The Commander
Trample
Whenever you cast a spell, if that spell was kicked, put a +1/+1 counter on Hallar, then Hallar deals damage equal to the number of +1/+1 counters on it to each opponent.
Guide
Gameplan
Cast kicked spells to grow Hallar and ping every opponent simultaneously, doubling as a beatdown threat with trample. You ramp early, deploy counter-doublers and ways to copy spells, then chain kicker spells in a single turn to deal lethal damage to the whole table at once.
Strengths
- Group damage scales fast and hits all opponents at once
- Counter synergies make Hallar both a Voltron threat and a burn engine
- Gruul ramp lets you cast multiple kicked spells per turn
- Kicker spells are flexible, working as removal, ramp, or board presence
Weaknesses
- Heavily commander-dependent; falls apart if Hallar is repeatedly removed
- Limited pool of strong kicker spells in green/red
- No built-in card advantage or protection in the command zone
- Slow to set up explosive turns without ramp and doublers
Key Cards
- Doubling Season — Doubles counters placed on Hallar, instantly doubling the damage output from every kicked spell.
- Hardened Scales — Cheap counter-multiplier that ramps Hallar's damage with every kicked cast.
- Rivaz of the Claw — Not relevant—skip.
- Verdant Sun's Avatar — Provides lifegain and a strong kicker-friendly creature body to grind value.
- Branching Evolution — Another counter doubler that turns single kicks into multi-point swings across the table.
- Reckless Bushwhacker — Cheap kicker spell that triggers Hallar and supports go-wide aggression.
- Verdant Confluence — Skip.
- Rishkar's Expertise — Draws a huge number of cards off a counter-loaded Hallar to refuel kicker chains.
Upgrade Path
Add more counter doublers (Doubling Season, Branching Evolution, Hardened Scales) and proliferate effects to amplify damage, then include tutors and ramp to assemble explosive turns reliably. Lean into the best kicker spells available and add spell-copy or cost reducers to chain multiple kicked casts in one turn. Protect Hallar with hexproof/indestructible gear like Lightning Greaves and Heroic Intervention so your engine survives removal.
Core Cards
The most-played cards for this commander, built from aggregated deck data (the Mythic Graph). Build public decks to seed it.
Win Conditions
- ▸Burst the whole table down with a chain of kicked spells while Hallar has many counters
- ▸Swing with a massive trampling Hallar for lethal commander damage
- ▸Copy kicker spells with effects like Strionic Resonator-style triggers to double pings
Archetypes
- +1/+1 Counters — Hallar accumulates counters from kicked spells, rewarding counter-doublers and proliferate effects.
- Spellslinger Burn — Each kicked cast pings all opponents, so copying and recurring spells turns Hallar into a burn finisher.
- Voltron — Trample plus stacked counters lets Hallar close games via combat as a backup line.
- Ramp Midrange — Gruul ramp fuels casting multiple kicked spells per turn to maximize damage triggers.
Combos
- Hallar, the Firefletcher + Grafted Exoskeleton
→ Each opponent loses the game
- Hallar, the Firefletcher + Triumph of the Hordes
→ Each opponent loses the game
- Hallar, the Firefletcher + Phyrexian Devourer + The Ozolith
→ Exile your library, Near-infinite +1/+1 counters on a creature, Near-infinite damage
- Hallar, the Firefletcher + Phyrexian Devourer + Slippery Bogbonder
→ Exile your library, Near-infinite +1/+1 counters on a creature, Near-infinite damage
- Hallar, the Firefletcher + Body of Research + Bioshift
→ Near-infinite +1/+1 counters on a creature, Near-infinite damage
Combos via Commander Spellbook.
Related Commanders
Same color identity (GR), by popularity.
