The Punk Rocker And Her Goodest Boy

Commander / EDH BGW (Abzan, Junk) Counters Primer Tokens Value Engine Voltron

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Mana (50)

• 1x Arcane Signet
• 1x Ashnod's Altar
• 1x Fertilid
• 12x Forest
• 1x Golgari Signet
• 1x Gyre Sage
• 1x Incubation Druid
• 1x Jiang Yanggu, Wildcrafter
• 1x Orzhov Signet
• 12x Plains
• 1x Rishkar, Peema Renegade
• 1x Selesnya Signet
• 1x Sol Ring
• 1x Solemn Simulacrum
• 1x Song of Freyalise
• 12x Swamp
• 1x The Great Henge

Counters (8)

• 1x Ajani Goldmane
• 1x Ajani Steadfast
• 1x Anafenza, Kin-Tree Spirit
• 1x Cathars' Crusade
• 1x Ghave, Guru of Spores
• 1x Path of Discovery
• 1x Skullbriar, the Walking Grave
• 1x The Ozolith

CardAdvantage (5)

• 1x Altar of Dementia
• 1x Eternal Witness
• 1x Guardian Project
• 1x Krav, the Unredeemed
• 1x Yawgmoth, Thran Physician

BouncyBalls (14)

• 1x Athreos, Shroud-Veiled
• 1x Blood Clock
• 1x Bramble Sovereign
• 1x Cauldron of Souls
• 1x Conjurer's Closet
• 1x Erratic Portal
• 1x Felidar Guardian
• 1x Helm of the Host
• 1x Luminous Broodmoth
• 1x Nethroi, Apex of Death
• 1x Nim Deathmantle
• 1x Restoration Angel
• 1x Temur Sabertooth
• 1x Whisper, Blood Liturgist

YannikTargets (10)

• 1x Dire Fleet Ravager
• 1x Geist-Honored Monk
• 1x Gonti, Lord of Luxury
• 1x Grave Titan
• 1x Gray Merchant of Asphodel
• 1x Hornet Queen
• 1x Myr Battlesphere
• 1x Serra Avatar
• 1x Siege Rhino
• 1x Sun Titan

Other (4)

• 1x Corpse Knight
• 1x Corpsejack Menace
• 1x Doubling Season
• 1x Panharmonicon

Commanders (2)

Removal (7)

• 1x Acidic Slime
• 1x Aura Shards
• 1x Massacre Girl
• 1x Night Incarnate
• 1x Plaguecrafter
• 1x Reclamation Sage
• 1x Retribution of the Ancients

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Other (13)

• 1x Birthing Pod
• 1x Charming Prince
• 1x Citadel Siege
• 1x Eldrazi Displacer
• 1x Elenda, the Dusk Rose
• 1x Gideon, Champion of Justice
• 1x Hardened Scales
• 1x Lumbering Battlement
• 1x Shalai, Voice of Plenty
• 1x Together Forever
• 1x Voice of Resurgence
• 1x Wayfaring Temple
• 1x Winding Constrictor

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Nikara, Lair Scavenger and Yannik, Scavenging Sentinel aren't the strongest options coming with Ikoria but I love the consistent value they can give at a decently low CMC. I'm looking forward to writing out a primer in full when the deck settles down a bit. That will be a while because I'll need to play with the cards some first. I'll add my thoughts below as I build and alter along the way though.

So I found my first bit of tech for the deck in Serra Avatar. When banished with Yannik I could easily have 35 to 40 +1/+1 counters to spread across creatures! This led me to finding what I think are some of the best ridiculously high power creatures for the deck. I've added Ajani Goldmane, Fungal Behemoth, Geist-Honored Monk, Ulvenwald Hydra, and Sage of Ancient Lore   and I'm currently considering which others if any I might go with. 3 of these in particular also come with ETBs furthering their usefulness as Yannik targets.

I believe at this point the main method of winning with this deck will be swinging with Nikara after plopping 30 +1/+1 counters on her from the interaction of yannik and one of the large creatures like serra avatar. Outside of that maybe swarm with tokens produced by some of the other ETBs? There is Gray Merchant of Asphodel, Siege Rhino, and Dire Fleet Ravager but I don't really expect to win with those.

A quick explanation of the custom categories:

Other: Belong in the deck but don't quite match other things in the deck.

BouncyBalls: Ways of bringing things back from the grave or shooting them to hand/exile.

CardAdvantage: Create card advantage...

Mana: Produce or find mana.

Counters: directly produce counters. Usually +1/+1.

Removal: create card disadvantage for opponents.

YannikTargets: ETB effects I want to have multiple times.

Top Ranked	Achieved #2 position overall 4 years ago Achieved #1 position in Commander / EDH Primer 4 years ago
Date added	4 years
Last updated	2 years
Exclude colors	UR
Legality	This deck is Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	16 - 0 Mythic Rares 26 - 0 Rares 17 - 0 Uncommons 5 - 0 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	3.86
Tokens	*/* W Creature Avatar, Copy Clone, Emblem Ajani Steadfast, Insect 1/1 G w/ Flying, Deathtouch, Myr 1/1 C, Saproling 1/1 G, Spirit 1/1 W, Zombie 2/2 B
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