How it grades
Fundamentals 78/100. Plays like +1/+1 counters and Mill.
This reads as +1/+1 counters · Mill, built around The Wise Mothman. 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 mana curve (42% of spells cost ≤2, 13% cost 6+); the first thing to tighten is card draw: 6 draw effects (want 10+ for +1/+1 counters).
- AMana reliability
- BLand count
- A+Mana curve
- A+Ramp
- C+Card draw
- A+Interaction
- B+Commander synergy
- A+Win conditions
- A+Card quality
- A+Legality & size
Where it falls short
- BLand count35 lands. About 39 fits this curve for +1/+1 counters.
- C+Card draw6 draw effects (want 10+ for +1/+1 counters).
- B+Commander synergyOnly 33 of 64 spells play into your commanders' plan; they want +1/+1 counter, enters-the-battlefield support. Counts the builds players run with your commanders (Mill, Proliferate; from EDHREC).
Strong on mana reliability, mana curve, ramp, interaction, win conditions, card quality and legality & size.
89 cards graded: A 1, A- 13, B+ 39, B 36. The command zone is the plan, so it isn't graded.
Upgrades
Fathom Mage2GU$0.82
In place of Contaminated Drink: weakest slot in the deck (64/100)
Fills the draw gap (you're at 6 of 10+). Pays off your go-wide engine (18 producers). Pays off your +1/+1 counter engine (11 producers).
Tribute to the World TreeGGG$14.69
In place of Struggle for Project Purity: weakest slot in the deck (69/100)
Fuels your +1/+1 counter payoffs (14 in deck). Feeds the commanders' +1/+1 counter payoff. Top-5% staple by play data.
The Great Henge7GG$65.78
In place of Guardian Project: weakest slot in the deck (71/100)
Pays off the commanders' +1/+1 counter plan. Fills the draw gap (you're at 6 of 10+). Pays off your +1/+1 counter engine (11 producers).
Champion of Lambholt1GG$4.79
In place of Nuka-Nuke Launcher: weakest slot in the deck (60/100)
EDHREC +1/+1 counters staple. Pays off your go-wide engine (18 producers). Pays off your +1/+1 counter engine (11 producers).
Gyre Sage1G$2.81
In place of Nuclear Fallout: weakest slot in the deck (61/100)
Pays off your go-wide engine (18 producers). Fuels your +1/+1 counter payoffs (14 in deck). Feeds the commanders' +1/+1 counter payoff.
Forgotten Ancient3G$0.38
In place of Hancock, Ghoulish Mayor: weakest slot in the deck (62/100)
Pays off your +1/+1 counter engine (11 producers). Fuels your +1/+1 counter payoffs (14 in deck). Pays off the commanders' +1/+1 counter plan.
Incubation Druid1G$2.92
In place of Winding Constrictor: weakest slot in the deck (62/100)
Fuels your +1/+1 counter payoffs (14 in deck). Feeds the commanders' +1/+1 counter payoff. Top-5% staple by play data.
Rishkar, Peema Renegade2G$0.26
In place of Mesmeric Orb: weakest slot in the deck (63/100)
Pays off your +1/+1 counter engine (11 producers). Fuels your +1/+1 counter payoffs (14 in deck). Pays off the commanders' +1/+1 counter plan.
Managorger Hydra2G$1.55
In place of Cathedral Acolyte: weakest slot in the deck (63/100)
Pays off your +1/+1 counter engine (11 producers). Fuels your +1/+1 counter payoffs (14 in deck). Pays off the commanders' +1/+1 counter plan.
Kalonian Hydra3GG$7.24
In place of Raul, Trouble Shooter: weakest slot in the deck (63/100)
Pays off your +1/+1 counter engine (11 producers). Pays off the commanders' +1/+1 counter plan. Top-5% staple by play data.
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Decklist
Commander 1
Creatures 27
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Instants 10
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Sorceries 9
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Artifacts 10
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Enchantments 8
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Lands 35
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- B×4
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- B×4
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