Gluntch, the Bestower
Color Identity
Details
Mana Value
3
Popularity
#411
of 3,381 commanders · via EDHREC
Card Text
Legendary Creature — Jellyfish
Flying
At the beginning of your end step, choose a player. They put two +1/+1 counters on a creature they control. Choose a second player to draw a card. Then choose a third player to create two Treasure tokens.
0/5
Playstyle
Group hug · Steady · Political · Incremental wins
- Aggression
- 1 of 5
- Speed
- 2 of 5
- Interaction
- 5 of 5
- Combat
- 2 of 5
- Engine
- 3 of 5
- Complexity
- 4 of 5
Strategy Guides
Group Hug Strategy Guide
Group Hug decks are for players who want table politics to matter as much as board position. This strategy wants to give everyone extra cards, lands, or mana, using group hug commanders and symmetrical resource effects, to win through political leverage, hidden payoffs, or a carefully timed finish. Unlike Lifegain, it does not make your own life total the engine; it gives resources away and tries to profit from who uses them. The best political decks EDH players remember are frank about the risk: your gifts can help the wrong player first.
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+1/+1 Counters Strategy Guide
+1/+1 counter decks are for players who want small creature upgrades to become permanent pressure across the board. This strategy wants to grow creatures over several turns, using +1/+1 counter commanders, counter doublers, and counter payoffs, to win through combat damage from creatures that keep getting larger. Unlike Tokens, Counters grows creatures over time instead of making many bodies, and unlike Voltron it spreads power beyond one attacker; unlike Proliferate, it focuses on +1/+1 growth rather than every counter type, while Infect is a separate poison plan. Counters matter decks reward pilots who sequence early creatures, multipliers, and protection so each trigger converts into lasting board presence.
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Tokens Strategy Guide
Token decks are for players who want one card to become many bodies and then decide whether those bodies attack, block, draw cards, or fuel another engine. This strategy wants to flood the battlefield with creatures, using token commanders, repeatable generators, and anthem effects, to win through a go wide attack or by converting the swarm into damage, drain, or mana. Tokens is different from Aristocrats because making bodies comes first, from Counters because it grows wide instead of tall, and from Voltron because it spreads pressure across many creatures. The best token decks EDH players build reward patience against sweepers and careful timing on the finishing turn.
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Lifegain Strategy Guide
Lifegain decks are for players who want each point of life to become a resource, not just a larger cushion against attacks. This strategy wants to gain life in steady repeatable triggers, using lifegain commanders, Soul Warden effects, and payoff cards, to win through life drain, oversized creatures, or a charged Aetherflux Reservoir. Unlike Group Hug, it keeps the resources for itself, and unlike Aristocrats it is driven by life gained rather than death triggers. The best lifegain decks EDH players build feel patient early, then convert a safe life total into pressure.
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