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Halana and Alena, Partners · GR · 100 cards · 38 lands
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Bracket 3 - UpgradedCommander 1Creatures 37Instants 13Sorceries 5Artifacts 1Enchantments 5Lands 38
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Strategy
Halana and Alena, Partners leads a deck built from the cards players most often run with it, putting +1/+1 counters on things and growing them out of range. The list holds 12 ramp pieces, 9 pieces of targeted interaction, 2 board wipes and 9 sources of card draw, at an average mana value of 3.33.
Early: Use the early turns on mana. Kami of Whispered Hopes and the rest of the 12 ramp pieces are what let the deck cast Halana and Alena, Partners on curve and keep casting after it.
Mid: Once the commander is down, the deck wants to be doing two things at once: advancing its own board and answering everyone else's. Beast Within is the first answer you will usually reach for, and Inspiring Call keeps the hand full while you do it.
Late: Hold Blasphemous Act for the turn the table gets ahead of you - with 2 in the deck you can afford to use one early and still have an answer later. At 3.33 average mana value the top end is middling, which means most turns hold two spells.
Win conditions: Wins by growing a threat past what the table can answer and connecting with it.
- Forgotten Ancient - Core to the plan
- Champion of Lambholt - Core to the plan
- Kami of Whispered Hopes - Ramp
- Inspiring Call - Card draw
- Incubation Druid - Ramp
- Hardened Scales - Core to the plan
- Snakeskin Veil - Core to the plan
- Gyre Sage - Ramp
~$377.22
estimated to build this deck
Commander (1)
Halana and Alena, Partners
Legendary Creature — Human Ranger
Reach (This creature can block creatures with flying.)
First strike (This creature deals combat damage before creatures without first strike.)
At the beginning of combat on your turn, put X +1/+1 counters on another target creature you control, where X is Halana and Alena's power. That creature gains haste until end of turn.
Creatures (37)
Forgotten Ancient
Creature — Elemental
$0.33
Whenever a player casts a spell, you may put a +1/+1 counter on this creature.
At the beginning of your upkeep, you may move any number of +1/+1 counters from this creature onto other creatures.
Champion of Lambholt
Creature — Human Warrior
$2.81
Creatures with power less than this creature's power can't block creatures you control.
Whenever another creature you control enters, put a +1/+1 counter on this creature.
Kami of Whispered Hopes
Creature — Spirit
$4.75
If one or more +1/+1 counters would be put on a permanent you control, that many plus one +1/+1 counters are put on that permanent instead.
{T}: Add X mana of any one color, where X is this creature's power.
Incubation Druid
Creature — Elf Druid
$0.99
{T}: Add one mana of any type that a land you control could produce. If this creature has a +1/+1 counter on it, add three mana of that type instead.
{3}{G}{G}: Adapt 3. (If this creature has no +1/+1 counters on it, put three +1/+1 counters on it.)
Gyre Sage
Creature — Elf Druid
$0.85
Evolve (Whenever a creature you control enters, if that creature has greater power or toughness than this creature, put a +1/+1 counter on this creature.)
{T}: Add {G} for each +1/+1 counter on this creature.
Duskshell Crawler
Creature — Insect
$0.3
When this creature enters, put a +1/+1 counter on target creature.
Each creature you control with a +1/+1 counter on it has trample. (It can deal excess combat damage to the player or planeswalker it's attacking.)
Kalonian Hydra
Creature — Hydra
$5.95
Trample
This creature enters with four +1/+1 counters on it.
Whenever this creature attacks, double the number of +1/+1 counters on each creature you control.
Goblin Anarchomancer
Creature — Goblin Shaman
$0.35
Each spell you cast that's red or green costs {1} less to cast.
Krenko, Tin Street Kingpin
Legendary Creature — Goblin
$2.96
Whenever Krenko attacks, put a +1/+1 counter on it, then create a number of 1/1 red Goblin creature tokens equal to Krenko's power.
Ruby, Daring Tracker
Legendary Creature — Human Scout
$0.29
Haste (This creature can attack and {T} as soon as it comes under your control.)
Whenever Ruby attacks while you control a creature with power 4 or greater, Ruby gets +2/+2 until end of turn.
{T}: Add {R} or {G}.
Kodama of the West Tree
Legendary Creature — Spirit
$18.85
Reach
Modified creatures you control have trample. (Equipment, Auras you control, and counters are modifications.)
Whenever a modified creature you control deals combat damage to a player, search your library for a basic land card, put it onto the battlefield tapped, then shuffle.
Ouroboroid
Creature — Plant Wurm
$34.48
At the beginning of combat on your turn, put X +1/+1 counters on each creature you control, where X is this creature's power.
Rishkar, Peema Renegade
Legendary Creature — Elf Druid
$0.25
When Rishkar enters, put a +1/+1 counter on each of up to two target creatures.
Each creature you control with a counter on it has "{T}: Add {G}."
Beast Whisperer
Creature — Elf Druid
$7.61
Whenever you cast a creature spell, draw a card.
Etali, Primal Storm
Legendary Creature — Elder Dinosaur
$0.45
Whenever Etali attacks, exile the top card of each player's library, then you may cast any number of spells from among those cards without paying their mana costs.
Xenagos, God of Revels
Legendary Enchantment Creature — God
$9.82
Indestructible
As long as your devotion to red and green is less than seven, Xenagos isn't a creature.
At the beginning of combat on your turn, another target creature you control gains haste and gets +X/+X until end of turn, where X is that creature's power.
Toski, Bearer of Secrets
Legendary Creature — Squirrel
$6.54
This spell can't be countered.
Indestructible
Toski attacks each combat if able.
Whenever a creature you control deals combat damage to a player, draw a card.
Evolution Witness
Creature — Elf Shaman Mutant
$0.25
{1}{G}: Adapt 2. (If this creature has no +1/+1 counters on it, put two +1/+1 counters on it.)
Whenever one or more +1/+1 counters are put on this creature, return target permanent card from your graveyard to your hand.
Akki Battle Squad
Creature — Goblin Samurai
$5.13
Whenever one or more modified creatures you control attack, untap all modified creatures you control. After this phase, there is an additional combat phase. This ability triggers only once each turn. (Equipment, Auras you control, and counters are modifications.)
Warden of the Grove
Creature — Hydra
$1.59
At the beginning of your end step, put a +1/+1 counter on this creature.
Whenever another nontoken creature you control enters, it endures X, where X is the number of counters on this creature. (Put X +1/+1 counters on the creature that entered or create an X/X white Spirit creature token.)
Managorger Hydra
Creature — Hydra
$0.92
Trample
Whenever a player casts a spell, put a +1/+1 counter on this creature.
Defiler of Vigor
Creature — Phyrexian Wurm
$3.71
Trample
As an additional cost to cast green permanent spells, you may pay 2 life. Those spells cost {G} less to cast if you paid life this way. This effect reduces only the amount of green mana you pay.
Whenever you cast a green permanent spell, put a +1/+1 counter on each creature you control.
Ornery Tumblewagg
Creature — Brushwagg Mount
$0.36
At the beginning of combat on your turn, put a +1/+1 counter on target creature.
Whenever this creature attacks while saddled, double the number of +1/+1 counters on target creature.
Saddle 2 (Tap any number of other creatures you control with total power 2 or more: This Mount becomes saddled until end of turn. Saddle only as a sorcery.)
Loyal Guardian
Creature — Rhino
$0.21
Trample
Lieutenant — At the beginning of combat on your turn, if you control your commander, put a +1/+1 counter on each creature you control.
Thundering Raiju
Creature — Spirit
$0.48
Haste
Whenever this creature attacks, put a +1/+1 counter on target creature you control. Then this creature deals X damage to each opponent, where X is the number of modified creatures you control other than this creature. (Equipment, Auras you control, and counters are modifications.)
Arwen, Weaver of Hope
Legendary Creature — Elf Noble
$5.08
Each other creature you control enters with a number of additional +1/+1 counters on it equal to Arwen's toughness.
Reclamation Sage
Creature — Elf Shaman
$0.19
When this creature enters, you may destroy target artifact or enchantment.
Armorcraft Judge
Creature — Elf Artificer
$0.14
When this creature enters, draw a card for each creature you control with a +1/+1 counter on it.
Pridemalkin
Creature — Cat
$0.19
When this creature enters, put a +1/+1 counter on target creature you control.
Each creature you control with a +1/+1 counter on it has trample. (It can deal excess combat damage to the player or planeswalker it's attacking.)
Bristly Bill, Spine Sower
Legendary Creature — Plant Druid
$32.29
Landfall — Whenever a land you control enters, put a +1/+1 counter on target creature.
{3}{G}{G}: Double the number of +1/+1 counters on each creature you control.
Evolution Sage
Creature — Elf Druid
$2.31
Landfall — Whenever a land you control enters, proliferate. (Choose any number of permanents and/or players, then give each another counter of each kind already there.)
Ghalta, Primal Hunger
Legendary Creature — Elder Dinosaur
$1.09
This spell costs {X} less to cast, where X is the total power of creatures you control.
Trample (This creature can deal excess combat damage to the player or planeswalker it's attacking.)
Karlach, Fury of Avernus
Legendary Creature — Tiefling Barbarian
$17.73
Whenever you attack, if it's the first combat phase of the turn, untap all attacking creatures. They gain first strike until end of turn. After this phase, there is an additional combat phase.
Choose a Background (You can have a Background as a second commander.)
Fanatic of Rhonas
Creature — Snake Druid
$15.89
{T}: Add {G}.
Ferocious — {T}: Add {G}{G}{G}{G}. Activate only if you control a creature with power 4 or greater.
Eternalize {2}{G}{G} ({2}{G}{G}, Exile this card from your graveyard: Create a token that's a copy of it, except it's a 4/4 black Zombie Snake Druid with no mana cost. Eternalize only as a sorcery.)
Instants (13)
Inspiring Call
Instant
$0.32
Draw a card for each creature you control with a +1/+1 counter on it. Those creatures gain indestructible until end of turn. (Damage and effects that say "destroy" don't destroy them.)
Snakeskin Veil
Instant
$0.14
Put a +1/+1 counter on target creature you control. It gains hexproof until end of turn. (It can't be the target of spells or abilities your opponents control.)
Beast Within
Instant
$0.61
Destroy target permanent. Its controller creates a 3/3 green Beast creature token.
Worldly Tutor
Instant
$26.28
Search your library for a creature card, reveal it, then shuffle and put the card on top.
Chaos Warp
Instant
$0.3
The owner of target permanent shuffles it into their library, then reveals the top card of their library. If it's a permanent card, they put it onto the battlefield.
Return of the Wildspeaker
Instant
$1.43
Choose one —
• Draw cards equal to the greatest power among non-Human creatures you control.
• Non-Human creatures you control get +3/+3 until end of turn.
Hunter's Insight
Instant
$0.31
Choose target creature you control. Whenever that creature deals combat damage to a player or planeswalker this turn, draw that many cards.
Abrade
Instant
$0.18
Choose one —
• Abrade deals 3 damage to target creature.
• Destroy target artifact.
Ram Through
Instant
$0.37
Target creature you control deals damage equal to its power to target creature you don't control. If the creature you control has trample, excess damage is dealt to that creature's controller instead.
Ruinous Intrusion
Instant
$0.25
Exile target artifact or enchantment. Put X +1/+1 counters on target creature you control, where X is the mana value of the permanent exiled this way.
Bite Down
Instant
$0.21
Target creature you control deals damage equal to its power to target creature or planeswalker you don't control.
Fling
Instant
$0.16
As an additional cost to cast this spell, sacrifice a creature.
Fling deals damage equal to the sacrificed creature's power to any target.
Inscription of Abundance
Instant
$0.33
Kicker {2}{G}
Choose one. If this spell was kicked, choose any number instead.
• Put two +1/+1 counters on target creature.
• Target player gains X life, where X is the greatest power among creatures they control.
• Target creature you control fights target creature you don't control.
Sorceries (5)
Cultivate
Sorcery
$0.36
Search your library for up to two basic land cards, reveal those cards, put one onto the battlefield tapped and the other into your hand, then shuffle.
Rishkar's Expertise
Sorcery
$4.55
Draw cards equal to the greatest power among creatures you control.
You may cast a spell with mana value 5 or less from your hand without paying its mana cost.
Jeska's Will
Sorcery
$40.12
Choose one. If you control a commander as you cast this spell, you may choose both instead.
• Add {R} for each card in target opponent's hand.
• Exile the top three cards of your library. You may play them this turn.
Blasphemous Act
Sorcery
$0.86
This spell costs {1} less to cast for each creature on the battlefield.
Blasphemous Act deals 13 damage to each creature.
Chandra's Ignition
Sorcery
$8.3
Target creature you control deals damage equal to its power to each other creature and each opponent.
Artifacts (1)
Swiftfoot Boots
Artifact — Equipment
$1.93
Equipped creature has hexproof and haste. (It can't be the target of spells or abilities your opponents control. It can attack and {T} no matter when it came under your control.)
Equip {1} ({1}: Attach to target creature you control. Equip only as a sorcery.)
Enchantments (5)
Hardened Scales
Enchantment
$2.1
If one or more +1/+1 counters would be put on a creature you control, that many plus one +1/+1 counters are put on it instead.
Garruk's Uprising
Enchantment
$0.51
When this enchantment enters, if you control a creature with power 4 or greater, draw a card.
Creatures you control have trample. (Each of those creatures can deal excess combat damage to the player or planeswalker it's attacking.)
Whenever a creature you control with power 4 or greater enters, draw a card.
Rhythm of the Wild
Enchantment
$4.9
Creature spells you control can't be countered.
Nontoken creatures you control have riot. (They enter with your choice of a +1/+1 counter or haste.)
Branching Evolution
Enchantment
$7.86
If one or more +1/+1 counters would be put on a creature you control, twice that many +1/+1 counters are put on that creature instead.
Terrasymbiosis
Enchantment
$9.05
Whenever you put one or more +1/+1 counters on a creature you control, you may draw that many cards. Do this only once each turn.
Lands (38)
Kessig Wolf Run
Land
$0.39
{T}: Add {C}.
{X}{R}{G}, {T}: Target creature gets +X/+0 and gains trample until end of turn.
Rogue's Passage
Land
$0.39
{T}: Add {C}.
{4}, {T}: Target creature can't be blocked this turn.
Mosswort Bridge
Land
$0.3
Hideaway 4 (When this land enters, look at the top four cards of your library, exile one face down, then put the rest on the bottom in a random order.)
This land enters tapped.
{T}: Add {G}.
{G}, {T}: You may play the exiled card without paying its mana cost if creatures you control have total power 10 or greater.
Oran-Rief, the Vastwood
Land
$0.37
This land enters tapped.
{T}: Add {G}.
{T}: Put a +1/+1 counter on each green creature that entered this turn.
Boseiju, Who Endures
Legendary Land
$48.29
{T}: Add {G}.
Channel — {1}{G}, Discard this card: Destroy target artifact, enchantment, or nonbasic land an opponent controls. That player may search their library for a land card with a basic land type, put it onto the battlefield, then shuffle. This ability costs {1} less to activate for each legendary creature you control.
Skarrg, the Rage Pits
Land
$1.19
{T}: Add {C}.
{R}{G}, {T}: Target creature gets +1/+1 and gains trample until end of turn.
Karn's Bastion
Land
$2.37
{T}: Add {C}.
{4}, {T}: Proliferate. (Choose any number of permanents and/or players, then give each another counter of each kind already there.)
Llanowar Reborn
Land
$0.22
This land enters tapped.
{T}: Add {G}.
Graft 1 (This land enters with a +1/+1 counter on it. Whenever a creature enters, you may move a +1/+1 counter from this land onto it.)
Yavimaya, Cradle of Growth
Legendary Land
$17.03
Each land is a Forest in addition to its other land types.
Raging Ravine
Land
$0.18
This land enters tapped.
{T}: Add {R} or {G}.
{2}{R}{G}: Until end of turn, this land becomes a 3/3 red and green Elemental creature with "Whenever this creature attacks, put a +1/+1 counter on it." It's still a land.
Nesting Grounds
Land
$0.27
{T}: Add {C}.
{1}, {T}: Move a counter from target permanent you control onto a second target permanent. Activate only as a sorcery.
Basic lands: 20 Forest 6 Mountain
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