Zacama, Primal Assbeater

Commander / EDH Combo RGW (Naya)

matthew-gabriel

Land (35)

• 1x Ancient Tomb
• 1x Arid Mesa
• 1x Bloodstained Mire
• 1x Boros Garrison
• 1x Canopy Vista
• 1x Cinder Glade
• 1x Command Tower
• 1x Flooded Strand
• 1x Gruul Turf
• 1x Krosan Verge
• 1x Marsh Flats
• 1x Misty Rainforest
• 1x Sacred Foundry
• 1x Scalding Tarn
• 1x Scattered Groves
• 1x Selesnya Sanctuary
• 1x Sheltered Thicket
• 9x Snow-Covered Forest
• 2x Snow-Covered Mountain
• 2x Snow-Covered Plains
• 1x Stomping Ground
• 1x Temple Garden
• 1x Verdant Catacombs
• 1x Windswept Heath
• 1x Wooded Foothills

Enchantment (10)

• 1x Exploration
• 1x Greater Good
• 1x Helix Pinnacle
• 1x Land Tax
• 1x Mana Flare
• 1x Mana Reflection
• 1x Mirari's Wake
• 1x Outpost Siege
• 1x Sylvan Library
• 1x Vernal Bloom

Sorcery (25)

• 1x Cathartic Reunion
• 1x Cultivate
• 1x Eldritch Evolution
• 1x Faithless Looting
• 1x Farseek
• 1x Genesis Wave
• 1x Green Sun's Zenith
• 1x Harmonize
• 1x Kodama's Reach
• 1x Life from the Loam
• 1x Life's Legacy
• 1x Mizzix's Mastery
• 1x Molten Disaster
• 1x Natural Order
• 1x Nature's Lore
• 1x Nissa's Pilgrimage
• 1x Past in Flames
• 1x Reforge the Soul
• 1x Rishkar's Expertise
• 1x Rolling Earthquake
• 1x Search for Tomorrow
• 1x Skyshroud Claim
• 1x Soul's Majesty
• 1x Three Visits
• 1x Wheel of Fortune

Instant (8)

• 1x Enlightened Tutor
• 1x Lapse of Certainty
• 1x Momentous Fall
• 1x Noxious Revival
• 1x Pyroblast
• 1x Red Elemental Blast
• 1x Silence
• 1x Teferi's Protection

Commander (1)

Creature (16)

• 1x Academy Rector
• 1x Arbor Elf
• 1x Archetype of Endurance
• 1x Avacyn, Angel of Hope
• 1x Dragonlord Dromoka
• 1x Gisela, Blade of Goldnight
• 1x Grand Abolisher
• 1x Keeper of Progenitus
• 1x Knotvine Mystic
• 1x Kozilek, Butcher of Truth
• 1x Krosan Restorer
• 1x Magus of the Candelabra
• 1x Oracle of Mul Daya
• 1x Regal Behemoth
• 1x Shaman of Forgotten Ways
• 1x Vorinclex, Voice of Hunger

Artifact (3)

• 1x Memory Jar
• 1x Mind's Eye
• 1x Sol Ring

Planeswalker (2)

• 1x Garruk, Primal Hunter
• 1x Garruk Wildspeaker

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Deck based around using Zacama, Primal Calamity's ETB and to play red x spells or huge creatures.The deck breaks down into 3 stages:

• Ramp: Its important to ramp quickly to start playing out the decks draw engine before a control player has time to lock the table down.

• Set up: Trickier than it sounds. Make sure that only the only mana doublers that you play have minimal to no benefit to the rest of the table.

• Combo: Easy part. More likely than not, this means killing the board with an x spell.

Ramp---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Draw

• Cathartic Reunion, Faithless Looting, and Harmonize: The small time draw spells of the deck. Most useful at the beginning of the game to just run trough the deck.

• Reforge the Soul, Wheel of Fortune, and Memory Jar: The wheel draw spells of the deck. You will almost always have a smaller hand so a quick refill can be life saving.

• Soul's Majesty, Rishkar's Expertise, Momentous Fall, Garruk, Primal Hunter and Greater Good: All of these are ment to combo with Zacama, but can also combo with Vorinclex or Avacyn, Angel of Hope if necessary (particularly the ones that don't require a sacrifice.

• Mind's Eye, Sylvan Library, and Outpost Siege: Repeat draw to keep you in the game.

Ramp

• Cultivate, Farseek, Kodama's Reach, Nature's Lore, Nissa's Pilgrimage, Search for Tomorrow, Skyshroud Claim, and Three Visits: Deck thinning and more mana, the're EDH staples for a reason.

• Land Tax: Extreme ramp potential and deck thining. the deck doesn't play a ton of basics but enough to to clean up the deck.

• Arbor Elf, Krosan Restorer, Garruk Wildspeaker, and Magus of the Candelabra: Untaping lands is incredible with all of the mana doublers. These guys accel above regular mana dorks as they will continue to be relevant into the late game.

• Knotvine Mystic: Turns 1 mana into Naya. not much else to ask for from a dork.

• Shaman of Forgotten Ways: He helps fix mana if needed but his second ability is why he,s in the deck. We'll talk about that later.

Set up-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

This stage of the game breaks down in 2 focuses- finding mana doublers for the combo- playing cards that protect the combo/ increase it's lethality

The Mana Doublers

• Mana Flare and Zhur-Taa Ancient: These should almost always only be cast when already comboing as extra gas.

• Keeper of Progenitus and Vernal Bloom: Be aware of the board state when resolving these. Unlike the previous doublers, this gives no benefit to blue, your biggest threat. Its important to make sure you don't put another player to far ahead, but allowing opponents to create more threats for a control player to deal with can be good for you as they will spend more time dealing with another player allowing you to build your combo.

• Vorinclex, Voice of Hunger: The Praetor of big shit holds a special place in the deck as acceleration and disruption. His ability to keep opponents locked out of the game is deadly and should be used even if you don't plan on comboing off in the near future as even one rotation around the table is enough to win games.

• Regal Behemoth, Mana Reflection, and Mirari's Wake: Basic one sided mana doubling.

Protection

• Silence, Dragonlord Dromoka, and Grand Abolisher: It's important that one of these is on the field when trying to combo for maximum success. Always try to find one of the two.

• Lapse of Certainty, Pyroblast, and Red Elemental Blast: The back up plan of sorts, only in the deck to counter spells that interrupt the combo. still very usefull if the above three cards are removed or unplayable.

• Archetype of Endurance and Avacyn, Angel of Hope: Provide protections for Zacama and the creature mana doublers.

Lethality

• Gisela, Blade of Goldnight: She halves the amount of damage needed to kill a player and can remove the need to heal to stop from dying.

• Shaman of Forgotten Ways: Biorhythm on a dork. Usually just heavily damages the board, but combos with Zacama's ability to kill creatures. This guy can come out of nowhere and should always be kept in-mind.

Combo-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Combo Steps1) Tap all your lands and float a truck ton of mana.2) Use some of that mana to cast Zacama, Primal Calamity, untapping your lands.3) Use a sac outlet to put Zacama back in the command zone.4) Repeat until you have enough mana to kill the table and keep yourself alive.

You need three things to get the combo off:1) an x spell2) sacrifice outletExecuting the combo does not require an x spell in hand because of the crazy amount of draw.

The X Spells

• Molten Disaster: Best way to kill the table period. The kicker allows you to go off without protection from Dragonlord Dromoka or Grand Abolisher.

• Rolling Earthquake: Earthquake that hits flyers. This makes it a good board wipe if things get desperate. Can be substituted for Earthquake if you are in a horsemanship meta.

Guide in progress *Please leave suggestions and check out the inspiration below

Shell and general gameplan taken from: https://www.mtgsalvation.com/forums/the-game/commander-edh/multiplayer-commander-decklists/787920-zacama-primal-calamity-big-mana-big-draw-everybody

Date added	6 years
Last updated	6 years
Splash colors	W
Legality	This deck is Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	15 - 0 Mythic Rares 46 - 0 Rares 11 - 0 Uncommons 15 - 0 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	3.49
Tokens	Beast 3/3 G, The Monarch, Wurm 6/6 G