Art by Chris Seaman
Commander deckBGU
The Wise Mothman
Mill cards from all players using rad counters and recurring mill effects, grow a massive board with +1/+1 counters triggered by nonland mills, and reanimate high-impact threats from populated graveyards.
Asked for“The wise Mothman With mill +1+1 counters and graveyard recursion”
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
1The Wise Mothman
1BGULegendary Creature — Insect Mutant
Chosen commander for the requested strategy.
Ramp
10
Gyre Sage
1GCreature — Elf Druid
Rapidly scales mana production with +1/+1 counters.
Incubation Druid
1GCreature — Elf Druid
Taps for three mana once it gets a +1/+1 counter.
Card Draw
9
Rhystic Study
2UEnchantment
Consistent card advantage punishing opponent spells.
Fathom Mage
2GUCreature — Human Wizard
Draws a card each time +1/+1 counters are placed on it.
Danny Pink
3ULegendary Creature — Human Soldier Advisor
Draws cards whenever creatures get counters placed on them.
Sultai Ascendancy
BGUEnchantment
Filters deck top while fueling the graveyard for recursion.
Fact or Fiction
3UInstant
Instant-speed card advantage that stocks the graveyard.
Windfall
2USorcery
Refills your hand while discarding cards and enabling reanimation.
Drown in Dreams
X2UInstant
Scalable draw spell that simultaneously mills opponents.
Removal
10
Drown in the Loch
UBInstant
Counterspell or creature removal enabled by opponent mill.
Syr Konrad, the Grim
3BBLegendary Creature — Human Knight
Punches opponents whenever creatures are milled, die, or leave graves.
Threats/Wincons
21
Mesmeric Orb
2Artifact
Massive continuous mill engine triggering Mothman on untaps.
Altar of the Brood
1Artifact
Passive mill on every permanent entry triggering counters.
Maddening Cacophony
1USorcery
Burst mill that can mill half of all opponents' libraries.
Court of Cunning
1UUEnchantment
Provides monarch and mills 10 cards per opponent on upkeep.
Consuming Aberration
3UBCreature — Horror
Grows exponentially while milling opponents on every cast.
Golgari Grave-Troll
4GCreature — Troll Skeleton
Massive self-mill dredge threat that enters huge with counters.
Lord of Extinction
3BGCreature — Elemental
Game-ending beater scaled to all cards in all graveyards.
Hardened Scales
GEnchantment
Amplifies all +1/+1 counters placed by Mothman's trigger.
Corpsejack Menace
2BGCreature — Fungus
Doubles all +1/+1 counters placed on your creatures.
Winding Constrictor
BGCreature — Snake
Adds extra counters to creatures and extra rad counters to players.
Kami of Whispered Hopes
2GCreature — Spirit
Increases counter placement and ramps mana based on power.
Branching Evolution
2GEnchantment
Doubles the number of +1/+1 counters put on creatures.
Herald of Secret Streams
3UCreature — Merfolk Warrior
Gives all creatures with +1/+1 counters unblockable.
Kalonian Hydra
3GGCreature — Hydra
Doubles all +1/+1 counters on attacking creatures.
Managorger Hydra
2GCreature — Hydra
Grows with every spell cast and attacks as a massive trampler.
Chasm Skulker
2UCreature — Squid Horror
Grows from card draw and replaces itself with islandwalk tokens.
Simic Ascendancy
GUEnchantment
Alternate win condition fueled rapidly by Mothman's triggers.
Animate Dead
1BEnchantment — Aura
Cheap reanimation spell targeting any milled creature.
Utility
11
Dread Return
2BBSorcery
Reanimates a threat and can be flashbacked from the yard.
Breach the Multiverse
5BBSorcery
Mills ten cards from everyone and reanimates four creatures.
Eternal Witness
1GGCreature — Human Shaman
Recovers any key card milled into your graveyard.
Heroic Intervention
1GInstant
Protects your counter-laden board from sweepers and removal.
Lightning Greaves
2Artifact — Equipment
Grants haste and shroud to The Wise Mothman.
Swiftfoot Boots
2Artifact — Equipment
Protects Mothman with hexproof while enabling immediate attacks.
The Ozolith
1Legendary Artifact
Preserves accrued +1/+1 counters whenever creatures die.
Six
2GLegendary Creature — Treefolk
Enables replaying permanents from graveyard using retrace.
