How it grades
Fundamentals 91/100. Plays like +1/+1 counters and Lands-matter.
This reads as +1/+1 counters · Lands-matter, 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 land count (39 lands. About 41 fits this curve for +1/+1 counters); the first thing to tighten is interaction: 8 removal/protection effects (want 10+ for +1/+1 counters).
- AMana reliability
- A+Land count
- A+Mana curve
- A-Ramp
- ACard draw
- B+Interaction
- A+Commander synergy
- AWin conditions
- A-Card quality
- A+Legality & size
Where it falls short
- B+Interaction8 removal/protection effects (want 10+ for +1/+1 counters).
Strong on mana reliability, land count, mana curve, ramp, card draw, commander synergy, win conditions, card quality and legality & size.
90 cards graded: A 1, A- 9, B+ 39, B 39, B- 1, C+ 1. The command zone is the plan, so it isn't graded.
Upgrades
Evolution Witness2G$0.29
In place of Biomass Mutation: weakest slot in the deck (59/100)
Pays off your +1/+1 counter engine (18 producers). Fuels your +1/+1 counter payoffs (14 in deck). Top-5% staple by play data.
Orcish Bowmasters1B$43.42
In place of Casualties of War: conditional removal: dead against some boards (65/100)
Fills the removal gap (you're at 8 of 10+). WotC game-changer. Feeds the commanders' +1/+1 counter payoff.
Conjurer's Closet5$4.05
In place of Alpha Deathclaw: weakest slot in the deck (70/100)
Pays off your enters-the-battlefield engine (18 producers). Pays off the commanders' enters-the-battlefield plan. Fills the removal gap (you're at 8 of 10+).
Displacer Kitten3U$34.12
In place of Find // Finality: weakest slot in the deck (70/100)
Pays off your instant-and-sorcery engine (14 producers). Fills the removal gap (you're at 8 of 10+). Pays off your enters-the-battlefield engine (18 producers).
Forgotten Ancient3G$0.38
In place of Nuka-Nuke Launcher: weakest slot in the deck (60/100)
Pays off the commanders' +1/+1 counter plan. EDHREC +1/+1 counters staple. Pays off your +1/+1 counter engine (18 producers).
Evolution Sage2G$2.91
In place of Nuclear Fallout: weakest slot in the deck (61/100)
Pays off your land engine (6 producers). Pays off your +1/+1 counter engine (18 producers). Top-5% staple by play data.
Champion of Lambholt1GG$4.79
In place of Fraying Sanity: weakest slot in the deck (61/100)
Pays off your go-wide engine (19 producers). Pays off your +1/+1 counter engine (18 producers). Top-5% staple by play data.
Thrummingbird1U$0.25
In place of Hancock, Ghoulish Mayor: weakest slot in the deck (62/100)
Pays off your +1/+1 counter engine (18 producers). Top-5% staple by play data. Pays off the commanders' +1/+1 counter plan.
Gyre Sage1G$2.81
In place of Lily Bowen, Raging Grandma: weakest slot in the deck (62/100)
Pays off your go-wide engine (19 producers). Fuels your +1/+1 counter payoffs (14 in deck). Top-5% staple by play data.
Rishkar, Peema Renegade2G$0.26
In place of Vault 87: Forced Evolution: weakest slot in the deck (62/100)
Pays off your +1/+1 counter engine (18 producers). Fuels your +1/+1 counter payoffs (14 in deck). Top-5% staple by play data.
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Decklist
Commander 1
Creatures 28
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Instants 7
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Sorceries 7
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Artifacts 10
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Enchantments 8
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Lands 39
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- B×3
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- B×2
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