The Astonishing Ant-Man
Whenever you draw a card, put a +1/+1 counter on The Astonishing Ant-Man. {2}{G}, {T}, Remove any number of +1/+1 counters from The Astonishing Ant-Man: Create that many 1/1 green Insect creature tokens.
How The Astonishing Ant-Man decks play in EDH
The Astonishing Ant-Man is a Simic commander in blue and green costing GU, and its legendary creature - human scientist hero line shapes the whole deck around it. It makes tokens, so the deck wants ways to pump a wide board and to turn spare bodies into cards or damage. It cares about +1/+1 counters, so counter-doubling effects and creatures that grow on their own carry the deck. The cards below are the ones The Astonishing Ant-Man decks actually play most often, grouped by the job they do.
Most-played cards
20 cards · about $32.13Play rates from EDHREC. Prices from Scryfall, refreshed daily.
Ramp (2)
Card draw (9)
Counterspells (1)
Creatures (6)
Synergy & payoffs (2)
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Grimoire generates a complete, Commander-legal The Astonishing Ant-Man decklist with a written strategy, a full mana base and live prices — from the whole card pool, or only from cards you already own.
Start with The Astonishing Ant-ManThe Astonishing Ant-Man deck questions
What colours can I use in a The Astonishing Ant-Man deck?
The Astonishing Ant-Man has a Simic colour identity, so every card in the deck must be blue and green or colourless. That includes mana symbols in rules text, not just casting cost.
What are the best cards for The Astonishing Ant-Man?
The cards played most often in The Astonishing Ant-Man decks include Confusticate and Bebother, Necklace of Girion, Uncover the Moon-Letters. The full list of staples above is grouped by the job each card does, so you can see the deck's skeleton rather than just a pile of names.
How much does a The Astonishing Ant-Man deck cost?
The 20 most-played cards shown above come to roughly $32.13 at current market prices. A complete 100-card build costs more, and Grimoire can generate a budget version instead if you set a price ceiling.
Can I build a The Astonishing Ant-Man deck from cards I already own?
Yes. Import your collection into Grimoire and choose "my cards" when you build. The generator will only use cards you actually own, and the Missing Cards page shows what you would need to buy to finish any list.