
2GEnchantment — Aura
turns any threatening permanent into a Forest
Lignify
1GKindred Enchantment — Treefolk Aura
shuts down enemy commander abilities
Acidic Slime
3GGCreature — Ooze
deathtouch body that removes artifacts, enchantments, or lands
Threats/Wincons
24
Avenger of Zendikar
5GGCreature — Elemental
creates an army buffed by commander land drops
Rampaging Baloths
4GGCreature — Beast
spits out 4/4 Beast tokens with each land drop
Cultivator Colossus
4GGGCreature — Plant Beast
huge beater that chains extra land drops and draw
Kodama of the East Tree
4GGLegendary Creature — Spirit
doubles permanents entering the battlefield
Kodama of the West Tree
2GLegendary Creature — Spirit
gives trample and ramps off modified attackers
Managorger Hydra
2GCreature — Hydra
quickly scales in size from every player's spells
Vorinclex, Monstrous Raider
4GGLegendary Creature — Phyrexian Praetor
doubles counter generation while crippling opponents
Tribute to the World Tree
GGGEnchantment
buffs smaller creatures and draws cards off big ones
Finale of Devastation
XGGSorcery
creature tutor and win condition pumped by big mana
Kamahl, Heart of Krosa
6GGLegendary Creature — Human Druid
continual buff and overrun each combat
Bristly Bill, Spine Sower
1GLegendary Creature — Plant Druid
places +1/+1 counters on landfall and doubles them
Ozolith, the Shattered Spire
1GLegendary Artifact
increases counters placed and cycles counters
Branching Evolution
2GEnchantment
doubles the amount of counters put on creatures
Railway Brawler
3GGCreature — Rhino Warrior
plots in and doubles stats of entering creatures
Ancient Greenwarden
4GGCreature — Elemental
doubles all landfall triggers from Janice's lands
Titania, Protector of Argoth
3GGLegendary Creature — Elemental
recurs key lands and creates 5/3 Elementals
Defiler of Vigor
3GGCreature — Phyrexian Wurm
reduces green costs and spreads +1/+1 counters
Utility
8
Lightning Greaves
2Artifact — Equipment
gives haste and shroud so Janice can attack safely immediately
Whispersilk Cloak
3Artifact — Equipment
makes Janice unblockable and untargetable to trigger attacks
Concordant Crossroads
GWorld Enchantment
grants haste to attack and trigger Janice immediately
