Legendary Creature — Spirit SnakeOmarthis, Ghostfire Initiate
The Commander
Omarthis enters with X +1/+1 counters on it.
Whenever you put one or more +1/+1 counters on another colorless creature, you may put a +1/+1 counter on Omarthis.
When Omarthis dies, manifest a number of cards from the top of your library equal to the number of counters on it.
Guide
Gameplan
Cast Omarthis for a big X on turn one or two off colorless ramp, then snowball +1/+1 counters across a board of colorless creatures while Omarthis grows alongside them. You win by smashing in with an oversized counter-laden army, and when Omarthis dies it manifests a stack of cards equal to its counters for huge late-game value. As a 0-mana colorless commander it slots into any color identity, but pure colorless decks lean on Eldrazi and counter synergies.
Strengths
- Castable for 0 plus X, so it can come down early or be rebought cheaply after death
- Death trigger turns a removed Omarthis into a wave of manifested cards, punishing your opponents for killing it
- Color identity is colorless, giving access to every artifact, Eldrazi, and colorless tool in the format
- Counter payoffs scale across an entire wide board, not just the commander
Weaknesses
- Colorless restriction locks you out of staple removal, sweepers, and tutors found in colored mana
- No built-in card advantage or interaction beyond the death trigger
- Relies on enablers to put counters out fast or it's a slow, fair beatdown deck
- Vulnerable to exile-based removal that denies the manifest payoff
- Board wipes can erase your counter investment with little to show
Key Cards
- Hardened Scales — Amplifies every counter you place, accelerating both your board and Omarthis's own growth.
- Conqueror's Galleon — A colorless way to draw and provide a stable body, fitting the artifact-heavy shell.
- Metallic Mimic — Drops extra +1/+1 counters on incoming colorless creatures, triggering Omarthis repeatedly.
- Forsaken Monument — Doubles colorless mana and pumps your creatures, perfect ramp and payoff for a colorless build.
- Walking Ballista — Colorless creature that loads up on counters and converts them into reach and removal.
- Eldrazi Monument — Gives the whole token-and-counter army evasion and protection from wipes while pumping it.
Upgrade Path
Add fast colorless ramp like Sol Ring, Mana Crypt, and Eldrazi Temple to deploy Omarthis huge early, plus proliferate effects (Inexorable Tide, Karn's Bastion) to multiply your counter output. Lean into counter-doublers such as Doubling Season and Branching Evolution, and include sacrifice outlets to control when Omarthis dies for a loaded manifest payoff. Top-end Eldrazi like Ulamog and It That Betrays give you colorless bombs that also benefit from counter buffs.
Core Cards
The most-played cards for this commander, built from aggregated deck data (the Mythic Graph). Build public decks to seed it.
Win Conditions
- ▸Swinging with an oversized, counter-stacked colorless army
- ▸Going wide with manifested creatures from the death trigger for an overwhelming board
- ▸Walking Ballista or similar counter outlets pinging opponents out
- ▸Eldrazi Monument or trample finishers pushing through unblockable damage
Archetypes
- +1/+1 Counters — Omarthis directly rewards stacking counters on colorless creatures and grows itself in the process.
- Colorless/Eldrazi Tribal — Its colorless identity and big-mana ceiling pair naturally with Eldrazi and Wastes-based ramp.
- Artifacts/Stompy — Colorless artifact creatures form a resilient, scalable board that counter synergies turn lethal.
- Aristocrats-lite — Sacrificing a heavily-countered Omarthis to its own death trigger generates a manifested card avalanche.
Combos
No combos found for this commander on Commander Spellbook.