Counter Blitz Collector's Edition (FINAL FANTASY X)

Summary

Counter Blitz Collector's Edition (FINAL FANTASY X) is a Commander deck led by Tidus, Yuna's Guardian. Key cards include Altered Ego, An Offer You Can't Refuse, Arcane Signet, and Ash Barrens. Explore this public list on MTG Master for strategy ideas, upgrades, and table fit planning.

Commander

Tidus, Yuna's Guardian

Commander background

Counter Blitz Collector's Edition (FINAL FANTASY X)

Deck description
Counter Blitz Collector's Edition (FINAL FANTASY X) is a Bant (green-white-blue) Commander deck built around distributing and multiplying counters for steady, snowballing board presence. Tidus, Yuna's Guardian shifts counters at the start of combat to ensure the right attacker is powered up, then rewards successful hits by drawing a card and proliferating. With staples like Hardened Scales, Forgotten Ancient, and Incubation Druid alongside proliferate engines such as Inexorable Tide and Grateful Apparition, even small advantages quickly become overwhelming. Games tend to develop at a medium pace: ramp and early creatures establish counters, then combat steps turn into repeated value triggers that pressure life totals while keeping your hand full. Interaction and resilience come from flexible answers like Path to Exile, Collective Effort, Farewell, and Promise of Loyalty, plus protection and counter-retention tools such as Inspiring Call and Resourceful Defense. Wins commonly arrive through a wide, counter-stacked team or scalable finishers like Walking Ballista, and upgrades naturally lean toward more efficient counter payoffs or additional proliferate and protection.
Deck total
$104.74
Missing cost
Deck cards
100
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AI
MTG Master AI

Commander (1)

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    {G}{W}{U}

Creatures (34)

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    {X}{2}{G}{U}
  • 1
    {3}{W}
  • 1
    {4}{G}{G}
  • 1
    {2}{U}
  • 1
    {3}{W}
  • 1
    {1}{G}
  • 1
    {2}{G}{U}
  • 1
    {3}{G}
  • 1
    {2}{W}
  • 1
    {2}{G}
  • 1
    {1}{W}
  • 1
    {1}{G}
  • 1
    {1}{G}
  • 1
    {2}{G}{U}
  • 1
    {1}{W}
  • 1
    {2}{U}
  • 1
    {2}{W}{W}
  • 1
    {2}{G}
  • 1
    {1}{U}
  • 1
    {3}{G}
  • 1
    {2}{U}
  • 1
    {1}{W}
  • 1
    {G}{W}
  • 1
    {5}{G}{U}
  • 1
    {2}{W}
  • 1
    {4}{G}
  • 1
    {4}{U}
  • 1
    {3}{W}
  • 1
    {3}{W}{W}
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    {2}{G}
  • 1
    {2}{G}
  • 1
    {2}{G}{W}
  • 1
    {X}{X}
  • 1
    {1}{G}{W}{U}

Sorceries (7)

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    {1}{W}{W}
  • 1
    {3}{W}{W}
  • 1Game Changer
    {4}{W}{W}
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    {1}{G}
  • 1
    {4}{W}
  • 1
    {1}{G}
  • 1
    {3}{G}

Instants (8)

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    {U}
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    {1}{W}
  • 1
    {G}{W}{U}
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    {2}{G}
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    {W}
  • 1
    {1}{W}
  • 1
    {X}{U}{U}
  • 1
    {1}{G}{G}

Artifacts (4)

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    {2}
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    {X}{U}
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    {0}
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    {1}

Enchantments (9)

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    {1}{G}{U}
  • 1
    {2}{G}
  • 1
    {G}
  • 1
    {3}{U}{U}
  • 1
    {3}{G}
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    {2}{W}
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    {1}{G}
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    {1}{W}
  • 1
    {W}{W}

Lands (37)

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Mana pressure & alignment

How your colored demand lines up with the mana base during your game.

Color pressure

Demand vs support share by color.

{W}White
Strained
Demand: 39%Support: 29%
{U}Blue
Surplus
Demand: 23%Support: 28%
{G}Green
Aligned
Demand: 38%Support: 30%
{C}Colorless
Surplus
Demand: 0%Support: 13%
{W}Delta-1.7Strained
{G}Delta-1.1Aligned
{U}Delta+2.8Surplus
{C}Delta+4.9Surplus

Mana integrity

Overall alignment score for your mana base.

94Score
Grade
Excellent
Highlights
  • Mana integrity looks excellent.
  • White sources are getting stretched by the demand.
Warnings
  • Early-game White commitments are heavy.
  • Many mana sources enter tapped; early turns may slow down.
Recommendations
  • Swap tapped White sources for untapped options.
  • Add fixing rocks to stabilize White.

Early turn stress

Where color requirements cluster across turns.

White
Blue
Green
Colorless
1
2
3
4
5
6
7+

Mana Base

Benchmark-backed view of how the deck develops mana, fixes colors, and reaches commander timing in the first turns.

low
Main bottleneck: Turn 1 live color via Tapped-land tempo

Mana readiness snapshot

Compact early-game checks for whether the mana base turns on cleanly.

Turn 1 live color
Live colored mana for turn-1 plays.
41%
2 mana by turn 2
Keeps the early curve on schedule.
98%
All colors by turn 3
Gets the full color mix online early.
83%
Double pip by turn 3
Checks early UU, BB, RR, or GG requirements.
54%
Benchmark target: Pull from Tomorrow
Higher percentages mean the mana base supports the deck's early asks more consistently.

Commander and color timing

Shows when the mana base turns colors on and when commander timing becomes reliable.

  • All colors online
  • Commander castable
T3T4T5T60255075100
Main bottlenecks

Benchmarks that miss most often, plus the dominant reasons behind those misses.

59% Main bottleneck: Turn 1 live color via Tapped-land tempo
Tapped-land tempo: 98%No untapped color source: 7%
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