As for any of the top 5, well you cant go wrong with any of them so grab them while theyre hot and enjoy these beautiful cards for years to come
Otherwise, bards play support to other strategies, as should be expected
We added a threshold to draw a card to incentivize players to sometimes cast two spells in a turn, rather than always maxing out their X values on a single spell
This set also introduced a powerful cycle of Pokmon-ex with healing and energy acceleration
(2017-03-14) Populate doesn't target the creature token you're copying
Counterpunch Commander (1) Creature (26) Aquastrand Spider Deadly Recluse Sakura-Tribe Elder Scavenging Ooze Monk Realist Selesnya Evangel Golgari Guildmage Selesnya Guildmage Nantuko Husk Fertilid Spawnwrithe Vampire Nighthawk Spike Feeder Yavimaya Elder Squallmonger Penumbra Spider Sigil Captain Shriekmaw Dark Hatchling Teneb, the Harvester Hornet Queen Vish Kal, Blood Arbiter Symbiotic Wurm Celestial Force Karador, Ghost Chieftain Chorus of the Conclave Instant (7) Doom Blade Tribute to the Wild Footbottom Feast Afterlife Mortify Nemesis Trap Cobra Trap Sorcery (9) Alliance of Arms Cultivate Harmonize Syphon Flesh Bestial Menace Hex Hour of Reckoning Death Mutation Storm Herd Enchantment (10) Soul Snare Fists of Ironwood Necrogenesis Vow of Malice Awakening Zone Vow of Wildness Oblivion Ring Vow of Duty Attrition Aura Shards Artifact (8) Skullclamp Sol Ring Golgari Signet Lightning Greaves Orzhov Signet Selesnya Signet Darksteel Ingot Acorn Catapult Land (39) Barren Moor Command Tower Evolving Wilds Golgari Rot Farm Orzhov Basilica Rupture Spire Secluded Steppe Selesnya Sanctuary Temple of the False God Tranquil Thicket Vivid Grove Vivid Marsh Vivid Meadow Swamp x8 Forest x10 Plains x8 Commanders, Themes, and Strategy Counterpunch (sounds almost like a blue deck) is the Abzan-colored graveyard shenanigans deck that looks to create mana and board advantage with sacrifice and group-sacrifice effects that it benefits from
