Art by Nijihayashi
Commander deckGUW
Tidus, Yuna's Guardian
Distribute keyword and +1/+1 counters across your board, use Tidus to strategically shift critical keywords like hexproof or indestructible, and trigger proliferate on combat damage to grow an unstoppable army.
Asked for“A white, blue, green deck with Tidus, Yuna's Guardian as the commander and a focus on counters, including +1/+1 counters and keyword counters like hexproof and indestructible counters”
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
1Tidus, Yuna's Guardian
GWULegendary Creature — Human Warrior
Chosen commander for the requested strategy.
Ramp
10
Birds of Paradise
GCreature — Bird
Early mana fixing and a great flying body for counters
Noble Hierarch
GCreature — Human Druid
Mana fixing with exalted to empower solo attacks
Incubation Druid
1GCreature — Elf Druid
Taps for three mana once it gets a counter
Kami of Whispered Hopes
2GCreature — Spirit
Increases counter placement and ramps mana based on power
Kodama of the West Tree
2GLegendary Creature — Spirit
Ramps basic lands whenever modified creatures connect
Card Draw
9
Danny Pink
3ULegendary Creature — Human Soldier Advisor
Draws a card whenever counters are placed on creatures
Fathom Mage
2GUCreature — Human Wizard
Draws cards continuously as it gains counters
Kutzil, Malamet Exemplar
1GWLegendary Creature — Cat Warrior
Protects your turn and draws cards when counters connect
Inspiring Call
2GInstant
Draws cards for creatures with counters and grants indestructible
Bred for the Hunt
1GUEnchantment
Draws cards when creatures with +1/+1 counters deal combat damage
Esper Sentinel
WArtifact Creature — Human Soldier
Early card draw that benefits from power-boosting counters
Teferi's Ageless Insight
2UULegendary Enchantment
Doubles all card draw including Tidus's Cheer triggers
Give // Take
2G // 2USorcery // Sorcery
Flexible counter placement or massive burst card draw
Removal
9
Supreme Verdict
1WWUSorcery
Uncounterable board wipe that spares indestructible creatures
Aura Shards
1GWEnchantment
Repeated artifact and enchantment destruction on creature entry
Threats/Wincons
18
Slippery Bogbonder
3GCreature — Human Druid
Flash creature that grants and moves a hexproof counter
Scavenged Brawler
6Artifact Creature — Construct
Provides flying, vigilance, trample, lifelink, and four counters
Titanoth Rex
7GGCreature — Dinosaur Beast
Cycles for two mana to place an immediate trample counter
Falco Spara, Pactweaver
1GWULegendary Creature — Bird Demon
Enters with a shield counter and turns counters into card advantage
Tekuthal, Inquiry Dominus
2UULegendary Creature — Phyrexian Horror
Doubles proliferate triggers and gains an indestructible counter
Luminous Broodmoth
2WWCreature — Insect
Recurs dying non-flying creatures with flying counters
Managorger Hydra
2GCreature — Hydra
Grows rapidly from every spell cast and has trample
Forgotten Ancient
3GCreature — Elemental
Stockpiles counters to redistribute each upkeep
Kalonian Hydra
3GGCreature — Hydra
Doubles +1/+1 counters on all attacking creatures
Sovereign Okinec Ahau
2GWLegendary Creature — Cat Noble
Doubles stat buffs on modified creatures on attack
Deepglow Skate
4UCreature — Fish
Doubles all counters on any target permanents on entry
Evolution Sage
2GCreature — Elf Druid
Proliferates every counter type whenever a land enters
Flux Channeler
2UCreature — Human Wizard
Proliferates every counter on every noncreature spell
Roalesk, Apex Hybrid
2GGULegendary Creature — Human Mutant
Enters with counters and double proliferates on death
Chasm Skulker
2UCreature — Squid Horror
Grows with Tidus's card draw and bursts into squid tokens
Conclave Mentor
GWCreature — Centaur Cleric
Increases +1/+1 counters placed on your creatures
Shalai, Voice of Plenty
3WLegendary Creature — Angel
Grants hexproof to your board and pumps with +1/+1 counters
Mikaeus, the Lunarch
XWLegendary Creature — Human Cleric
Flexible threat that taps to add counters to the entire team
Utility
16
The Ozolith
1Legendary Artifact
Saves all keyword and +1/+1 counters when creatures die
Resourceful Defense
2WEnchantment
Retains counters upon death and can manually move counters
Contractual Safeguard
2WInstant
Copies keyword counters like hexproof or shield onto every creature
Hardened Scales
GEnchantment
Efficient enchantment boosting all +1/+1 counter placement
Ozolith, the Shattered Spire
1GLegendary Artifact
Enhances counter generation and can actively place counters
Brokers Ascendancy
GWUEnchantment
Adds +1/+1 counters to all creatures at end of turn
Elspeth Resplendent
3WWLegendary Planeswalker — Elspeth
Digs for permanents and distributes various keyword counters
Agent's Toolkit
1GUArtifact — Clue
Provides shield, flying, and +1/+1 counters ready to move
Together Forever
WWEnchantment
Recovers creatures with counters directly to hand upon dying
Heroic Intervention
1GInstant
Protects your entire board with hexproof and indestructible
Swiftfoot Boots
2Artifact — Equipment
Gives commander haste and hexproof protection
Lightning Greaves
2Artifact — Equipment
Free haste enabling immediate combat damage triggers
Branching Evolution
2GEnchantment
Doubles all +1/+1 counters placed on your creatures
Innkeeper's Talent
1GEnchantment — Class
Distributes counters and doubles all counter placement at max level
Simic Ascendancy
GUEnchantment
Alternative win condition fueled by growth and proliferate
