Swell the Host
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- Commander
- Ezuri, Claw of Progress
- Cards
- 100
- Current value
- $99.20
- Grade
- B
How it grades
Fundamentals 81/100. Plays like +1/+1 counters and Voltron.
This reads as +1/+1 counters · Voltron, built around Ezuri, Claw of Progress. 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. Its strongest fundamental is land count (41 lands. About 42 fits this curve for +1/+1 counters); the first thing to tighten is mana curve: 21% of spells cost ≤2, 21% cost 6+.
- A-Mana reliability
- A+Land count
- B-Mana curve
- B+Ramp
- ACard draw
- A+Interaction
- A+Commander synergy
- AWin conditions
- BCard quality
- A+Legality & size
Where it falls short
- B-Mana curve21% of spells cost ≤2, 21% cost 6+.
- B+Ramp9 ramp effects (want 11+ for this curve for +1/+1 counters).
- BCard qualityMedian EDHREC rank #6,761
Strong on mana reliability, land count, card draw, interaction, commander synergy, win conditions and legality & size.
82 cards graded: A- 9, B+ 17, B 44, B- 10, C+ 1, C 1. The command zone is the plan, so it isn't graded.
Upgrades
Made together, they take Swell the Host from B to A-.
Gyre Sage1G$2.95
In place of Simic Keyrune: weakest slot in the deck (57/100)
Fills the ramp gap (you're at 9 of 11+). Pays off your token engine (9 producers). Pays off your go-wide engine (32 producers).
Rishkar, Peema Renegade2G$0.26
In place of Verdant Confluence: expensive for ramp: the help arrives late (59/100)
Pays off your +1/+1 counter engine (10 producers). Fuels your go-wide payoffs (4 in deck). Top-5% staple by play data.
Selvala, Heart of the Wilds1GG$5.38
In place of Solemn Simulacrum: expensive for ramp: the help arrives late (71/100)
Fits the commander's plan. Feeds the commanders' go-wide payoff. Fills the ramp gap (you're at 9 of 11+).
Champion of Lambholt1GG$4.79
In place of Mirror Match: doesn't ramp, draw, interact or threaten. What is it for? (40/100)
Pays off the commanders' +1/+1 counter plan. EDHREC +1/+1 counters staple. Pays off your token engine (9 producers).
Llanowar ElvesG$0.31
In place of Sakura-Tribe Elder: weakest slot in the deck (73/100)
Fills the ramp gap (you're at 9 of 11+). Fuels your go-wide payoffs (4 in deck). Top-5% staple by play data.
Fathom Mage2GU$0.82
In place of Noble Quarry: weakest slot in the deck (52/100)
Pays off your token engine (9 producers). Pays off your go-wide engine (32 producers). Top-5% staple by play data.
Evolution Sage2G$3.22
In place of Wistful Selkie: weakest slot in the deck (54/100)
Pays off your land engine (7 producers). Pays off your +1/+1 counter engine (10 producers). Top-5% staple by play data.
Thrummingbird1U$0.23
In place of Plaxmanta: weakest slot in the deck (56/100)
Pays off your +1/+1 counter engine (10 producers). Fuels your go-wide payoffs (4 in deck). Top-5% staple by play data.
The Great Henge7GG$65.74
In place of Desert Twister: sorcery-speed removal: can't answer on their turn (56/100)
Fuels your +1/+1 counter payoffs (3 in deck). Fills the ramp gap (you're at 9 of 11+). Pays off your +1/+1 counter engine (10 producers).
Managorger Hydra2G$1.55
In place of Kaseto, Orochi Archmage: weakest slot in the deck (57/100)
Pays off your +1/+1 counter engine (10 producers). Fuels your go-wide payoffs (4 in deck). Top-5% staple by play data.
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Decklist
Commander 1
Creatures 33
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Instants 7
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Sorceries 7
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Artifacts 9
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Enchantments 2
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Lands 41
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- B×4
- B×3
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- B×3
- B×3
- B×2
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