Young, Growing Boys

Commander / EDH Counters Exile Group Hug Multiplayer RGW (Naya)

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Creatures (35)

• 1x Gilded Goose
• 1x Anafenza, Kin-Tree Spirit
• 1x Axgard Artisan
• 1x Conclave Mentor
• 1x Dusk Legion Duelist *pp*
• 1x Duskshell Crawler
• 1x Grateful Apparition
• 1x Gyre Sage
• 1x Incubation Druid
• 1x Shire Shirriff
• 1x Abzan Falconer
• 1x Breya's Apprentice
• 1x Elite Spellbinder
• 1x Evolution Sage
• 1x Hedron Detonator
• 1x Kami of Whispered Hopes
• 1x Laelia, the Blade Reforged
• 1x Tuskguard Captain
• 1x Aragorn, Hornburg Hero
• 1x Armorcraft Judge
• 1x Filigree Vector
• 1x Glorious Protector
• 1x Halana and Alena, Partners
• 1x Shalai and Hallar
• 1x Aerial Extortionist
• 1x Cataclysmic Gearhulk
• 1x Commander Liara Portyr
• 1x Elite Scaleguard
• 1x Kami of Celebration
• 1x Loyal Guardian
• 1x Skyboon Evangelist
• 1x Urabrask, Heretic Praetor
• 1x Conclave Sledge-Captain
• 1x Enduring Scalelord
• 1x Hamza, Guardian of Arashin

Counter Synergy (8)

• 1x Duskshell Crawler
• 1x Abzan Falconer
• 1x Tuskguard Captain
• 1x Elite Scaleguard
• 1x Kami of Celebration
• 1x Skyboon Evangelist
• 1x Enduring Scalelord
• 1x Hamza, Guardian of Arashin

Card Advantage (5)

• 1x Dusk Legion Duelist *pp*
• 1x Trail of Crumbs
• 1x Inspiring Call
• 1x Armorcraft Judge
• 1x Aerial Extortionist

Lands (37)

• 1x Alpine Meadow
• 1x Arctic Treeline
• 1x Ash Barrens
• 1x Battlefield Forge
• 1x Brushland
• 1x Clifftop Retreat
• 1x Command Tower
• 1x Evolving Wilds
• 5x Forest
• 1x Fortified Village
• 1x Furycalm Snarl
• 1x Game Trail
• 1x Ghost Quarter
• 1x Highland Forest
• 1x Jungle Shrine
• 1x Karplusan Forest
• 3x Mountain
• 1x Myriad Landscape
• 1x Path of Ancestry
• 6x Plains
• 1x Radiant Grove
• 1x Rootbound Crag
• 1x Sacred Peaks
• 1x Sunpetal Grove
• 1x Terramorphic Expanse
• 1x Wooded Ridgeline

Counter Sources (10)

• 1x Anafenza, Kin-Tree Spirit
• 1x Invasion of Gobakhan  ^Flip
• 1x Ranger Class
• 1x Fight Rigging
• 1x Aragorn, Hornburg Hero
• 1x Filigree Vector
• 1x Halana and Alena, Partners
• 1x Showdown of the Skalds
• 1x Kami of Celebration
• 1x Loyal Guardian

Proliferate (6)

• 1x Contagion Clasp
• 1x Grateful Apparition
• 1x Smell Fear
• 1x Throne of Geth
• 1x Evolution Sage
• 1x Filigree Vector

Enablers (4)

• 1x Invasion of Gobakhan  ^Flip
• 1x Inspiring Call
• 1x Unbreakable Formation
• 1x Glorious Protector

Board Wipe (2)

• 1x Delayed Blast Fireball
• 1x Cataclysmic Gearhulk

Commander (1)

Mana (13)

• 1x Astral Cornucopia
• 1x Everflowing Chalice
• 1x Gilded Goose
• 1x Sol Ring
• 1x Axgard Artisan
• 1x Gyre Sage
• 1x Incubation Druid
• 1x Kami of Whispered Hopes
• 1x Map the Wastes
• 1x Replicating Ring
• 1x Night of the Sweets' Revenge
• 1x Terramorph
• 1x Hamza, Guardian of Arashin

Exile (12)

• 1x Kayla's Music Box
• 1x Share the Spoils
• 1x Breya's Apprentice
• 1x Curse of Hospitality
• 1x Hedron Detonator
• 1x Laelia, the Blade Reforged
• 1x Elkin Lair
• 1x Invasion of Kaldheim  ^Flip
• 1x Showdown of the Skalds
• 1x Commander Liara Portyr
• 1x Kami of Celebration
• 1x Urabrask, Heretic Praetor

Interaction (8)

• 1x Invasion of Gobakhan  ^Flip
• 1x Shire Shirriff
• 1x Smell Fear
• 1x Soul Partition
• 1x Elite Spellbinder
• 1x Banishment
• 1x Aerial Extortionist
• 1x Leyline Binding

Counter Boosters (3)

• 1x Hardened Scales
• 1x Conclave Mentor
• 1x Kami of Whispered Hopes

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The deck is named "Young, Growing Boys," since the goal is to make a ton of food to eat so that all my precious little creatures grow big and strong. It's built out of an Abzan counters deck that, in a very different form, basically got me into paper magic. I changed the commander and colors, because I wanted a more unique way to play counters than the standard Selesnya or Abzan counters lists and got inspired by Ben Ulmer's Moving Day list. The main shell is a +1/+1 counters list, but specific late-game synergies can accidentally turn it into storm.

Date added	9 months
Last updated	2 months
Legality	This deck is Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	4 - 0 Mythic Rares 41 - 0 Rares 27 - 0 Uncommons 10 - 0 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	3.16
Tokens	Food, Replicated Ring, Thopter 1/1 C, Wolf 2/2 G
Based on	Returning to Ancestral Roots August_Cross EDH