Art by Jason Seiler
Commander deckGW
Phlox, Unorthodox Doctor
Distribute counters across a wide army of modified creatures to draw mass cards each combat step with Phlox, quickly snowballing into an unstoppable, buffed board state.
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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
1Phlox, Unorthodox Doctor
2GWLegendary Creature — Denobulan Doctor
Chosen commander for the requested strategy.
Ramp
10
Gyre Sage
1GCreature — Elf Druid
develops counters naturally and taps for big mana
Incubation Druid
1GCreature — Elf Druid
taps for three mana once it receives a counter
Kami of Whispered Hopes
2GCreature — Spirit
increases counter placement and taps for high mana
Rishkar, Peema Renegade
2GLegendary Creature — Elf Druid
distributes counters and turns modified creatures into dorks
Card Draw
8
Inspiring Call
2GInstant
draws cards for each creature with a counter and grants invulnerability
Armorcraft Judge
3GCreature — Elf Artificer
burst card draw based on creatures with counters
Rishkar's Expertise
4GGSorcery
draws equal to greatest power and gives a free cast
Esper Sentinel
WArtifact Creature — Human Soldier
early draw engine that scales with +1/+1 counters
Beast Whisperer
2GGCreature — Elf Druid
replaces every creature cast with a fresh card
Removal
10
Aura Shards
1GWEnchantment
repeatable artifact and enchantment destruction on creature entry
Collective Effort
1WWSorcery
distributes counters while destroying large creatures or enchantments
Damning Verdict
3WWSorcery
one-sided board wipe that spares creatures with counters
Threats/Wincons
24
Managorger Hydra
2GCreature — Hydra
grows rapidly off every spell cast and has trample
Forgotten Ancient
3GCreature — Elemental
passively accumulates counters and shares them across the team
Kutzil, Malamet Exemplar
1GWLegendary Creature — Cat Warrior
protects your turn and draws cards when modified creatures connect
Conclave Mentor
GWCreature — Centaur Cleric
increases the amount of counters placed on creatures
Branching Evolution
2GEnchantment
doubles the amount of counters placed on creatures
Doubling Season
4GEnchantment
doubles counters and tokens for runaway board states
Sovereign Okinec Ahau
2GWLegendary Creature — Cat Noble
massively buffs creatures on combat based on power disparity
Kalonian Hydra
3GGCreature — Hydra
doubles counters on all attacking creatures each swing
Mikaeus, the Lunarch
XWLegendary Creature — Human Cleric
distributes +1/+1 counters to the whole team repeatedly
Shalai, Voice of Plenty
3WLegendary Creature — Angel
provides hexproof protection and repeatable team-wide pump
Bristly Bill, Spine Sower
1GLegendary Creature — Plant Druid
places counters on landfall and doubles counters on the team
Basri's Lieutenant
3WCreature — Human Knight
adds counters and leaves behind knights when modified creatures die
Champion of Lambholt
1GGCreature — Human Warrior
grows large and makes the entire team unblockable
Kodama of the West Tree
2GLegendary Creature — Spirit
gives modified creatures trample and fetches lands on damage
Arwen, Weaver of Hope
1GGLegendary Creature — Elf Noble
ensures every creature enters with multiple +1/+1 counters
Abzan Falconer
2WCreature — Human Soldier
gives flying to all creatures with counters to trigger Phlox easily
Duskshell Crawler
1GCreature — Insect
grants trample to all creatures with +1/+1 counters
Felidar Retreat
3WEnchantment
provides steady token generation or team-wide counters on landfall
Cathars' Crusade
3WWEnchantment
explodes team size by placing counters whenever any creature enters
The Great Henge
7GGLegendary Artifact
ramps, gains life, places counters, and draws cards on entry
Vorinclex, Monstrous Raider
4GGLegendary Creature — Phyrexian Praetor
doubles your counter placement while halving opponent counters
Botanical Brawler
GWCreature — Elemental Warrior
trampling threat that grows whenever other creatures get counters
Luminarch Aspirant
1WCreature — Human Cleric
places a counter on a creature at the beginning of combat
Utility
9
Heroic Intervention
1GInstant
protects entire board with hexproof and indestructible
Lightning Greaves
2Artifact — Equipment
free equip cost to protect Phlox and grant haste
The Ozolith
1Legendary Artifact
stores counters when creatures die and moves them back onto the board
Ozolith, the Shattered Spire
1GLegendary Artifact
amplifies counter placement and acts as a repeatable counter source
Evolution Sage
2GCreature — Elf Druid
proliferates all counters across the board on every land drop
