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The Astonishing Ant-Man

The Astonishing Ant-Man

Legendary Creature — Human Scientist Hero · {G}{U} · Green/Blue commander

Whenever you draw a card, put a +1/+1 counter on The Astonishing Ant-Man. {2}{G}, {T}, Remove any number of +1/+1 counters from The Astonishing Ant-Man: Create that many 1/1 green Insect creature tokens.
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What The Astonishing Ant-Man actually does

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What a The Astonishing Ant-Man deck wants

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Best cards for The Astonishing Ant-Man

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Put haste on the commander the turn it resolves — a tap ability is unusable otherwise

  1. Thousand-Year Elixir3 mana
  2. Lightning Greaves2 mana
  3. Swiftfoot Boots2 mana
  4. Runadi, Behemoth Caller3 mana
  5. Akroma's Memorial7 mana
  6. Super State7 mana
  7. Ulvenwald Oddity // Ulvenwald Behemoth4 mana
  8. Lavaspur Boots1 mana

Untap the commander so the tap ability is an engine, not a one-shot

  1. Bear Umbra4 mana
  2. Sword of Feast and Famine3 mana
  3. Wilderness Reclamation4 mana
  4. Amulet of Vigor1 mana
  5. Freed from the Real3 mana
  6. Nature's Will4 mana
  7. Pemmin's Aura3 mana
  8. Retreat to Coralhelm3 mana

A team pump that actually pumps tokens

  1. Mosswort Bridge0 mana
  2. Nesting Grounds0 mana
  3. Heroic Intervention2 mana
  4. Sylvan Safekeeper1 mana
  5. Tamiyo's Safekeeping1 mana
  6. Tyvar's Stand1 mana
  7. Veil of Summer1 mana
  8. Garruk's Uprising3 mana

Refill your hand

  1. Mystic Remora1 mana
  2. Skullclamp1 mana
  3. Curiosity1 mana
  4. Wizard Class1 mana
  5. Garruk's Uprising3 mana
  6. Rhystic Study3 mana
  7. Faerie Mastermind2 mana
  8. Beast Whisperer4 mana

Put +1/+1 counters on creatures you control, or multiply the ones already there

  1. Karn's Bastion0 mana
  2. Bristly Bill, Spine Sower2 mana
  3. Cankerbloom2 mana
  4. Ripples of Potential2 mana
  5. Thrummingbird2 mana
  6. Thirsting Roots1 mana
  7. Evolution Sage3 mana
  8. Mossborn Hydra3 mana

Make creature tokens — a static anthem or a go-wide commander needs a board to be wide

  1. Chasm Skulker3 mana
  2. Hornet Nest3 mana
  3. Kozilek's Unsealing3 mana
  4. Esika's Chariot4 mana
  5. Trendy Circus Pirate0 mana
  6. Myr Battlesphere7 mana
  7. Broodhatch Nantuko2 mana
  8. Tervigon2 mana

Actually remove one problem permanent — preventing its damage is not removing it

  1. Reality Shift2 mana
  2. Pongify1 mana
  3. Rapid Hybridization1 mana
  4. Resculpt2 mana
  5. Suspend1 mana
  6. Snap2 mana
  7. Into the Flood Maw1 mana
  8. Planar Incision2 mana

Answer a whole board at once

  1. Displacement Wave2 mana
  2. Simplify1 mana
  3. Filter Out3 mana
  4. Aligned Hedron Network4 mana
  5. Coercive Portal4 mana
  6. Needle Storm3 mana
  7. Whirlwind4 mana
  8. Whelming Wave4 mana

Answer a spell or ability before it resolves

  1. Pact of Negation0 mana
  2. Counterspell2 mana
  3. Three Steps Ahead1 mana
  4. Long River's Pull2 mana
  5. Force of Will5 mana
  6. Abjure1 mana
  7. Archmage's Charm3 mana
  8. Cancel3 mana

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