Upgrades Unleashed
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- Commander
- Chishiro, the Shattered Blade
- Cards
- 100
- Current value
- $95.65
- Grade
- B
How it grades
Fundamentals 78/100. Plays like Voltron and +1/+1 counters.
This reads as Voltron · +1/+1 counters, built around Chishiro, the Shattered Blade. Suit up one threat, usually Chishiro, the Shattered Blade, until it kills through commander damage in two or three swings. The deck lives and dies on protection: cheap equipment and auras stack power while hexproof, indestructible, and phase-out effects answer the removal that WILL come. Twenty-one commander damage is the clock. Its strongest fundamental is legality & size (Legal and full-size); the first thing to tighten is card draw: 6 draw effects (want 8+ for Voltron).
- A+Mana reliability
- BLand count
- BMana curve
- A+Ramp
- BCard draw
- A-Interaction
- BCommander synergy
- AWin conditions
- A-Card quality
- A+Legality & size
Where it falls short
- BLand count37 lands. About 41 fits this curve for Voltron.
- BMana curve19% of spells cost ≤2, 11% cost 6+.
- BCard draw6 draw effects (want 8+ for Voltron).
- BCommander synergyOnly 29 of 62 spells play into your commanders' plan; they want token, go-wide, +1/+1 counter support. Counts the builds players run with your commanders (Equipment, Auras, Tokens; from EDHREC).
Strong on mana reliability, ramp, interaction, win conditions, card quality and legality & size.
76 cards graded: A- 12, B+ 21, B 38, B- 2, C+ 2, C 1. The command zone is the plan, so it isn't graded.
Upgrades
Made together, they take Upgrades Unleashed from B to B+.
Garruk's Uprising2G$0.58
In place of Ox of Agonas: weakest slot in the deck (66/100)
Fills the draw gap (you're at 6 of 8+). Pays off your token engine (8 producers). Pays off your go-wide engine (24 producers).
The Great Henge7GG$65.74
In place of Concord with the Kami: weakest slot in the deck (68/100)
Pays off your +1/+1 counter engine (22 producers). Fuels your +1/+1 counter payoffs (8 in deck). Pays off the commanders' +1/+1 counter plan.
Selvala, Heart of the Wilds1GG$5.41
In place of Towashi Guide-Bot: weakest slot in the deck (69/100)
Pays off the commanders' token plan. Top-5% staple by play data. Fills the draw gap (you're at 6 of 8+).
Elemental Bond2G$4.67
In place of Snake Umbra: weakest slot in the deck (70/100)
Pays off the commanders' go-wide plan. Fills the draw gap (you're at 6 of 8+). Pays off your go-wide engine (24 producers).
Tribute to the World TreeGGG$14.69
In place of Collision of Realms: doesn't ramp, draw, interact or threaten. What is it for? (41/100)
Fills the draw gap (you're at 6 of 8+). Pays off your token engine (8 producers). Pays off your go-wide engine (24 producers).
Impact Tremors1R$2.52
In place of Shifting Shadow: weakest slot in the deck (48/100)
Pays off your token engine (8 producers). Pays off your go-wide engine (24 producers). Pays off the commanders' token plan.
Craterhoof Behemoth5GGG$25.05
In place of Ascendant Acolyte: weakest slot in the deck (52/100)
Pays off your token engine (8 producers). Pays off your go-wide engine (24 producers). Pays off the commanders' token plan.
Avenger of Zendikar5GG$0.43
In place of Unquenchable Fury: weakest slot in the deck (55/100)
Pays off your land engine (6 producers). Pays off your +1/+1 counter engine (22 producers). Pays off the commanders' +1/+1 counter plan.
Evolution Sage2G$2.94
In place of Kosei, Penitent Warlord: weakest slot in the deck (56/100)
Pays off your +1/+1 counter engine (22 producers). Pays off your land engine (6 producers). Pays off the commanders' +1/+1 counter plan.
Terror of the Peaks3RR$30.11
In place of Fertilid: weakest slot in the deck (61/100)
Pays off your token engine (8 producers). Pays off your go-wide engine (24 producers). Pays off the commanders' token plan.
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Decklist
Commander 1
Creatures 29
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- C+
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Instants 5
- B+
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Sorceries 10
- C
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Artifacts 8
- B
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- B+
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- B
Enchantments 10
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- C+
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Lands 37
- B
- B
- B
- B+
- B+
- B×2
- B
- B
- B
- B+
- B×6
- B×6
- B×7
- B×7
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