Hall of the Mountain Queen

Commander / EDH Burn Lands Ramp RG (Gruul)

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Sorcery (28)

• 1x Circuitous Route
• 1x Cultivate
• 1x Explore
• 1x Explosive Vegetation
• 1x Farseek
• 1x Finale of Devastation
• 1x Green Sun's Zenith
• 1x Hour of Promise
• 1x Into the North
• 1x Kodama's Reach
• 1x Life from the Loam
• 1x Migration Path
• 1x Nature's Lore
• 1x Rampant Growth
• 1x Ranger's Path
• 1x Reshape the Earth
• 1x Scapeshift
• 1x Search for Tomorrow
• 1x Skyshroud Claim
• 1x Sylvan Scrying
• 1x Three Visits
• 1x Titania's Command
• 1x Traverse the Ulvenwald
• 1x Vandalblast
• 1x Vastwood Surge
• 1x Verdant Mastery
• 1x Wheel of Fortune
• 1x Wheel of Misfortune

Artifact (4)

• 1x Expedition Map
• 1x Mana Crypt
• 1x Scroll Rack
• 1x Sol Ring

Land (41)

• 1x Arid Mesa
• 1x Bloodstained Mire
• 1x Boseiju, Who Endures
• 1x Cinder Glade
• 1x Glacial Chasm
• 1x Highland Forest
• 1x Kessig Wolf Run
• 1x Misty Rainforest
• 18x Mountain
• 1x Scalding Tarn
• 1x Sheltered Thicket
• 1x Snow-Covered Forest
• 2x Snow-Covered Mountain
• 1x Stomping Ground
• 1x Taiga
• 1x The Tabernacle at Pendrell Vale
• 1x Thespian's Stage
• 1x Valakut, the Molten Pinnacle
• 1x Verdant Catacombs
• 1x Vesuva
• 1x Windswept Heath
• 1x Wooded Foothills
• 1x Yavimaya, Cradle of Growth

Instant (7)

• 1x Beast Within
• 1x Berserk
• 1x Chaos Warp
• 1x Crop Rotation
• 1x Krosan Grip
• 1x Road / Ruin
• 1x Worldly Tutor

Commander (1)

Creature (14)

• 1x Ancient Greenwarden
• 1x Dryad of the Ilysian Grove
• 1x Elvish Reclaimer
• 1x Eternal Witness
• 1x Imperial Recruiter
• 1x Living Twister
• 1x Panglacial Wurm
• 1x Ramunap Excavator
• 1x Reclamation Sage
• 1x Runic Armasaur
• 1x Sakura-Tribe Elder
• 1x Ulvenwald Hydra
• 1x Vexing Shusher
• 1x Woodland Bellower

Enchantment (5)

• 1x Defense of the Heart
• 1x Fiery Emancipation
• 1x Khalni Heart Expedition
• 1x Prismatic Omen
• 1x Sylvan Library

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Land (2)

• 1x Dryad Arbor
• 1x Forest

Enchantment (1)

• 1x Carpet of Flowers

Artifact (1)

• 1x Mirage Mirror

Sorcery (2)

• 1x Blasphemous Act
• 1x Natural Order

Instant (1)

• 1x Nature's Claim

Creature (1)

• 1x Bane of Progress

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Hall of the Mountain Queen

While many lands provide utility, Valakut, the Molten Pinnacle and Maze's End are the only ones that provide an effective way to win. The two strategies are at odds with one another and have difficultly fitting into the same deck due to requiring a large focus on ramping a specific type of land (mountains vs gates). In both cases, many utility lands do not make the cut because of the sheer quantity of necessary gates or mountains.

Focusing solely on Valakut, the Molten Pinnacle leads to the most streamlined version of the deck with the following benefits:

{R} Lands that enter untapped.

{R} Access to almost all ramp spells.

{R} Ramp spells multitask as mana generation, board control, as well as the win-condition.

The Three Pinnacles

The main strategy is to copy Valakut, the Molten Pinnacle to compound the effect. In {RG}, the best tutors are for lands [or creatures], so Vesuva and Thespian's Stage are the only reliable options.

Ramp Begets Ramp

Unlike most "tinker" style decks that rely on the right mix of ramp and large spells, our mana generation is also our win condition. This allows a more streamlined and consistent playstyle that begins to resemble burn-based strategies.

Date added	2 years
Last updated	1 year
Legality	This deck is not Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	16 - 0 Mythic Rares 39 - 0 Rares 10 - 0 Uncommons 10 - 0 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	3.15
Tokens	Bear 2/2 G, Beast 3/3 G, Zombie 2/2 B