X Marks the Spot

Commander / EDH RG (Gruul)

Bobhall

Creature (22)

• 1x Apocalypse Hydra
• 1x Eternal Witness
• 1x Fauna Shaman
• 1x Gargos, Vicious Watcher
• 1x Genesis Hydra
• 1x God-Eternal Rhonas
• 1x Hooded Hydra
• 1x Hungering Hydra
• 1x Hydra Broodmaster
• 1x Hydra Omnivore
• 1x Kalonian Hydra
• 1x Lifeblood Hydra
• 1x Magus of the Candelabra
• 1x Managorger Hydra
• 1x Mistcutter Hydra
• 1x Sakura-Tribe Elder
• 1x Selvala, Heart of the Wilds
• 1x Ulvenwald Hydra
• 1x Vexing Shusher
• 1x Vigor
• 1x Whiptongue Hydra
• 1x Xenagos, God of Revels

Artifact (10)

• 1x Citanul Flute
• 1x Emerald Medallion
• 1x Gruul Signet
• 1x Lifecrafter's Bestiary
• 1x Mana Crypt
• 1x Primal Amulet  ^Flip
• 1x Rhonas's Monument
• 1x Talisman of Impulse
• 1x Umbral Mantle
• 1x Vedalken Orrery

Land (32)

• 1x Ancient Tomb
• 1x Cavern of Souls
• 1x Cinder Glade
• 1x Command Tower
• 10x Forest
• 1x Game Trail
• 1x Geier Reach Sanitarium
• 1x Karn's Bastion
• 1x Karplusan Forest
• 1x Kazandu Refuge
• 1x Kessig Wolf Run
• 1x Mossfire Valley
• 1x Mosswort Bridge
• 6x Mountain
• 1x Nykthos, Shrine to Nyx
• 1x Reliquary Tower
• 1x Rootbound Crag
• 1x Temple of Abandon

Enchantment (12)

• 1x Canopy Cover
• 1x Doubling Season
• 1x Growing Rites of Itlimoc  ^Flip
• 1x Hardened Scales
• 1x Helix Pinnacle
• 1x Lignify
• 1x Rhythm of the Wild
• 1x Sylvan Library
• 1x Unbound Flourishing
• 1x Warstorm Surge
• 1x Wilderness Reclamation
• 1x Zendikar Resurgent

Planeswalker (3)

• 1x Garruk, Caller of Beasts
• 1x Nissa, Who Shakes the World
• 1x Vivien Reid

Commander (1)

Sorcery (13)

• 1x Banefire
• 1x Cultivate
• 1x Fanning the Flames
• 1x Genesis Wave
• 1x Howl of the Horde
• 1x Kodama's Reach
• 1x Molten Disaster
• 1x Overcome
• 1x Praetor's Counsel
• 1x Rishkar's Expertise
• 1x Seasons Past
• 1x Traverse the Outlands
• 1x Triumph of the Hordes

Instant (7)

• 1x Heroic Intervention
• 1x Nature's Panoply
• 1x Setessan Tactics
• 1x Solidarity of Heroes
• 1x Veil of Summer
• 1x Wild Ricochet
• 1x Withstand Death

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X spells for the win!

Short description: Rosheen is the commander instead of Gargos for access to do more things than just go big and stompy.

Using Rosheen’s ability and Gargos (amplified by Doubling Season and Hardened Scales) Hydras get big and bad fast.

Getting to place Umbral Mantle on either Selvala or Magus of the Candelabra gives us infinite mana (with a big enough creature) and allows us to A) Genesis Wave our deck to the table, B) cast Molten Disaster (make it Split Second) OR C) Fanning the Flames to kill everything/everyone all at once, OR...

Go for the surprise win and cast Helix Pinnacle and win the game on your next turn. This is the real secret to this build.

Go big or go home, but either way “X marks the spot.”

All the other Gargos decks focus too hard on the bodies, but the other Rosheens seem too loose to get to wincon fast enough. I took both worlds to use Rosheen’s Red as a support splash.

Would love feedback or other ideas. I had a Grand Warlord Radha deck that did infinite combat phases so that’s why you don’t see Savage Ventmaw/Aggravated Assault here. This is built to win in new ways.

Date added	5 years
Last updated	5 years
Legality	This deck is not Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	15 - 0 Mythic Rares 45 - 0 Rares 15 - 0 Uncommons 9 - 0 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	3.37
Tokens	Emblem Garruk, Caller of Beasts, Emblem Nissa, Who Shakes the World, Emblem Vivien Reid, Hydra X/X G, Morph 2/2 C, Snake 1/1 G
Folders	Hydras, Cool shit