How it grades
Fundamentals 99/100. Plays like +1/+1 counters and Tokens.
This reads as +1/+1 counters · Tokens, built around Ms. Bumbleflower. Every creature is a mana sink for growth: counters snowball across the board, doublers turn increments into avalanches, and payoffs convert size into evasion, draw, or the kill. The deck's weakness is exponential dependence: protect the doublers and watch out for clean board resets. The fundamentals check out across the board. From here it's meta calls and personal tech.
- A+Mana reliability
- A+Land count
- A+Mana curve
- A+Ramp
- A+Card draw
- A+Interaction
- A+Commander synergy
- AWin conditions
- A+Card quality
- A+Legality & size
Nothing falls short. Strong on mana reliability, land count, mana curve, ramp, card draw, interaction, commander synergy, win conditions, card quality and legality & size.
93 cards graded: A- 15, B+ 32, B 46. The command zone is the plan, so it isn't graded.
Upgrades
Inspiring Call2G$0.39
In place of Illusionist's Gambit: weakest slot in the deck (60/100)
Pays off your token engine (7 producers). Pays off your go-wide engine (24 producers). Top-5% staple by play data.
Champion of Lambholt1GG$4.79
In place of Martial Impetus: weakest slot in the deck (60/100)
Pays off the commanders' +1/+1 counter plan. EDHREC +1/+1 counters staple. Pays off your token engine (7 producers).
Fathom Mage2GU$0.82
In place of Baird, Steward of Argive: weakest slot in the deck (61/100)
Pays off your token engine (7 producers). Pays off your go-wide engine (24 producers). Top-5% staple by play data.
Esper SentinelW$58.41
In place of Tempt with Discovery: expensive for ramp: the help arrives late (62/100)
Fuels your card-draw payoffs (8 in deck). Fits the card-draw build players run with your commanders. Top-5% staple by play data.
Beast Whisperer2GG$9.08
In place of Perplexing Test: weakest slot in the deck (62/100)
Fuels your card-draw payoffs (8 in deck). Top-5% staple by play data. Fits the card-draw build players run with your commanders.
Kutzil, Malamet Exemplar1GW$3.28
In place of Steelburr Champion: weakest slot in the deck (63/100)
Fuels your card-draw payoffs (8 in deck). Top-5% staple by play data. Fits the card-draw build players run with your commanders.
Evolution Witness2G$0.32
In place of Promise of Loyalty: weakest slot in the deck (63/100)
Pays off your +1/+1 counter engine (11 producers). Fuels your +1/+1 counter payoffs (10 in deck). Top-5% staple by play data.
Evolution Sage2G$3.22
In place of Broken Wings: conditional removal: dead against some boards (63/100)
Pays off your land engine (7 producers). Pays off your +1/+1 counter engine (11 producers). Top-5% staple by play data.
Thrummingbird1U$0.23
In place of Coiling Oracle: weakest slot in the deck (63/100)
Pays off your +1/+1 counter engine (11 producers). Top-5% staple by play data. Pays off the commanders' +1/+1 counter plan.
Rhystic Study2U$69.59
In place of Jolly Gerbils: weakest slot in the deck (63/100)
WotC game-changer. Fuels your card-draw payoffs (8 in deck). Top-5% staple by play data.
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Decklist
Commander 1
Creatures 26
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Planeswalkers 1
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Instants 11
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Sorceries 7
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Artifacts 8
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Enchantments 8
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Lands 38
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