It grows

Commander / EDH* Counters Four Color GWUB Reanimator

Rahvin2015

Land (31)

• 1x Adarkar Wastes
• 1x Bloodstained Mire
• 1x Breeding Pool
• 1x Brushland
• 1x Caves of Koilos
• 1x City of Brass
• 1x Command Tower
• 1x Exotic Orchard
• 1x Flooded Strand
• 1x Forest
• 1x Gavony Township
• 1x Gemstone Mine
• 1x Godless Shrine
• 1x Hallowed Fountain
• 1x Island
• 1x Llanowar Wastes
• 1x Mana Confluence
• 1x Marsh Flats
• 1x Opal Palace
• 1x Overgrown Tomb
• 1x Plains
• 1x Polluted Delta
• 1x Reflecting Pool
• 1x Swamp
• 1x Temple Garden
• 1x Underground River
• 1x Volrath's Stronghold
• 1x Watery Grave
• 1x Windswept Heath
• 1x Wooded Foothills
• 1x Yavimaya Coast

Artifact (6)

• 1x Astral Cornucopia
• 1x Bident of Thassa
• 1x Chromatic Lantern
• 1x Coalition Relic
• 1x Everflowing Chalice
• 1x Sol Ring

Planeswalker (3)

• 1x Nissa, Steward of Elements
• 1x Nissa, Voice of Zendikar
• 1x Tamiyo, Field Researcher

Creature (28)

• 1x Archangel of Thune
• 1x Birds of Paradise
• 1x Bloom Tender
• 1x Corpsejack Menace
• 1x Crystalline Crawler
• 1x Dauntless Escort
• 1x Deepglow Skate
• 1x Drana, Liberator of Malakir
• 1x Eternal Witness
• 1x Glen Elendra Archmage
• 1x Gyre Sage
• 1x Linvala, Keeper of Silence
• 1x Mephidross Vampire
• 1x Mikaeus, the Lunarch
• 1x Necropolis Regent
• 1x Notion Thief
• 1x Plaxcaster Frogling
• 1x Prime Speaker Zegana
• 1x Recruiter of the Guard
• 1x Selvala, Heart of the Wilds
• 1x Spike Feeder
• 1x Spike Weaver
• 1x Sylvan Caryatid
• 1x Thalia, Heretic Cathar
• 1x Triskelion
• 1x Vizier of the Menagerie
• 1x Winding Constrictor
• 1x Zameck Guildmage

Instant (14)

• 1x Abzan Charm
• 1x Anguished Unmaking
• 1x Cancel
• 1x Counterspell
• 1x Cyclonic Rift
• 1x Eladamri's Call
• 1x Enlightened Tutor
• 1x Heroic Intervention
• 1x Mortify
• 1x Negate
• 1x Putrefy
• 1x Swords to Plowshares
• 1x Vampiric Tutor
• 1x Worldly Tutor

Commander (1)

Enchantment (21)

• 1x Abzan Ascendancy
• 1x As Foretold
• 1x Bred for the Hunt
• 1x Coastal Piracy
• 1x Cradle of Vitality
• 1x Doubling Season
• 1x Duelist's Heritage
• 1x Finest Hour
• 1x Frozen Aether
• 1x Hardened Scales
• 1x Kismet
• 1x Mana Reflection
• 1x Necropotence
• 1x Phyrexian Arena
• 1x Phyrexian Reclamation
• 1x Privileged Position
• 1x Retribution of the Ancients
• 1x Rhystic Study
• 1x Sunbond
• 1x Unspeakable Symbol
• 1x Zendikar Resurgent

Sorcery (5)

• 1x Black Sun's Zenith
• 1x Demonic Tutor
• 1x Open Into Wonder
• 1x Tooth and Nail
• 1x Toxic Deluge

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Artifact (14)

• 1x Ashnod's Altar
• 1x Azorius Signet
• 1x Conqueror's Flail
• 1x Contagion Clasp
• 1x Dimir Signet
• 1x Fellwar Stone
• 1x Golgari Signet
• 1x Magistrate's Scepter
• 1x Orzhov Signet
• 1x Selesnya Signet
• 1x Simic Signet
• 1x Talisman of Dominance
• 1x Talisman of Progress
• 1x Talisman of Unity

Sorcery (1)

• 1x Diabolic Intent

Creature (11)

• 1x Champion of Lambholt
• 1x Forgotten Ancient
• 1x Ghave, Guru of Spores
• 1x Kalonian Hydra
• 1x Master Biomancer
• 1x Oracle of Mul Daya
• 1x Orzhov Advokist
• 1x Reyhan, Last of the Abzan
• 1x Sheoldred, Whispering One
• 1x Thrummingbird
• 1x Viral Drake

Instant (2)

• 1x Counterspell
• 1x Utter End

Planeswalker (1)

• 1x Kaya, Ghost Assassin

Enchantment (8)

• 1x Angelic Accord
• 1x Aura Shards
• 1x Cathars' Crusade
• 1x Death's Presence
• 1x Dissipation Field
• 1x Inexorable Tide
• 1x Lurking Predators
• 1x Mystic Remora

Land (5)

• 1x Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth
• 1x Vivid Creek
• 1x Vivid Grove
• 1x Vivid Marsh
• 1x Vivid Meadow

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This is my attempt at improving the C16 "Breed Lethality" deck, sticking with the theme of abusing counters for value. This is a midrange/aggro deck intended to grind out value over time with proliferate and various counters.

The main win condition is to grow one or more creatures large enough to sacrifice them to Jarad, Golgari Lich Lord and kill the table. Alternatively, combat damage should be relatively simple. As a backup, Altar of Dementia can be used if Jarad isn't available, and can potentially mill the table (I've done this using the first iteration, was unexpected).

To make creatures grow, I plan to use Reyhan, Last of the Abzan and sacrifice/recursion effects so that counters get moved rather than lost. In combination with doubling effects like Doubling Season, Corpsejack Menace, Primal Vigor, and Deepglow Skate this should quickly become obscene. Other helpful cards are those like Bloodspore Thrinax and Master Biomancer, adding counters when I re-cast a creature. These combined with token producers quickly make a giant threatening army.

I particularly like Hangarback Walker, Hooded Hydra, and Chasm Skulker, as they easily acquire counters, and produce token swarms when they die. This is a great form of resilience against board wipes, which is normally a weakness of a counters strategy that relies on creatures sitting on the board over several turns.

Multiple lines of play and a sacrifice/recursion subtheme lead to a very nonlinear deck, that can just as easily be played as straightforward aggro with giant creatures. Get ready to do a ton of math and use a ton of dice!

Current concerns - I may be going overboard on counters-based creatures (such as the Hydras) and skimping on board interaction. I have less removal and counterspell support than I'd prefer, and I'm concerned that this will negatively impact how the deck fares against heavily interactive decks. As an example, one of my main opponents plays an Oona deck with 17 counterspells - I need to ensure I have adequate support to actually play magic, and enough interaction to prevent him from exiling my entire library.

Date added	7 years
Last updated	3 years
Exclude colors	R
Legality	This deck is not Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	14 - 0 Mythic Rares 62 - 0 Rares 23 - 0 Uncommons 6 - 0 Commons
Cards	109
Avg. CMC	3.10
Tokens	Emblem Tamiyo, Field Researcher, Plant 0/1 G, Spirit 1/1 W