This is the deck I made for my good friend and roommate for Christmas '16. The original cost displayed was indeed $40 but appreciation has driven the cost up, and reprints have driven the cost down. Cost me about $30 out-of-pocket when I built it.

Saved for posterity and inspiration. Updates are highly unlikely.

The editions for the cards are all accurate and the keen eye will notice I tried to get the most plant-y or brambly versions of cards (or at least the oldest versions of each card). For example, Rampant Growth and Golgari Signet. I also tried to get as many promo cards and rare-art versions as I could afford, such as Putrefy and Corpsejack Menacefoil.

One may also notice a distinct lack of a certain ubiquitous mana-ramper; if my roommate likes this deck enough let him put a ring on it.


Pretty straightforward deck: ramp, apply counters, equip, attack, reanimate, repeat.

The deck will no-doubt evolve but that's not my path. Keep in mind, this deck was a budget deck that is also from 2016. If I could do it again I would probably squeeze in another budget wrath like Crux of Fate or Deadly Cover-Up, another removal spell like Murder or Go for the Throat or Infernal Grasp, and another removal piece (like Unravel the Aether or Deglamer or Tear Asunder--at the time Beast Within was out of budget), as well as several more ramp pieces--try to get it up to eight or so. Skullbriar is cheap but gets whacked regularly. This deck was early on in my EDH career so the ratios are way off from my current sensibilities.

This deck was built well before Ikoria and its keyword counters. As I understand it, the deck's owner has indeed added things like Slippery Bogbonder and Titanoth Rex since.

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(4 years ago)

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Date added 7 years
Last updated 8 months
Legality

This deck is Commander / EDH legal.

Rarity (main - side)

24 - 0 Rares

36 - 0 Uncommons

18 - 0 Commons

Cards 100
Avg. CMC 3.11
Tokens Saproling 1/1 G
Folders +1 Budget, Commander ideas, later, Golgari EDH reference, EDH, EDH, EDH, My Decks, Voltron!, Potential Decks
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