Art by Nijihayashi
Commander deckGUW
Tidus, Yuna's Guardian
Distribute +1/+1 and diverse keyword counters such as hexproof, shield, and indestructible across your team, then use Tidus to reposition them and proliferate for massive combat damage and card advantage.
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. I don't want any single card to be worth more than $10 other than the cards that come as part of the Counter Blitz pre-constructed commander deck that Tidus is from.”
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
Incubation Druid
1GCreature — Elf Druid
taps for three mana once given any counter
Kami of Whispered Hopes
2GCreature — Spirit
enhances counter placement and taps for enormous mana
Card Draw
10
Danny Pink
3ULegendary Creature — Human Soldier Advisor
draws a card whenever counters are put on your creatures
Fathom Mage
2GUCreature — Human Wizard
evolves and draws cards whenever its counters increase
Inspiring Call
2GInstant
draws cards for each modified creature while providing invulnerability
Kutzil, Malamet Exemplar
1GWLegendary Creature — Cat Warrior
shuts off opposing turn interaction and draws on combat damage
Bred for the Hunt
1GUEnchantment
draws cards when modified creatures connect with opponents
Rishkar's Expertise
4GGSorcery
draws cards equal to your largest creature and casts a free spell
Tezzeret's Gambit
3UPSorcery
draws cards while proliferating all existing counters
Return of the Wildspeaker
4GInstant
instant-speed burst card draw or a lethal team pump
Armorcraft Judge
3GCreature — Elf Artificer
burst card draw for each creature with a counter
Removal
10
Swords to Plowshares
WInstant
efficient unconditional single-target creature exile
Dovin's Veto
WUInstant
uncounterable denial against game-ending noncreature spells
Semester's End
3WInstant
dodges sweepers and returns creatures with additional counters
Threats/Wincons
24
Slippery Bogbonder
3GCreature — Human Druid
flashes in to provide a hexproof counter and relocate counters
Denry Klin, Editor in Chief
2WULegendary Creature — Cat Advisor
gives incoming creatures keyword and +1/+1 counters
Crystalline Giant
3Artifact Creature — Giant
generates varied keyword counters for Tidus to move around
Managorger Hydra
2GCreature — Hydra
trampling threat that rapidly accumulates counters
Forgotten Ancient
3GCreature — Elemental
stocks counters from all players' spells to distribute freely
Kalonian Hydra
3GGCreature — Hydra
doubles all +1/+1 counters on your entire team upon attacking
Sovereign Okinec Ahau
2GWLegendary Creature — Cat Noble
exponentially pumps your modified attackers on combat
Falco Spara, Pactweaver
1GWULegendary Creature — Bird Demon
enters with a shield counter and turns counters into card advantage
Chasm Skulker
2UCreature — Squid Horror
grows from card draw and creates unblockable tokens on death
Evolution Sage
2GCreature — Elf Druid
proliferates all counters every time a land enters
Flux Channeler
2UCreature — Human Wizard
proliferates every time you cast a noncreature spell
Thrummingbird
1UCreature — Phyrexian Bird Horror
cheap evasive creature that proliferates on combat damage
Deepglow Skate
4UCreature — Fish
doubles all counters on all target permanents on entry
Tekuthal, Inquiry Dominus
2UULegendary Creature — Phyrexian Horror
gains an indestructible counter and doubles proliferate triggers
Herald of Secret Streams
3UCreature — Merfolk Warrior
makes all creatures with +1/+1 counters unblockable
Champion of Lambholt
1GGCreature — Human Warrior
accumulates counters and makes your entire board unblockable
Abzan Falconer
2WCreature — Human Soldier
grants flying evasion to all creatures with counters
Duskshell Crawler
1GCreature — Insect
gives trample to your modified creatures to force damage
Avian Oddity
3UCreature — Bird
cycles cheaply to place a flying keyword counter onto a creature
Titanoth Rex
7GGCreature — Dinosaur Beast
cycles to place a permanent trample counter on any creature
Shalai, Voice of Plenty
3WLegendary Creature — Angel
protects your team with hexproof and distributes counters
Conclave Mentor
GWCreature — Centaur Cleric
amplifies +1/+1 counter placement and gains life on death
Mikaeus, the Lunarch
XWLegendary Creature — Human Cleric
scalable creature that steadily bolsters the entire board
Evolution Witness
2GCreature — Elf Shaman Mutant
recurs key permanents from the graveyard when counters are placed
Utility
8
Resourceful Defense
2WEnchantment
preserves and redistributes counters whenever permanents leave
Ozolith, the Shattered Spire
1GLegendary Artifact
adds extra counters, distributes them, and grants trample
Hardened Scales
GEnchantment
efficient one-mana amplifier for all +1/+1 counter placement
Brokers Ascendancy
GWUEnchantment
steadily places +1/+1 and loyalty counters every end step
Swiftfoot Boots
2Artifact — Equipment
protects Tidus with hexproof and gives haste
Heroic Intervention
1GInstant
protects entire board from sweepers with hexproof and indestructible
Together Forever
WWEnchantment
returns dying modified creatures back to your hand
Inexorable Tide
3UUEnchantment
proliferates all counters whenever any spell is cast
