Breena, the Demagogue

Legendary Creature — Bird Warlock

Flying

Whenever a player attacks one of your opponents, if that opponent has more life than another of your opponents, that attacking player draws a card and you put two +1/+1 counters on a creature you control.

Legality

Format	Legality
1v1 Commander	Legal
Archenemy	Legal
Block Constructed	Legal
Canadian Highlander	Legal
Casual	Legal
Commander / EDH	Legal
Commander: Rule 0	Legal
Custom	Legal
Duel Commander	Legal
Freeform	Legal
Highlander	Legal
Legacy	Legal
Leviathan	Legal
Limited	Legal
Oathbreaker	Legal
Planar Constructed	Legal
Planechase	Legal
Quest Magic	Legal
Tiny Leaders	Legal
Vanguard	Legal
Vintage	Legal

Discussion (51)

MortisAngelus on Card draw when adding +1/+1 …

1 month ago

Thank you all again for all the awesome suggestions!

Last Laugh

I am well aware of all those "combat damage triggered" draws. But I want to not be restricted by combat damage. I already have Kutzil, Malamet Exemplar for that and was planning on complementing him with Bred for the Hunt. But now I am thinking of opting for Enduring Curiosity instead; why limit myself to drawing on combat with only +1/+1 counter creatures, and enduring curiosity also gives me another body to use an attacker.

But really, at this point, Toski, Bearer of Secrets is the best option.

Breena, the Demagogue is a very interesting card.

However, today I found a new (to me) card: Falco Spara, Pactweaver which essentially can capitalize on my collected counters.

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@RiotRunner789

Thanks! But I dont think those cards fit my specific strategy.

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@Antsquisher

Yeah, but the angel is significantly better due to the evasion, and the additional synergy with Atraxa's lifelink.

Inspiring Call I feel like is the staple +1 counters matters card. It is literally reprinted in every deck now that cares about +1 counters. And yet I keep cutting it for spells.

Thanks to all of you again!

Last_Laugh on Card draw when adding +1/+1 …

1 month ago

Breena, the Demagogue, Cleopatra, Exiled Pharaoh, Galadriel, Light of Valinor, Kutzil, Malamet Exemplar, Pollywog Prodigy, and Shadrix Silverquill are all options I run in these colors.

I personally ran Reyhan, Last of the Abzan *f-etch* / Ishai, Ojutai Dragonspeaker because I found The Ozolith in my Command zone was more impactful and explosive than a single proliferate per turn.

Blade of Selves for example on Reyhan is a commander damage kill as early as turn 3 (turn 1: land, sol ring, Blade of Selves. turn 2: Reyhan. Turn 3: Equip to Reyhan and attack.) Blade makes 2 Reyhans that immediately die to the legend rule. The 6 +1+1 counters from the 2 dying Reyhans are seen and replaced by all 3 Reyhans for 18x +1+1 counters on the original 3/3 for a perfect 21 commander damage. Rite of Replication kicked and targeting Reyhan is 90x +1+1 counters (15 counters seen by 6 Reyhans).

Last_Laugh on Ikra Friqi Shidiqi + Kondo Mondo Buttlink

4 months ago

Fun commanders, I've had them built for a few years now and I have a few suggestions for you. I'll try to keep things budget friendly (besides 1 card) and I'll break it down by category.

Card Draw: Breena, the Demagogue, Cleopatra, Exiled Pharaoh, Starscream, Power Hungry  ^Flip, Wojek Investigator, Vraska Joins Up, and possibly Sergeant John Benton (I run all these personally).

Defensive: Crackdown may work better than Meekstone here because it's easier for you to get around if you're seeing +1+1 counter effects or 3+ power flyers like Shalai, Voice of Plenty.

The 1 expensive card: Bloodletter of Aclazotz is really really good here.

Anyways, feel free to check out my deck for other ideas. Upvotes on any of my decks are appreciated. Badonkadonk Buttlink Brigade - Ikra / Sidar

OberstHati on Swinging with Isshin

6 months ago

Thank You Last_Laugh, Valet is another spicy Option,… I have Hanweir Garrison  ^Meld don’t really know what to cut in its favour though, and Breena, the Demagogue The opponents Card draw scares me a bit… Dollmaker's Shop / Porcelain Gallery is a bomb on Arena, Shared Animosity too, Both should find their way into the 100,… I think about adding Drannith MagistrateGC and Archon of Emeria, Ragavan, Nimble Pilferer is already ordered… That should help a bit with the curve issue too…

Last_Laugh on Swinging with Isshin

6 months ago

Really nice start, I only have a few suggestions for ya.

Devilish Valet doesn't have an attack trigger but just 6 tokens entering makes him 64 power. I've managed to hit for over 1,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000 damage (1 septillion) with just this one guy.

Breena, the Demagogue is a bit group huggy but 8x +1+1 counters up to 4 times and draw 4 each trip around the table is pretty nutty.

Hanweir Garrison  ^Meld / Hanweir Battlements  ^{Flip  Meld} are both solid additions. Jacked Rabbit and Leonin Warleader are another pair of good options for tokens.

Dollmaker's Shop / Porcelain Gallery is an amazing token producer and a finisher rolled into 1. I've fallen in love with this piece of cardboard...

Shared Animosity doesn't need a tribal deck when you have double triggers. Just 3 matching 1/1 tokens will attack as 5/1's and it snowballs QUICK from there.

Anyways, happy I checked your list because I didn't keep up with spoilers. You brought Windcrag Siege and a few others to my attention. Feel free to check out my list for other ideas. Upvotes on any of my decks are appreciated. Spanisshin Inquisisshin

Crow_Umbra on Best color for this type …

9 months ago

My main play group runs various flavors of Goad, or combat manipulation (we love swinging at each other). Why swing at other people, when you can force them to hit each other? A few suggestions off the top of my head:

• Karazikar, the Eye Tyrant/Kardur, Doomscourge - Either of these could be the commander of the deck. Karazikar simultaneously incentivizes and punishes your opponents for smacking each other. Playing in Red/Black also opens up access to all the direct burn stuff in Red, as well as attack trigger group slug like Hellrider, Vicious Conquistador, or Far Fortune, End Boss.

• Breena, the Demagogue - Help your opponents draw cards from hitting each other. The access to white also gives you plenty of options for the Ghostly Prison effects in white, plus its suite of removal.

• Gonti, Night Minister is a new option that could also slot into the 99 of some of the other commanders mentioned above. The theft aspects will likely draw the ire of the table, but if everyone is stealing from everyone...

• Alexios, Deimos of Kosmos or Slicer, Hired Muscle  ^Flip- You could donate a big Voltron threat around the table and make the table kill each other for you. One of my friends runs Alexios, and it feels like a game of hot potato with Voltron damage. Technically, you're not the one hitting people.

• Nelly Borca, Impulsive Accuser can Goad your opponents creatures, but also rewards your opponents for hitting each other. You can Goad everyone while hiding behind the Ghostly Prison/Propaganda effects.

• Isshin, Two Heavens as One can be built as a combat control deck, since he checks the attack triggers on most stuff I previously mentioned, and house those all in his 99. Additionally you can run stuff like Lightmine Field and Caltrops.

• The Lord of Pain is a lot of fun to play as a commander, and to play against. Maybe my friends and I are just masochists. A couple of my friends run the Lord of Pain as a commander, and typically play it very politically, where they "donate" the option to target the damage. You don't have to swing, and can run all the burn and damage multipliers to your heart's content.

Gleeock on Duskmourn

1 year ago

Of all the cards to get excited about.. I love this: osseous sticktwister. In my Breena, the Demagogue deck this weenie is going to be a freak'n terror!

Lifelink on a 2cmc body. With an endstep dilemma type of ability based on its' power! +4/+4 early-game is not an uncommon occurrence in that deck

Last_Laugh on Alela's Artifacts Makes Tokens Do Stuff

1 year ago

Nice to see another Alela list and good job keeping your avg mana cost low. I have some suggestions for you and I'll try to break it down by category and keep things budget friendly. If you're picking up what I'm putting down and need help with suggested cuts, just holler.

CARD DRAW:

Breena, the Demagogue is amazing here. It incentivizes opponents to attack one another for card draw while your creatures get the +1+1 counters and you get the draw/counters twice for attacking the 2 opponents with higher life.

Starscream, Power Hungry  ^Flip brings the Monarch mechanic into the game which will draw you an extra card at your end step but you'll also smack an opponent for 2 for every card you draw while you're the Monarch.

Plumb the Forbidden in response to a boardwipe ensures you have a grip full of cards to redeploy. Instant speed and pseudo dodging counterspells makes this card.

Reconnaissance Mission/Bident of Thassa/The Indomitable/Coastal Piracy - I personally run 3 of these effects... they will draw you a ton of cards.

CREATURE BUFFS:

Skyhunter Strike Force will buff all your attackers +3+3 just for attacking all 3 opponents. Bonus points for not needing to attack itself.

Nykthos Paragon because your commander is an evasive lifelinker and this guy is an enchantment. The low bar here is you hit for 2 with Alela and everyone gets 2x +1+1 counters, then 4 the next turn, then 8, and that's assuming Alela only had 2 power to start.

Felidar Retreat is another go-wide counters effect that works wonders here.

MISC.:

Fanatical Devotion let's you sac tokens to save your actual creatures.

Feel free to check out my list for ideas. Upvotes on any of my decks are appreciated. Alela's Aerodynamics: A Crash Course