Najeela's Relentless Warriors

Commander / EDH Aggro Group Slug Tokens

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Land (33)

• 1x Ancient Tomb
• 1x Arcane Lighthouse
• 1x Arid Mesa
• 1x Ash Barrens
• 1x Battlefield Forge
• 1x Blood Crypt
• 1x Breeding Pool
• 1x Caves of Koilos
• 1x City of Brass
• 1x Command Tower
• 1x Evolving Wilds
• 1x Exotic Orchard
• 1x Fabled Passage
• 1x Forest
• 1x Forest
• 1x Forest
• 1x Forest
• 1x Hallowed Fountain
• 1x Holdout Settlement
• 1x Island
• 1x Marsh Flats
• 1x Mountain
• 1x Mountain
• 1x Overgrown Tomb
• 1x Plains
• 1x Prismatic Vista
• 1x Shivan Reef
• 1x Stomping Ground
• 1x Swamp
• 1x Temple Garden
• 1x Terramorphic Expanse
• 1x Verdant Catacombs
• 1x Watery Grave

Graveyard Recursion (2)

• 1x Disentomb
• 1x Reclaim

Fearless Warriors (19)

• 1x Changeling Outcast
• 1x Flameblade Adept
• 1x Goblin Bushwhacker
• 1x Mardu Woe-Reaper
• 1x Mist-Cloaked Herald
• 1x Narnam Renegade
• 1x Pelt Collector
• 1x Scuzzback Scrapper
• 1x Twinblade Slasher
• 1x Wild Nacatl
• 1x Zurgo Bellstriker
• 1x Blood-Chin Rager
• 1x Bramblewood Paragon
• 1x Decorated Champion
• 1x Dreadhorde Butcher
• 1x Reassembling Skeleton
• 1x Rushblade Commander
• 1x Champion of Lambholt
• 1x Aven Wind Guide

Control (11)

• 1x Avoid Fate
• 1x Ghastly Demise
• 1x Nature's Claim
• 1x Pyroblast
• 1x Red Elemental Blast
• 1x Swan Song
• 1x Swords to Plowshares
• 1x Turn Aside
• 1x Heroic Intervention
• 1x Naturalize
• 1x Return to Nature

The War of Attrition (9)

• 1x Norin the Wary
• 1x Rhys the Redeemed
• 1x Secure the Wastes
• 1x Impact Tremors
• 1x Rally the Ancestors
• 1x Throne of the God-Pharaoh
• 1x Zulaport Cutthroat
• 1x Purphoros, God of the Forge
• 1x Thrasher Brute

Commander (1)

Draw/Tutor (14)

• 1x Mystic Remora
• 1x Opt
• 1x Scheming Symmetry
• 1x Skullclamp
• 1x Warriors' Lesson
• 1x Eladamri's Call
• 1x Lim-Dul's Vault
• 1x Mindblade Render
• 1x Azra Oddsmaker
• 1x Eldritch Evolution
• 1x Notion Thief
• 1x Oakhame Adversary
• 1x Raiders' Spoils
• 1x Species Specialist

Ramp (11)

• 1x Birds of Paradise
• 1x Crop Rotation
• 1x Ignoble Hierarch
• 1x Noble Hierarch
• 1x Sol Ring
• 1x Wild Growth
• 1x Arcane Signet
• 1x Fellwar Stone
• 1x Nature's Lore
• 1x Three Visits
• 1x Search for Tomorrow

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Maybeboard

Fearless Warriors (4)

• 1x Bloodsoaked Champion
• 1x Gutterbones
• 1x Earthshaker Khenra
• 1x Combat Celebrant

Ramp (2)

• 1x Brighthearth Banneret
• 1x Radha, Heir to Keld

Draw/Tutor (3)

• 1x Congregation at Dawn
• 1x Professional Face-Breaker
• 1x Diabolic Tutor

The War of Attrition (1)

• 1x Nadier's Nightblade

Land (3)

• 1x Homeward Path
• 1x Mana Confluence
• 1x Path of Ancestry

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This is my take on Najeela, the Blade-Blossom. No Infinite combos, but still fast, spicy and brutal. Najeela has no friends.

The Decks Story

Phase 1: The Birth

This deck started out as an upgraded Commander's Quarters deck. It was also my first. I watched Mitch's video and went that's the deck for me. All I did was his upgrades at the end and some lands like Yavimaya Coast, Cascading Cataracts; plus Crop Rotation to find Cascading Cataracts.

Phase 2: Adopting {B}

I had allot of fun, but the deck was top decking way to fast. So when by budget recovered I adopted {B} into the deck. Primarily Thrasher Brute, Mindblade Render, Azra Oddsmaker and Warriors' Lesson

Phase 3: Adopting {U} and {W}

Black helped allot, but I wanted to be in all five colors without slowing the pace of the deck. Took awhile to figure out how to do that without breaking my bank, but I eventually managed to do it. At this point the deck still had infinite combos, and it wasn't uncommon to end the game on turn four. Eventually that got boring as it really wasn’t a game of magic anymore (and I don't want a CEDH deck). Which leads us to the next phase.

Phase 4: Removing the Infinite Combos

Removing all the combos really didn't affect the way I played that much. Granted I win less often, but I have more fun just burning everyone's life down to the ground anyway and if I win I win, if I don't is fun anyway.

Phase 5: Bringing in Jegantha, the Wellspring

This is a rough change to make as some of the best card's to bring with Najeela don't fit with Jegantha's requirements. If I still ran the combos it would be impossible because most of the combos don't allow the companion, even with out them there are still some rough pulls to make. Species Specialist, Eldritch Evolution and Champion of Lambholt just to name a few, but I want to try it.

The Game Plan

This deck is meant to come out swinging and not stop until all the opponent's are dead or the deck was KIA. The worst case Scenario is to be locked out of combat and have no way of triggering Impact Tremors.

Turns 1-2, should accomplish both ramp and casting at least one warrior. Turn 3, cast Najella and begin multiplying warriors. Turns 4+, change with hand and Game state. Usually fixing mana to a full {W}{U}{B}{R}{G} and of course casting Purphoros, God of the Forge, Impact Tremors, Thrasher Brute and Throne of the God-Pharaoh.

If all of that happens it will set the game on fire. (In that everyone is burning down, and their scrambling for a hose.)

Zoning and Mulligans

The ideal hand will have: 2 lands, 1 Ramp, 1 Control, 1 Draw/tutor, 1 Fearless Warrior(to cast early) and 1 war tactician. Obviously this is not very likely thus the land, Draw/Tutor and a Fearless warriors are the most critical. (Outside of having the appropriate mana to play the hand.)

Mana Base

Land zoning:

• Land Total 33
• 9 basic lands (1 {W}, 1 {U}, 1 {B}, 2 {R} and 4 {G})
• 10 Dual lands (6 Shock and 4 Pain)
• 8 Fetch land
• 4 Five Color lands
• 2 Utility lands, Ancient Tomb and Arcane Lighthouse

Land maybe Board

Homeward Path is a great way to prevent the theft of Najeela, but as it does not tap for color I am hesitant to include it with out better mana fixing. paths of ancestry is a great land for tribal decks, but it is slow and this deck depends on speed. Breeding Pool would be in the deck if I owned it. I use Three Visits and Nature's Lore it is the last fetchable dual needed to fully utilize those spells. (maybe wizards will finish the tango dual set?)

Ramp

I really like the ramp I have it works well the only things I'll mention are Crop Rotation and Brighthearth Banneret.

• Crop Rotation sacs a land so it only ramps if I grab Ancient Tomb, but the ability to grab any land is very useful. I will gladly sac a Forest for Command Tower if it meant activating Najeela's second ability. (it is why there are 4 basic forests, that and because most of the ramp is green.)

• Brighthearth Banneret I am not sure how good he is, I can rarely use him for mana, but it's great when I do. I sometimes wonder if Radha, Heir to Keld would be better.

To be continued

Links & References

My other Deck

Rograkh and His Armorer

Decks and Lists I found helpful

Budget Najeela Tempo

deck:Najeela Warrior Tribal

deck:Lands of Magic

The URL of the Video that I started from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CTn8hT6jGo8

Date added	4 years
Last updated	2 years
Splash colors	WU
Legality	This deck is Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	3 - 0 Mythic Rares 38 - 0 Rares 23 - 0 Uncommons 27 - 0 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	1.76
Tokens	Aven Wind Guide 2/3 W, Bird 2/2 U, Copy Clone, Elf Warrior 1/1 GW, Warrior 1/1 W
Folders	My Deck's