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Falco Spara - Proliferate Engine
Deck Size: 100
Commander / EDH
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Est deck cost: $455.47
Salt Sum: 31.73
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Commander

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Falco Spara, Pactweaver

Flying, trample Falco Spara, Pactweaver enters the battlefield with a shield counter on it. You may look at the top card of your library any time. You may cast spells from the top of your library by removing a counter from a creature you control in addition to paying their other costs.

Creature
Falco Spara, Pactweaver (snc) 307
1

Counter Payoff

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Dusk Legion Duelist

Vigilance Whenever one or more +1/+1 counters are put on Dusk Legion Duelist, draw a card. This ability triggers only once each turn.

Creature
Dusk Legion Duelist (mom) 11
1
Hamza, Guardian of Arashin

This spell costs {1} less to cast for each creature you control with a +1/+1 counter on it. Creature spells you cast cost {1} less to cast for each creature you control with a +1/+1 counter on it.

Creature
Hamza, Guardian of Arashin (moc) 327
1
Herald of Secret Streams

Creatures you control with +1/+1 counters on them can't be blocked.

Creature
Herald of Secret Streams (xln) 59
1
Lae'zel, Vlaakith's Champion

If you would put one or more counters on a creature or planeswalker you control or on yourself, put that many plus one of each of those kinds of counters on that permanent or player instead. Choose a Background (You can have a Background as a second commander.)

Creature
Lae'zel, Vlaakith's Champion (clb) 378
1
Resourceful Defense

Whenever a permanent you control leaves the battlefield, if it had counters on it, put those counters on target permanent you control. {4}{W}: Move any number of counters from target permanent you control to another target permanent you control.

Enchantment
Resourceful Defense (ncc) 19
1
Simic Ascendancy

{1}{G}{U}: Put a +1/+1 counter on target creature you control. Whenever one or more +1/+1 counters are put on a creature you control, put that many growth counters on Simic Ascendancy. At the beginning of your upkeep, if Simic Ascendancy has twenty or more growth counters on it, you win the game.

Enchantment
Simic Ascendancy (rna) 207
1

Counter Source

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Ajani, the Greathearted

Creatures you control have vigilance. +1: You gain 3 life. −2: Put a +1/+1 counter on each creature you control and a loyalty counter on each other planeswalker you control.

Planeswalker
Ajani, the Greathearted (war) 184
1
Basri Ket

+1: Put a +1/+1 counter on up to one target creature. It gains indestructible until end of turn. −2: Whenever one or more nontoken creatures attack this turn, create that many 1/1 white Soldier creature tokens that are tapped and attacking. −6: You get an emblem with "At the beginning of combat on your turn, create a 1/1 white Soldier creature token, then put a +1/+1 counter on each creature you control."

Planeswalker
Basri Ket (m21) 286
1
Brokers Ascendancy

At the beginning of your end step, put a +1/+1 counter on each creature you control and a loyalty counter on each planeswalker you control.

Enchantment
Brokers Ascendancy (snc) 297
1
Champion of Lambholt

Creatures with power less than Champion of Lambholt's power can't block creatures you control. Whenever another creature enters the battlefield under your control, put a +1/+1 counter on Champion of Lambholt.

Creature
Champion of Lambholt (moc) 293
1
Contractual Safeguard

Addendum — If you cast this spell during your main phase, put a shield counter on a creature you control. (If it would be dealt damage or destroyed, remove a shield counter from it instead.) Choose a kind of counter on a creature you control. Put a counter of that kind on each other creature you control.

Instant
Contractual Safeguard (ncc) 14
1
Defiler of Vigor

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.

Creature
Defiler of Vigor (dmu) 160
1
Elspeth Resplendent

+1: Choose up to one target creature. Put a +1/+1 counter and a counter from among flying, first strike, lifelink, or vigilance on it. −3: Look at the top seven cards of your library. You may put a permanent card with mana value 3 or less from among them onto the battlefield with a shield counter on it. Put the rest on the bottom of your library in a random order. −7: Create five 3/3 white Angel creature tokens with flying.

Planeswalker
Elspeth Resplendent (snc) 11
1
Fathom Mage

Evolve (Whenever a creature enters the battlefield under your control, if that creature has greater power or toughness than this creature, put a +1/+1 counter on this creature.) Whenever a +1/+1 counter is put on Fathom Mage, you may draw a card.

Creature
Fathom Mage (ncc) 339
1
Felidar Retreat

Landfall — Whenever a land enters the battlefield under your control, choose one — • Create a 2/2 white Cat Beast creature token. • Put a +1/+1 counter on each creature you control. Those creatures gain vigilance until end of turn.

Enchantment
Felidar Retreat (znr) 292
1
Fight Rigging

Hideaway 5 (When this enchantment enters the battlefield, look at the top five cards of your library, exile one face down, then put the rest on the bottom in a random order.) At the beginning of combat on your turn, put a +1/+1 counter on target creature you control. Then if you control a creature with power 7 or greater, you may play the exiled card without paying its mana cost.

Enchantment
Fight Rigging (psnc) 145p
1
Forgotten Ancient

Whenever a player casts a spell, you may put a +1/+1 counter on Forgotten Ancient. At the beginning of your upkeep, you may move any number of +1/+1 counters from Forgotten Ancient onto other creatures.

Creature
Forgotten Ancient (moc) 297
1
Gala Greeters

Alliance — Whenever another creature enters the battlefield under your control, choose one that hasn't been chosen this turn — • Put a +1/+1 counter on Gala Greeters. • Create a tapped Treasure token. • You gain 2 life.

Creature
Gala Greeters (snc) 450
1
Ledger Shredder

Flying Whenever a player casts their second spell each turn, Ledger Shredder connives. (Draw a card, then discard a card. If you discarded a nonland card, put a +1/+1 counter on this creature.)

Creature
Ledger Shredder (snc) 46
1
Lion Sash

{W}: Exile target card from a graveyard. If it was a permanent card, put a +1/+1 counter on Lion Sash. Equipped creature gets +1/+1 for each +1/+1 counter on Lion Sash. Reconfigure {2} ({2}: Attach to target creature you control; or unattach from a creature. Reconfigure only as a sorcery. While attached, this isn't a creature.)

Creature Artifact
Lion Sash (pneo) 26p
1
Luminarch Aspirant

At the beginning of combat on your turn, put a +1/+1 counter on target creature you control.

Creature
Luminarch Aspirant (ncc) 205
1
Managorger Hydra

Trample Whenever a player casts a spell, put a +1/+1 counter on Managorger Hydra.

Creature
Managorger Hydra (moc) 307
1
Park Heights Maverick

Dethrone (Whenever this creature attacks the player with the most life or tied for the most life, put a +1/+1 counter on it.) Park Heights Maverick can't be blocked by creatures with power 2 or less. Whenever Park Heights Maverick deals combat damage to a player or dies, proliferate.

Creature
Park Heights Maverick (ncc) 63
1
Rishkar, Peema Renegade

When Rishkar, Peema Renegade enters the battlefield, 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}."

Creature
Rishkar, Peema Renegade (moc) 310
1

Draw

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Brainstorm

Draw three cards, then put two cards from your hand on top of your library in any order.

Instant
Brainstorm (sta) 13
1
Contentious Plan

Proliferate. (Choose any number of permanents and/or players, then give each another counter of each kind already there.) Draw a card.

Sorcery
Contentious Plan (war) 46
1
Experimental Augury

Look at the top three cards of your library. Put one of them into your hand and the rest on the bottom of your library in any order. Proliferate. (Choose any number of permanents and/or players, then give each another counter of each kind already there.)

Instant
Experimental Augury (one) 278
1
Gitaxian Probe

({U/P} can be paid with either {U} or 2 life.) Look at target player's hand. Draw a card.

Sorcery
Gitaxian Probe (nph) 35
1
Growth Spiral

Draw a card. You may put a land card from your hand onto the battlefield.

Instant
Growth Spiral (sta) 61
1
Opt

Scry 1. Draw a card.

Instant
Opt (sta) 19
1
Ponder

Look at the top three cards of your library, then put them back in any order. You may shuffle. Draw a card.

Sorcery
Ponder (plst) C21-125
1
Preordain

Scry 2, then draw a card. (To scry 2, look at the top two cards of your library, then put any number of them on the bottom and the rest on top in any order.)

Sorcery
Preordain (j22) 63
1
Serum Visions

Draw a card. Scry 2.

Sorcery
Serum Visions (f15) 8
1
Tamiyo, Field Researcher

+1: Choose up to two target creatures. Until your next turn, whenever either of those creatures deals combat damage, you draw a card. −2: Tap up to two target nonland permanents. They don't untap during their controller's next untap step. −7: Draw three cards. You get an emblem with "You may cast spells from your hand without paying their mana costs."

Planeswalker
Tamiyo, Field Researcher (emn) 190
1
Tezzeret's Gambit

({U/P} can be paid with either {U} or 2 life.) Draw two cards, then proliferate. (Choose any number of permanents and/or players, then give each another counter of each kind already there.)

Sorcery
Tezzeret's Gambit (sta) 21
1

Land

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Bountiful Promenade

Bountiful Promenade enters the battlefield tapped unless you have two or more opponents. {T}: Add {G} or {W}.

Land
Bountiful Promenade (clb) 348
1
Canopy Vista

({T}: Add {G} or {W}.) Canopy Vista enters the battlefield tapped unless you control two or more basic lands.

Land
Canopy Vista (moc) 393
1
Command Tower

{T}: Add one mana of any color in your commander's color identity.

Land
Command Tower (moc) 396
1
Exotic Orchard

{T}: Add one mana of any color that a land an opponent controls could produce.

Land
Exotic Orchard (moc) 398
1
Flooded Grove

{T}: Add {C}. {G/U}, {T}: Add {G}{G}, {G}{U}, or {U}{U}.

Land
Flooded Grove (ncc) 402
1
Forest

({T}: Add {G}.)

Land
Forest (snc) 281
4
Gavony Township

{T}: Add {C}. {2}{G}{W}, {T}: Put a +1/+1 counter on each creature you control.

Land
Gavony Township (moc) 406
1
Glacial Fortress

Glacial Fortress enters the battlefield tapped unless you control a Plains or an Island. {T}: Add {W} or {U}.

Land
Glacial Fortress (m11) 225
1
Hinterland Harbor

Hinterland Harbor enters the battlefield tapped unless you control a Forest or an Island. {T}: Add {G} or {U}.

Land
Hinterland Harbor (isd) 241
1
Island

({T}: Add {U}.)

Land
Island (snc) 275
4
Karn's Bastion

{T}: Add {C}. {4}, {T}: Proliferate. (Choose any number of permanents and/or players, then give each another counter of each kind already there.)

Land
Karn's Bastion (moc) 409
1
Llanowar Reborn

Llanowar Reborn enters the battlefield tapped. {T}: Add {G}. Graft 1 (This land enters the battlefield with a +1/+1 counter on it. Whenever a creature enters the battlefield, you may move a +1/+1 counter from this land onto it.)

Land
Llanowar Reborn (moc) 413
1
Mana Confluence

{T}, Pay 1 life: Add one mana of any color.

Land
Mana Confluence (sld) 1012a
1
Nesting Grounds

{T}: Add {C}. {1}, {T}: Move a counter from target permanent you control onto another target permanent. Activate only as a sorcery.

Land
Nesting Grounds (ncc) 418
1
Path of Ancestry

Path of Ancestry enters the battlefield tapped. {T}: Add one mana of any color in your commander's color identity. When that mana is spent to cast a creature spell that shares a creature type with your commander, scry 1. (Look at the top card of your library. You may put that card on the bottom.)

Land
Path of Ancestry (moc) 418
1
Plains

({T}: Add {W}.)

Land
Plains (snc) 272
4
Prairie Stream

({T}: Add {W} or {U}.) Prairie Stream enters the battlefield tapped unless you control two or more basic lands.

Land
Prairie Stream (moc) 420
1
Sea of Clouds

Sea of Clouds enters the battlefield tapped unless you have two or more opponents. {T}: Add {W} or {U}.

Land
Sea of Clouds (clb) 360
1
Seaside Citadel

Seaside Citadel enters the battlefield tapped. {T}: Add {G}, {W}, or {U}.

Land
Seaside Citadel (dmc) 231
1
Spara's Headquarters

({T}: Add {G}, {W}, or {U}.) Spara's Headquarters enters the battlefield tapped. Cycling {3} ({3}, Discard this card: Draw a card.)

Land
Spara's Headquarters (snc) 355
1
Sunpetal Grove

Sunpetal Grove enters the battlefield tapped unless you control a Forest or a Plains. {T}: Add {G} or {W}.

Land
Sunpetal Grove (xln) 257
1
Yavimaya Coast

{T}: Add {C}. {T}: Add {G} or {U}. Yavimaya Coast deals 1 damage to you.

Land
Yavimaya Coast (m15) 249
1

Proliferate

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Evolution Sage

Landfall — Whenever a land enters the battlefield under your control, proliferate. (Choose any number of permanents and/or players, then give each another counter of each kind already there.)

Creature
Evolution Sage (onc) 108
1
Flux Channeler

Whenever you cast a noncreature spell, proliferate. (Choose any number of permanents and/or players, then give each another counter of each kind already there.)

Creature
Flux Channeler (war) 52
1
Grateful Apparition

Flying Whenever Grateful Apparition deals combat damage to a player or planeswalker, proliferate. (Choose any number of permanents and/or players, then give each another counter of each kind already there.)

Creature
Grateful Apparition (onc) 73
1
Inexorable Tide

Whenever you cast a spell, proliferate. (Choose any number of permanents and/or players, then give each another counter of each kind already there.)

Enchantment
Inexorable Tide (mm2) 49
1
Tekuthal, Inquiry Dominus

Flying If you would proliferate, proliferate twice instead. {1}{U/P}{U/P}, Remove three counters from among other artifacts, creatures, and planeswalkers you control: Put an indestructible counter on Tekuthal, Inquiry Dominus. ({U/P} can be paid with either {U} or 2 life.)

Creature
Tekuthal, Inquiry Dominus (one) 71
1
Thrummingbird

Flying Whenever Thrummingbird deals combat damage to a player, proliferate. (Choose any number of permanents and/or players, then give each another counter of each kind already there.)

Creature
Thrummingbird (ncc) 236
1

Protection

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Inspiring Call

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.)

Instant
Inspiring Call (moc) 304
1
Snakeskin Veil

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.)

Instant
Snakeskin Veil (sta) 57
1

Ramp

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Arcane Signet

{T}: Add one mana of any color in your commander's color identity.

Artifact
Arcane Signet (moc) 348
1
Devoted Druid

{T}: Add {G}. Put a -1/-1 counter on Devoted Druid: Untap Devoted Druid.

Creature
Devoted Druid (2x2) 143
1
Farseek

Search your library for a Plains, Island, Swamp, or Mountain card, put it onto the battlefield tapped, then shuffle.

Sorcery
Farseek (ncc) 290
1
Fellwar Stone

{T}: Add one mana of any color that a land an opponent controls could produce.

Artifact
Fellwar Stone (moc) 356
1
Gyre Sage

Evolve (Whenever a creature enters the battlefield under your control, 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 Gyre Sage.

Creature
Gyre Sage (gtc) 123
1
Incubation Druid

{T}: Add one mana of any type that a land you control could produce. If Incubation Druid 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.)

Creature
Incubation Druid (moc) 302
1
Kami of Whispered Hopes

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 Kami of Whispered Hopes's power.

Creature
Kami of Whispered Hopes (mom) 196
1
Kodama of the West Tree

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.

Creature
Kodama of the West Tree (neo) 199
1
Kodama's Reach

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.

Sorcery
Kodama's Reach (clb) 826
1
Mind Stone

{T}: Add {C}. {1}, {T}, Sacrifice Mind Stone: Draw a card.

Artifact
Mind Stone (clb) 325
1
Sol Ring

{T}: Add {C}{C}.

Artifact
Sol Ring (sld) 1011
1

Recursion/Tutors

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Eladamri's Call

Search your library for a creature card, reveal that card, put it into your hand, then shuffle.

Instant
Eladamri's Call (mh1) 197
1
Noxious Revival

({G/P} can be paid with either {G} or 2 life.) Put target card from a graveyard on top of its owner's library.

Instant
Noxious Revival (onc) 110
1
Unnatural Restoration

Return target permanent card from your graveyard to your hand. Proliferate. (Choose any number of permanents and/or players, then give each another counter of each kind already there.)

Sorcery
Unnatural Restoration (one) 191
1

Removal/Counterspells

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An Offer You Can't Refuse

Counter target noncreature spell. Its controller creates two Treasure tokens. (They're artifacts with "{T}, Sacrifice this artifact: Add one mana of any color.")

Instant
An Offer You Can't Refuse (snc) 51
1
Beast Within

Destroy target permanent. Its controller creates a 3/3 green Beast creature token.

Instant
Beast Within (onc) 104
1
Brokers Charm

Choose one — • Target creature you control gets +1/+0 until end of turn. It deals damage equal to its power to target creature or planeswalker an opponent controls. • Destroy target enchantment. • Draw two cards.

Instant
Brokers Charm (snc) 298
1
Counterspell

Counter target spell.

Instant
Counterspell (sta) 15
1
Damning Verdict

Destroy all creatures with no counters on them.

Sorcery
Damning Verdict (ncc) 15
1
Dovin's Veto

This spell can't be countered. Counter target noncreature spell.

Instant
Dovin's Veto (war) 193
1
Endless Detour

The owner of target spell, nonland permanent, or card in a graveyard puts it on the top or bottom of their library.

Instant
Endless Detour (snc) 370
1
Swords to Plowshares

Exile target creature. Its controller gains life equal to its power.

Instant
Swords to Plowshares (sta) 10
1

Topdeck Manipulation

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Ajani, Sleeper Agent

Compleated ({G/W/P} can be paid with {G}, {W}, or 2 life. If life was paid, this planeswalker enters with two fewer loyalty counters.) +1: Reveal the top card of your library. If it's a creature or planeswalker card, put it into your hand. Otherwise, you may put it on the bottom of your library. −3: Distribute three +1/+1 counters among up to three target creatures. They gain vigilance until end of turn. −6: You get an emblem with "Whenever you cast a creature or planeswalker spell, target opponent gets two poison counters."

Planeswalker
Ajani, Sleeper Agent (dmu) 192
1
Augur of Autumn

You may look at the top card of your library any time. You may play lands from the top of your library. Coven — As long as you control three or more creatures with different powers, you may cast creature spells from the top of your library.

Creature
Augur of Autumn (mid) 168
1
Sensei's Divining Top

{1}: Look at the top three cards of your library, then put them back in any order. {T}: Draw a card, then put Sensei's Divining Top on top of its owner's library.

Artifact
Sensei's Divining Top (2x2) 314
1

Maybeboard

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Abundant Growth

Enchant land When Abundant Growth enters the battlefield, draw a card. Enchanted land has "{T}: Add one mana of any color."

Enchantment
Abundant Growth (dmc) 128
1
Abundant Harvest

Choose land or nonland. Reveal cards from the top of your library until you reveal a card of the chosen kind. Put that card into your hand and the rest on the bottom of your library in a random order.

Sorcery
Abundant Harvest (sta) 48
1
Eternal Witness

When Eternal Witness enters the battlefield, you may return target card from your graveyard to your hand.

Creature
Eternal Witness (scd) 181
1
Ezuri, Stalker of Spheres

When Ezuri, Stalker of Spheres enters the battlefield, you may pay {3}. If you do, proliferate twice. Whenever you proliferate, draw a card.

Creature
Ezuri, Stalker of Spheres (one) 201
1
Master Biomancer

Each other creature you control enters the battlefield with a number of additional +1/+1 counters on it equal to Master Biomancer's power and as a Mutant in addition to its other types.

Creature
Master Biomancer (2x2) 250
1
Solidarity of Heroes

Strive — This spell costs {1}{G} more to cast for each target beyond the first. Choose any number of target creatures. Double the number of +1/+1 counters on each of them.

Instant
Solidarity of Heroes (cm2) 144
1
Thirsting Roots

Choose one — • Search your library for a basic land card, reveal it, put it into your hand, then shuffle. • Proliferate. (Choose any number of permanents and/or players, then give each another counter of each kind already there.)

Sorcery
Thirsting Roots (one) 185
1
Vorel of the Hull Clade

{G}{U}, {T}: Double the number of each kind of counter on target artifact, creature, or land.

Creature
Vorel of the Hull Clade (ncc) 357
1

Phyresis Board

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Bloated Contaminator

Trample Toxic 1 (Players dealt combat damage by this creature also get a poison counter.) Whenever Bloated Contaminator deals combat damage to a player, proliferate. (Choose any number of permanents and/or players, then give each another counter of each kind already there.)

Creature
Bloated Contaminator (one) 159
1
Contaminant Grafter

Trample, toxic 1 Whenever one or more creatures you control deal combat damage to one or more players, proliferate. Corrupted — At the beginning of your end step, if an opponent has three or more poison counters, draw a card, then you may put a land card from your hand onto the battlefield.

Creature
Contaminant Grafter (onc) 17
1
Infectious Bite

Target creature you control deals damage equal to its power to target creature you don't control. Each opponent gets a poison counter.

Instant
Infectious Bite (one) 172
1
Prologue to Phyresis

Each opponent gets a poison counter. Draw a card.

Instant
Prologue to Phyresis (one) 65
1
Tamiyo, Compleated Sage

Compleated ({G/U/P} can be paid with {G}, {U}, or 2 life. If life was paid, this planeswalker enters with two fewer loyalty counters.) +1: Tap up to one target artifact or creature. It doesn't untap during its controller's next untap step. −X: Exile target nonland permanent card with mana value X from your graveyard. Create a token that's a copy of that card. −7: Create Tamiyo's Notebook, a legendary colorless artifact token with "Spells you cast cost {2} less to cast" and "{T}: Draw a card."

Planeswalker
Tamiyo, Compleated Sage (neo) 238
1

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{"ops":[{"insert":"My current personal Falco deck. This has been my primary deck for the last year and has reached a point I am very proud of. I have iterated and tested it and this has become what I believe to be a mostly stable build going forward. Falco Spara, while not an especially rare commander in the grand scheme of things (at time of writing shy of 3500 decks on EDHREC), is one that when I talk to people who have tried him, they find prohibitively open-ended and lacking focus. What sets this particular build apart from normal +1/+1 counter builds is its emphasis on elements of storm and proliferate, especially used with one another and enabled by the massive amounts of card advantage Falco can generate by casting top-decked cantrips. \n\nThe "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Sensei's Divining Top"}},{"insert":" /"},{"insert":{"card-link":"Devoted Druid"}},{"insert":" /"},{"insert":{"card-link":"Falco Spara, Pactweaver"}},{"insert":" infinite combo is well documented as an infinite draw engine, but this combo is usually used in service of pure draw. This build seeks to use that combo and other deckbuilding focii not for its draw power, but for its storm potential. "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Flux Channeler"}},{"insert":" and "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Inexorable Tide"}},{"insert":" are the two hearts of this approach- turning each Top cast into a proliferation (or more, with Tekuthal). To avoid over-reliance on Top, the deck emphasizes low-CMC cantrips and cost reduction for spells to maximize proliferation opportunities. The advantage of these two cards is, that once they are on board, they are faster than most proliferation sources in the game when supported by Top and cantrips. Proliferation engine furthers all three major win conditions I have identified in the deck through Raw Combat Damage, Commander Damage (Falco +1/+1 voltron is not only feasible, but trivial, especially with "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Elspeth Resplendent"}},{"insert":" ), and "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Simic Ascendancy"}},{"insert":". \n\nUnderneath this combo, the deck is put together with an array of small 2-3 card synergies to ensure a fun, threatening board state with almost any configuration of cards out of the deck. 2 or 3-card synergies such as "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Managorger Hydra"}},{"insert":" with "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Lae'zel, Vlaakith's Champion"}},{"insert":" (to speed hydra growth), "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Defiler of Vigor"}},{"insert":" with "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Fathom Mage"}},{"insert":" (turns each casted green permanent into a cantrip through Mage), and "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Tekuthal, Inquiry Dominus"}},{"insert":" with "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Felidar Retreat"}},{"insert":" and "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Evolution Sage"}},{"insert":" (each land drop becomes 3 +1/+1 counters for each creature) lead to various improvised ways of throwing a +1/+1 counter engine together that change from game to game. \n\nThe Phyresis Board category were added as a several card modual to add poison as a subtheme to the deck by swapping out a few cards. I have elected to exclude these from the main deck for personal reasons, as in many of the spaces I play this deck, it is frankly stronger than perhaps it should be without yet another easily accessible win condition (the allure of "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Prologue to Phyresis"}},{"insert":" as just another easy cantrip cannot be understated). "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Ajani, Sleeper Agent"}},{"insert":" is hypothetically a source of poison that I do usually maindeck, but because it is locked behind several steps through his ultimate and then casting creatures, it has never been a problem for me. \n"}]}
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