Baxter, Fly in the Ointment

Baxter is a quirky little engine that rewards you for drawing cards and turns your countered creatures into evasive threats. Every time you draw, Baxter grows, and whenever he enters or attacks, all your counter-laden creatures get flying—so you're turning a regular ground stall into a flying air force. The deck leans into card draw (cantrips, impulse effects, wheel spells) to fuel Baxter's growth while building up +1/+1 counters on other creatures, then swinging in over blockers with a flying army.

Your win condition is straightforward commander damage mixed with combat damage from your now-evasive creatures. Think of it as a tempo/cantrip shell with a counter-synergy layer. You're not combo-heavy, but you can chain draws together for explosive turns. The deck is inherently resilient because Baxter only needs creatures with any counters—those can come from proliferate effects, loyalty abilities, or other counter sources—so you're never locked into a single strategy.

Strategy generated by Tapped Decks AI. Not affiliated with Wizards of the Coast.