Verdant Song

Commander / EDH Combo Competitive Creature Cheat Infinite Combo Mono-Green Multiplayer Tap/Untap Theme/Gimmick

Andramalech

Creature (40)

• 1x Allosaurus Shepherd
• 1x Ancient Bronze Dragon
• 1x Biophagus
• 1x Birds of Paradise
• 1x Bristly Bill, Spine Sower
• 1x Cathedral Acolyte
• 1x Circle of Dreams Druid
• 1x Craterhoof Behemoth
• 1x Delighted Halfling
• 1x Dungrove Elder
• 1x Eladamri, Korvecdal
• 1x Elvish Mystic
• 1x Endurance
• 1x Evolution Witness
• 1x Fanatic of Rhonas
• 1x Fauna Shaman
• 1x Ghalta, Stampede Tyrant
• 1x Haywire Mite
• 1x Herd Baloth
• 1x Ivy Lane Denizen
• 1x Kodama of the East Tree
• 1x Llanowar Elves
• 1x Manglehorn
• 1x Old Gnawbone
• 1x Outcaster Trailblazer
• 1x Questing Beast
• 1x Quirion Ranger
• 1x Sakura-Tribe Elder
• 1x Sakura-Tribe Scout
• 1x Scryb Ranger
• 1x Scurry Oak
• 1x Seedborn Muse
• 1x Sylvan Safekeeper
• 1x Temur Sabertooth
• 1x Terastodon
• 1x Ulvenwald Tracker
• 1x Vorinclex  ^Flip
• 1x Wirewood Symbiote
• 1x Woodland Bellower
• 1x Yeva, Nature's Herald

Land (30)

• 1x Ancient Tomb
• 1x Boseiju, Who Endures
• 1x Brokers Hideout
• 1x Cabaretti Courtyard
• 15x Forest
• 1x Gaea's Cradle
• 1x Guildless Commons
• 1x Misty Rainforest
• 1x Myriad Landscape
• 1x Nykthos, Shrine to Nyx
• 1x Prismatic Vista
• 1x Riveteers Overlook
• 1x Verdant Catacombs
• 1x Windswept Heath
• 1x Wooded Foothills
• 1x Yavimaya Hollow

Artifact (7)

• 1x Chrome Mox
• 1x Jeweled Lotus
• 1x Lotus Petal
• 1x Mana Crypt
• 1x Mox Diamond
• 1x Sol Ring
• 1x The Great Henge

Sorcery (5)

• 1x Finale of Devastation
• 1x Green Sun's Zenith
• 1x Nature's Lore
• 1x Rampant Growth
• 1x Tooth and Nail

Commander (1)

Instant (10)

• 1x Beast Within
• 1x Chord of Calling
• 1x Collective Resistance
• 1x Force of Vigor
• 1x Heroic Intervention
• 1x Legolas's Quick Reflexes
• 1x Nature's Claim
• 1x Royal Treatment
• 1x Smuggler's Surprise
• 1x Worldly Tutor

Enchantment (6)

• 1x Concordant Crossroads
• 1x Defense of the Heart
• 1x Innkeeper's Talent
• 1x Leyline of Abundance
• 1x Survival of the Fittest
• 1x Sylvan Library

Battle (1)

• 1x Invasion of Ikoria  ^Flip

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Creature (28)

• 1x Allosaurus Rider
• 1x Arboreal Grazer
• 1x Biophagus
• 1x Bristly Bill, Spine Sower
• 1x Cathedral Acolyte
• 1x Caustic Caterpillar
• 1x Civic Gardener
• 1x Collector Ouphe
• 1x Eladamri, Korvecdal
• 1x Elvish Archdruid
• 1x Elvish Pioneer
• 1x Evolution Sage
• 1x Evolution Witness
• 1x Fanatic of Rhonas
• 1x Fyndhorn Elves
• 1x Ghalta, Primal Hunger
• 1x Gyre Sage
• 1x Incubation Druid
• 1x Karametra's Acolyte
• 1x Nyxbloom Ancient
• 1x Phyrexian Revoker
• 1x Priest of Titania
• 1x Regal Force
• 1x Reverent Hunter
• 1x Rhonas the Indomitable
• 1x Soulless Jailer
• 1x Vorinclex  ^Flip
• 1x Vorinclex, Voice of Hunger

Instant (11)

• 1x Aim High
• 1x Collective Resistance
• 1x Crop Rotation
• 1x Gift of Growth
• 1x Noxious Revival
• 1x Ornamental Courage
• 1x Royal Treatment
• 1x Smuggler's Surprise
• 1x Steady Aim
• 1x Tamiyo's Safekeeping
• 1x Trash the Town

Artifact (2)

• 1x Aether Vial
• 1x Magewright's Stone

Enchantment (7)

• 1x Birthing Ritual
• 1x Curse of Bounty
• 1x Leyline of Abundance
• 1x Root Maze
• 1x Tribute to the World Tree
• 1x Utopia Sprawl
• 1x Wild Growth

Sorcery (7)

• 1x Bushwhack
• 1x Contest of Claws
• 1x Eldritch Evolution
• 1x Flare of Cultivation
• 1x Natural Order
• 1x Sylvan Scrying
• 1x Sylvan Tutor

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This is a Mono-Green ({G}) Combo focused deck with Yisan, the Wanderer Bard at the head.

This deck is meant to be explosive, comprehensive, streamlined, and poignant; I'm aiming for {9}/{10} on the power scale.

Theme

(Initially the theme was centered around the entirety of our playgroup creating more competitive driven decks.)

Class in Session

Our group has been "given an assignment" by NoobNoob275 to try and construct competitively thought-out lists.

My selection is going to be a Mono-Green ({G}) shell for Yisan, the Wanderer Bard.

I'm creating a CEDH build, but my theme is a Hermit, a reclusive Wanderer who only stops to have time with the wonderful animals he meets on his journey. Literally anything that isn't strictly human is better company for our misanthropic commander.

However, it seems inevitably Yisan must cross paths with a few humans.

Let's hope that he can at least be cordial...

Reinventing the Project

Going to be scrapping the entire build and starting from scratch, while keeping the initial goal in mind. The focus below:

1. A strong, versatile commander.

2. A way to bring out any matter of Combos, really just able to fetch whatever pops first.

3. Something fun from the world of Green.

I'm hoping to create something that gives me the means to string together some extra cool wins!

Construction

(have decided post June 2024 that the construction of my build was flawed, lacking proper curve awareness, and having huge pitfalls after {3}, {4}, and {7} verse triggers. Going for another refresher to revitalize the construction.)

Draw

• Tribute to the World Tree is a versatile enchantment that provides me the ability to either net some more power in the form of plus one counters, or draw a card if the cast has enough power to it already. At {3} mana value, it's not the worst or the best card for it's slot, and is a humble inclusion.

• The Great Henge functions as both a rock and an incredible value-creating engine, netting us a draw, excessive mana, plus one counters, and gaining life. A true catch-all of the color, this rock represents what's best about Green.

• Shapers' Sanctuary provides us a lot of utility at only {1} mana value, essentially making a bad trade to our opposition, assuming they do go to remove something on our side. In early game, it's just providing us with more fuel and an advantage into the next turn.

• Sylvan Library is a stapled green inclusion for it's draw capability and personally I believe you should be eating {8} life per turn to restock your hand.

Removal

• Beast Within is quintessential to the cause, and when you think about things in terms of removal, might be our one solid permanent removing spell for the list.

• Kenrith's Transformation deals in providing us a draw while also turning something into a pumpkin/elk/whatever you want to call it.

• Lignify operates very similarly to the card above and often within my playgroup gets amalgamated into "Ligmafy".

• Pest Infestation seems a very good utility, providing me with some small chumps on the other side of the cast.

Protection

• Sylvan Safekeeper is a cool creature who can prevent pretty much ANYTHING from touching a target until end of turn. It's not the best or the most useful card all on it's own but the beauty of Green is looking at the restrictions and stax you've aligned for the table and it not mattering due to your sheer resources.

• Legolas's Quick Reflexes is devastating. Just simply busted and broken for the color green, like.. holey shit you guys. It's using Split Second, untaps the permanent targeted, and.. just I mean, it's like Yisan, Wanderer Bard just got put onto the map again with this card. Crazy good.

• Heroic Intervention is a typical protection, and a useful one at that. Hexproof AND Indestructible tends to mean that your stuff will survive the round, unless faced with a non-discriminatory wipe.

• Tamiyo's Safekeeping is a beautiful way to protect something just for a moment, even if it is only just for a moment.

Tutors

• Chord of Calling is one of those well known creature fetching spells that can be used to pull a combo-piece to the frontlines, and I'll be using it for just that ability.

• Finale of Devastation can be used to overload a creature with a dumb amount of value assuming that it sticks the creature down, so net mana and drop the game winner, then beat them into dust.

• Natural Order is another creature expenditure type spell where you do have to sacrifice a creature, but you'll net whatever you want on the other side too.

• Defense of the Heart will go fetch at least two creatures, which in this deck could mean just a free game winner.

• Sylvan Tutor goes and puts something on top, which is a bit slow at sorcery speed but for {1} mana, it certainly can go get something valuable.

• Worldly Tutor does what the above card does, it just does it a little bit better, with the opportunity to maybe draw it immediately.

Combo

• Kodama of the East Tree combos alongside Tireless Provisioner, when you put Guildless Commons onto the battlefield, do this:

• Tireless Provisioner will see Guildless Commons enter and create a Treasure token. Allow the Commons to bounce itself back to hand.

• Kodama of the East Tree will see the Treasure token enter, and you'll use the ability to put Guildless Commons back onto the field.

• See step 1 again and repeat creating treasures indefinitely, which is infinite mana.

• Ivy Lane Denizen is a staple combo piece for most of the creature-focused combos involving Green. The only pertinent information regarding this creature is to be wary, because in terms of "Cedh" it's casting cost is 'expensive' at {4} mana value.

• Herd Baloth is a key card in combos involving Ivy Lane Denizen. It's cost is also prohibitive when compared with the other cast members of the decklist.

• Scurry Oak is a beautiful replacement/redundancy value when we think about what Herd Baloth does. It's not anything special other than existing at {3} mana value, total.

Win-Cons

• Craterhoof Behemoth is the titular, infamous, back-breaking permanent that started out being a no-nothing smooth brain. Thanks to an episode from some Commander playing content creators, it became a world famous card and a game-ender. It's existing in our list for the same reason as it does in other lists- to end the fucking game.

• Ghalta, Stampede Tyrant is a beautiful card that can be fetched up on a double-verse trigger alongside Craterhoof for some really devastating, or likely game-ending shenanigans.

Discussion

(this deck has already undergone a few Transformations, jumping from incredibly casual in its construction, all the way to 100% competitive.)

• From here forward I need to decide how I best feel I can capitalize on using Yisan, and arrange my Mana curve accordingly.

• If you feel you have some I put, I always love discussing fresh projects. And since I'm using this one recently I'm totally open to discussion. See you guys in the comments.

Date added	2 years
Last updated	2 months
Exclude colors	WUBR
Splash colors	G
Legality	This deck is not Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	17 - 0 Mythic Rares 38 - 0 Rares 16 - 0 Uncommons 14 - 0 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	2.76
Tokens	Beast 3/3 G, Beast 4/4 G, Elephant 3-3 G, Fanatic of Rhonas 4/4 B, Plot, Royal, Squirrel 1/1 G, Treasure