EDH +1/+1 Counter Deck Help
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Posted on July 29, 2018, 10:26 p.m. by Cthu1uS4uru5R3x
Hi all! I've been working on some commander decks, and I want some help. Specifically, I have gone through a few iterations of +1/+1 counter decks, but I have stopped playing them because I brew them with too many creatures that will slooowly get massive and then be trounced by removal. If any of you know some ways to fix this, please let me know. Thanks!
Favorite commander for sure
July 29, 2018 10:41 p.m.
I'd at minimum suggest /x for Hardened Scales, Doubling Season, maybe Vigor
Marath, Will of the Wild, Ghave, Guru of Spores, Ezuri, Claw of Progress and Prime Speaker Zegana are all powerful. Vampires like Olivia Voldaren are often +1/+1 themed. So many to choose from
July 29, 2018 10:56 p.m.
I'll second Ghave, Guru of Spores. While you lose access to blue, Ghave lets you go both high and wide and can build a board state very quickly. With sufficient ramp and cards like Cathars' Crusade, you can build an entire army of big beaters in one turn.
July 29, 2018 11:01 p.m. Edited.
DrukenReaps says... #6
Some commander options:
Vorel of the Hull Clade- doubles up on anything there, builds most things pretty fast, especially if you start untapping.
Ghave, Guru of Spores, Ezuri, Claw of Progress- easily go infinite with one or two other cards. Also experience counters stick to the player not the creature so you just have to recast Ezuri and he will be right where you left off at.
Skullbriar, the Walking Grave- usually slow to build up but keeps counters forever.
Marchesa, the Black Rose- doesn't usually stack a bunch of counters but still uses them to usually be something akin to aristocrats. So probably not what you are looking to do but here she is anyways :P
Marath, Will of the Wild- just gets bigger and bigger and bigger. Also very mana hungry...
July 29, 2018 11:08 p.m.
I use Ramos, Dragon Engine as my 5 color EDH deck commander. You'd be surprised how easily you can get +1/1 counters on him. My deck isn't even based on +1/1 counters but I get 5 on him every other turn. He's colorless so you can get him out easily enough, and with a deck focused on counter manipulation he could be insane.
July 30, 2018 10:20 a.m.
It sounds like you have been looking for a good Reyhan, Last of the Abzan list. It's pretty resistant to removal and it's quite explosive.
Reyhan & Silan Renn: Synergy of the Arcbound Army
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July 30, 2018 11:21 a.m.
No love for Atraxa, Praetors' Voice? I've had great luck with
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July 30, 2018 2:42 p.m.
MindAblaze says... #11
My EDH cube has a +1/+1 counters theme running through it. Below are a list of the legends I use in it to push the cube in different directions.
It’s obviously supported with on-theme filler and not all the colors are represented here. White and green are probably the best places to get counters, and are slightly underrepresented in this list, but Voltron obviously fits into the +1/+1 counter theme well. Anyway, do what you will with this, and let me know if you have any questions.
July 30, 2018 3:12 p.m.
Schuesseled says... #12
@Rzepkanut The Bitter Taste of Sweet Decay 4C
You can also change the partner to red blue to access marchesa, which just makes it silly. Nice card choice in servant of the scales. Borrowing that.
July 30, 2018 7:09 p.m. Edited.
My Experiment Kraj deck has turned into one of the most fun decks that I have because of the inherent charm (to me) of trying to assemble abilities onto one creature and being able to take advantage of what my opponents play in a non-theft way. Most of my group tolerates one-time theft effects and actively dislikes repeated thefts. But me putting a counter onto your creature so I can use its activated ability? No one complains about that.
July 30, 2018 7:16 p.m.
Cthu1uS4uru5R3x says... #14
Thanks so much for all the suggestions so far! You guys really focused on the commanders, and even though I already thought I knew those commanders, I really needed to read them again. I'm thinking about Experiment Kraj (which I really don't know how to build), or maybe something like Reyhan, Last of the Abzan (one of those I needed to reread), because it is really good at protecting itself. Again, thanks so much!
July 31, 2018 11:13 p.m.
bwanabeast5 says... #15
Teferi's Protection That's one of the only explanations if you don't already have that.
Cthu1uS4uru5R3x says... #2
Quick note, I do not mind any color combination you guys think up, so don't let that stop you, as well as any different commanders, if you want to suggest those. As long as it works, I am willing to completely rework the deck from the ground up. Thanks again!
July 29, 2018 10:29 p.m.