Whenever Drana deals combat damage to a player, put a +1/+1 counter on each attacking creature you control.
Drana is a mono-black aggressive commander that snowballs a wide board: connect with her 2/3 flying first striker and every attacker you control grows with a +1/+1 counter, turning a token swarm into a lethal army within a couple of turns. Curve out cheap evasive threats and Vampires early, protect Drana, and close fast before slower decks set up.
Cheap, evasive, and immediately impactful—flying plus first strike makes her hard to block and gives her counters before defenders trade
Snowballs a wide board extremely quickly, especially with token producers and other evasive attackers
Mono-black gives access to elite removal, tutors, and recursion to clear blockers and rebuild
Low curve and tribal synergy (Vampires) keep the deck consistent and explosive in lower-power metas
Relies on connecting with Drana; a single cheap blocker, fog, or removal spell stalls the counter engine
Mono-black struggles to deal with resolved enchantments and artifacts
Vulnerable to board wipes that erase your invested counters and tokens
Lacks built-in evasion for the rest of the team unless you supply it, so ground attackers get chump-blocked
Haste and hexproof let Drana attack immediately and survive targeted removal.
Lower the curve and add more cheap evasive bodies plus proliferate effects (Evolution Sage, Inexorable Tide) to compound counters faster. Add protection like Lightning Greaves and reliable evasion (Whispersilk Cloak, Rogue's Passage on Drana) so she connects every turn, and bring in efficient removal and recursion to clear blockers. For higher power, lean on fast mana (Dark Ritual, Sol Ring, Mana Vault) and tutors to find your anthems and protection consistently.
Legendary Creature — Vampire Ally
