Leonardo's Counterbalance

Leonardo’s Counterbalance is a 5-color Commander goodstuff/counters deck built around Leonardo, the Balance and a broad suite of multicolor legends, value creatures, and interactive spells.

Its main game plan looks like a +1/+1 counters and board-value midrange strategy: cards like Hamza, Guardian of Arashin, Oran-Rief Ooze, Bioessence Hydra, Basking Broodscale, and Legolas, Counter of Kills reward growing creatures over time, while clone/value cards like Vizier of Many Faces and Cackling Counterpart help copy the best threats. The deck also mixes in spellslinger-style value with cards such as Archmage Emeritus, Storm-Kiln Artist, Commence the Endgame, Frantic Search, and Accumulate Wisdom, giving it strong card flow and token/resource generation.

It aims to win by building a board of increasingly large, synergistic creatures, leveraging flexible removal to stay ahead, then overwhelming opponents in combat with buffed threats, copied creatures, and high-impact legends.