Anafenza +1/+1 counters beatdown deck

Commander / EDH Aggro BGW (Abzan, Junk) Counters Toolbox

Feyd-Rautha

Creature (29)

• 1x Abzan Battle Priest
• 1x Abzan Falconer
• 1x Academy Rector
• 1x Ashen Rider
• 1x Avenger of Zendikar
• 1x Bramblewood Paragon
• 1x Champion of Lambholt
• 1x Corpsejack Menace
• 1x Cytoplast Root-Kin
• 1x Eternal Witness
• 1x Fertilid
• 1x Ghave, Guru of Spores
• 1x Gyre Sage
• 1x Ivorytusk Fortress
• 1x Juniper Order Ranger
• 1x Kalonian Hydra
• 1x Karador, Ghost Chieftain
• 1x King Macar, the Gold-Cursed
• 1x Managorger Hydra
• 1x Mer-Ek Nightblade
• 1x Mikaeus, the Lunarch
• 1x Mother of Runes
• 1x Oona's Blackguard
• 1x Phantom Nishoba
• 1x Reclamation Sage
• 1x Shinewend
• 1x Spike Weaver
• 1x Triskelion
• 1x Wood Elves

Instant (6)

• 1x Eladamri's Call
• 1x Krosan Grip
• 1x Mortify
• 1x Solidarity of Heroes
• 1x Swords to Plowshares
• 1x Worldly Tutor

Land (34)

• 1x Bayou
• 1x Canopy Vista
• 1x Command Tower
• 1x Fetid Heath
• 5x Forest
• 1x Gavony Township
• 1x Godless Shrine
• 1x Krosan Verge
• 1x Llanowar Reborn
• 1x Marsh Flats
• 1x Murmuring Bosk
• 1x Opal Palace
• 1x Overgrown Tomb
• 4x Plains
• 1x Sandsteppe Citadel
• 1x Savannah
• 1x Scrubland
• 5x Swamp
• 1x Temple Garden
• 1x Temple of Malady
• 1x Windswept Heath
• 1x Wooded Foothills
• 1x Woodland Cemetery

Sorcery (10)

• 1x Cultivate
• 1x Exhume
• 1x Harmonize
• 1x Idyllic Tutor
• 1x Kodama's Reach
• 1x Living Death
• 1x Nature's Lore
• 1x Toxic Deluge
• 1x Twilight's Call
• 1x Vindicate

Commander (1)

Enchantment (12)

• 1x Asceticism
• 1x Cathars' Crusade
• 1x Curse of Predation
• 1x Fecundity
• 1x Glare of Subdual
• 1x Greater Good
• 1x Hardened Scales
• 1x Mirari's Wake
• 1x No Mercy
• 1x Oblivion Ring
• 1x Phyrexian Reclamation
• 1x Retribution of the Ancients

Artifact (7)

• 1x Birthing Pod
• 1x Chromatic Lantern
• 1x Fellwar Stone
• 1x Nim Deathmantle
• 1x Sol Ring
• 1x Springleaf Drum
• 1x Wayfarer's Bauble

Planeswalker (1)

• 1x Ajani, Mentor of Heroes

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Hello and welcome to my Anafenza counter-themed EDH deck! I pulled Anafenza in the Khans prerelease and while I wasn't able to use her that day, I wanted very much to build a deck around her because of how powerful she seemed to me.

Anafenza's first ability is a such an excellent way to build value throughout a game and through combat. She wants creatures that follow her into battle, she enables creatures that make good use of +1/+1 counters, and the ability builds. The fact that you get a 4/4 body for three mana is also nothing to sneeze at. 4 toughness helps a lot to survive the first skirmishes Anafenza gets herself into, and you are going to want to throw her into battle quite often.

Anafenza's second ability is a a bit more innocuous but it actually is an extraordinarily game-warping ability. Graveyard decks have a hard time working around her and she will become something like a lightning rod, attracting a lot of resources and removal. I realize this kind of depends on your meta, but in my meta, in each game I play at least one deck will have some kind of sneaky crap going on with their graveyard. EDH decks don't always abuse creature recursion from their graveyards, but having this unusual, static ability on Anafenza allows you to just run her out there and not have to concern yourself with any graveyard shenanigans.

The main focus on this deck is to be aggressive, build counters on your creatures, and take out the player most likely to cause you trouble as soon as possible. My Anafenza build comes out the gate swinging and tries to punch someone out of the game before they can really get on their feet. That being said this deck is a very fair deck; it doesn't have any oppressive combos but it does kick butt :) If you like this page please leave a comment, a suggestion, or an upvote! Cheers!

Date added	7 years
Last updated	3 years
Legality	This deck is Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	10 - 0 Mythic Rares 42 - 0 Rares 25 - 0 Uncommons 9 - 0 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	3.36
Tokens	Gold, Plant 0/1 G, Saproling 1/1 G