Catmander

Commander / EDH Aggro Cats Counters Equip GW (Selesnya) Kaheera, the Orphanguard Midrange Primer Tokens

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Creature (28)

• 1x Lion Sash
• 1x Adorned Pouncer
• 1x Alms Collector
• 1x Craterhoof Behemoth
• 1x Feline Sovereign
• 1x Fleecemane Lion
• 1x Keeper of Fables
• 1x King of the Pride
• 1x Leonin Abunas
• 1x Leonin Skyhunter
• 1x Leonin Warleader
• 1x Nacatl War-Pride
• 1x Pridemalkin
• 1x Prowling Serpopard
• 1x Qasali Ambusher
• 1x Qasali Slingers
• 1x Regal Caracal
• 1x Skyhunter Patrol
• 1x Skyhunter Skirmisher
• 1x Spirit of the Hearth
• 1x Vigor
• 1x Balan, Wandering Knight
• 1x Brimaz, King of Oreskos
• 1x Jazal Goldmane
• 1x Mirri, Cat Warrior
• 1x Mirri, Weatherlight Duelist
• 1x Nazahn, Revered Bladesmith
• 1x Raksha Golden Cub

Instant (8)

• 1x Beast Within
• 1x Enlightened Tutor
• 1x Generous Gift
• 1x Heroic Intervention
• 1x Return of the Wildspeaker
• 1x Swords to Plowshares
• 1x Teferi's Protection
• 1x Worldly Tutor

Land (36)

• 6x Forest
• 10x Plains
• 1x Bountiful Promenade
• 1x Branchloft Pathway  ^Flip
• 1x Canopy Vista
• 1x Command Tower
• 1x Gavony Township
• 1x Homeward Path
• 1x Maze of Ith
• 1x Prismatic Vista
• 1x Reliquary Tower
• 1x Secluded Courtyard
• 1x Strip Mine
• 1x Sunpetal Grove
• 1x Temple Garden
• 1x Unclaimed Territory
• 1x Wasteland
• 1x Windswept Heath
• 1x Wooded Bastion
• 1x Hall of Heliod's Generosity
• 1x Yavimaya Hollow
• 1x Yavimaya, Cradle of Growth

Enchantment (8)

• 1x Aura Shards
• 1x Cathars' Crusade
• 1x Felidar Retreat
• 1x Guardian Project
• 1x Mirari's Wake
• 1x Smothering Tithe
• 1x Song of the Dryads
• 1x Sylvan Library

Sorcery (7)

• 1x Cultivate
• 1x Day of Judgment
• 1x Kodama's Reach
• 1x Rampant Growth
• 1x Rishkar's Expertise
• 1x Steelshaper's Gift
• 1x Wrath of God

Commander (1)

Companion (1)

Artifact (12)

• 1x Arcane Signet
• 1x Dolmen Gate
• 1x Lightning Greaves
• 1x Sol Ring
• 1x Sword of Feast and Famine
• 1x Sword of Fire and Ice
• 1x Sword of Light and Shadow
• 1x Sword of Sinew and Steel
• 1x Sword of Truth and Justice
• 1x Hammer of Nazahn
• 1x Sword of the Animist
• 1x The Great Henge

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Sideboard

Creature (1)

• 1x Kaheera, the Orphanguard

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Maybeboard

Creature (2)

• 1x Krosan Vorine
• 1x Kemba, Kha Regent

Enchantment (2)

• 1x Privileged Position
• 1x True Conviction

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Choo-choo! Here come the kitties! Keep reading if you want a quick run down of playing with this cat-tastic deck!

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The Game Plan

So what are we trying to do here? In broad strokes, suit up some buff kitties and turn them sideways. In more practical terms our deck is going to generally win through combat damage but we have packages to try and enable going tall or going wide depending on what we're up against. In essence this deck will play out differently depending on how powerful your match-ups are. In a less powerful meta this deck will pack a punch and should be pretty simple to pilot (get in with some agro damage, go wide, and cast Craterhoof Behemoth and you should have a decent time of it) where as in more powerful metas you will have to take advantage of some of the more toolbox aspects of the deck to react to threats/changes in the board state as needed.

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Getting What You Need

Tutors! Tutoring can be tough decisions and this deck has a couple of them which means a few decision points. In an attempt to help make the decision process a little simpler I'm going to list each tutor, some scenarios you might use it in, and what you might want to target in those scenarios.

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1) Steelshaper's Gift

This isn't going to be used for any one thing more than another, think of it as an equipment wild card

-Need more cards: Sword of Fire and Ice

-Need more mana: Sword of the Animist or Sword of Feast and Famine

-Need removal: Sword of Sinew and Steel, Lion Sash, or Sword of Fire and Ice

-Need to get things back from the graveyard: Sword of Light and Shadow

-Need to protect my things: Lightning Greaves, any of the swords with appropriate color protection, or Hammer of Nazahn

-Need to go wide/go on the offensive: Sword of Truth and Justice

-Need a creature: Lion Sash

2) Nazahn, Revered Bladesmith

Nazahn, Revered Bladesmith is here to get you the Hammer of Nazahn for obvious reasons. However always consider your options and remember the previous tutor can also grab the hammer and Nazahn can grab all the other things listed for your first tutor if needed. Also unrelated to tutoring but don't forget her second ability.

3) Enlightened Tutor**

Now Enlightened Tutor is probably our most versatile tutor, remember that all the targets I have mentioned so far are also valid targets for Enlightened Tutor and sometimes they are going to be what you want to get. In general though Enlightened Tutor is the only tutor you have to get non-equipment artifacts and your only enchantment tutor.

-Need cards: Sylvan Library, The Great Henge*, Guardian Project, or Sword of Fire and Ice

-Need mana: Sol Ring, Mirari's Wake, Smothering Tithe, Sword of the Animist, or Sword of Feast and Famine

-Need removal: Aura Shards, Song of the Dryads, Sword of Sinew and Steel, Lion Sash, or Sword of Fire and Ice

-Need to go wide/go on the offensive: Cathars' Crusade, Dolmen Gate, Sword of Truth and Justice, or Felidar Retreat

-Need to get things back from the graveyard: Sword of Light and Shadow

-Need to protect my things: Lightning Greaves, any of the swords with appropriate color protection, Hammer of Nazahn or (in some situations) Dolmen Gate

-Need a creature: Lion Sash

4) Worldly Tutor**

This is your flexible creature tutor, use it to get finishers/protection/utility/etc. as needed.

-Need cards: Keeper of Fables or Alms Collector

-Need equipment instead of a creature: Taj-Nar Swordsmith, Lion Sash, or Nazahn, Revered Bladesmith

-Need removal: Qasali Slingers, Lion Sash, or Feline Sovereign

-Need to go wide/go on the offensive with many kitties: Brimaz, King of Oreskos, Nacatl War-Pride, King of the Pride, Mirri, Weatherlight Duelist, Jazal Goldmane, Leonin Warleader, Pridemalkin (if you have a lot of +1/+1 counters already), or Regal Caracal

-Need to go tall/have a bunch of equipment already and need one kitty to stack it all on top of: Balan, Wandering Knight, Skyhunter Skirmisher, or Mirri, Cat Warrior

-Need to protect my things: Prowling Serpopard, Leonin Abunas, or Vigor

-Need to try and win/finish someone off: Craterhoof Behemoth, Raksha Golden Cub, or Nacatl War-Pride

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NOTES

*Try to only cast The Great Henge if you have at least your commander or some other high power creature out, we really don't want to pay much more than 2 mana for it ever unless we are really desperate or have absolutely nothing better to do with our turn/mana. And remember, you can cast this after combat once you have already used Arahbo, Roar of the World's Eminence ability to make a creature bigger.

**Remember, Enlightened Tutor and Worldly Tutor (ie. your instant speed tutors that put the card on top of your deck) are generally best cast on the end step of the turn before yours. This allows you to leave mana up in case there is something else you might want to do instead, allows you to bluff and pretend you are holding removal of some kind which can sometimes help protect you, and it will give your opponents less information about what you have on their turns so it is more difficult for them to try and stop what you are trying to do.

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Quick Tips

1) Remember, Arahbo's first ability targets so be aware if you have given something protection from white or green or shroud (cards in the deck that do this include Lightning Greaves, Sword of Feast and Famine, Sword of Truth and Justice, and Sword of Light and Shadow). However, his second ability (which in general is more important for closing out games) does not target so you can still buff up your shrouded/protected kittens.

2) Rishkar's Expertise and Return of the Wildspeaker are really your only big "draw a bunch of cards at one time" spells so be careful when you use them. In general you will want to cast them after/during combat so that they take into account the +3/+3 from our commander when looking at the creatures power.

3) Don't forget that Heroic Intervention and Teferi's Protection protect all your permanents (not just creatures). Use them to protect yourself as needed accordingly.

4) Don't forget your utility lands! Hall of Heliod's Generosity, Homeward Path, Maze of Ith, Strip Mine, Wasteland, Gavony Township and Yavimaya Hollow can all be incredibly useful in the right situations.

5) Don't forget you have access to your companion! It costs 3 generic mana to put them in your hand from the "companion zone" and then you can cast them for their casting cost as you normally would from your hand. Remember, if your companion dies it goes to the graveyard. It does not go back to the "companion zone" it started in.

Date added	5 years
Last updated	2 years
Legality	This deck is Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	10 - 0 Mythic Rares 50 - 1 Rares 16 - 0 Uncommons 7 - 0 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	3.55
Tokens	Adorned Pouncer 4/4 B, Beast 3/3 G, Cat 1/1 W w/ Lifelink, Cat Beast 2/2 W, Cat Soldier 1/1 W, Copy Clone, Elephant 3-3 G, Treasure
Folders	Future inspiration, KITTIES, Cats and Dogs, Nice Commander Decks, Kitties