This Selesnya +1/+1 counters deck spreads counters across a wide board of creatures. Every countered creature makes Hamza and the rest of the creature spells cheaper, so the deck can chain cheap counter-placers into a flood of bodies. Doublers and "whenever a creature enters" counter engines grow the board automatically, and lords keyed to "creatures with a +1/+1 counter" grant trample, flying, first strike and lifelink so the whole team becomes lethal at once. How it wins: It goes wide with countered creatures, then pumps the whole team with mass counter effects and attacks through blockers with granted evasion and trample, often under team-wide indestructibility. Key roles: - Counter spreaders: cheap creatures and effects that put counters on something every turn or on every creature entering, switching on Hamza's cost reduction and growing the board for free (Luminarch Aspirant, Good-Fortune Unicorn, Juniper Order Ranger). - Counter amplifiers: cards that multiply or copy counters, either adding extra to each placement or proliferating whenever creatures enter, and Hydras that grow off every other counter event (Conclave Mentor, Metastatic Evangel, Wildwood Scourge). - Counter-keyed keyword lords: outlast creatures and similar permanents that give every countered creature trample, flying, first strike or lifelink, plus attack-time tapping of blockers, turning a wide board into an evasive alpha strike (Abzan Falconer, Ainok Bond-Kin, Elite Scaleguard). - Counter payoffs for value: creatures that draw cards, make tokens, recur cards, exile permanents or ramp whenever counters land on them, and card draw that scales with the number of countered creatures (Armorcraft Judge, Herd Baloth, Constable of the Realm). - Mass pump finishers: one-shot effects that put a counter on every creature or pump the team, often with indestructibility, to close a game or survive a board wipe (Unbreakable Formation, Felidar Retreat, End-Raze Forerunners). - Creature-cast engine: cost reduction from Hamza paired with cast-triggered card draw and mana from countered creatures, letting the deck dump its hand and refill it (Lifecrafter's Bestiary, Primordial Sage, Rishkar, Peema Renegade).

Hamza, Guardian of Arashin decklist

• Arcane Signet
• Lifecrafter's Bestiary
• Sol Ring
• Blossoming Sands
• Canopy Vista
• Command Tower
• Evolving Wilds
• 14× Forest
• Fortified Village
• Llanowar Reborn
• Oran-Rief, the Vastwood
• 10× Plains
• Selesnya Sanctuary
• Sungrass Prairie
• Sunpetal Grove
• Temple of Plenty
• Abzan Battle Priest
• Abzan Falconer
• Ainok Bond-Kin
• Armorcraft Judge
• Basking Broodscale
• Basri's Lieutenant
• Botanical Brawler
• Champion of Lambholt
• Conclave Mentor
• Constable of the Realm
• Dusk Legion Duelist
• Duskshell Crawler
• Elite Scaleguard
• End-Raze Forerunners
• Evolution Witness
• Fertilid
• Forgotten Ancient
• Genesis Hydra
• Gnarlid Colony
• Good-Fortune Unicorn
• Gyre Sage
• Haliya, Ascendant Cadet
• Herd Baloth
• Juniper Order Ranger
• Kutzil, Malamet Exemplar
• Loyal Guardian
• Luminarch Aspirant
• Managorger Hydra
• Metastatic Evangel
• Mikaeus, the Lunarch
• Mindless Automaton
• Pridemalkin
• Primordial Sage
• Renata, Called to the Hunt
• Rishkar, Peema Renegade
• Scavenging Ooze
• Slurrk, All-Ingesting
• Stonecoil Serpent
• Towashi Guide-Bot
• Tuskguard Captain
• Wildwood Scourge
• Felidar Retreat
• Garruk's Uprising
• Ordeal of Nylea
• Stocking the Pantry
• Together Forever
• Beast Within
• Break Ties
• Dromoka's Command
• Duty Beyond Death
• Hunter's Insight
• Inspiring Call
• Signature Slam
• Snakeskin Veil
• Unbreakable Formation
• Basri's Solidarity
• Cultivate
• Rampant Growth
• Requisition Raid
• Forest
• Plains