Big Bird's Back, Back Again

Commander / EDH* Control GWU (Bant)

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Creature (39)

• 1x Acidic Slime
• 1x Archaeomancer
• 1x Avenger of Zendikar
• 1x Bane of Progress
• 1x Body Double
• 1x Brago, King Eternal
• 1x Clever Impersonator
• 1x Coiling Oracle
• 1x Craterhoof Behemoth
• 1x Deadeye Navigator
• 1x Diluvian Primordial
• 1x Duplicant
• 1x Ephara, God of the Polis
• 1x Eternal Witness
• 1x Faerie Artisans
• 1x Farhaven Elf
• 1x Fathom Mage
• 1x Fierce Empath
• 1x Flickerwisp
• 1x Gilded Drake
• 1x Glen Elendra Archmage
• 1x Ixidron
• 1x Karmic Guide
• 1x Kederekt Leviathan
• 1x Mistmeadow Witch
• 1x Mulldrifter
• 1x Mystic Snake
• 1x Palinchron
• 1x Prime Speaker Zegana
• 1x Progenitor Mimic
• 1x Rashmi, Eternities Crafter
• 1x Recruiter of the Guard
• 1x Restoration Angel
• 1x Reveillark
• 1x Soul of the Harvest
• 1x Spike Weaver
• 1x Venser, Shaper Savant
• 1x Willbreaker
• 1x Woodland Bellower

Planeswalker (1)

• 1x Venser, the Sojourner

Land (37)

• 1x Adarkar Wastes
• 1x Alchemist's Refuge
• 1x Breeding Pool
• 1x Canopy Vista
• 1x City of Brass
• 1x Command Tower
• 1x Exotic Orchard
• 5x Forest
• 1x Glacial Fortress
• 1x Hallowed Fountain
• 1x Hinterland Harbor
• 1x Homeward Path
• 3x Island
• 1x Mana Confluence
• 1x Minamo, School at Water's Edge
• 1x Novijen, Heart of Progress
• 2x Plains
• 1x Razorverge Thicket
• 1x Reflecting Pool
• 1x Reliquary Tower
• 1x Seaside Citadel
• 1x Selesnya Sanctuary
• 1x Simic Growth Chamber
• 1x Strip Mine
• 1x Sunpetal Grove
• 1x Temple Garden
• 1x Temple of Enlightenment
• 1x Temple of Mystery
• 1x Windswept Heath
• 1x Yavimaya Coast

Enchantment (2)

• 1x Aura Shards
• 1x Leyline of Anticipation

Artifact (5)

• 1x Birthing Pod
• 1x Chromatic Lantern
• 1x Conjurer's Closet
• 1x Panharmonicon
• 1x Sol Ring

Instant (6)

• 1x Cyclonic Rift
• 1x Eerie Interlude
• 1x Eladamri's Call
• 1x Forbid
• 1x Path to Exile
• 1x Worldly Tutor

Sorcery (9)

• 1x Cultivate
• 1x Explosive Vegetation
• 1x Kodama's Reach
• 1x Rite of Replication
• 1x Skyshroud Claim
• 1x Supreme Verdict
• 1x Time Warp
• 1x Tooth and Nail
• 1x Wargate

Commander (1)

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Creature (41)

• 1x Angel of Finality
• 1x Angel of Serenity
• 1x Augury Owl
• 1x Banisher Priest
• 1x Birds of Paradise
• 1x Brutalizer Exarch
• 1x Carven Caryatid
• 1x Deadwood Treefolk
• 1x Djinn of Infinite Deceits
• 1x Elvish Visionary
• 1x Fiend Hunter
• 1x Frost Titan
• 1x Great Whale
• 1x Harmonic Sliver
• 1x Hokori, Dust Drinker
• 1x Jace's Mindseeker
• 1x Kiora's Follower
• 1x Krosan Cloudscraper
• 1x Lavinia of the Tenth
• 1x Nephalia Smuggler
• 1x Nevermaker
• 1x Peregrine Drake
• 1x Perplexing Chimera
• 1x Phyrexian Metamorph
• 1x Reflector Mage
• 1x Roon of the Hidden Realm
• 1x Sage of Epityr
• 1x Seedborn Muse
• 1x Solemn Simulacrum
• 1x Somberwald Sage
• 1x Sower of Temptation
• 1x Stonehorn Dignitary
• 1x Sun Titan
• 1x Sylvan Primordial
• 1x Sylvan Ranger
• 1x Terastodon
• 1x Thragtusk
• 1x Trostani's Summoner
• 1x Wall of Blossoms
• 1x Wall of Omens
• 1x Woodfall Primus

Land (1)

• 1x Maze of Ith

Enchantment (5)

• 1x Asceticism
• 1x Darksteel Mutation
• 1x Dismiss into Dream
• 1x Lurking Predators
• 1x Mirari's Wake

Artifact (6)

• 1x Lightning Greaves
• 1x Strionic Resonator
• 1x Sundial of the Infinite
• 1x Swiftfoot Boots
• 1x Thousand-Year Elixir
• 1x Thran Dynamo

Instant (5)

• 1x Chord of Calling
• 1x Ghostly Flicker
• 1x Ghostway
• 1x Momentary Blink
• 1x Plasm Capture

Sorcery (2)

• 1x Acquire
• 1x Bribery

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After a lot of playtesting with a previous version of a Roon deck, I've realised that commander decks just aren't any good if it requires the commander to remain on the board to win. In a meta (my playgroup ==) full of boardwipes that's just not feasible, so I built this deck to more or less be able to operate without Roon needing to be online. That's why I now have Derevi in the deck, which is still on theme to the whole ETB triggers thing going, but it's much faster and fills out my curve better.

This deck features a lot of value cards and ETB good stuff, with a lot of ways to flicker. It is very creature heavy, since most of the flickering occurs on creatures. I chose cards based on one mentality; high impact. If the card doesn't have high enough impact then I cut it, even if it fills out my curve better. In a format that's multilayer, you can afford to be slower and then start playing your big bombs later in the game, especially when boardwipes go off to wipe early game progress.

Things I cut from my previous version were cheap card draw cards like Elvish Visionary or Carven Caryatid. These creatures just get destroyed on the first boardwipe, really not much point. Took out other low impact cards that don't really win me the game (Spikeweaver, Strionic Resonator or Sundial of the Infinite) or too expensive (Woodland Primus, Terastodon, or Lavinia of the Tenth). Added a bunch of clones in, so they can copy other threats or reuse some of my own ETB. Added some really obvious cards that I didn't have before like Diluvian Primordial or Prime Speaker Zegana.

Overall, this deck does look a lot like any other ETB good stuff deck on Bant, but the power level should be greater. Plus I was sick of only having one wincon, Avenger plus Craterhoof. Still need to play this out and see if it can win in other ways. Please leave suggestions, I would love feedback.

Date added	10 years
Last updated	7 years
Legality	This deck is Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	10 - 0 Mythic Rares 53 - 0 Rares 18 - 0 Uncommons 9 - 0 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	4.19
Tokens	Copy Clone, Emblem Venser, the Sojourner, Plant 0/1 G