GEDHREC #7387

Runadi, Behemoth Caller

Legendary Creature — Cat Shaman

Whenever you cast a creature spell with mana value 5 or greater, that creature enters with X additional +1/+1 counters on it, where X is its mana value minus 4. Creatures you control with three or more +1/+1 counters on them have haste. {T}: Add {G}.

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“Ramp into big hasty creatures that grow massive with Runadi's counters.”

PlaystyleMidrange

DifficultyBeginner

Wins viaCombat damage

ThemesRamp, Tokens, Counters

Strategy

How this commander wants to play

Runadi wants you to cast big creatures and make them even bigger. Every time you play a creature with mana value 5 or more, it enters with bonus +1/+1 counters—a 5-drop gets one extra, a 7-drop gets three, and so on. Then any of your creatures sporting three or more counters suddenly have haste, letting you attack immediately and close out games fast. You're building a ramp-into-fatties deck where your threats snowball quickly.

The core gameplan is straightforward: accelerate your mana in the early game, then start playing undercosted or efficient big creatures that Runadi immediately supercharges. Cards like Hydra tokens, Craterhoof Behemoth, or even just solid Green fatties become hasty threats your opponents can't block in time. You're not going infinite or doing complex combos—you're just making a huge creature bigger, swinging for lethal, and laughing.

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

Key Synergies

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Budget Build

Same gameplan, less money

Skip expensive tutors like Green Sun's Zenith; instead use modal spells like Once Upon a Time and budget mana dorks like Llanowar Elves and Drover of the Bosk to ramp into your fatties.