Mayael's Emporium of Enormous Fauna (OLD)

Commander / EDH* Competitive Goodstuff Multiplayer Ramp RGW (Naya)

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Land (36)

Artifact (6)

Instant (5)

Commander (1)

Enchantment (9)

Sorcery (8)

Sideboard

Creature (5)

Enchantment (3)

Artifact (1)

1x The Immortal Sun

Instant (2)

Sorcery (1)

1x Vandalblast

Maybeboard

Creature (10)

Welcome to Mayael's Emporium of Enormous Fauna!

This is a deck I've been working on for quite a few years, and it's seen several reworks and improvements in that time. I play it in a fairly non-competitive playgroup, which is why there are quite a few symmetrical effects. With that being the case, I have a "sideboard", which we'll talk about down below. Without further ado, let's get with the breakdown!

The Ramp

We've got a pretty standard ramp suite in this deck, with artifact acceleration and ways to drop multiple lands per turn.

Artifacts

Mana Doublers

Extra Land

The Answers

This current version is pretty light on answers, my playgroup doesn't really play a lot of awesome removal so I tried to keep it light. Though, I need suggestions for the "sideboard" so that I can tweak it to be more competitive.

Non-creature

Creature-based

The Payload

The payload is obviously maximizing the amount of times we activate Mayael each run around the table. These cards offer additional triggers or shenanigans. Getting any of these, especially in combination, will generally win you the game if unanswered.

Wincon

Seedborn Muse : The highlight. This card is disgusting with Mayael, and will cause the game to completely run away from your opponents.
Lurking Predators : As you can imagine, getting creatures every time an opponent plays a spell is very good. Another reason creature density is so high.
Illusionist's Bracers
Rings of Brighthearth

The Utility

Almost every creature provides some utility, so I'll just go over the important ones here.

Lock

Hitting any of these in combination makes it very difficult to to deal with my board, minus Merciless Eviction . The prime targets are obviously Avacyn, Angel of Hope and Archetype of Endurance , the rest are just cheddar.

Goodstuff

The Card Advantage

Any of the cards that either filter our draws or outright draw cards.

Draw and Filter

The "Sideboard"

My plan here is to allow a toolbox of cards to switch out, giving the deck the ability to become more or less competitive depending on the playgroup I'm with. For example, in a casual group I can remove Iona, Shield of Emeria , or for a more competitive group I can remove Rites of Flourishing . The cards here are just a smattering of cards both casual and competitive that don't fit into the deck I run with my main playgroup.

More Competitive

Bonds of Mortality : Actually does really well against Kozilek, Butcher of Truth and Narset, Enlightened Master .
Stranglehold : Good against a variety of combo decks.
Summoning Trap : Never played it before, but it seems great against blue-heavy metas.
Crater Hellion : Not sure if strictly better than Chaos Maw , but seems more useful since most of our own utility creatures would be killed by 3 or 4 all the same.

Less Competitive

The Maybeboard

All the cards I'm considering adding, but I've either not tested or haven't figured out whether they're good or not.

Creatures

Avenger of Zendikar : This was originally in, but it never did enough when I needed it to. I'm not sure if the cut was correct though.
Balefire Dragon : Seems good, but it doesn't seem like it does enough.
Bogardan Hellkite : Just seems like another copy of Dragonlord Atarka .
Chaos Maw : Probably want Crater Hellion over this, but I left it here just in case.
Craterhoof Behemoth : As good as this card is, I never had it win me the game. I never pulled it outside of parity, and it could never break parity.

I'm looking to make the base deck a lot more competitive, as I can use the "sideboard" to take unfun cards out. Price isn't a concern, as I can always proxy for my local playgroup at home. Any feedback is greatly appreciated!

This description is a WIP, as there's a lot of typing to be done and limited time in the day.

Suggestions

Updates Add

Some Optimization — Feb. 11, 2018

Edit

Made some changes hoping to improve the list overall. I focused on improving the overall consistency of the deck, while removing symmetrical effects and adding card draw/manipulation. I also improved the landbase.

Cuts:

Zhur-Taa Ancient Symmetric effect, often I was the last to benefit from the mana doubling.
Dictate of Karametra Same as above, but with flash. I'm not always the last to benefit, but it never felt good to cast.
Cream of the Crop Would sometimes allow me to stack my deck, but most often triggered off of Mayael's ability, which then forces me to either draw the creature next turn, or use Mayael on upkeep.
Collective Voyage Symmetric ramp, would almost always cause games to get completely out of hand. Too often I would be the last to benefit.
Growing Rites of Itlimoc ^Flip As it turns out, this requires creatures to be on the battlefield before you get Gaea's Cradle. As it also turns out, I need Gaea's Cradle beforehand to start putting out creatures en masse.
Azusa, Lost but Seeking I often found that I'm not actually drawing enough cards to make Azusa any good. She would maybe be an expensive Exploration, but other than that I didn't get much value from her.
Rites of Flourishing Another symmetrical effect that benefits me last. This one allows me to also draw cards which is important, but allowing others to draw while also ramping just turned out too bad for me.
Insurrection I've cast this card once. It won me the game, but there have been so many times that it's rotted in my hand when I was ahead on board and it consistently did nothing. I feel that there are better cards to put in it's place.
Scourge of the Throne It sometimes gets bigger and sometimes nets an extra combat phase, but I think there are different cards that are better in this slot.
Shattering Pulse I love the utility of Shattering Pulse, but after some friends convincing me, I'm running Shattering Spree in it's place for efficiency's sake.
Traverse the Ulvenwald I'm never triggering Delirium, so this ends up being a fairly bad ramp spell.
Temple of Triumph
Temple of Plenty
Temple of Abandon
Boros Guildgate
Selesnya Guildgate
Forest
Plains
Mountain

Additions:

Soul of the Harvest Adds card draw, which this deck severely lacks and needs. It's also a target for Mayael.
Zacama, Primal Calamity This card seems completely bonkers. Sure, I don't get to untap off of Mayael, but having repeatable removal for everything I care about is INSANE. Plus, if I can cast him, I'm probably going to develop my boardstate so much that it's so worth.
Lifecrafter's Bestiary More card draw with the ability to ship things to the bottom. You can stack the triggers with Mirri's Guile or Sylvan Library to actually send unwanted cards away.
Vedalken Orrery I never realized how disgusting this card was. So now it's in.
Blood Sun This seems like a great addition, it shuts off opposing Maze of Ith's and random other effects, and it also makes Lotus Vale just gross, since it removes the sacrifice and enters tapped abilities making it a now downside Black Lotus.
Prismatic Omen Again, didn't realize how good this card is, but also it helps me counter Blood Moon.
Sylvan Library Never really considered this card, but it's some much needed draw in a deck that doesn't have much.
Green Sun's Zenith Always good. Turn 1 into Dryad Arbor as a ramp spell or late game to pull whatever I need is incredible.
Harmonize More efficient draw.
Shattering Spree As stated above, friends convinced me this is better in a general sense than Shattering Pulse.
Worldly Tutor This card seems sweet for this deck. It acts as another copy of Seedborn Muse (the most powerful card in the deck), or it's an instant speed way to respond to a Mayael trigger, guaranteeing a much needed card:Terastadon or similar.
Arch of Orazca More card draw, seeing if it's worth it.
Dryad Arbor Only in here for it's interaction with Green Sun's Zenith
Yavimaya Hollow The regeneration seems like a great thing to protect Mayael.
Stomping Ground
Temple Garden
Arid Mesa
Windswept Heath
Wooded Foothills

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Date added	7 years
Last updated	5 years
Legality	This deck is not Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	27 - 3 Mythic Rares 39 - 5 Rares 13 - 3 Uncommons 4 - 1 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	5.19
Tokens	City's Blessing, Dragon 5/5 R, Elephant 3-3 G, Monarch Emblem, Wurm 3/3 C w/ Deathtouch, Wurm 3/3 C w/ Lifelink, Wurm 5/5 G w/ Trample
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