This deck is set to be a cEDH deck, although I would say there are still cards that would make the deck better, mainly in the mana base. I simply don't have the money to get the OG duo lands or all the fetch lands. At the end I will put a list of lands and spells that can be included into this deck for those of you with bigger wallets. With that out of the way, let's get into why this deck is great.
This is a Midrange - Aluren Combo deck. ETB triggers are a great and fun way to play magic and can be powerful with
Yarok, the Desecrated
on the board. With fast ramp and lots of tutors, this deck revolves around a few main win cons and plenty of interaction pieces to keep you in the game.
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Win-cons:
- Aluren Combos
- Demonic/Oracle
- Rage-Quit
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ALUREN COMBOS:
Aluren
lets you play most of the creatures in this deck for free and at instant speed. By cheating on mana costs, you can take advantage of a lot of ETBs even without Yarok on the board. Because of this, these combos/synergies will assume you don't have infinite mana and are just using the cards specified.
"Infinite" Combos:
Aluren
+
Yarok, the Desecrated
+
Cauldron Familiar
+
Shrieking Drake
= Ping Opponents to Death
Aluren
+
Yarok, the Desecrated
+
Cauldron Familiar
+
Cavern Harpy
= Ping Opponents to Death
Aluren
+
Yarok, the Desecrated
+
Cloud of Faeries
+
Shrieking Drake
= Infinite Mana
Aluren
+
Yarok, the Desecrated
+
Cloud of Faeries
+
Cavern Harpy
= = Infinite Mana
Aluren
+
Yarok, the Desecrated
+
Risen Reef
+
Shrieking Drake
= Draw your deck/ All lands on the Battlefield
Aluren
+
Yarok, the Desecrated
+
Risen Reef
+
Cavern Harpy
= Draw your deck/ All lands on the Battlefield
Aluren
+
Yarok, the Desecrated
+
Coiling Oracle
+
Shrieking Drake
= Draw your deck/ All lands on the Battlefield
Aluren
+
Yarok, the Desecrated
+
Coiling Oracle
+
Cavern Harpy
= Draw your deck/ All lands on the Battlefield
Aluren
+
Yarok, the Desecrated
+
Reclamation Sage
+
Shrieking Drake
= Destroy all Artifacts and Enchantments
Aluren
+
Yarok, the Desecrated
+
Eternal Witness
+
Shrieking Drake
= Graveyard into hand
Aluren
+
Yarok, the Desecrated
+
Baleful Strix
+
Shrieking Drake
= Draw your deck
Aluren
+
Yarok, the Desecrated
+
Baleful Strix
+
Cavern Harpy
= Draw your deck
Aluren
+
Yarok, the Desecrated
+
Ice-Fang Coatl
+
Shrieking Drake
= Draw your deck
Aluren
+
Yarok, the Desecrated
+
Ice-Fang Coatl
+
Cavern Harpy
= Draw your deck
Aluren
+
Yarok, the Desecrated
+
Spellseeker
+
Shrieking Drake
= Tutor
Aluren
+
Yarok, the Desecrated
+
Spellseeker
+
Cavern Harpy
= Tutor
Aluren
+
Yarok, the Desecrated
+
Wood Elves
+
Shrieking Drake
= Tutor = All forests on the battlefield untapped
Aluren
+
Shrieking Drake
+
Cavern Harpy
+
Altar of the Brood
= Mill your opponents
Synergies:
All these can be done for value without
Aluren
provided you have sufficient mana.
Yarok, the Desecrated
+
Palinchron
= Infinite mana
Yarok, the Desecrated
+
Altar of the Brood
+
Palinchron
= Mill opponents
Yarok, the Desecrated
+
Altar of the Brood
+
Shrieking Drake
+
Cloud of Faeries
= Mill opponents
Deadeye Navigator
+
Cloud of Faeries
+
Altar of the Brood
= Mill opponents
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DEMONIC/ORACLE:
Thassa's Oracle
+
Demonic Consultation
in response to the Oracle trigger = Win
Jace, Wielder of Mysteries
+
Demonic Consultation
+ DRAW A CARD = Win
So this should be fairly straight forward, this combo is pretty famous. Unlike Jace, Thassa’s Oracle is an enter the battlefield effect rather than a replacement effect so with the correct set up you don’t need to wait to draw a card. The disadvantage is the increased difficulty of draw yourself to death effects. Unlike the other two if you would lose if you draw with an empty library. I recommend keeping a counter spell or three available for this combo as many will be looking to stop it.
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RAGE-QUIT:
So you've gotten this far and the other options aren't working. Thats odd, but here are some ways to win that are slower, but still functional!
Yarok, the Desecrated
+
Deadeye Navigator
+
Cloud of Faeries
= infinite mana
Yarok, the Desecrated
+
Deadeye Navigator
+
Palinchron
= infinite mana
Infinite Mana +
Venser, Shaper Savant
= Opponents with no permanents. (Keep enough mana untapped and venser in hand to redo this combo on other peoples turns for maintained dominance.)
Infinite Mana +
Deadeye Navigator
+ Any ETB creature for the needed value. (card draw, mana, damage pings)
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VALUE INCLUSIONS:
Uro, Titan of Nature's Wrath
will ETB with the best of them! Life, Card Draw, and Ramp from your hand.
Thieving Skydiver
will steal your opponents artifacts! With mana and flicker, you can get all your opponents stuff to stop their ramp, combos, etc..
Hullbreacher
&
Opposition Agent
are here to stop your opponents.
Seedtime
is a sneaky extra turn for cheap. The stipulations I don't think are as hard to meet in cEDH as they are in casual formats.
TUTORS:
Spellseeker
Demonic Tutor
Diabolic Intent
Eldritch Evolution
Fiend Artisan
Green Sun's Zenith
Grim Tutor
Neoform
Lim-Dul's Vault
Mystical Tutor
Vampiric Tutor
Worldly Tutor
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CARD DRAW:
Baleful Strix
Coiling Oracle
Ice-Fang Coatl
Mulldrifter
Risen Reef
Uro, Titan of Nature's Wrath
Mystic Remora
Rhystic Study
Sylvan Library
Arcane Denial
- kinda
Sensei's Divining Top
- kinda
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RAMP:
Birds of Paradise
Coiling Oracle
Elvish Mystic
Fyndhorn Elves
Llanowar Elves
Risen Reef
Uro, Titan of Nature's Wrath
Arcane Signet
Chrome Mox
Fellwar Stone
Jeweled Lotus
Mana Crypt
Sol Ring
Aluren
Carpet of Flowers
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Posisble Land Upgrades
Flooded Strand
Bloodstained Mire
Wooded Foothills
Windswept Heath
Marsh Flats
Scalding Tarn
Mana Confluence
Forbidden Orchard
Waterlogged Grove
