Etali, Primal Conqueror

Commander / EDH Exile Ramp RG (Gruul) Stompy Value Engine

Benwatts14

Creature (30)

• 1x Arbor Elf
• 1x Beast Whisperer
• 1x Birds of Paradise
• 1x Boreal Druid
• 1x Bramble Sovereign
• 1x Delina, Wild Mage
• 1x Dockside Extortionist
• 1x Elvish Mystic
• 1x Eternal Witness
• 1x Fyndhorn Elves
• 1x Goblin Anarchomancer
• 1x Goreclaw, Terror of Qal Sisma
• 1x Jaxis, the Troublemaker
• 1x Keeper of Secrets
• 1x Llanowar Elves
• 1x Mirage Phalanx
• 1x Oracle of Mul Daya
• 1x Orthion, Hero of Lavabrink
• 1x Professional Face-Breaker
• 1x Rionya, Fire Dancer
• 1x Sakura-Tribe Elder
• 1x Selvala, Heart of the Wilds
• 1x Somberwald Sage
• 1x Temur Sabertooth
• 1x Topiary Stomper
• 1x Toski, Bearer of Secrets
• 1x Wild-Magic Sorcerer
• 1x Wood Elves
• 1x Xenagos, God of Revels *f-etch*
• 1x Zopandrel, Hunger Dominus

Instant (4)

• 1x Chaos Warp
• 1x Deflecting Swat
• 1x Return of the Wildspeaker
• 1x Worldly Tutor

Land (37)

• 1x Castle Garenbrig
• 1x Cinder Glade
• 1x Command Tower
• 1x Exotic Orchard
• 1x Fabled Passage
• 1x Gruul Turf
• 1x Karplusan Forest
• 1x Kessig Wolf Run
• 1x Mossfire Valley
• 9x Mountain
• 1x Nykthos, Shrine to Nyx
• 1x Reliquary Tower
• 1x Rockfall Vale
• 1x Rogue's Passage
• 1x Rootbound Crag
• 10x Snow-Covered Forest
• 1x Stomping Ground
• 1x Timbercrown Pathway  ^Flip
• 1x War Room
• 1x Yavimaya, Cradle of Growth

Artifact (9)

• 1x Arcane Signet
• 1x Blade of Selves
• 1x Conjurer's Closet
• 1x Panharmonicon
• 1x Sol Ring
• 1x Strionic Resonator
• 1x Sword of Hearth and Home
• 1x Talisman of Impulse
• 1x The Great Henge

Commander (1)

 ^Flip

Sorcery (12)

• 1x Cultivate
• 1x Farseek
• 1x Harmonize
• 1x Heat Shimmer
• 1x Jeska's Will
• 1x Kodama's Reach
• 1x Nature's Lore
• 1x Rampant Growth
• 1x Rishkar's Expertise
• 1x Skyshroud Claim
• 1x Three Visits
• 1x Twinflame

Enchantment (7)

• 1x Exploration
• 1x Greater Good
• 1x Guardian Project
• 1x Passionate Archaeologist
• 1x Splinter Twin
• 1x Utopia Sprawl
• 1x Wild Growth

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If you thought Etali, Primal Storm was cool, then Etali, Primal Conqueror   takes things to a completely different level. First time around Etali was difficult to be a commander because in addition to being restricted to mono red, it was an attack trigger that had the potential to net you nothing, assuming it was a land on top of everyone’s library. This time, for only one additional mana, we get a trigger that is a gauranteed hit off of everyone’s library and we get the much needed benefit of having access to green. So Etali hits much harder and much faster.

Most of the deck is purely support for Etali. We want to ramp as fast as we can to get him out as early as possible (there are 29 pieces of ramp) and then try and trigger his ability as much as possible. There are more ways than I thought in gruul colors to copy Etali and his ability. There are 10 ways to straight up make a copy of Etali (Twinflame, Heat Shimmer etc.) and 4 ways to copy his ability. The token copies of Etali will immediately have to be sacrificed but they will still have the etb trigger and that’s all we want anyway.

While getting spells from the top of everyone’s library is the main goal of the deck, we can’t forget Etali is a 7/7 trampler with a 1 shot K\O on the backside. While you won’t do this often it is still nice to have in case of emergency. Xenagos, God of Revels and Zopandrel, Hunger Dominus fit nicely with this option.

Overall this deck is an absolute blast to play and can be super OP with the right starting hand. Etali is quickly becoming one of my favorite commanders and I hope you enjoyed this list. I’m always open so suggestions so leave a comment down below. Thanks!

Date added	1 year
Last updated	1 year
Legality	This deck is not Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	7 - 0 Mythic Rares 47 - 0 Rares 11 - 0 Uncommons 16 - 0 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	3.19
Tokens	Copy Clone, Treasure