This is a Bant Dogs and +1/+1 counters aggro deck. Sophia supplies Tiny and turns every Dog that connects into a Food plus a Clue, and those artifact tokens become fuel for her own ability to grow every Dog at once. Counter doublers, token doublers and "counter or token enters" payoffs make each attack and each token snowball, while evasion grants keep the counter-laden creatures connecting so combat-damage draw engines refill the hand. How it wins: It swarms with growing Dogs and countered creatures, makes them unblockable, flying or trampling, and closes with team-wide pumps and counter blowouts before opponents can stabilize. Key roles: - Dog tribe: Cheap Dogs give Sophia's combat trigger many bodies to work with and her sacrifice ability many targets. Lords and anthems make the pack hit harder, and the tribe can be named for card draw on enter or attack. (Pack Leader, Kindred Discovery, Mowu, Loyal Companion) - Counter amplification: Replacement effects add extra counters, and spreaders turn one counter into a whole board of them, so every Sophia activation, outlast or trigger grows the team far more than its face value. (Hardened Scales, Yoshimaru, Beloved Companion, Generous Pup) - Artifact token engine: Food, Clue and Treasure multipliers turn each Sophia hit or Food trigger into piles of artifact tokens. Those tokens feed Sophia's sacrifice, add counters as they enter, draw cards, and make Thopters. (Academy Manufactor, Peregrin Took, Stridehangar Automaton) - Token and counter payoffs: Some cards reward creating tokens or placing counters with more counters, card draw or mana, which ties the token engine directly to board growth. (Rosie Cotton of South Lane, Danny Pink, Yotian Dissident) - Evasion for modified creatures: Any creature carrying a counter gains flying, trample, first strike or outright unblockability. This keeps Dogs connecting so Sophia's Food and Clue trigger and the draw effects fire every turn. (Herald of Secret Streams, Rikku, Resourceful Guardian, Abzan Falconer) - Combat-damage card advantage: Draw and ramp triggers on combat damage reward the wide, evasive board for connecting, and team pumps on lands or creatures finish games. (Bred for the Hunt, Enduring Curiosity, Gavony Township)

Gillian, Mother of Many (Sophia Dogged Detective) - Who let the dogs out?! [Primer] decklist

• Rosie Cotton of South Lane
• 5× Plains
• Sphere Grid
• Ainok Bond-Kin
• Astrid Peth
• Abzan Falconer
• Inspiring Call
• Cultivate
• Mowu, Loyal Companion
• Pack Leader
• Selfless Savior
• Bred for the Hunt
• The Shire
• Whirler Rogue
• Deserted Beach
• Flooded Strand
• Overgrown Farmland
• Misty Rainforest
• Windswept Heath
• Kodama of the West Tree
• Rikku, Resourceful Guardian
• Supreme Verdict
• Disorder in the Court
• Loyal Warhound
• Generous Pup
• K-9, Mark I
• Hallowed Fountain
• Temple Garden
• Stroke of Midnight
• Command Tower
• Adarkar Wastes
• Faithful Watchdog
• District Mascot
• Dreamroot Cascade
• Arcane Signet
• Path to Exile
• Brushland
• Hardened Scales
• Dispatch
• Torgal, A Fine Hound
• Spirited Companion
• Lucky the Pizza Dog
• Irma, Part-Time Mutant
• Kindred Discovery
• Herald of Secret Streams
• Phelia, Exuberant Shepherd
• Minas Tirith
• Yavimaya Coast
• Enduring Curiosity
• Spara's Headquarters
• Breeding Pool
• Danny Pink
• Farseek
• Requisition Raid
• Lockjaw, Slobbering Teleporter
• Secluded Starforge
• Hidden Hideout
• Gavony Township
• Sol Ring
• Campsite Cuisine
• Yotian Dissident
• Piper Wright, Publick Reporter
• Urza, Lord High Artificer
• Martha Jones
• Mirror Entity
• Heroic Intervention
• Stridehangar Automaton
• The Ooze
• Exotic Orchard
• Noble Hierarch
• Repulsive Mutation
• Teferi's Ageless Insight
• Abandoned Air Temple
• An Offer You Can't Refuse
• Herd Heirloom
• Mister Fantastic, Reed Richards
• Jaheira, Friend of the Forest
• Academy Manufactor
• Peregrin Took
• Innkeeper's Talent
• Bridgeworks Battle // Tanglespan Bridgeworks
• Raise the Palisade
• Yoshimaru, Ever Faithful
• Yoshimaru, Beloved Companion
• Boseiju, Who Endures
• Otawara, Soaring City
• 4× Island
• 4× Forest
• Bilbo, Fellow Conspirator