Winota

Commander / EDH Humans RW (Boros) Tokens

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Humans (26)

• 1x Adriana, Captain of the Guard
• 1x Angrath's Marauders
• 1x Banisher Priest
• 1x Blade Splicer
• 1x Captain of the Watch
• 1x Evangel of Heliod
• 1x Fiend Hunter
• 1x Frontline Medic
• 1x Geist-Honored Monk
• 1x Gerrard, Weatherlight Hero
• 1x Goldnight Commander
• 1x Knight of the White Orchid
• 1x Knight-Captain of Eos
• 1x Lena, Selfless Champion
• 1x Loyal Apprentice
• 1x Mangara, the Diplomat
• 1x Mentor of the Meek
• 1x Odric, Lunarch Marshal
• 1x Odric, Master Tactician
• 1x Pia Nalaar
• 1x Pia and Kiran Nalaar
• 1x Silverwing Squadron
• 1x Subira, Tulzidi Caravanner
• 1x Thalia's Lancers
• 1x Thopter Engineer
• 1x Verge Rangers

Non-Humans (13)

• 1x Anax, Hardened in the Forge
• 1x Angel of Glory's Rise
• 1x Assemble the Legion
• 1x Aurelia, the Warleader
• 1x Chandra, Acolyte of Flame
• 1x Dragon Fodder
• 1x Elspeth, Sun's Champion
• 1x Goblin Rabblemaster
• 1x Krenko, Tin Street Kingpin
• 1x Legion Warboss
• 1x Ragavan, Nimble Pilferer
• 1x Raise the Alarm
• 1x Sun Titan

Lands (36)

• 1x Ash Barrens
• 1x Battlefield Forge
• 1x Boros Garrison
• 1x Clifftop Retreat
• 1x Command Tower
• 1x Fabled Passage
• 12x Mountain
• 15x Plains
• 1x Rugged Prairie
• 1x Sunbaked Canyon
• 1x Temple of Triumph

Removal (4)

• 1x Boros Charm
• 1x Chaos Warp
• 1x Generous Gift
• 1x Return to Dust

Commander (1)

Other (12)

• 1x Cathars' Crusade
• 1x Eerie Interlude
• 1x Enlightened Tutor
• 1x Hammer of Purphoros
• 1x Helm of the Host
• 1x Impact Tremors
• 1x Lightning Greaves
• 1x Outpost Siege
• 1x Skullclamp
• 1x Teferi's Protection
• 1x Throne of the God-Pharaoh
• 1x Warstorm Surge

Ramp (8)

• 1x Arcane Signet
• 1x Boros Signet
• 1x Commander's Sphere
• 1x Dockside Extortionist
• 1x Mind Stone
• 1x Smothering Tithe
• 1x Sol Ring
• 1x Talisman of Conviction

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Non-Humans (1)

• 1x Cartographer's Hawk

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So, when I sat down to brew this deck, I definitely underestimated it. I had never played against it before, but once I started brewing I realized how powerful this deck could be. With the commander both providing efficient card selection and cheating of mana costs, Winota can be incredibly explosive, so lets get into it:

Ideally you will have a non-human creature or a spell that makes non-humans in your opening hand, and since most of them are sub-3 CMC, you should have no problem getting them out ahead of Winota. In addition, because Winota is a removal magnet, you only want to play her once you have a non-human ready to attack right away. The best early plays are Raise the Alarm, Legion Warboss, and Goblin Rabblemaster, as each of these can represent multiple tokens very early to start the engine. In addition, Thopter Engineer and Loyal Apprentice are low-curve humans that can produce non-human tokens early as well. Once 1-2 non-human creatures attack and you find a human off the top, this deck spirals very quickly.

As you can see by looking through the decklist, nearly all of the humans in the deck either come with non-human tokens, a powerful enter the battlefield ability, or a useful triggered ability. In addition, despite many creatures such as Mangara, the Diplomat and Mentor of the Meek not really being creatures you want to attack with, Winota grants them indestructible the turn they come down so they will likely live long enough for at least some of those triggers to go off.

This deck pretty much wins through combat damage (obviously), and it is very important to not run out of gas. There are a few ways to protect yourself from board wipes, including Angel of Glory's Rise, Gerrard, Weatherlight Hero, and Anax, Hardened in the Forge. Any one of these can allow the deck to bounce back from a board wipe, and having one of them on board will often deter people from even casting board wipes.

One weakness of this deck is running out of gas if the game goes for too long, as you can run out of humans in the deck to continue the value engine. Fortunately, I have never had games go so long that this becomes a problem, but it could in a meta that is very board wipe heavy.

Date added	4 years
Last updated	3 years
Legality	This deck is not Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	7 - 0 Mythic Rares 40 - 0 Rares 19 - 0 Uncommons 7 - 0 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	3.53
Tokens	Copy Clone, Elemental 1/1 R, Elephant 3/3 G, Emblem Elspeth, Sun's Champion, Enchantment Golem 3/3 C, Goblin 1/1 R, Knight 2/2 W w/ Vigilance, Phyrexian Golem 3/3 C, Satyr 1/1 R, Soldier 1/1 RW, Soldier 1/1 W, Spirit 1/1 W, Thopter 1/1 C, Treasure
Folders	EDH Color Challenge, EDH Color Challenge Guilds, EDH decks of interest