Legendary Creature — Human Warrior Performer

The Boulder, Ready to Rumble

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The Commander

Whenever The Boulder attacks, earthbend X, where X is the number of creatures you control with power 4 or greater. (Target land you control becomes a 0/0 creature with haste that's still a land. Put X +1/+1 counters on it. When it dies or is exiled, return it to the battlefield tapped.)

Guide

Gameplan

Flood the board with big creatures (power 4+), then attack with The Boulder to earthbend your lands into massive hasty creatures, swinging for enormous trampling damage. You ramp hard, deploy fatties, and turn your manabase into an army that recurs when destroyed. The deck snowballs counters and bodies until you can alpha-strike the table.

Strengths

Mono-green gives access to the best ramp and the biggest creatures in the format
Earthbent lands return when they die, making your attackers resilient to removal and board wipes
Scales naturally—more big creatures means a bigger earthbend each combat
Lands-as-creatures synergizes with +1/+1 counter and trample payoffs

Weaknesses

Earthbending lands taps them into combat, exposing your mana to board wipes and combat tricks
Mono-green struggles with interaction, card draw, and removing problematic permanents
Relies on attacking and connecting—stax, fog effects, and pillowfort can stall the plan
The Boulder must attack to provide value, and it's vulnerable to being killed before it generates counters

Key Cards

Hardened Scales — Multiplies every +1/+1 counter from earthbend, turning lands into game-ending threats.
Doubling Season — Doubles the counters placed by earthbend, instantly making a land a huge attacker.
Branching Evolution — Another counter doubler that supercharges each attack trigger.
Craterhoof Behemoth — Counts toward your power 4+ creatures and converts your wide board, including earthbent lands, into a lethal swing.
Cultivate — Ramps and fixes while filling the battlefield with lands you can later animate.
The Great Henge — Easy to cast with big creatures, providing the card draw and ramp mono-green needs.

Upgrade Path

Add counter doublers (Hardened Scales, Doubling Season, Branching Evolution) and trample enablers (Rancor, Nylea, God of the Hunt) to make earthbend lethal faster. Improve the manabase with ramp like Nature's Lore, Three Visits, and Cultivate so you have lands to animate and big creatures online early. Round out with green's best card advantage (Beast Whisperer, Guardian Project) and protection (Heroic Intervention, Snakeskin Veil) to keep your attack plan resilient.

Core Cards

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Win Conditions

▸Alpha strike with trampling earthbent lands and big creatures
▸Craterhoof Behemoth or Overwhelming Stampede overrun finish
▸Commander damage from a heavily counter-boosted attacker
▸Grinding out the table with recurring, ever-larger land creatures

Archetypes

+1/+1 Counters — Earthbend places counters every attack, so doublers and counter payoffs amplify the whole deck.
Big Creatures / Stompy — Power 4+ creatures both grow earthbend and serve as a beatdown core.
Lands Matter — The commander turns lands into creatures, rewarding extra-lands and land recursion themes.