Kumena, Tyrant of Orazca

Commander / EDH Budget Casual Counters GU (Simic) Merfolk Monarch Tap/Untap

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Merfolk (29)

• 1x Combine Guildmage
• 1x Deeproot Elite
• 1x Emperor Mihail II
• 1x Forerunner of the Heralds
• 1x Herald of Secret Streams
• 1x Kiora's Follower
• 1x Kopala, Warden of Waves
• 1x Lullmage Mentor
• 1x Master of the Pearl Trident
• 1x Merfolk Branchwalker
• 1x Merfolk Mistbinder
• 1x Merfolk Skydiver
• 1x Merfolk Sovereign
• 1x Merfolk Trickster
• 1x Merfolk of the Pearl Trident
• 1x Merrow Commerce
• 1x Merrow Harbinger
• 1x Merrow Reejerey
• 1x Mistcaller
• 1x Salvager of Secrets
• 1x Seafloor Oracle
• 1x Shapers of Nature
• 1x Shipwreck Dowser
• 1x Stonybrook Banneret
• 1x Svyelun of Sea and Sky
• 1x Tazeem Roilmage
• 1x Thieving Skydiver
• 1x Vodalian Hexcatcher
• 1x Wanderwine Prophets

Denial (7)

• 1x Dawnglade Regent
• 1x Kiora, the Crashing Wave
• 1x Kopala, Warden of Waves
• 1x Merfolk Trickster
• 1x Mistcaller
• 1x Mystifying Maze
• 1x Svyelun of Sea and Sky

Tokens (6)

• 1x Aquatic Incursion
• 1x Deeproot Waters
• 1x Emperor Mihail II
• 1x Kiora, the Crashing Wave
• 1x Lullmage Mentor
• 1x Reflections of Littjara

Removal (5)

• 1x Expel from Orazca
• 1x Rapid Hybridization
• 1x Return to Nature
• 1x Surgespanner
• 1x Thieving Skydiver

BoardWipe (4)

• 1x Calming Verse
• 1x Flood of Tears
• 1x Hurricane
• 1x River's Rebuke

Tutor (2)

• 1x Forerunner of the Heralds
• 1x Merrow Harbinger

Land (38)

• 1x Arch of Orazca
• 1x Ash Barrens
• 1x Blighted Woodland
• 1x Command Tower
• 1x Evolving Wilds
• 5x Forest
• 15x Island
• 1x Lonely Sandbar
• 1x Mystic Sanctuary
• 1x Mystifying Maze
• 1x Novijen, Heart of Progress
• 1x Path of Ancestry
• 1x Reliquary Tower
• 1x Temple of Mystery
• 1x Terramorphic Expanse
• 1x Thornwood Falls
• 1x Throne of the High City
• 1x Tranquil Thicket
• 1x Woodland Stream
• 1x Yavimaya Coast

ManaRamp (12)

• 1x Blighted Woodland
• 1x Court of Bounty
• 1x Enter the Unknown
• 1x Explore
• 1x Growth Spiral
• 1x Kiora, the Crashing Wave
• 1x Merfolk Branchwalker
• 1x Orazca Relic
• 1x Path of Discovery
• 1x Regal Behemoth
• 1x Sol Ring
• 1x Stonybrook Banneret

Monarch (7)

• 1x Canal Courier
• 1x Court of Bounty
• 1x Dawnglade Regent
• 1x Keeper of Keys
• 1x Regal Behemoth
• 1x Staunch Throneguard
• 1x Throne of the High City

Recursion (5)

• 1x Creeping Renaissance
• 1x Mystic Sanctuary
• 1x Salvager of Secrets
• 1x Shipwreck Dowser
• 1x Tazeem Roilmage

Ascend (4)

• 1x Arch of Orazca
• 1x Expel from Orazca
• 1x Kumena's Awakening
• 1x Orazca Relic

Untap (4)

• 1x Kiora's Follower
• 1x Merrow Commerce
• 1x Merrow Reejerey
• 1x Quest for Renewal

Commander (1)

CardDraw (12)

• 1x Arch of Orazca
• 1x Explore
• 1x Fallowsage
• 1x Growth Spiral
• 1x Kiora, the Crashing Wave
• 1x Kumena's Awakening
• 1x Lonely Sandbar
• 1x Orazca Relic
• 1x Seafloor Oracle
• 1x Shapers of Nature
• 1x Svyelun of Sea and Sky
• 1x Tranquil Thicket

+1/+1Counters (10)

• 1x Combine Guildmage
• 1x Deeproot Elite
• 1x Enter the Unknown
• 1x Forerunner of the Heralds
• 1x Hadana's Climb  ^Flip
• 1x Merfolk Branchwalker
• 1x Merfolk Skydiver
• 1x Novijen, Heart of Progress
• 1x Path of Discovery
• 1x Shapers of Nature

Anthem (6)

• 1x Herald of Secret Streams
• 1x Master of the Pearl Trident
• 1x Merfolk Mistbinder
• 1x Merfolk Sovereign
• 1x Merrow Reejerey
• 1x Vodalian Hexcatcher

CounterSpell (5)

• 1x Lullmage Mentor
• 1x Negate
• 1x Spell Pierce
• 1x Svyelun of Sea and Sky
• 1x Vodalian Hexcatcher

Unblockable (5)

• 1x Aquatic Incursion
• 1x Canal Courier
• 1x Herald of Secret Streams
• 1x Keeper of Keys
• 1x Merfolk Sovereign

Support (3)

• 1x Kiora, the Crashing Wave
• 1x Reflections of Littjara
• 1x Swiftfoot Boots

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Other (17)

• 1x Court of Cunning
• 1x Deeproot Pilgrimage
• 1x Distant Melody
• 1x Empress Galina
• 1x Explosive Vegetation
• 1x Harmonize
• 1x Intruder Alarm
• 1x Kindred Discovery
• 1x Lord of Atlantis
• 1x Murkfiend Liege
• 1x Quicksilver Fountain
• 1x Seahunter
• 1x Secrets of the Golden City
• 1x Seedborn Muse
• 1x Sylvan Scrying
• 1x Tidal Warrior
• 1x Tideshaper Mystic

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Coom-ena, Tyrant of Orazca: Tapper of Merfolk, King of Pumpin'

AKA: I Will Now Proceed to Pleasure Myself with This Fish

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This Budget EDH Deck uses Kumena, Tyrant of Orazca as an engine for card draw and +1/+1 counters. This deck is Merfolk-tribal, with Monarch and Ascend subthemes.

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The goal of this deck is to play Merfolk, and use Kumena, Tyrant of Orazca to tap them (giggity), providing us with card draw and pumping our board with +1/+1 Counters. Untap sources like Kiora's Follower, Merrow Commerce, Quest for Renewal, and Merrow Reejerey further enable this.

Early game, we should focus on drawing cards and ramping for mana with our Explore Package, including cards like Enter the Unknown and Path of Discovery, combined with Explore, Growth Spiral, or an early Court of Bounty. Kumena's Awakening can also provide good early card draw, at the cost of also helping our opponents.

Meanwhile, we should focus on developing a board of Merfolk. Cards like Deeproot Elite, Hadana's Climb  , and Forerunner of the Heralds can serve to empower our board early. Lord effects from Merfolk like Master of the Pearl Trident, Merfolk Mistbinder, and Merfolk Sovereign helps beef-up our board alongside the +1/+1 Counter-givers.

Deeproot Waters helps us by generating tokens, while cards like Emperor Mihail II and Aquatic Incursion also create tokens while providing other elements of support as well. Reflections of Littjara gives us a free Clone of every Merfolk spell we play (including noncreature ones like Merrow Commerce) and can be an absolutely value-blowout.

Once we have assembled a stable boardstate complete with buffs, we can shift into an aggressive position, swinging our opponents with huge schools of Merfolk. Kumena, Tyrant of Orazca's first ability can let him get in there too, while stuff like Winged Temple of Orazca   can help pump him or another big creature.

Secondarily, we can use Monarch and Ascend to provide card advantage and value, taking advantage of the unblockable effects from Kumena, Tyrant of Orazca's first ability, Herald of Secret Streams, or Keeper of Keys to take back the Monarchy. Additionally Regal Behemoth lets us double our mana.

Denial and protection effects from cards like Dawnglade Regent, Svyelun of Sea and Sky, or Kopala, Warden of Waves help keep our board safe, while removal and counterspells from Rapid Hybridization, Negate, and Lullmage Mentor help us deal with threats or board clears, the latter of which our deck is vulnerable to.

Special note goes to Lullmage Mentor which synergizes with Vodalian Hexcatcher, forming a combo.

• Lullmage Mentor creates Merfolk tokens whenever we counter a spell.

• Vodalian Hexcatcher can sacrifice those tokens to counter spells.

• Together, they create a soft loop of sorts, allowing us to have a renewable source of counterspells.

Recursion from cards like Mystic Sanctuary, Salvager of Secrets, and Shipwreck Dowser help us get back our spells, while Creeping Renaissance helps us get our Merfolk back should our board get wiped.

The deck aims to win using Wanderwine Prophets, which can give us a bunch of extra turns as long as we have enough Merfolk to continue sacrificing. Kiora, the Crashing Wave's Emblem, should we get it, can also help us close-out games by creating an endless supply of massive Kraken tokens. During longer games, Hurricane can provide the burst needed to end the game, or even one-hit-kill opponents with the help of Regal Behemoth.

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Possible Card Replacements:

Replace Kumena's Awakening w/ Kindred Discovery — Market Price aside, Kindred Discovery is basically strictly better than Kumena's Awakening in every circumstance. Howling Mine-type effects are already weak, and get much much worse in EDH where you have multiple opponents. Even with the Ascend effect, Kumena's Awakening tends to give our opponents too much to justify running in more efficient decks.

Replace Reflections of Littjara w/ Empress of Galina — Empress Galina gets a lot of use in this deck, thanks to the abundance of tap/untap effects. However, she's a little too expensive for our budget. If you can afford her, I'd recommend slotting her in.

Replace Mistcaller w/ Intruder Alarm — Intruder Alarm is about $12 USD at the time of writing this, making it a bit too expensive for our Budget. However, if included, it can serve as another untap engine for our Merfolk.

Replace Canal Courier w/ Seahunter — Seahunter is a great tutor. Being able to cheat a Merfolk from our deck directly into play is potentially huge. However, it's a little pricey. If you have it/can afford it, I'd definitely include it.

Replace Merrow Reejerey w/ Seedborn Muse — Seedborn Muse is one of those really strong cards that a deck like this would love to run. Not only does it untap our Merfolk, but everything else too. It's $16 USD though, out of our price range.

Replace Merrow Commerce w/ Murkfiend Liege — Same as above.

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The 'Explore Package' can be swapped out for more traditional forms of Mana Ramp and Card Draw, if Explore isn't to your liking.

Replace Explore w/ Harmonize

Replace Growth Spiral w/ Distant Melody

Replace Enter the Unknown w/ Sylvan Scrying

Replace Path of Discovery w/ Explosive Vegetation

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In addition to Master of the Pearl Trident, who we already run, it's also possible to slot in some Islandwalk support like Lord of Atlantis, Tidal Warrior, Tideshaper Mystic, and Streambed Aquitects. Even Quicksilver Fountain could fit. Islandwalk would be run in addition, or as an alternative to, Unblockable, should you wish.

Date added	2 years
Last updated	6 months
Exclude colors	WBR
Splash colors	UG
Legality	This deck is Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	3 - 0 Mythic Rares 28 - 0 Rares 25 - 0 Uncommons 22 - 0 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	3.15
Tokens	City's Blessing, Copy Clone, Emblem Kiora, the Crashing Wave, Frog Lizard 3/3 G, Kraken 9/9 U, Merfolk 1/1 U, Merfolk 1/1 U w/ Hexproof, Monarch Emblem
Folders	EDH3.0 Decks