Dragonfire Counter Surge

An aggressive red-green counters deck that uses early creatures and landfall growth to build a board, then closes with heavy flying dragons.

• Mossborn Hydra doubles its +1/+1 counters with each land drop, and Evolving Wilds, Bushwhack, and Loot, Exuberant Explorer all trigger that landfall engine while fixing mana.
• Loot, Exuberant Explorer and Quilled Greatwurm reward you for playing extra lands, growing into threats that must be answered.
• Bonehoard Dracosaur converts top-decks and extra lands into Treasure and Dragon tokens, providing a flying top end that snowballs.
• Snakeskin Veil protects key counter-carriers while adding a +1/+1 counter, and Slickshot Show-Off gets bigger whenever you cast Lightning Strike, Shock, or Bushwhack.
• Cenote Scout and Poison Dart Frog provide early pressure and mana fixing to deploy dragons a turn faster.

Keep hands with 2-3 lands, at least one green source, and a one- or two-drop creature to start the counter plan. Mulligan hands with no early plays, no green mana, or only four-plus-mana cards.

• Early: Deploy Cenote Scout, Poison Dart Frog, and Slickshot Show-Off to chip in damage and set up counters; use Bushwhack and Evolving Wilds to fix mana.
• Mid: Grow Mossborn Hydra, Loot, Exuberant Explorer, and Quilled Greatwurm with counters and landfall while using Lightning Strike and Shock to clear blockers and Snakeskin Veil to protect your board.
• Late: Land Bonehoard Dracosaur and your big green threats, then attack with flying dragons and enormous trampling creatures to finish.

This deck leans hard on creatures, so sweeper effects and efficient removal are its worst matchup; hold Snakeskin Veil for your key counter-carriers. The dragon package is mana-hungry, so hands that flood on expensive cards or miss land drops can fall behind, and Evolving Wilds entering tapped can cost tempo against very fast aggro.