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Commander / EDH Group Hug Pillow Fort RGWU Tokens

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Land (38)

• 1x Alchemist's Refuge
• 1x Arid Mesa
• 1x Breeding Pool
• 1x Command Tower
• 1x Exotic Orchard
• 1x Field of the Dead
• 1x Flooded Strand
• 1x Forbidden Orchard
• 2x Forest
• 1x Gaea's Cradle
• 1x Glacial Chasm
• 1x Hallowed Fountain
• 1x Homeward Path
• 1x Island
• 1x Mana Confluence
• 1x Maze of Ith
• 1x Mikokoro, Center of the Sea
• 1x Misty Rainforest
• 1x Mountain
• 2x Plains
• 1x Plateau
• 1x Prismatic Vista
• 1x Reliquary Tower
• 1x Sacred Foundry
• 1x Savannah
• 1x Scalding Tarn
• 1x Steam Vents
• 1x Stomping Ground
• 1x Taiga
• 1x Temple Garden
• 1x Tolaria West
• 1x Tropical Island
• 1x Tundra
• 1x Volcanic Island
• 1x Windswept Heath
• 1x Wooded Foothills

Planeswalker (2)

• 1x Elspeth, Sun's Champion
• 1x Huatli, Radiant Champion

Enchantment (18)

• 1x Awakening
• 1x Awakening Zone
• 1x Carpet of Flowers
• 1x Cryptolith Rite
• 1x Doubling Season
• 1x Earthcraft
• 1x Fecundity
• 1x Growing Rites of Itlimoc  ^Flip
• 1x Helix Pinnacle
• 1x Luminarch Ascension
• 1x Martyr's Cause
• 1x Oath of Druids
• 1x Primal Vigor
• 1x Privileged Position
• 1x Rhystic Study
• 1x Rites of Flourishing
• 1x Smothering Tithe
• 1x Sylvan Library

Creature (12)

• 1x Chasm Skulker
• 1x Heartwood Storyteller
• 1x Lotus Cobra
• 1x Rhys the Redeemed
• 1x Rootweaver Druid
• 1x Scute Swarm
• 1x Selvala, Explorer Returned
• 1x Tendershoot Dryad
• 1x The Locust God
• 1x Veteran Explorer
• 1x Voice of Resurgence
• 1x Xyris, the Writhing Storm

Artifact (5)

• 1x Eldrazi Monument
• 1x Fellwar Stone
• 1x Howling Mine
• 1x Skullclamp
• 1x Thaumatic Compass  ^Flip

Commander (1)

Sorcery (17)

• 1x Alliance of Arms
• 1x Council's Judgment
• 1x Farseek
• 1x Finale of Glory
• 1x Guided Passage
• 1x Hour of Reckoning
• 1x Martial Coup
• 1x Nature's Lore
• 1x Pir's Whim
• 1x Sylvan Offering
• 1x Tempt with Discovery
• 1x Tempt with Vengeance
• 1x Three Visits
• 1x Titanic Ultimatum
• 1x Triumph of the Hordes
• 1x Wargate
• 1x Winds of Abandon

Instant (7)

• 1x Beast Within
• 1x Benevolent Offering
• 1x Constant Mists
• 1x Enlightened Tutor
• 1x Heroic Intervention
• 1x March of the Multitudes
• 1x Teferi's Protection

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Creature (3)

• 1x Gluntch, the Bestower
• 1x Master of Ceremonies
• 1x The Second Doctor

Artifact (2)

• 1x Hithlain Rope
• 1x Wedding Ring

Sorcery (1)

• 1x Crisis of Conscience

Land (3)

• 1x Boseiju, Who Endures
• 1x Serra's Sanctum
• 1x Sokenzan, Crucible of Defiance

Instant (2)

• 1x Everybody Lives!
• 1x Grand Crescendo

Enchantment (3)

• 1x Descent into Avernus
• 1x Felidar Retreat
• 1x Tenuous Truce

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A grouphug deck with lots of hugs and politics. Extra draw, lands, and tokens will help curry favor among your opponents. They duke it out while you secure an impregnable board state while that can easily wipe out the last man standing.

You may be new to grouphug, or it might be your bread and butter. Either way, I'll briefly go over my views on it as it may be relevant as you pilot this deck. Grouphug works best as a control deck that uses politics and spells to ward off threats and make powerful alliances. Grouphug spells are frequently much more powerful than their non-hugging counterparts, as Magic R&D nearly always considers helping your opponents to be a massive downside. However, since we can take advantage of these effects, our grouphug spells are nothing but upside. This is where politics comes into play. As a wise player once said, "if you think you're not playing politics, you're still playing, you're just losing." Everyone at the table knows every other player is playing to win, but most are still willing to form alliances and cut deals under the assumption that they will come out on top in the end. Our goal is to convince those people that they are right: we're a janky deck that can't really compete, so we're not a real threat and can be dealt with later. "Later," however, is where this deck really shines, when our opponents will find they're struggling to keep up with our behemoth of a boardstate. tl;dr: Make friends early, take off heads late.

Let's begin with our grouphug spells, starting first and foremost with our good, good boyes Kynaios and Tiro of Meletis. As with many decks, our commander exemplifies our strategy: building incremental advantage while giving out free stuff. Notice that while our opponents may draw or landfall, we can do both, including drawing into a landfall if we're lucky. In this deck, K&T are catalysts, meaning we don't actually need them to win or even play, but they help us while they're on the board. With that out of the way, let's get an overview of the various grouphug cards we'll be playing.

• Draw: Fecundity, Heartwood Storyteller, Howling Mine, Kynaios and Tiro of Meletis, Mikokoro, Center of the Sea, Rites of Flourishing, Selvala, Explorer Returned, Xyris, the Writhing Storm
• Tokens: Alliance of Arms, Beast Within, Benevolent Offering, Forbidden Orchard, Primal Vigor, Sylvan Offering, Tempt with Vengeance
• Ramp: Awakening, Earthcraft, Kynaios and Tiro of Meletis, Pir's Whim, Rites of Flourishing, Rootweaver Druid, Tempt with Discovery, Veteran Explorer, Winds of Abandon
• Anti-theft: Homeward Path
• Lifegain: Benevolent Offering
• Removal: Council's Judgment
• Damage mitigation: Martyr's Cause
• Creatures: Oath of Druids

The more of these effects we play, the better. For maximum effect, leverage your position each time you play one, especially if it targets a specific player. It could be as simple as banter: "Let's all draw some cards!" or "Here, have a token," or it could be "I see you're just a bit short for that big spell. I can give you enough mana to cast it if you point it at someone else." Remember, our goal is to make friends and lower our threat level until we go for the win, so think nothing of giving your opponents a small advantage as long as it advances these efforts.

So we'll be using politics and friendly spells to secure our position. But what's our main strategy? Tokens. We'll be making as many tokens as we can to both defend ourselves from attacks and create a deep well of mana to draw from. We have plenty of effects to make our tokens, from Rhys the Redeemed and Voice of Resurgence to The Locust God and Elspeth, Sun's Champion. But we also have spells to enable and take advantage of our tokens, like Doubling Season, Cryptolith Rite, Earthcraft, and Huatli, Radiant Champion. Keep an eye on how forward you're playing relative to the rest of the table, as the vast amount of tokens we can make can easily push our opponents into a board wipe.

You may be wondering why we're not playing back-breaking token classics such as Purphoros, God of the Forge, Aura Shards, Ashnod's Altar, Cathars' Crusade, Elesh Norn, Grand Cenobite, etc. Powerful though these cards may be, and they are very powerful, they set off alarm bells and send our threat skyrocketing. We're playing tokens and group hug, two archetypes people are already wary of, so using these effects may put a target squarely on our back before we are ready to win. Play these cards at your own risk.

We've talked about the carrots, now let's go into our pillows. Since we have to play forward, our number one threat is usually board wipes. Eldrazi Monument, Heroic Intervention, and Teferi's Protection protect us here, and Chasm Skulker can also put us way out ahead if we have it ready when the wrath resolves. If a board wipe does come through, or if someone's attacking and we're not ready, we have Constant Mists, Thaumatic Compass  , and Maze of Ith to discourage that aggression. Privileged Position also provides good protection from spot removal for our whole board. Since our plan is to wait as long as necessary to make our move, we also need to halt our opponents' combos. Lastly, don't sleep on Glacial Chasm. It's easily the most underrated utility land out there, as many decks simply can't win unless they can deal damage.

Winning with this deck is simple. Wall yourself into a pillowfort and keep the table happy with free stuff until your board becomes a complete mess. As soon as you draw into Titanic Ultimatum, Triumph of the Hordes, March of the Multitudes, or Finale of Glory, or a wrath massively in your favor like Martial Coup or Hour of Reckoning, hit everyone at the table for lethal at once. Unless... whoops, is someone smart enough to run Spore Frog or Constant Mists? Don't worry, we can still win with Helix Pinnacle. Cryptolith Rite or Earthcraft, Doubling Season, and Awakening make short work of the lofty goal of 100 counters, or plop it down early and build it up over the course of the game.

Date added	7 years
Last updated	1 year
Legality	This deck is Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	12 - 0 Mythic Rares 68 - 0 Rares 13 - 0 Uncommons 1 - 0 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	2.97
Tokens	Angel 4/4 W, Angel 4/4 W w/ Vigilance, Beast 3/3 G, City's Blessing, Copy Clone, Eldrazi Spawn 0/1 C, Elemental 1/1 R w/ Haste, Elemental */* GW, Elf Warrior 1/1 G, Elf Warrior 1/1 GW, Emblem Elspeth, Sun's Champion, Emblem Huatli, Radiant Champion, Insect 1/1 G, Insect 1/1 UR, Saproling 1/1 G, Snake 1/1 G, Soldier 1/1 W, Soldier 1/1 W w/ Lifelink, Soldier 2/2 W, Spirit 1/1 C, Spirit 1/1 W, Squid 1/1 U, Treasure, Treefolk X/X G, Zombie 2/2 B
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