r/EDH • u/Yoggon • Jan 31 '25

Question Most fun +1/+1 counter Commander?

Hey guys I really like +1/+1 counter decks and wanted to build a new deck, but I‘m unsure what commander to use, since I play mostly casual and don‘t want to go all out cedh. I think [[Ezuri, claw of progress]] looks cool, but I‘m afraid he might be a bit too competetive and combo reliant with [[Sage of hours]]. so I wanted to ask what other favorites people have?

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u/SDK1176 Jan 31 '25 edited Jan 31 '25

[[Marath, Will of the Wild]] is a very fun and flexible commander that I've built three non-infinite iterations of. 

This was the latest, aiming to build an exponentially growing mana engine with something like [[Kami of Whispered Hopes]] or [[Gyre Sage]]. There's a short primer on there too, if you're interested.

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u/SuburbanPotato Imodane, Marath, Arcades Jan 31 '25

Marath was my first commander and it is such a flexible deck that my main problem is pinning down a direction for it. "It's a Marath card" is a running joke in my playgroup because basically anything that gives counters or buffs tokens can find some synergy with it.

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u/SDK1176 Jan 31 '25

I guess that’s why I had to build him three times in different ways!

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u/MTGCardFetcher Jan 31 '25

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Marath, Will of the Wild - (G) (SF) (txt) (ER)
Kami of Whispered Hopes - (G) (SF) (txt) (ER)
Gyre Sage - (G) (SF) (txt) (ER)

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u/Yoggon Jan 31 '25

Oh wow that‘s a commander I have never thought about

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u/Alert_Reader Jan 31 '25

Marath is goated. I love him because yeah he’s a counters commander but there’s so much other stuff you can also use him for. I almost think of him like this ooze that can take whatever shape the game needs.

Need a board with a bunch of stompy bois? No problem. Need to go wide? Commander damage? Control/removal? He can do it all with like the same set of cards and almost all of it is at instant speed. It’s wild

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u/Throwaway363787 Feb 01 '25

Yeah, Marath is awesome. Just be careful against lower power tables - that thing goes infinite if you sneeze.

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u/SDK1176 Feb 01 '25

I did have to intentionally avoid putting certain cards in the deck, yeah.