Counterpunch Precon Upgrade: 76 Budget Swaps for $38.37

Upgraded Decklist

Your upgraded Counterpunch.

100 / 100 cards · 76 new

Creatures 35$16.58

Creatures continued

Instants 9$5.00

Sorceries 5$3.38

Artifacts 7$8.71

Enchantments 7$22.78

Lands 36$10.59

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Upgrade Guide

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10 swaps · All suggested swaps

Cards to swapMaximum per added card · USD

All suggested swaps: 76 swaps. No further swaps meet the model’s play-rate, role, and price criteria.

Spells 54

$29.47

Spells to add, each with the card it replaces
#	Add	Price	Take out	Your call
1	Slimefoot, the Stowaway Theme/Synergy synergy	$0.28	Forest Lands	Skip the new card Keep the old card
2	Corpsejack Menace Theme/Synergy synergy	$0.28	Forest Lands	Skip the new card Keep the old card
3	Utopia Mycon Ramp synergy fills a gap	$1.05	Plains Lands	Skip the new card Keep the old card
4	Mycoloth Theme/Synergy synergy	$0.58	Squallmonger Board Wipes	Skip the new card Keep the old card
5	Arcane Signet Ramp synergy staple fills a gap	$0.38	Nemesis Trap Tgt Removal	Skip the new card Keep the old card
6	Hardened Scales Theme/Synergy synergy staple	$1.84	Monk Realist Tgt Removal	Skip the new card Keep the old card
7	Zulaport Cutthroat Theme/Synergy synergy staple	$1.27	Dark Hatchling Tgt Removal	Skip the new card Keep the old card
8	Moldervine Reclamation Card Draw synergy staple fills a gap	$0.32	Celestial Force Protection	Skip the new card Keep the old card
9	Cryptic Trilobite Ramp synergy fills a gap	$1.65	Acorn Catapult Tgt Removal	Skip the new card Keep the old card
10	Nemata, Primeval Warden Card Draw synergy fills a gap	$0.34	Cobra Trap Theme/Synergy	Skip the new card Keep the old card
11	Winding Constrictor Theme/Synergy synergy	$0.45	Vow of Duty Protection	Skip the new card Keep the old card
12	Good-Fortune Unicorn Theme/Synergy synergy	$0.30	Vow of Malice Theme/Synergy	Skip the new card Keep the old card
13	Mazirek, Kraul Death Priest Theme/Synergy synergy	$0.30	Deadly Recluse Theme/Synergy	Skip the new card Keep the old card
14	Kodama's Reach Ramp synergy staple fills a gap	$1.55	Syphon Flesh Tgt Removal	Skip the new card Keep the old card
15	Elas il-Kor, Sadistic Pilgrim Theme/Synergy synergy staple	$0.76	Penumbra Spider Theme/Synergy	Skip the new card Keep the old card
16	Tendershoot Dryad Theme/Synergy synergy	$1.25	Afterlife Tgt Removal	Skip the new card Keep the old card
17	Aura Mutation Tgt Removal synergy	$0.79	Soul Snare Tgt Removal	Skip the new card Keep the old card
18	Swords to Plowshares Tgt Removal synergy staple	$0.99	Bestial Menace Theme/Synergy	Skip the new card Keep the old card
19	Rampant Growth Ramp synergy staple fills a gap	$0.39	Aquastrand Spider Theme/Synergy	Skip the new card Keep the old card
20	Corpse Knight Theme/Synergy synergy	$0.38	Shriekmaw Tgt Removal	Skip the new card Keep the old card
21	Cruel Celebrant Theme/Synergy synergy	$0.80	Vow of Wildness Theme/Synergy	Skip the new card Keep the old card
22	Mirkwood Bats Theme/Synergy synergy staple	$1.02	Chorus of the Conclave Theme/Synergy	Skip the new card Keep the old card
23	Farseek Ramp synergy staple fills a gap	$0.45	Hex Tgt Removal	Skip the new card Keep the old card
24	Inspiring Call Card Draw synergy fills a gap	$0.27	Vampire Nighthawk Theme/Synergy	Skip the new card Keep the old card
25	Path to Exile Ramp synergy staple fills a gap	$0.71	Tribute to the Wild Tgt Removal	Skip the new card Keep the old card
26	Viscera Seer Card Draw synergy staple fills a gap	$0.49	Alliance of Arms Theme/Synergy	Skip the new card Keep the old card
27	Rosie Cotton of South Lane Theme/Synergy synergy staple	$0.35	Symbiotic Wurm Theme/Synergy	Skip the new card Keep the old card
28	Deathspore Thallid Tgt Removal synergy	$0.19	Spawnwrithe Theme/Synergy	Skip the new card Keep the old card
29	Conclave Mentor Theme/Synergy synergy	$0.34	Nantuko Husk Theme/Synergy	Skip the new card Keep the old card
30	Putrefy Tgt Removal synergy staple	$0.19	Golgari Guildmage Recursion	Skip the new card Keep the old card
31	Basking Broodscale Ramp synergy fills a gap	$0.26	Storm Herd Theme/Synergy	Skip the new card Keep the old card
32	Fungal Plots Card Draw synergy fills a gap	$0.22	Doom Blade Tgt Removal	Skip the new card Keep the old card
33	Assassin's Trophy Tgt Removal synergy staple	$0.99	Teneb, the Harvester Recursion	Skip the new card Keep the old card
34	Beast Within Tgt Removal synergy staple	$0.53	Oblivion Ring Tgt Removal	Skip the new card Keep the old card
35	Young Wolf Recursion synergy	$0.16	Karador, Ghost Chieftain Recursion	Skip the new card Keep the old card
36	Sporecrown Thallid Theme/Synergy synergy	$0.33	Vish Kal, Blood Arbiter Tgt Removal	Skip the new card Keep the old card
37	Juniper Order Ranger Theme/Synergy synergy	$0.15	Death Mutation Tgt Removal	Skip the new card Keep the old card
38	Mentor of the Meek Card Draw synergy staple fills a gap	$0.18	Hornet Queen Theme/Synergy	Skip the new card Keep the old card
39	Ivy Lane Denizen Theme/Synergy synergy	$0.20	Selesnya Guildmage Theme/Synergy	Skip the new card Keep the old card
40	Sporemound Theme/Synergy synergy	$0.16	Attrition Tgt Removal	Skip the new card Keep the old card
41	Rishkar, Peema Renegade Ramp synergy fills a gap	$0.21	Spike Feeder Theme/Synergy	Skip the new card Keep the old card
42	Fecundity Card Draw synergy fills a gap	$0.64	Selesnya Evangel Theme/Synergy	Skip the new card Keep the old card
43	Bastion of Remembrance Theme/Synergy synergy	$0.27	Hour of Reckoning Board Wipes	Skip the new card Keep the old card
44	Sporesower Thallid Theme/Synergy synergy	$0.27	Fists of Ironwood Theme/Synergy	Skip the new card Keep the old card
45	Bloodspore Thrinax Theme/Synergy synergy	$0.34	Mortify Tgt Removal	Skip the new card Keep the old card
46	Undercellar Myconid Ramp synergy fills a gap	$0.24	Sigil Captain Theme/Synergy	Skip the new card Keep the old card
47	Fungal Sprouting Theme/Synergy synergy	$0.60	Footbottom Feast Card Draw	Skip the new card Keep the old card
48	Pallid Mycoderm Theme/Synergy synergy	$0.10	Darksteel Ingot Ramp	Skip the new card Keep the old card
49	Avacyn's Pilgrim Ramp synergy staple fills a gap	$0.27	Yavimaya Elder Card Draw	Skip the new card Keep the old card
50	Sporoloth Ancient Theme/Synergy synergy	$0.25	Harmonize Card Draw	Skip the new card Keep the old card
51	Fungal Rebirth Recursion synergy	$0.18	Awakening Zone Ramp	Skip the new card Keep the old card
52	Village Rites Card Draw synergy fills a gap	$0.35	Fertilid Ramp	Skip the new card Keep the old card
53	Swiftfoot Boots Protection synergy staple	$1.54	Scavenging Ooze Protection	Skip the new card Keep the old card
54	Shalai, Voice of Plenty Protection staple	$1.07	Lightning Greaves Protection	Skip the new card Keep the old card

Lands 22

$8.90

Lands to add, each with the card it replaces
#	Add	Price	Take out	Your call
1	Sandsteppe Citadel Lands synergy staple	$0.24	Secluded Steppe Lands	Skip the new card Keep the old card
2	Woodland Cemetery Lands synergy staple	$0.62	Barren Moor Lands	Skip the new card Keep the old card
3	Sunpetal Grove Lands synergy staple	$0.28	Tranquil Thicket Lands	Skip the new card Keep the old card
4	Exotic Orchard Lands synergy staple	$0.20	Rupture Spire Lands	Skip the new card Keep the old card
5	Isolated Chapel Lands synergy staple	$0.20	Vivid Meadow Lands	Skip the new card Keep the old card
6	Oran-Rief, the Vastwood Lands synergy	$0.40	Vivid Marsh Lands	Skip the new card Keep the old card
7	Llanowar Wastes Lands synergy staple	$0.59	Vivid Grove Lands	Skip the new card Keep the old card
8	Canopy Vista Lands synergy staple	$0.22	Temple of the False God Lands	Skip the new card Keep the old card
9	Terramorphic Expanse Lands synergy staple	$0.10	Swamp Lands	Skip the new card Keep the old card
10	Caves of Koilos Lands synergy staple	$0.30	Forest Lands	Skip the new card Keep the old card
11	Vitu-Ghazi, the City-Tree Lands synergy	$0.13	Plains Lands	Skip the new card Keep the old card
12	Bojuka Bog Lands synergy staple	$1.18	Swamp Lands	Skip the new card Keep the old card
13	Temple of Malady Lands synergy staple	$0.17	Forest Lands	Skip the new card Keep the old card
14	Brushland Lands synergy staple	$0.37	Plains Lands	Skip the new card Keep the old card
15	Jungle Hollow Lands synergy staple	$0.15	Swamp Lands	Skip the new card Keep the old card
16	Overgrown Farmland Lands synergy staple	$0.93	Forest Lands	Skip the new card Keep the old card
17	Temple of Silence Lands synergy staple	$0.23	Plains Lands	Skip the new card Keep the old card
18	Path of Ancestry Lands synergy staple	$0.17	Swamp Lands	Skip the new card Keep the old card
19	Temple of Plenty Lands synergy staple	$0.15	Forest Lands	Skip the new card Keep the old card
20	Twilight Mire Lands synergy staple	$0.34	Plains Lands	Skip the new card Keep the old card
21	Shattered Sanctum Lands synergy staple	$1.58	Swamp Lands	Skip the new card Keep the old card
22	Murmuring Bosk Lands synergy staple	$0.35	Forest Lands	Skip the new card Keep the old card

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Lands. 39 lands as sold, 36 after these swaps; typical builds run 36. Change the number of basics in the deck workspace.

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What the upgrade changes.

The deck as sold compared with the upgraded deck
Statistic	As sold	Upgraded
Singles value	$85.50	$67.61
Average mana value	3.79	2.70
Game Changers	1	1
Combos	0	17
Deck match	20%	80%

Mana curve

Mana value 0: 0 as sold, 1 upgraded
Mana value 1: 4 as sold, 10 upgraded
Mana value 2: 16 as sold, 21 upgraded
Mana value 3: 18 as sold, 15 upgraded
Mana value 4: 5 as sold, 9 upgraded
Mana value 5: 4 as sold, 8 upgraded
Mana value 6: 5 as sold, 0 upgraded
Mana value 7+: 9 as sold, 0 upgraded

Each pair of bars is the deck as sold (gray) and the upgraded deck (blue). The curve and the average cover Ghave, Guru of Spores and every nonland card. Game Changers are the cards on the official Commander Game Changers list. Combos are the two- to four-card combos from Commander Spellbook that the 100 cards hold every piece of. Deck match says how much of what this commander’s decks usually play the list captures.

Roles

Cards per role: as sold, typical for this commander, and upgraded
Role	As sold	Typical	Upgraded
Lands	39	36	36
Ramp	9	16	17
Card draw	4	7	9
Targeted removal	18	7	8
Board wipes	2	1	0
Counterspells	0	0	0
Protection	4	3	2
Tutors	0	2	0

Typical is the median count across this commander’s decks. Each card counts toward its main role only. A swap never takes a role below 80% of its typical count unless the new card fills the same role.