
Harbin, Vanguard Aviator
Harbin, Vanguard Aviator Commander Deck
This is a Soldier tribal go-wide aggro deck. It floods the board with Soldier creatures and tokens so Harbin's trigger fires: whenever five or more Soldiers attack, every creature gets +1/+1 and flying, turning a ground army into an evasive alpha strike. Soldier lords, anthem-style enter effects and +1/+1 counters stack on top of that, while blue adds card draw, tempo taps, counterspells and protection to keep the swarm attacking. How it wins: It assembles five or more Soldiers and attacks with everything, using Harbin's mass +1/+1 and flying plus lords and pump effects to push lethal damage past blockers over a few combats. Key roles: - Soldier density and token makers: These fill the board quickly with bodies that count toward Harbin's five-attacker threshold, including tokens that come from drawing a second card, recruiting, voting or cards dying. (Captain of the Watch, Raise the Alarm, Lieutenants of the Guard) - Lords and team pumps: Static Soldier anthems and one-shot team boosts stack with Harbin's trigger so even 1/1 tokens hit hard, and some scale with creature count. (Yotian Tactician, Stagecoach Security, Eagle of the Great Shelf) - Counters and combat tricks: +1/+1 counters, first strike, double strike and lifelink bodies, along with attack-trigger buffs and indestructibility, make individual attackers win combats and amplify the alpha strike. (Aeronaut Cavalry, Fencing Ace, Hardened Escort) - Go-wide payoffs and cost cheats: Cards that get cheaper or bigger for each creature controlled, plus convoke spells, turn a wide board into extra mana and damage. (Argivian Phalanx, Esgaroth Garrison, Merrow Skyswimmer) - Tempo and clearing the way: Tapping effects and stun counters remove blockers before a big swing, and tapped-creature removal and exile handle threats. (Suppression Ray, Icewrought Sentry, Amazing Acrobatics) - Card flow and protection: Draw spells, some rewarded for attacking or for controlling fliers, refill the hand and feed draw-second-card triggers, while counterspells and hexproof or shield effects protect the board and Harbin. (Prince Imrahil the Fair, Chart a Course, Shore Up)
Harbin, Vanguard Aviator decklist
- Stagecoach Security
- Argivian Phalanx
- Sterling Supplier
- Thousand Moons Infantry
- Yotian Tactician
- Aeronaut Cavalry
- Mourning Patrol
- Suppression Ray
- Prince Imrahil the Fair
- Lieutenants of the Guard
- Meneldor, Swift Savior
- Fortified Beachhead
- Keeper of the Accord
- Captain of the Watch
- Faithful Pikemaster
- Commander's Sphere
- Icewrought Sentry
- Gustcloak Harrier
- Ancestral Blade
- Path of Ancestry
- Martial Impetus
- Brightblade Stoat
- Brokers Veteran
- Essence Scatter
- Aerial Responder
- Banishing Light
- Hedron Archive
- Raise the Alarm
- Ingenious Leonin
- Hardened Escort
- Quick Study
- Teeming Dragonstorm
- Runic Shot
- Rory Williams
- Shire Shirriff
- Tranquil Cove
- Hidden Grotto
- Aven Liberator
- Chart a Course
- Arcane Signet
- Winged Words
- Command Tower
- Martyr's Soul
- Fencing Ace
- Leonin Squire
- Mind Stone
- Time Wipe
- Spellgyre
- 12× Island
- Shore Up
- Negate
- Temple of the False God
- Sol Ring
- Dwarven Castle Guard
- University Campus
- Web Up
- Amazing Acrobatics
- Crib Swap
- Merrow Skyswimmer
- Kree Commandos
- Atlantean Cavalry
- Cleansing Nova
- 17× Plains
- Long Lake Nuisance
- Eagle of the Great Shelf
- Esgaroth Garrison
- Fatehold Annex
- Errand-Rider of Gondor
- Jem Lightfoote, Sky Explorer
- Pearl Medallion
- The Mountain-king's Return
- The Eagles Are Coming!