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Grow-Bots!

We are Grow Bots. Lower your cards and concede the game. We will add your technological distinctiveness and +1/+1 counters to our own. Your cards will adapt to service us. Resistance is futile.

Grow Bots is a Blue/Black aggressive deck that uses uses the proliferate mechanic to get tons of +1/+1 counters onto little artifact creatures to turn them into big artifact creatures.

Overview

Midrange

A fast Blue-Black deck that applies immediate pressure using aggressive early plays like Arcbound Worker and Chronomaton and aims to close games before opponents can stabilize.

Signature Cards
Arcbound Stinger
Arcbound Worker
Chronomaton
Keywords
ProliferateFlyingModular

Game Plan

Early Game

Turns 1-2
Deploy Arcbound Worker and Chronomaton as early as possible and commit to attacking. Every turn you don't attack, you fall behind on your plan.
Contentious Plan
Arcbound Worker
Arcbound Stinger

Mid Game

Turns 3-4
Maintain pressure while watching for open attacks. Use your interaction to clear blockers rather than save it for defensive purposes.
Grim Affliction
Iron Bully
Tezzeret's Gambit

Late Game

Turn 5+
With most of your hand played out, aim to finish the game before topdecking. Prioritize evasive threats.
Spread the Sickness

Deck Play Profile

Derived from automated card-by-card analysis across all known versions. The Capability Profile shows how the deck measures up across six functional dimensions — pressure, interaction, card advantage, and more. The Play Style hexagon uses the same data to place the deck on the aggro–control–combo–midrange spectrum.

Capability Profile
Play Style
MidrangeAggroControlCombo
Deck average (all versions)

Strengths & Weaknesses

  • Fast clock that puts opponents on the defensive immediately
  • Consistent early game due to low mana curve
  • Vulnerable to mass removal and lifegain that disrupts the damage race
  • Poor late game — topdecks are weak when the hand is empty