The deck uses radiation counters as a self-refilling mill source: The Wise Mothman hands out rad counters on entering and attacking, and every nonland card milled, whether by radiation, Mesmeric Orb, Ruin Crab or Raul, triggers its ability to spread +1/+1 counters across the board. Counter doublers and proliferate multiply both the +1/+1 counters on creatures and the rad counters on players. A second layer of mill payoffs turns milled cards into card draw, Zombie tokens, life and graveyard plays. How it wins: It attacks with oversized, evasive counter-laden creatures, many flying or unblockable against irradiated players, and can also lock games with the Bloodchief Ascension and Mindcrank loop that drains and mills opponents out. Key roles: - Radiation and mill engine: These cards put rad counters on players and mill cards outright, so the commander's milled-nonland trigger and the other mill payoffs fire every turn. (Nightkin Ambusher, Vault 12: The Necropolis, Mesmeric Orb) - Counter amplification: These cards increase every placement of +1/+1 counters and add extra rad counters, so each Mothman trigger and each milled card grows the board far faster. (Corpsejack Menace, Winding Constrictor, Hardened Scales) - Proliferate: Repeated proliferation grows creature counters and opponents' rad counters at once, and makes radiation mill escalate turn after turn. (Agent Frank Horrigan, Inexorable Tide, Vexing Radgull) - Mill payoffs: Once-per-turn and repeatable rewards turn milled cards into cards, tokens, life and returning creatures. (Mirelurk Queen, Screeching Scorchbeast, Glowing One) - Graveyard exploitation: Cards milled from any library, opponents' included, become resources that can be cast, reanimated or played as lands. (Raul, Trouble Shooter, The Master, Transcendent, Muldrotha, the Gravetide) - Drain and mill lock: Life loss turns into mill, and cards entering opponents' graveyards turn into drain, which together form a self-sustaining finisher. (Bloodchief Ascension, Mindcrank, Syr Konrad, the Grim)

The Wise Mothman decklist

• Arcane Signet
• Mesmeric Orb
• Nuka-Nuke Launcher
• Power Fist
• Sol Ring
• Talisman of Curiosity
• Talisman of Dominance
• Talisman of Resilience
• Command Tower
• Darkwater Catacombs
• Drowned Catacomb
• Evolving Wilds
• Exotic Orchard
• Fetid Pools
• 6× Forest
• Hinterland Harbor
• 4× Island
• Mariposa Military Base
• Mortuary Mire
• Nesting Grounds
• Opulent Palace
• Overflowing Basin
• Path of Ancestry
• Sunken Hollow
• 5× Swamp
• Tainted Isle
• Tainted Wood
• Temple of Deceit
• Temple of Malady
• Temple of Mystery
• Terramorphic Expanse
• Viridescent Bog
• Woodland Cemetery
• Agent Frank Horrigan
• Alpha Deathclaw
• Bloatfly Swarm
• Cathedral Acolyte
• Corpsejack Menace
• Evolution Sage
• Evolution Witness
• Feral Ghoul
• Glowing One
• Hancock, Ghoulish Mayor
• Infesting Radroach
• Kami of Whispered Hopes
• Marcus, Mutant Mayor
• Mirelurk Queen
• Muldrotha, the Gravetide
• Nightkin Ambusher
• Rampaging Yao Guai
• Raul, Trouble Shooter
• Ruin Crab
• Screeching Scorchbeast
• Strong, the Brutish Thespian
• Syr Konrad, the Grim
• Tato Farmer
• The Master, Transcendent
• Thrummingbird
• Vexing Radgull
• Watchful Radstag
• Winding Constrictor
• Bloodchief Ascension
• Branching Evolution
• Fraying Sanity
• Guardian Project
• Hardened Scales
• Inexorable Tide
• Struggle for Project Purity
• Vault 12: The Necropolis
• Assassin's Trophy
• Atomize
• Contaminated Drink
• Counterspell
• Inspiring Call
• Mutational Advantage
• Putrefy
• Radstorm
• Ripples of Potential
• Casualties of War
• Cultivate
• Farseek
• Find // Finality
• Harmonize
• Nuclear Fallout
• Rampant Growth
• Reanimate