mtg nicol bolas dragon god commander deck Control - EDH Proxy Nicol Bolas Nicol Bolas, Dragon-God · Secret

If left unchecked, it turns into a monster of a creature

Creature - Spider Color tag templates(None) Halana and Alena, Partners First strike (This creature deals combat damage before creatures without first strike.) Reach (This creature can block creatures with flying.) At the beginning of combat on your turn, put X +1/+1 counters on another target creature you control, where X is Halana and Alena's power

1 Tetsuko Umezawa, Fugitive

The synergies available are in strong mono-green combo pieces like Priest of Titania that generate a bunch of mana based on the number of elves you control, or cards like Craterhoof Behemoth, which will boost your elves for the win

From there, you also have to deal with an indestructible, growing threat

This is an incredibly useful card to use early when there aren't many cards in the player's graveyard, so they can increase the chances they get what they want