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Master Chef
Legendary Enchantment — Background
Commander creatures you own have "This creature enters with an additional +1/+1 counter on it" and "Other creatures you control enter with an additional +1/+1 counter on them."
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“Turn your tokens and creatures into beefy powerhouses with entry counters.”
Midrange
Beginner
Combat damage, Tokens swarm
Tokens, Counters, Sacrifice
Strategy
Master Chef turns your entire team into a counter-generation engine, making every creature that enters the battlefield bigger and stronger than it should be. This is a Background enchantment meant to pair with a creature commander, so you'll want to pick a partner that loves going wide or synergizes with +1/+1 counters. The gameplan is straightforward: ramp into your commander and Master Chef, then flood the board with tokens or creatures while they all enter oversized. Your creatures snowball in power and presence, letting you grind out value through combat or sacrifice synergies.
The deck shines in token strategies, where each token arrives as a 2/2 or 3/3 instead of a puny 1/1. Combine this with sacrifice outlets, aristocrat payoffs, or counter-doubling effects and you'll have an explosive board that's hard to handle. Even a simple Marionette Master or Blood Artist becomes devastating when your tokens are double-pumped before they hit the graveyard.
Strategy generated by Tapped Decks AI. Not affiliated with Wizards of the Coast.
Budget Build
Skip pricey tutors; swap Demonic Tutor for Sylvan Tutor or Eladamri's Call. Use token makers like Bitterblossom or Sylvok Replica instead of four-figure commanders.
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