When evaluating aggressive velocity and explosive stat scaling in the opening turns of a match, Moxfield’s deckbuilding community consistently points to one exceptionally loyal companion: Yoshimaru, Ever Faithful.
By pairing Yoshimaru via the Partner mechanic with Reyhan, Last of the Abzan, you secure the highly resilient Abzan (Green-White-Black) color identity. Yoshimaru is a structural anomaly, costing just a single White mana to deploy on turn one. His mechanic is straightforward yet devastating: whenever another legendary permanent enters the battlefield under your control, Yoshimaru gains a +1/+1 counter. Because this scales with any legendary permanent, including planeswalkers, legendary artifacts, and key legendary land cycles, Yoshimaru quickly grows into a lethal threat. Reyhan sits perfectly in the command zone as your tactical insurance, ensuring that if your massive companion is removed, all of his accumulated +1/+1 counters are instantly transferred onto another threat to maintain your aggressive board metrics.
Here is the operational breakdown of Moxfield’s premier Yoshimaru & Reyhan list, detailing how to turn legendary deployments into absolute combat dominance.
1. Core Mechanics & Operational Phases
Succeeding with this Abzan partnership requires sequencing your legendary permanents aggressively to inflate Yoshimaru before opponents can establish blockers.
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Early Game (Turns 1–2): Deploy Yoshimaru on turn one. Follow up immediately on turn two with low-cost legendary utility pieces or legendary lands to trigger his growth sequence, swinging for substantial early commander damage.
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Mid Game (Turns 3–4): Cast Reyhan, Last of the Abzan to secure your counter grid. Begin introducing high-impact legendary value pieces and planeswalkers, using Yoshimaru as an oppressive attacker while holding up protection spells.
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Late Game (Turns 4+): Execute your sacrifice and transfer loops. If the game stalls, sacrifice a heavily amplified creature to move massive counter stacks onto un-blockable targets, ending the match in a single combat phase.
2. Moxfield Highlights: The Legendary Synergy Pillars
The highest-rated community lists on Moxfield optimize this partnership by running hyper-efficient legendary permanents that double as mana production and counter multipliers.
Mox Amber / Flowering of the White Tree
The ultimate low-cost accelerators for the deck. Because Yoshimaru hits the board on turn one, Mox Amber is instantly active, providing free colored mana and giving Yoshimaru a +1/+1 counter for zero resource cost. Flowering of the White Tree acts as a massive tribal-style anthem, granting your legendary units ward 1 and a massive power boost that scales with their counter metrics.
Kethis, the Hidden Hand
An elite mechanical engine within the Abzan colors. Kethis reduces the casting cost of all your legendary spells by 1 generic mana, allowing for rapid multi-spell turns. Furthermore, his graveyard activation allows you to exile legendary cards to recast fallen components, repeatedly re-triggering Yoshimaru’s growth.
Ozolith, the Shattered Spire / The Ozolith
Essential structural artifacts for counter preservation. While the Shattered Spire increases the number of +1/+1 counters placed on your units, the original Ozolith stores any counters left behind when a creature leaves the battlefield. Layering these with Reyhan creates a bulletproof network where counters are never lost, only recycled.
Delighted Halfling
The premier modern mana dork for legendary strategies. The Halfling fixes your mana perfectly while ensuring that your legendary commanders completely bypass enemy countermagic, securing your early turn-one and turn-three casting milestones without disruption.
3. Copy & Paste Yoshimaru & Reyhan 100-Card Decklist
Use the text box below to copy the complete highly-optimized community list. It features exactly 2 Partner Commanders and 98 mainboard cards, calibrated perfectly for a flawless import into Moxfield.
1 Yoshimaru, Ever Faithful
1 Reyhan, Last of the Abzan
1 An Offer You Can't Refuse
1 Arcane Signet
1 Arbor Elf
1 Arid Mesa
1 Assassin's Trophy
1 Avacyn's Pilgrim
1 Bayou
1 Birds of Paradise
1 Bloodstained Mire
1 Boseiju, Who Endures
1 Bountiful Promenade
1 Chord of Calling
1 Chrome Mox
1 City of Brass
1 Collector Ouphe
1 Command Tower
1 Crop Rotation
1 Dauthi Voidwalker
1 Deathrite Shaman
1 Delighted Halfling
1 Demonic Tutor
1 Diabolic Intent
1 Drannith Magistrate
1 Eiganjo, Seat of the Empire
1 Eladamri's Call
1 Eldritch Evolution
1 Elvish Mystic
1 Esper Sentinel
1 Eternal Witness
1 Exotic Orchard
1 Faeburrow Elder
1 Finale of Devastation
1 Flooded Strand
1 Flowering of the White Tree
1 Fyndhorn Elves
1 Gaea's Cradle
1 Giver of Runes
1 Godless Shrine
1 Grand Abolisher
1 Green Sun's Zenith
1 Hardened Scales
1 Haywire Mite
1 Heroic Intervention
1 Imperial Seal
1 Kethis, the Hidden Hand
1 Lotho, Corrupt Shirriff
1 Lotus Petal
1 Mana Confluence
1 Marsh Flats
1 Mental Misstep
1 Misty Rainforest
1 Mother of Runes
1 Mox Amber
1 Nature's Claim
1 Nature's Lore
1 Noble Hierarch
1 Orcish Bowmasters
1 Overgrown Tomb
1 Path to Exile
1 Plaza of Heroes
1 Polluted Delta
1 Ranger-Captain of Eos
1 Reactive Shielding
1 Rejuvenating Springs
1 Reliquary Tower
1 Saffi Eriksdotter
1 Samut, Voice of Dissent
1 Scalding Tarn
1 Scrubland
1 Seedborn Muse
1 Shalai, Voice of Plenty
1 Shizo, Death's Storehouse
1 Sol Ring
1 Swords to Plowshares
1 Sylvan Library
1 Sylvan Safekeeper
1 Talisman of Resilience
1 Talisman of Unity
1 Teferi's Protection
1 Temple Garden
1 The Great Henge
1 The Ozolith
1 Three Visits
1 Toxic Deluge
1 Tyvar, Jubilant Brawl
1 Undergrowth Stadium
1 Urza's Saga
1 Ozolith, the Shattered Spire
1 Vampiric Tutor
1 Vault of Champions
1 Verdant Catacombs
1 Winding Constrictor
1 Windswept Heath
1 Wooded Foothills
1 Worldly Tutor
1 Yasharn, Implacable Earth
3 Forest
2 Plains
2 Swamp
Summary: Legendary Counter Progression
Moxfield’s top deck builders prioritize the partnership of Yoshimaru and Reyhan because it completely exploits the tempo of the early game. By converting standard legendary permanent value into permanent +1/+1 counters that can be infinitely recycled across your board layout, you maintain total offensive authority. Copy the flawless 100-card decklist above, deploy your legendary assets in perfect sequence, and let the most faithful companion hunt down your next victory.
