It turns out Yasova Dragonclaw has some sticky fingers and doesn't like to give up whats rightfully hers (which is everything) and if she can't have it than noone will. The idea is to flood the board with as much mana as possible and to use that mana to either make solid fatty's with X-cost creature spells or blow their face up with a giant fireball.
Core Item:
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Bazaar Trader
is used to permanently take control of an opponents creature after the effect from Yasova Dragonclaw has resolved.
Yasova Combo Pieces:
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Scourge of Skola Vale
is there to provide an alternate threat by eating their creatures after you've stolen them and to lightning rod removal spells that would otherwise be cast on Yasova Dragonclaw
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Carnage Altar
helps you dig up more answers from your deck if the board is at a stalemate
---Goblin Bombardment allows for clearing pesky token and small utility creatures off the board or to drive home those extra few points of damage to the face.
Creature Mana Package:
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Orcish Lumberjack
is a great way to gain some explosive mana starting on T2 throughout the entire game.
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Courser of Kruphix
helps vs token aggro and allows you to drop more lands when combo'd with Exploration
---Lotus Cobra is a solid mana multiplier
+1/+1 Counter Generators:
---Curse of Predation helps give you the warm fuzzy feeling when you swing in
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Oath of the Ancient Wood
with 9 enchantments in this deck you'll be able to safely fortify your creature's before swinging in
---Hardened Scales has great synergy with so many different cards in this deck
The Body Guards:
---Genesis Hydra always has great value on almost every cast and pairs nicely with the extreme mana generation
---Primordial Hydra is a win condition of it's own. He will single-handedly win the game if left unchecked.
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Apocalypse Hydra
is a great place to dump all that extra mana into and can be used for spot removal if you're in a bind
---Scavenging Ooze a solid pick that synergizes well with all the counters and mana floating around.
The Finishers:
---Mindswipe and Crater's Claws will punch your opponent straight in the throat when they least expect it.
Removal:
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Trap Essence
counter their commader while simultaneously buffing up yours ensuring you'll always have the top dog when Yasova Dragonclaw wants to proc her effect.
---Whipflare useful for clearing tokens and utility creatures
---Beast Within the 3/3 you put on the field will never be an issue since you can just steal it back and it can remove anything but hexproof.
Mana Ramp and Acceleration:
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Heartbeat of Spring
. Most decks won't be geared like ours is to efficiently utitlize all the excess mana from it. You should be able to win within 1-2 turns after this hits the field.
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Rites of Flourishing
Same as
Heartbeat of Spring
. Noone sees it coming with Yasova Dragonclaw on the field it won't even matter how many threats they can lay down since you'll always have enough mana to cast her from the command zone and steal their board.
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Ordeal of Nylea
a solid card that achieves both things this deck is trying to accomplish: built fatties and generate mana
---Kodama's Reach,
Search for Tomorrow
, and Realms Uncharted are all used to take advantage of the extra mana you'll be able to play on each turn.
Utility:
---Bow of Nylea does a little bit of everything and i couldn't thing of a good reason not to include it.
---Swiftfoot Boots. I've contemplated replacing this for
Lightning Grieves
but i've haven't yet found the need to take the copies i have out of my commander decks.
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Monastery Siege
. Great utility in every match.
