So while it is possible that there are shortages of one of the Commander 2014 decks (more on this later) in the first few weeks post-release, Wizards has made it clear that you will be able to get your copy at MSRP before too long
Midrange blue decks trade off threats to draw out opposing interaction without running out of gas
The effect still applies if the permanent has different counters
Decklist Creatures (33) 1 Birds of Paradise 1 Essence Warden 1 Woodfall Primus 1 Mentor of the Meek 1 Great Oak Guardian 1 Gilded Goose 1 Savvy Hunter 1 Prosperous Innkeeper 1 Orchard Strider 1 Tireless Provisioner 1 Sam, Loyal Attendant 1 Mirkwood Bats 1 Butterbur, Bree Innkeeper 1 Generous Ent 1 Landroval, Horizon Witness 1 Rosie Cotton of South Lane 1 Frodo, Adventurous Hobbit 1 Bilbo, Birthday Celebrant 1 Merry, Warden of Isengard 1 Pippin, Warden of Isengard 1 Shire Shirriff 1 Eagles of the North 1 Banquet Guests 1 Farmer Cotton 1 Feasting Hobbit 1 Gollum, Obsessed Stalker 1 Gwaihir, Greatest of the Eagles 1 Lobelia, Defender of Bag End 1 Motivated Pony 1 Prize Pig 1 Rapacious Guest 1 The Gaffer 1 Treebeard, Gracious Host Lands (38) 1 Brushland 8 Forest 4 Plains 4 Swamp 1 Ghost Quarter 1 Murmuring Bosk 1 Exotic Orchard 1 Sunpetal Grove 1 Graypelt Refuge 1 Evolving Wilds 1 Command Tower 1 Isolated Chapel 1 Woodland Cemetery 1 Rogue's Passage 1 Sandsteppe Citadel 1 Scoured Barrens 1 Canopy Vista 1 Fortified Village 1 Ash Barrens 1 Scattered Groves 1 Path of Ancestry 1 Shineshadow Snarl 1 Necroblossom Snarl 1 Access Tunnel 1 Shire Terrace Spells (29) 1 Swords to Plowshares 1 Sol Ring 1 Night's Whisper 1 Well of Lost Dreams 1 Farseek 1 Mortify 1 Harmonize 1 Sanguine Bond 1 Cultivate 1 Go for the Throat 1 Pristine Talisman 1 Trading Post 1 Chromatic Lantern 1 Crypt Incursion 1 Toxic Deluge 1 Commander's Sphere 1 Sylvan Offering 1 Fell the Mighty 1 Anguished Unmaking 1 Fumigate 1 Call for Unity 1 Dusk 1 Dawn of Hope 1 Arcane Signet 1 Revive the Shire 1 Assemble the Entmoot 1 Field-Tested Frying Pan 1 Hithlain Rope 1 Of Herbs and Stewed Rabbit New Cards
