Ishai & Reyhan Counters

Commander / EDH Counters Four Color GWUB Midrange Multiplayer

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Manabase (38)

• 1x Blighted Woodland
• 1x Blooming Marsh
• 1x Botanical Sanctum
• 1x Canopy Vista
• 1x Caves of Koilos
• 1x Command Tower
• 1x Concealed Courtyard
• 1x Darkwater Catacombs
• 1x Exotic Orchard
• 1x Forbidden Orchard
• 8x Forest
• 4x Island
• 1x Krosan Verge
• 1x Llanowar Wastes
• 1x Myriad Landscape
• 3x Plains
• 1x Prairie Stream
• 1x Reliquary Tower
• 1x Sungrass Prairie
• 1x Sunken Hollow
• 3x Swamp
• 1x Temple of the False God
• 1x Underground River
• 1x Yavimaya Coast

Counter Multiplier (8)

• 1x Atraxa, Praetors' Voice
• 1x Corpsejack Menace
• 1x Deepglow Skate
• 1x Hardened Scales
• 1x Kalonian Hydra
• 1x Solidarity of Heroes
• 1x Vorel of the Hull Clade
• 1x Winding Constrictor

Protection & Utility (5)

• 1x Anafenza, the Foremost
• 1x Green Sun's Zenith
• 1x Heroic Intervention
• 1x Ivorytusk Fortress
• 1x Plaxcaster Frogling

Counter Generator (16)

• 1x Abzan Falconer
• 1x Avenger of Zendikar
• 1x Bloodspore Thrinax
• 1x Cathars' Crusade
• 1x Chasm Skulker
• 1x Elenda, the Dusk Rose
• 1x Forgotten Ancient
• 1x Ghave, Guru of Spores
• 1x Hadana's Climb  ^Flip
• 1x Jugan, the Rising Star
• 1x Juniper Order Ranger
• 1x Master Biomancer
• 1x Mycoloth
• 1x Path of Discovery
• 1x Tuskguard Captain
• 1x Verdurous Gearhulk

Mana Accelerant (14)

• 1x Birds of Paradise
• 1x Chromatic Lantern
• 1x Crystalline Crawler
• 1x Cultivate
• 1x Enter the Unknown
• 1x Explosive Vegetation
• 1x Farseek
• 1x Fertilid
• 1x Kodama's Reach
• 1x Rampant Growth
• 1x Rishkar, Peema Renegade
• 1x Sakura-Tribe Elder
• 1x Sol Ring
• 1x Verdant Confluence

Removal & Disruption (7)

• 1x Anguished Unmaking
• 1x Bane of Progress
• 1x Beast Within
• 1x Cyclonic Rift
• 1x Duneblast
• 1x Retribution of the Ancients
• 1x Utter End

Commanders (2)

Card Advantage (10)

• 1x Abzan Charm
• 1x Armorcraft Judge
• 1x Bred for the Hunt
• 1x Fathom Mage
• 1x Inspiring Call
• 1x Lifeblood Hydra
• 1x Prime Speaker Zegana
• 1x Rishkar's Expertise
• 1x Steady Progress
• 1x Tezzeret's Gambit

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All of the Commander decks I make are variations of things I play in other formats. This one is based off of the Golgari/Sultai Winding Constrictor decks from Standard. It's sort of a massive ball of +1/+1 counter synergy. The deck has three major win conditions:

• Make Ishai, Ojutai Dragonspeaker deal lethal commander damage with cards like Deepglow Skate or Corpsejack Menace

• Use +1/+1 effects like Cathars' Crusade or Master Biomancer alongside token generators like Avenger of Zendikar or Elenda, the Dusk Rose and swing for lethal

• Generate insurmountable card advantage with cards like Prime Speaker Zegana or Armorcraft Judge

Those are really just the big three. You can also do cheeky stuff with Duneblast and Reyhan, Last of the Abzan or soft locks with Retribution of the Ancients, but this rarely happens. I'm looking for suggestions for the deck as well. Before I show the cards I'm thinking of replacing, here are my deckbuilding rules:

• I only build with cards that have new frames. I just like how they look and I like my decks looking uniform.

• I don't build infinite combos into my decks. It's just not my style.

• I don't do alternative win conditions. Nothing that says, "if X, you win the game"

• I don't do cards that take extra turns. I'm slow enough of a player as is, I don't need help.

• I really don't like spending more than $10 on a card. I'm not rolling in dough, so be gentle with prices.

I break that last one on occasion, but I try not to :P Now for the cards that I want to replace with better options:

• Ivorytusk Fortress sounds very good on paper, but in practice, it's only good with Vorel of the Hull Clade and Rishkar, Peema Renegade in this deck. The Outlast mechanic being sorcery speed makes this much worse.

• Abzan Falconer and Tuskguard Captain for the tokens both seem like overkill in practice. I'd imagine you can get the +1/+1 your board effects with something besides evasion attached that would be much better. Cathars' Crusade or Master Biomancer for instance.

• Enter the Unknown was also something I tested for awhile in place of Deathrite Shaman when I realized I only had like three fetches. I need something like Elvish Mystic here, with the most colors possible.

• Anafenza, the Foremost is kind of just a hate card. She is one of those cards where she can blow out some decks, but feels very dead in most spots. I also like to avoid attacking unless it's lethal or commander damage, so the counter synergy is lost with my play-style.

That's pretty much it. I'd appreciate any help with the deck, but it is a blast to play even as is. Feedback after playing it would be even more awesome. Good luck and thanks for reading!

Date added	6 years
Last updated	2 years
Exclude colors	R
Legality	This deck is Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	10 - 0 Mythic Rares 43 - 0 Rares 21 - 0 Uncommons 8 - 0 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	3.55
Tokens	Beast 3/3 G, Plant 0/1 G, Saproling 1/1 G, Spirit 1/1 C, Squid 1/1 U, Vampire 1/1 W