Anafenza attacks to put a +1/+1 counter on another tapped creature, and the deck is built around stacking +1/+1 counters across a wide board of creatures. Counter doublers and proliferate multiply that growth, while protection keeps the key creatures alive. Anafenza's exile clause also stops opposing creatures from returning from graveyards. How it wins: Attack with a board of oversized creatures, using Ouroboroid or Cathars' Crusade to grow every creature at once, and finish through combat damage with first strike, double strike, evasion or tap effects clearing blockers. Key roles: - Counter doublers: Multiply every counter placed so that each trigger grows creatures much faster, such as Winding Constrictor and Innkeeper's Talent. - Mass counter payoffs: Put counters on the whole team at once, such as Ouroboroid and Cathars' Crusade. - Counter-per-turn engines: Add a counter to a creature every combat so the team grows steadily, such as Luminarch Aspirant and Agent Bishop, Man in Black. - Combat enablers: Turn counters into evasion, first strike or double strike so attackers connect and survive, such as Urdnan, Dromoka Warrior and Elite Scaleguard. - Protection effects: Shield key creatures from removal and combat so the counters are not lost, such as Mother of Runes and Giver of Runes.

Itty Bitty Beats decklist

• Command Tower
• Ainok Bond-Kin
• Exotic Orchard
• Reconnaissance
• Winding Constrictor
• Verdant Catacombs
• Eladamri's Call
• Giver of Runes
• Voice of Resurgence
• Dire Tactics
• Retribution of the Ancients
• Collected Company
• Copperhorn Scout
• Marsh Flats
• Thalia, Guardian of Thraben
• Luminarch Aspirant
• Drana, Liberator of Malakir
• Mother of Runes
• Dromoka's Command
• Quirion Beastcaller
• Siege Veteran
• Sylvan Library
• Botanical Brawler
• Conclave Mentor
• Ayara's Oathsworn
• Heroic Intervention
• Elite Scaleguard
• Agatha's Soul Cauldron
• Kellan, Daring Traveler // Journey On
• Dauntless Dismantler
• Warden of the Inner Sky
• Kutzil, Malamet Exemplar
• Revival // Revenge
• Lush Portico
• Windswept Heath
• Requisition Raid
• Ornery Tumblewagg
• Llanowar Wastes
• Thraben Charm
• Collective Resistance
• Emperor of Bones
• Guide of Souls
• Metastatic Evangel
• Boggart Trawler // Boggart Bog
• Cursed Wombat
• Pawpatch Recruit
• Innkeeper's Talent
• Reluctant Role Model
• Generous Pup
• Urdnan, Dromoka Warrior
• Dryad Militant
• Dark Confidant
• 6× Forest
• 10× Plains
• 5× Swamp
• Cathars' Crusade
• Duskwatch Recruiter // Krallenhorde Howler
• Hopeful Initiate
• Veteran Beastrider
• Smile at Death
• Hollowmurk Siege
• Sinkhole Surveyor
• Ouroboroid
• Abandoned Air Temple
• Abigale, Eloquent First-Year
• Assassin's Trophy
• Agent Bishop, Man in Black
• Mikey & Leo, Chaos & Order
• The Ooze
• Pest Infestation
• Anguished Unmaking
• White Orchid Phantom
• Practiced Offense
• Ambitious Augmenter
• Scheming Silvertongue // Sign in Blood
• Dina's Guidance
• Germination Practicum
• Austere Command
• Godless Shrine
• Temple Garden
• Overgrown Tomb
• Gavony Township
• Vigorbloom Charm
• Solarium Sentry
• Swords to Plowshares
• Path to Exile
• Caves of Koilos