At a glance
- Format: Brawl (100-card)
- Commander: Mikey & Leo, Chaos & Order
- Colors: White / Green (WG)
- Archetype: Selesnya tokens/+1+1 counters midrange
- Power tier: mid-high
- Competitive Brawl: ✅ Legal
Strategy
Mikey & Leo turns Selesnya go-wide into a card-advantage engine: the first time each turn you put a counter on a creature you control, you draw a card. The build now leans hard on Avatar earthbend, which the engine loves — every earthbend animates a land into a 0/0 creature AND drops +1/+1 counters on it, so each one is simultaneously RAMP, an evasive body, and a guaranteed draw trigger. Badgermole Cub is the keystone two-drop (earthbend 1 for the draw, then doubles every creature-tapped-for-mana into extra green), with Toph, The Boulder, Earthbender Ascension, Earthbending Lesson, Ba Sing Se, and Sandbenders’ Storm all feeding the same loop. Llanowar Elves and Druid of the Cowl get the engine online a turn early. “Counter everyone” payoffs — United Front, The Crystal’s Chosen, Germination Practicum, Southern Air Temple, Synchronized Charge, Case of the Trampled Garden, Mighty Mutanimals, Good-Fortune Unicorn — blanket the squad while triggering the draw, and Trade Route Envoy, Inspiring Commander, Inspiring Overseer, Colossal Majesty, and Garruk’s Uprising keep cards flowing. Interaction is deep for budget Brawl: Swords to Plowshares (off Emeritus of Truce), Stroke of Midnight, Detention Chariot, White Auracite, Zuko’s Exile, and the counter-fight spells Felling Blow / Knockout Maneuver / Sandbenders’ Storm double as removal AND engine triggers. Cheap counter-instants Snakeskin Veil, Stony Strength, Saved by the Shell, and Origin of Metalbending protect a key creature, fight through a sweeper, and bank a card off the commander all at once. Curve out, ramp on lands-that-are-creatures, go wide, counter up, and let the commander draw you out of any grind.
Upgrade path
ZERO rare/mythic SPELL crafts. Every rare/mythic in the 99 is already OWNED: United Front (mythic own1), Germination Practicum, Agent Bishop, Leonin Warleader, Regal Caracal, Inspiring Commander, Emeritus of Truce // Swords to Plowshares, Earthbender Ascension (rare own3), Badgermole Cub (mythic own3), Anafenza (rare own1), plus the rare lands. Commander Mikey & Leo is a rare but owned (own1). The ONLY crafted card remains the approved shock Temple Garden (1 rare wildcard) — no other unowned rares added; validated against data/mtga.db: all 99 own>=1 except Temple Garden, all color identity subset of WG, all brawl-legal, singleton clean, exactly 99 + commander. This refinement swapped 12 weak/redundant cards for the undervalued earthbend ramp/payoff suite plus cheap protective counter-instants (and added Anafenza to round to 99): OUT Tend the Sprigs, Shared Roots, Cloudbound Moogle, Apothecary Stomper, Action News Crew, Dalkovan Packbeasts, Battle Menu, Unforgiving Aim, Hop to It, Earth Rumble, Triplicate Spirits, Spiritcall Enthusiast // Scrollboost; IN Badgermole Cub, Toph the Blind Bandit, The Boulder Ready to Rumble, Earthbender Ascension, Earthbending Lesson, Llanowar Elves, Druid of the Cowl, Snakeskin Veil, Stony Strength, Saved by the Shell, Origin of Metalbending, Prishe’s Wanderings, Anafenza Unyielding Lineage. Manabase unchanged (8 taplands; Ba Sing Se doubles as an earthbend engine). Future lane: craft fast untapped duals to trim taplands.
Cards
Decklist
Paste straight into MTG Arena (or Moxfield/Archidekt):
Commander
1 Mikey & Leo, Chaos & Order
Deck
1 Arcane Signet
1 Mind Stone
1 Wayfarer's Bauble
1 Llanowar Elves
1 Druid of the Cowl
1 Good-Fortune Unicorn
1 Badgermole Cub
1 United Front
1 The Crystal's Chosen
1 Germination Practicum
1 Southern Air Temple
1 Synchronized Charge
1 Case of the Trampled Garden
1 Earth Kingdom Soldier
1 Agent Bishop, Man in Black
1 Loxodon Battle Priest
1 Jeong Jeong's Deserters
1 Anafenza, Unyielding Lineage
1 Felidar Savior
1 Toph, the Blind Bandit
1 Trade Route Envoy
1 The Boulder, Ready to Rumble
1 Earth Kingdom General
1 Suki, Kyoshi Warrior
1 Leonin Warleader
1 Regal Caracal
1 Prideful Parent
1 Kyoshi Warriors
1 Invasion Reinforcements
1 Resolute Reinforcements
1 Release the Dogs
1 Join the Dance
1 Clachan Festival
1 Evangel of Heliod
1 Mighty Mutanimals
1 Helpful Hunter
1 Inspiring Overseer
1 Inspiring Commander
1 Colossal Majesty
1 Garruk's Uprising
1 Earthbender Ascension
1 Emeritus of Truce
1 Stroke of Midnight
1 Zuko's Exile
1 Sandbenders' Storm
1 Snakeskin Veil
1 Stony Strength
1 Saved by the Shell
1 Origin of Metalbending
1 Pawpatch Formation
1 Prishe's Wanderings
1 Earthbending Lesson
1 Felling Blow
1 Knockout Maneuver
1 Detention Chariot
1 White Auracite
1 Requisition Raid
1 Command Tower
1 Hushwood Verge
1 Three Tree City
1 Selesnya Guildgate
1 Blossoming Sands
1 Kyoshi Village
1 Windurst, Federation Center
1 Thriving Heath
1 Temple of Plenty
1 Abandoned Air Temple
1 Ba Sing Se
1 Temple Garden
1 Evolving Wilds
1 Terramorphic Expanse
1 Capital City
1 Starting Town
10 Plains
10 Forest
1 Ouroboroid
1 Delney, Streetwise Lookout
1 Elemental Bond
1 Ajani, Caller of the Pride
1 The Earth King
1 Skyknight Squire
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