The Commander
: Move a counter of each kind not on Goldberry from another target permanent you control onto Goldberry.
, : Move one or more counters from Goldberry onto another target permanent you control. If you do, draw a card.
Guide
Gameplan
Goldberry is a mono-blue counter-manipulation engine: load counters onto cheap permanents, vacuum them onto Goldberry, then redistribute them where they matter while drawing a card each time. You build incremental card advantage and counter mass, then redeploy counters to win via a giant Walking Ballista, planeswalker ultimates, or counter-fueled creatures. Most turns you proliferate, shuffle counters, and dig deeper into your engine pieces.
Strengths
- Repeatable, low-cost card draw stapled to a versatile counter-mover at just 2 mana
- Plays beautifully with proliferate to refill counters every turn
- Can relocate loyalty counters to instantly ultimate planeswalkers or save them from removal
- Flexible across many counter subthemes—charge, +1/+1, loyalty, and oddball counters
- Cheap commander that comes down early and is easy to recast
Weaknesses
- Mono-blue restricts access to green's powerful counter doublers and payoffs
- Relies on Goldberry surviving and untapping—she's a removal magnet
- Both abilities use the tap symbol, so she only acts once per turn without untappers
- Slow to start; needs counters already on the board to do anything
- Lacks built-in interaction and can stall against fast combo decks
Key Cards
- The Ozolith — Banks counters when creatures die and feeds Goldberry a reusable reservoir to redistribute.
- Inexorable Tide — Proliferates on every spell you cast, endlessly refueling counters for Goldberry to move and draw off of.
- Karn's Bastion — A land-based proliferate engine that keeps Goldberry's counter pool full without spending cards.
- Walking Ballista — A premier payoff—load it with counters via Goldberry to machine-gun the table.
- Astral Cornucopia — Stockpiles charge counters that Goldberry can shuffle into draws and payoffs while ramping you.
- Resourceful Defense — Protects your investment by relocating counters off doomed permanents, synergizing with Goldberry's whole plan.
- Power Conduit — Another counter-mover and untap-adjacent piece that lets you convert and recycle counters flexibly.
Upgrade Path
Lean hard into proliferate (Tezzeret's Gambit, Steady Progress, Contentious Plan, Flux Channeler) and counter doublers available in blue to multiply every move. Add untappers like Thousand-Year Elixir, Seedborn Muse, or Inspiring Statuary effects so Goldberry can move and draw multiple times per turn, and include protection (Lightning Greaves, Swiftfoot Boots) plus fast mana like Sol Ring and Mana Crypt. Tighten the win to a compact Walking Ballista or planeswalker-ultimate package so the engine actually closes games.
Core Cards
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Win Conditions
- ▸Loading Walking Ballista with counters to ping the entire table to death
- ▸Stacking loyalty counters to fire off planeswalker ultimates ahead of schedule
- ▸Growing a single counter-laden creature into a lethal voltron threat
- ▸Grinding out the table with overwhelming card advantage and a Laboratory Maniac/Thassa's Oracle finish
Archetypes
- Proliferate / +1/+1 Counters — Goldberry consolidates and redistributes counters while proliferate keeps the supply endless and fuels card draw.
- Superfriends — She can yank loyalty counters off a fresh planeswalker to enable immediate, game-ending ultimates.
- Artifacts / Charge Counters — Charge-counter ramp like Everflowing Chalice and Astral Cornucopia gives her fodder to move and draw from.
- Combo — Counter-engine pieces plus untappers and proliferate set up infinite or near-infinite Walking Ballista loops.
Combos
No combos found for this commander on Commander Spellbook.
Related Commanders
Same color identity (U), by popularity.
