Avatar Aang
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- Commander
- Avatar Aang // Aang, Master of Elements
- Cards
- 100
- Current value
- $228.69
- Grade
- A-
How it grades
Fundamentals 90/100. Plays like +1/+1 counters and Tokens.
This reads as +1/+1 counters · Tokens, built around Avatar Aang // Aang, Master of Elements. 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. Avatar Aang // Aang, Master of Elements sits on the cEDH tier list, so the ceiling here is tournament-grade, and experienced tables will treat it that way. Its strongest fundamental is mana curve (38% of spells cost ≤2, 5% cost 6+); the first thing to tighten is mana reliability: 84% of your spells arrive on time. Waterbender's Restoration is the riskiest: its U cost is heavy for this mana base, so expect it several turns late.
- B+Mana reliability
- B+Land count
- A+Mana curve
- A+Ramp
- A-Card draw
- A+Interaction
- A+Commander synergy
- AWin conditions
- A-Card quality
- A+Legality & size
Where it falls short
- B+Mana reliability84% of your spells arrive on time. Waterbender's Restoration is the riskiest: its U cost is heavy for this mana base, so expect it several turns late.
- B+Land count36 lands. About 39 fits this curve for +1/+1 counters.
Strong on mana curve, ramp, card draw, interaction, commander synergy, win conditions, card quality and legality & size.
90 cards graded: A- 2, B+ 29, B 49, B- 8, C+ 2. The command zone is the plan, so it isn't graded.
Upgrades
Made together, they take Avatar Aang from A- to A.
Aura Shards1GW$27.41
In place of Crashing Wave: its U cost is heavy for this mana base; expect it several turns late (50/100)
Pays off your token engine (8 producers). Pays off your go-wide engine (18 producers). Top-5% staple by play data.
Champion of Lambholt1GG$4.81
In place of Waterbender's Restoration: its U cost is heavy for this mana base; expect it several turns late (53/100)
Fits the commander's plan. Fits the token build players run with your commanders. EDHREC +1/+1 counters staple.
Fathom Mage2GU$0.82
In place of White Lotus Tile: expensive for ramp: the help arrives late (56/100)
Pays off your token engine (8 producers). Pays off your go-wide engine (18 producers). Top-5% staple by play data.
Casey Jones, Back Alley Brute3R$0.33
In place of Glider Staff: weakest slot in the deck (58/100)
Pays off your +1/+1 counter engine (15 producers). Fuels your +1/+1 counter payoffs (3 in deck). Works with the commander directly.
Leonardo, the Balance3W$1.65
In place of Earthbending Lesson: weakest slot in the deck (59/100)
Pays off your token engine (8 producers). Pays off your +1/+1 counter engine (15 producers). Fits the token build players run with your commanders.
Forgotten Ancient3G$0.37
In place of Aang's Iceberg: weakest slot in the deck (60/100)
Fuels your go-wide payoffs (3 in deck). Pays off your +1/+1 counter engine (15 producers). Top-5% staple by play data.
Evolution Sage2G$3.20
In place of Mai and Zuko: weakest slot in the deck (61/100)
Fuels your enters-the-battlefield payoffs (4 in deck). Pays off your +1/+1 counter engine (15 producers). Top-5% staple by play data.
Thought Vessel2—
In place of North Pole Patrol: weakest slot in the deck (61/100)
Pays off your card-draw engine (15 producers). Pays off the commanders' card-draw plan. Top-5% staple by play data.
Garruk's Uprising2G$0.53
In place of Earthshape: weakest slot in the deck (62/100)
Pays off your token engine (8 producers). Pays off your go-wide engine (18 producers). Top-5% staple by play data.
Decanter of Endless Water3$5.19
In place of Redirect Lightning: weakest slot in the deck (63/100)
Pays off your card-draw engine (15 producers). Top-5% staple by play data. Pays off the commanders' card-draw plan.
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Decklist
Commander 1
Creatures 28
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Instants 12
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Sorceries 8
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Artifacts 7
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Enchantments 8
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Lands 36
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