SelesnyaLegendary Creature — Elephant Mouse PerformerTusk and Whiskers
Mana value5Rank#27,374
The Commander
Whenever you put an ability sticker on a creature, put a +1/+1 counter on that creature.
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: You get 
. You may put a sticker on a nonland permanent you own.
Guide
Gameplan
Tusk and Whiskers turns Unfinity's sticker mechanic into a repeatable +1/+1 counter engine: tap it (and spend mana) to gain ticket tokens and slap ability stickers on your creatures, which then earn counters thanks to its first ability. You grind out an ever-growing board of buffed creatures, supplement them with counter synergies, and eventually swing wide or tall for the win.
Strengths
- Built-in repeatable +1/+1 counter generation that scales every turn you activate it
- Plays in any sticker/Unfinity-friendly pod and stacks with broad GW counters and tokens themes
- Ability stickers can grant keywords (trample, vigilance, flying) on top of the counters, making creatures hard to block
- GW gives access to powerful ramp, recursion, and protection to keep the engine online
Weaknesses
- Requires playgroups that allow Acorn/sticker cards, limiting its legality in many tables
- The activated ability is slow at five mana plus a tap and a per-activation mana cost
- Heavily commander-dependent — removal or repeated bounce shuts off the counter engine
- Lacks evasion and card advantage on its own, so it can stall against go-wide control
Key Cards
- Hardened Scales — Doubles each +1/+1 counter the commander generates from sticking abilities.
- Doubling Season — Doubles the counters placed and any token generation, supercharging the gameplan.
- Branching Evolution — Another counter doubler that turns each sticker into two counters.
- Cathars' Crusade — Each creature that enters or grows pairs with counters to snowball your board fast.
- The Ozolith — Preserves accumulated counters when creatures die, protecting your investment.
- Conclave Mentor — Adds counters and incidental life every time the commander buffs a creature.
Upgrade Path
Lean into counter doublers (Hardened Scales, Branching Evolution, Doubling Season) so every sticker yields more, and add anthem/overrun finishers like Craterhoof Behemoth or Overwhelming Stampede to convert the board. Improve mana with green ramp and dual lands to activate the commander early and repeatedly, and include protection like Heroic Intervention and recursion to keep the engine resilient against 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
- ▸Overrun-style alpha strike with a wide, counter-pumped board
- ▸Voltron commander damage on a single stickered, trampling creature
- ▸Grinding incremental advantage until your board outsizes the table
Archetypes
- +1/+1 Counters — Its first ability is a direct counter generator that thrives with doublers and counter payoffs.
- Tokens / Go-Wide — Tickets and GW token makers give you bodies to receive stickers and counters.
- Voltron — Stacking ability stickers and counters onto one evasive creature can close games quickly.
- Counters Aggro — GW midrange beatdown backed by growing, keyword-laden threats.
Combos
No combos found for this commander on Commander Spellbook.
Related Commanders
Same color identity (GW), by popularity.
