Kynaios & Tiro - Group Hug upgrade

Commander / EDH* Group Hug RGWU

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Land (38)

• 1x Adarkar Wastes
• 1x Brushland
• 1x Canopy Vista
• 1x Cinder Glade
• 1x Command Tower
• 1x Evolving Wilds
• 1x Exotic Orchard
• 1x Flood Plain
• 1x Forbidden Orchard
• 5x Forest
• 1x Grasslands
• 1x Grove of the Burnwillows
• 1x Hall of Heliod's Generosity
• 1x Irrigated Farmland
• 2x Island
• 1x Krosan Verge
• 1x Mikokoro, Center of the Sea
• 1x Mossfire Valley
• 1x Mountain
• 1x Mountain Valley
• 1x Pinecrest Ridge
• 3x Plains
• 1x Prairie Stream
• 1x Reliquary Tower
• 1x Scattered Groves
• 1x Shivan Reef
• 1x Skycloud Expanse
• 1x Sunbaked Canyon
• 1x Sungrass Prairie
• 1x Temple of the False God
• 1x Terramorphic Expanse

Instant (7)

• 1x Arcane Denial
• 1x Beast Within
• 1x Benefactor's Draught
• 1x Oblation
• 1x Swan Song
• 1x Swords to Plowshares
• 1x Sylvan Reclamation

Enchantment (19)

• 1x Collective Restraint
• 1x Curse of Echoes
• 1x Ghostly Prison
• 1x Honden of Cleansing Fire
• 1x Honden of Infinite Rage
• 1x Honden of Life's Web
• 1x Honden of Seeing Winds
• 1x Oath of Druids
• 1x Oath of Lieges
• 1x Propaganda
• 1x Rites of Flourishing
• 1x Sanctum of Calm Waters
• 1x Sanctum of Fruitful Harvest
• 1x Sanctum of Shattered Heights
• 1x Sanctum of Tranquil Light
• 1x Skybind
• 1x Sphere of Safety
• 1x Web of Inertia
• 1x Wild Research

Sorcery (12)

• 1x Blasphemous Act
• 1x Bring to Light
• 1x Collective Voyage
• 1x Cultivate
• 1x Glittering Wish
• 1x Kodama's Reach
• 1x Minds Aglow
• 1x Pir's Whim
• 1x Play of the Game
• 1x Seeds of Renewal
• 1x Tempt with Discovery
• 1x Wave of Reckoning

Commander (1)

Creature (16)

• 1x Avatar of Growth
• 1x Boldwyr Heavyweights
• 1x Edric, Spymaster of Trest
• 1x Gwafa Hazid, Profiteer
• 1x Heartwood Storyteller
• 1x Humble Defector
• 1x Hunted Wumpus
• 1x Kazuul, Tyrant of the Cliffs
• 1x Ludevic, Necro-Alchemist
• 1x Questing Phelddagrif
• 1x Selvala, Explorer Returned
• 1x Skullwinder
• 1x Tempting Wurm
• 1x Tidal Barracuda
• 1x Veteran Explorer
• 1x Windborn Muse

Artifact (9)

• 1x Commander's Sphere
• 1x Folio of Fancies
• 1x Ghirapur Orrery
• 1x Horn of Greed
• 1x Otherworld Atlas
• 1x Pendant of Prosperity
• 1x Spectral Searchlight
• 1x Temple Bell
• 1x Victory Chimes

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Sideboard

Enchantment (1)

• 1x Sanctum of All

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Maybeboard

Creature (26)

• 1x Baird, Steward of Argive
• 1x Braids, Conjurer Adept
• 1x Bramble Sovereign
• 1x Eidolon of Blossoms
• 1x Fae of Wishes
• 1x Herald of the Pantheon
• 1x Howling Golem
• 1x Indentured Djinn
• 1x Iwamori of the Open Fist
• 1x Kami of the Crescent Moon
• 1x Magus of the Vineyard
• 1x Mesa Enchantress
• 1x Nessian Wilds Ravager
• 1x Noble Benefactor
• 1x Pramikon, Sky Rampart
• 1x Protean Thaumaturge
• 1x Rogue Skycaptain
• 1x Satyr Enchanter
• 1x Setessan Champion
• 1x Shizuko, Caller of Autumn
• 1x Squallmonger
• 1x Starfield Mystic
• 1x Verduran Enchantress
• 1x Wall of Shards
• 1x Warmonger
• 1x Zhur-Taa Ancient

Artifact (2)

• 1x Chromatic Lantern
• 1x Knowledge Pool

Enchantment (20)

• 1x Abundance
• 1x Awakening
• 1x Cloud Cover
• 1x Dictate of Karametra
• 1x Dictate of Kruphix
• 1x Enchantress's Presence
• 1x Eye of the Storm
• 1x Forced Fruition
• 1x Hall of Gemstone
• 1x Heartbeat of Spring
• 1x Helix Pinnacle
• 1x Hive Mind
• 1x Mana Cache
• 1x Mana Flare
• 1x Mystic Barrier
• 1x Oath of Scholars
• 1x Possibility Storm
• 1x Standstill
• 1x Unifying Theory
• 1x Vernal Equinox

Instant (4)

• 1x Shifting Borders
• 1x Split Decision
• 1x Vision Skeins
• 1x Words of Wisdom

Planeswalker (2)

• 1x Jace Beleren
• 1x The Wanderer

Land (14)

• 1x Bant Panorama
• 1x Boros Garrison
• 1x Glacial Chasm
• 1x Homeward Path
• 1x Jungle Shrine
• 1x Maze of Ith
• 1x Naya Panorama
• 1x Seaside Citadel
• 1x Strip Mine
• 1x Vivid Crag
• 1x Vivid Creek
• 1x Vivid Grove
• 1x Vivid Meadow
• 1x Yavimaya Coast

Sorcery (11)

• 1x Game Plan
• 1x Golden Wish
• 1x Hypergenesis
• 1x Prosperity
• 1x Reap the Past
• 1x Supply / Demand
• 1x Supreme Verdict
• 1x Sylvan Scrying
• 1x The Great Aurora
• 1x Time Wipe
• 1x Weird Harvest

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Hello everyone, I've bought the group hug precon almost immediately after its release date. Since then, I've played it only a couple of times since it was my only deck together with Ezuri, Claw of Progress (which was a mediocrely upgraded precon at the time, which I later upgraded to deck:kasetos-sneaky-sneks-snake-tribal)

Anyway, since then it has been laying in my closet for quite some time and after brewing a lot of other commanders (Check my Noyan Dar, Roil Shaper list, my King Macar, the Gold-Cursed list and my Neheb, the Eternal list) I've decided to take a look at my group hug commander Kynaios and Tiro of Meletis again. I remembered the effect they had on the table, and that it was really fun to play, but it didn't quite work the way I wanted it to. There were a lot of dead cards in my hand most of the time, and the mana base wasn't very optimal.

So I've searched and searched on for cards that granted my opponents extra stuff, as well as for me. After that, I looked on and found some interesting cards I never knew they existed. After that, it was time for the mana base. I searched on youtube, and found a series of video's from The Prof that was pretty outdated, but still helped me build the .

Then it was time for cutting, which I always have the most difficulty with. I cut the cards that just didn't fit in my strategy very well (cards that were too high CMC, cards that tried to win, etc.) and when I ended with about 118 cards in the list, I the whole thing.

Cuts Show

• Hushwing Gryff
• Orzhov Advokist
• Chasm Skulker
• Akroan Horse
• Selfless Squire
• Sidar Kondo of Jamuraa
• Horizon Chimera
• Zedruu the Greathearted
• Psychosis Crawler
• Kraum, Ludevic's Opus
• Realm Seekers
• Rubblehulk
• Progenitor Mimic
• Blazing Archon
• Reverse the Sands
• Treacherous Terrain
• Migratory Route
• Entrapment Maneuver
• Reins of Power
• Sol Ring
• Empyrial Plate
• Howling Mine
• Assault Suit
• Prismatic Geoscope
• Venser's Journal
• Keening Stone
• Evolutionary Escalation
• Lurking Predators
• Hoofprints of the Stag
• Ash Barrens
• Azorius Chancery
• Frontier Bivouac
• Gruul Turf
• Izzet Boilerworks
• Jungle Shrine
• Krosan Verge
• Myriad Landscape
• Mystic Monastery
• Opal Palace
• Rupture Spire
• Seaside Citadel
• Selesnya Sanctuary
• Transguild Promenade

Then I considered, "hmm I want my opponents to have benefits, but not benefits that hurt me" so a perfect example is Tidal Barracuda it gives everyone the effect of Vedalken Orrery but my opponents can't play spells on my turn. I also added a shrine subtheme, which can be enabled with Sanctum of All, you might think, "huh? this is a five coloured card, and your commander is only four colours". That's right, that's why we play Glittering Wish to tutor it up from the sideboard (ask if your playgroup is okay with this). We can even cast Glittering Wish from our deck by casting Bring to Light. Another, maybe janky, way to tutor the shrines is Wild Research

Date added	5 years
Last updated	3 years
Exclude colors	B
Splash colors	B
Legality	This deck is not Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	3 - 0 Mythic Rares 54 - 1 Rares 27 - 0 Uncommons 7 - 0 Commons
Cards	102
Avg. CMC	3.45
Tokens	1/1 G Creature Hippo, Beast 3/3 G, Bird 2/2 U, Ogre 3/3 R, Spirit 1/1 C