B/G/WEDHREC #13800

Anafenza, the Foremost

Legendary Creature — Human Soldier

Whenever Anafenza attacks, put a +1/+1 counter on another target tapped creature you control. If a nontoken creature an opponent owns would die or a creature card not on the battlefield would be put into an opponent's graveyard, exile that card instead.

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“4/4 counter lord that exiles opponent graveyards and pumps your team.”

PlaystyleMidrange

DifficultyIntermediate

Wins viaCombat damage, Tokens swarm

ThemesTokens, Counters, Sacrifice

Strategy

How this commander wants to play

Anafenza, the Foremost is a midrange value engine that rewards you for attacking with multiple creatures while locking down opponent graveyards. Her +1/+1 counter ability turns each attack into incremental board growth, especially when you have other tapped creatures like dorks or blockers. Combined with her replacement effect that exiles opponent creatures and cards destined for the yard, you're essentially shutting down graveyard strategies while building a bigger team.

The deck wants to create a modest army of creatures—through tokens, small utility creatures, or both—then attack consistently to pump them up. Anafenza herself is a solid 4/4 for three mana, but the real power comes from synergies with go-wide strategies, sacrifice outlets, and any creatures that benefit from +1/+1 counters. You're not trying to turn Anafenza into an unblockable monster; instead, you're leveraging her attack trigger to scale your whole team while making graveyard strategies irrelevant.

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Key Synergies

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Budget Build

Same gameplan, less money

Skip expensive planeswalkers and mana rocks; instead, use signets, cheap token generators like Bitterblossom or Intangible Virtue, and budget counters synergies like Cathars' Crusade.