Yisan's Sweet Bard Song

Commander / EDH* Budget Combo Infinite Combo Land Destruction Toolbox

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Creature (46)

• 1x Acidic Slime
• 1x Arbor Elf
• 1x Archetype of Endurance
• 1x Artisan of Kozilek
• 1x Boreal Druid
• 1x Caustic Caterpillar
• 1x Copperhorn Scout
• 1x Courser of Kruphix
• 1x Deadly Recluse
• 1x Elvish Archdruid
• 1x Elvish Mystic
• 1x Elvish Visionary
• 1x Fierce Empath
• 1x Fyndhorn Elves
• 1x Garruk's Horde
• 1x Greenwarden of Murasa
• 1x Karametra's Acolyte
• 1x Leatherback Baloth
• 1x Llanowar Elves
• 1x Loaming Shaman
• 1x Nullmage Shepherd
• 1x Oak Street Innkeeper
• 1x Pelakka Wurm
• 1x Phyrexian Revoker
• 1x Quirion Ranger
• 1x Reclamation Sage
• 1x Sakura-Tribe Elder
• 1x Sakura-Tribe Scout
• 1x Scryb Ranger
• 1x Seedguide Ash
• 1x Seeker of Skybreak
• 1x Silklash Spider
• 1x Soul of New Phyrexia
• 1x Spawnsire of Ulamog
• 1x Steel Hellkite
• 1x Surrak, the Hunt Caller
• 1x Sylvan Safekeeper
• 1x Temur Sabertooth
• 1x Terastodon
• 1x Thunderfoot Baloth
• 1x Ulvenwald Tracker
• 1x Vigor
• 1x Wirewood Symbiote
• 1x Wood Elves
• 1x Woodland Bellower
• 1x Yavimaya Elder

Planeswalker (1)

• 1x Garruk Wildspeaker

Land (34)

• 27x Forest
• 1x Haunted Fengraf
• 1x Havenwood Battleground
• 1x Mosswort Bridge
• 1x Quicksand
• 1x Temple of the False God
• 1x Tranquil Thicket
• 1x Treetop Village

Enchantment (5)

• 1x Alpha Authority
• 1x Beastmaster Ascension
• 1x Hibernation's End
• 1x Nature's Chosen
• 1x Quest for Renewal

Artifact (7)

• 1x Heartstone
• 1x Illusionist's Bracers
• 1x Power Conduit
• 1x Swiftfoot Boots
• 1x Sword of the Paruns
• 1x Umbral Mantle
• 1x Whispersilk Cloak

Instant (2)

• 1x Ranger's Guile
• 1x Sheltering Word

Sorcery (4)

• 1x Desert Twister
• 1x Overrun
• 1x Revenge of the Hunted
• 1x Shamanic Revelation

Commander (1)

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Creature (24)

• 1x Avenger of Zendikar
• 1x Bane of Progress
• 1x Craterhoof Behemoth
• 1x Duplicant
• 1x Elvish Piper
• 1x Eternal Witness
• 1x Fauna Shaman
• 1x Genesis
• 1x Gyre Sage
• 1x Hornet Nest
• 1x Magus of the Candelabra
• 1x Nissa, Vastwood Seer  ^Flip
• 1x Oracle of Mul Daya
• 1x Pathbreaker Ibex
• 1x Patron of the Orochi
• 1x Rampaging Baloths
• 1x Regal Force
• 1x Seedborn Muse
• 1x Skullwinder
• 1x Solemn Simulacrum
• 1x Soul of the Harvest
• 1x Ulamog, the Ceaseless Hunger
• 1x Woodfall Primus
• 1x Yeva, Nature's Herald

Planeswalker (1)

• 1x Garruk, Primal Hunter

Enchantment (9)

• 1x Abundance
• 1x Asceticism
• 1x Concordant Crossroads
• 1x Gaea's Touch
• 1x Greater Good
• 1x Mana Reflection
• 1x Song of the Dryads
• 1x Sylvan Library
• 1x Vernal Bloom

Artifact (2)

• 1x Sol Ring
• 1x Thousand-Year Elixir

Instant (4)

• 1x Beast Within
• 1x Chord of Calling
• 1x Hunter's Insight
• 1x Krosan Grip

Sorcery (7)

• 1x Gaea's Blessing
• 1x Green Sun's Zenith
• 1x Natural Order
• 1x Regrowth
• 1x Skyshroud Claim
• 1x Soul's Majesty
• 1x Tooth and Nail

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Have you ever wanted to make a reliable, fun, interactive, semi-competitive, Green EDH deck, but don't want to spend a fat wad of your hard earned cash*? Well look no further! Yisan is the commander for you!

Yisan's ability alows you to tutor up the the best creature for every scenario at instant speed! Do not make the mistake of underestimating Yisan by his somewhat fragile physique and seemingly indolent ability. Yisan can be greatly accelerated by many of the creatures he summons to do battle with him. You will probably find when playing Yisan that your hand will be secondary to Yisan's marvalous ability to search for the answer(or combo piece) that you need. This is not a finished deck there are many cards that I still need to acquire, but I am on a budget right now. If you have any cards you think would work well with Yisan feel free to leave a comment.

*You can drop some $$ to further upgrade and make Yisan a high tier EDH deck if you want.

Combos! Show

Elvish Visionary + Wirewood Symbiote = Untaps & Card draw!

Sakura-Tribe Scout + Scryb Ranger Lets you untap a land on every players turn to eventually get another Yisan Activation(With 4 players).

Seeker of Skybreak + Wirewood Symbiote + Karametra's Acolyte + Temur Sabertooth = mana, Untaps, & Yisan activations!

You can actually search for both
Karametra's Acolyte and Temur Sabertooth by "Double tapping" Yisan (tapping Yisan for 1 verse counter then, before the ability resolves, untapping and tapping him again for the 2nd verse counter)searching for two cmc creatures, instead of searching for a & cmc creature.

1. Get all those creatures on the battlefield before your turn to be able to use tap abilities.

2. Tap Karametra's Acolyte for 6+ mana then use seeker to untap Karametra's Acolyte to gain an additional 6+ mana.

3. Use Wirewood Sybiote ability to return Seeker to your hand, untapping karametra's Acolyte to gain another 6+ mana.

4. Now use 2 of your 18 mana to return Wirewood Sybiote to your hand(using Temur Sabertooth) then recast Seeker and Symbiote. (Symbiote comes into play as a different copy so you can use his ability to untap Acolyte, despite the "Play this ability one per turn" limitation.)

Now just repeat steps 3 & 4 until you have mana and use Yisan to get 5-10 cmc creatures then use Spawnsire of Ulamogs ability to "Cast any number of Eldrazi cards you own from outside the game without paying their mana costs." and shortly thereafter win the game. Not to shabby to be able to pull off a combo like that on turn 6 with only one mana dork in your hand and merely hitting your first five land drops (assuming your opponents don't have removal of course)!

Acidic Slime + Temur Sabertooth + mana = destroy all your opponents lands, enchantments, and artifacts.

Illusionist's Bracers + Seeker of Skybreak + any creature that taps for mana = mana, Untaps, & Yisan activations!

How to Play this Deck Show

You usually want to mulligan to get a hand that has a mana dork in it so that you can turn 2 Yisan. Then use Yisan to search for creatures in response to your opponents threats and attacks. Otherwise you can use Yisan's ability on your opponent's end step. There are exceptions to this, sometimes you need a creature on your turn or need to tap Yisan on your turn to take advantage of some of the cards that let you untap Yisan once per turn.Try to always know before what you are looking for to minimize the time you spend looking for creatures. This is a really fun deck to play, Yisan will always have a special place in my heart.

Constructive criticism and opinions welcome! Please +1 if you like it, Thanks!

Date added	8 years
Last updated	3 years
Exclude colors	WUBR
Key combos	Elvish Visionary + Wirewood Symbiote Illusionist's Bracers + Seeker of Skybreak Karametra's Acolyte + Temur Sabertooth Acidic Slime + Temur Sabertooth Sakura-Tribe Scout + Scryb Ranger Seeker of Skybreak + Wirewood Symbiote
Legality	This deck is Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	4 - 0 Mythic Rares 22 - 0 Rares 27 - 0 Uncommons 20 - 0 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	3.50
Tokens	Beast 3/3 G, Eldrazi Spawn 0/1 C, Elephant 3-3 G