Emmara, Life's a Beach

Commander / EDH Competitive GW (Selesnya) Infinite Combo Lifegain Tokens

LordKunai

Land (34)

• 1x Bountiful Promenade
• 1x Buried Ruin
• 1x Canopy Vista
• 1x Command Tower
• 1x Emeria, the Sky Ruin
• 1x Forbidden Orchard
• 5x Forest
• 1x Hall of Heliod's Generosity
• 1x Holdout Settlement
• 1x Horizon Canopy
• 1x Idyllic Grange
• 1x Inventors' Fair
• 1x Miren, the Moaning Well
• 1x Mistveil Plains
• 9x Plains
• 1x Savannah
• 1x Scattered Groves
• 1x Sunpetal Grove
• 1x Survivors' Encampment
• 1x Temple Garden
• 1x Wooded Bastion
• 1x Yavimaya, Cradle of Growth

Enchantment (11)

• 1x Animal Boneyard
• 1x Aura Shards
• 1x Cryptolith Rite
• 1x Dawn of Hope
• 1x Light of Promise
• 1x Nature's Chosen
• 1x Presence of Gond
• 1x Reconnaissance
• 1x Smothering Tithe
• 1x Survival of the Fittest
• 1x Sylvan Library

Creature (20)

• 1x Accomplished Alchemist
• 1x Angel of Destiny
• 1x Archangel of Thune
• 1x Auriok Champion
• 1x Avacyn's Pilgrim
• 1x Aven Mindcensor
• 1x Daru Spiritualist
• 1x Essence Warden
• 1x Eternal Witness
• 1x Heliod's Pilgrim
• 1x Heliod, Sun-Crowned
• 1x Llanowar Elves
• 1x Mentor of the Meek
• 1x Midnight Guard
• 1x Nomads en-Kor
• 1x Serra Ascendant
• 1x Shaman en-Kor
• 1x Soul Warden
• 1x Soul's Attendant
• 1x Spike Feeder

Artifact (13)

• 1x Aetherflux Reservoir
• 1x Altar of the Brood
• 1x Arcane Signet
• 1x Cosmos Elixir
• 1x Idol of Oblivion
• 1x Lightning Greaves
• 1x Meekstone
• 1x Shuko
• 1x Skullclamp
• 1x Smuggler's Copter
• 1x Sol Ring
• 1x Talisman of Unity
• 1x Well of Lost Dreams

Commander (1)

Instant (14)

• 1x Beast Within
• 1x Crop Rotation
• 1x Eladamri's Call
• 1x Enlightened Tutor
• 1x Force of Vigor
• 1x Generous Gift
• 1x Heroic Intervention
• 1x Nature's Claim
• 1x Noxious Revival
• 1x Path to Exile
• 1x Teferi's Protection
• 1x Veil of Summer
• 1x Worldly Tutor
• 1x Worthy Cause

Sorcery (7)

• 1x Dusk / Dawn
• 1x Fumigate
• 1x Idyllic Tutor
• 1x Open the Armory
• 1x Sevinne's Reclamation
• 1x Three Visits
• 1x Tooth and Nail

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Sideboard

Enchantment (10)

• 1x Armadillo Cloak
• 1x Authority of the Consuls
• 1x Born to Drive
• 1x Nurturing Presence
• 1x Sigarda's Splendor
• 1x Spirit Link
• 1x Spirit Loop
• 1x Squire's Devotion
• 1x Test of Endurance
• 1x Unflinching Courage

Creature (8)

• 1x Devoted Druid
• 1x Enduring Angel  ^Flip
• 1x Famished Paladin
• 1x Felidar Sovereign
• 1x Lurking Roper
• 1x Task Force
• 1x Trostani, Selesnya's Voice
• 1x Voice of the Blessed

Artifact (5)

• 1x Ashnod's Altar
• 1x Basilisk Collar
• 1x Paradise Mantle
• 1x Shadowspear
• 1x Sorcerer's Wand

Instant (7)

• 1x Chord of Calling
• 1x Fortifying Draught
• 1x Momentous Fall
• 1x Predator's Rapport
• 1x Sheltering Word
• 1x Swords to Plowshares
• 1x Tamiyo's Safekeeping

Sorcery (3)

• 1x Green Sun's Zenith
• 1x Steelshaper's Gift
• 1x Titania's Command

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Intro To My Favorite Deck

Hello All! Welcome to my personal Emmara, Soul of the Accord Deck. This is my favorite deck for a number of reasons; casually competitive, cheap cmc, good sustain, easily assembled combos... just to name a few without going into detail. In the following sections I will break down the general point of the deck, strategy, win-cons, and other little tid-bits. Without further ado, let's dive into the wonderful world of selesnya {G}{W}

What Is The "Primary" Main Objective?

The primary goal of this deck is to GAIN DAT LIFE SON! IDEALLY... you don't really have to worry about assembling any of the win-cons "right away" (this is not win turn-0 CEDH!) because with Emmara being only {G}{W}, you want to get her out on the battlefield immediately and start turnin&burnin. My FAVORITE card in this deck is Nature's Chosen hands down. being able to create a minimum of four token:soldier (lifelink) per trip around the table in a 4-person game is just tasty. And with other cards like Reconnaissance, Smuggler's Copter, Cryptolith Rite, Survivors' Encampment, and Holdout Settlement you can SAFELY tap Emmara without risking her to get walloped by defenders (thats what the lifelinking tokens are for xP). And with supporting life-gaining staff: Aetherflux Reservoir (oof), Cosmos Elixir, Archangel of Thune, Auriok Champion & Essence Warden & the Soul Sisters (Soul Warden/Soul's Attendant), and last but DEFINITELY not least Serra Ascendant (the groans at the table of a turn 1 Serra Ascendant are DELECTABLE); lifegain flows wonderfully. This RAPID access to lifegain is what makes you so sustainable throughout the game even if another player has flyers, tramplers, etc... This, coupled with other little tricks & traps will allow you to achieve your "secondary main objective"...

What is the "Secondary" Main objective?

Combo Dem FOOOOS! Here I will break down the 3 main infinite Life-gain/win combos, which are all quite simple and reasonably low cmc. 1.Spike Feeder + Archangel of Thune or Heliod, Sun-Crowned or Light of Promise = infinite life

2.Midnight Guard + Presence of Gond = infinite creatures + any of honory/true soul sisters (Auriok Champion, Essence Warden, Soul Warden or Soul's Attendant) = infinte life

3.Daru Spiritualist + zero-cost targetting ability (Shuko or Shaman en-Kor or Nomads en-Kor or Reconnaissance or Lightning Greaves) + life-gaining sac outlet (Worthy Cause or Animal Boneyard or Miren, the Moaning Well = infinite life

So you may be wondering (save for combo #2 winning through combat with infinite creatures), 'kay...so you have all that life. now what?'. Well if just having gained infinite life isn't enough for you and you want something to do with all them lives... Aetherflux Reservoir. SKADOOOOSH (shout out to the MOSSBOSS @Badboygaming, youtube etc.) you wipe em out. Not to mention, it's just great value anyway for life-gaining purposes. or if a direct damage cannon isn't your thing and you've successfully assemble combo #2 and combat isn't really an option for whatever reason Altar of the Brood will save you the trouble.

Now, you may be asking...'well how do i assemble all these pieces?' I gotchu boo, turn to page 2.

Tutor Me Up Some Goodies!

1.artifact tutors: -Inventors' Fair

2.enchantment tutors: -Idyllic Tutor -Heliod's Pilgrim (auras only)

3.creature tutors: -Eladamri's Call -Worldly Tutor -Survival of the Fittest -Tooth and Nail (if entwined is immediate infinite life (Spike Feeder+Heliod, Sun-Crowned) if it resolves)

4.land tutors: -Crop Rotation (for MIREN!!!)

5.mixed tutors: -Enlightened Tutor -Open the Armory(auras and equipments only)

Other Tid-Bits

RECURSION/EVASION

Your pieces will be targetted... It's just a fact. However, to combat this, we have 3 weapons:

The nature of the deck itself--Its hard not to target a flying-lifelinker 5/5 Serra Ascendant that keeps smacking you since turn 1. Also, the beauty of this deck is that all the combo pieces are fairly cheap cmc and intimidating :D. you can bait people into killing off what they believe to be the combo you're going for while you can quickly assemble your secret combo.

Recursion--We have plenty of cards in this deck to get stuff back like Sevinne's Reclamation, Eternal Witness, Noxious Revival, Buried Ruin and Hall of Heliod's Generosity

Evasion--With cards like Teferi's Protection, Veil of Summer and Heroic Intervention

Let's GO Already...

CARD ADVANTAGE/REMOVAL/RAMP

CARD ADVANTAGE ex.. -Skullclamp (that's token abuse) -Cosmos Elixir & Dawn of Hope (more pleeeease :D) -Smuggler's Copter (filthy looters...) -Sylvan Library (you getoutta heeeeere...)

REMOVAL ex.. -Beast Within -Path to Exile -Aura Shards -Fumigate

(control) -Aven Mindcensor -Meekstone

RAMP ex.. -Cryptolith Rite (its just plain silly...) -Accomplished Alchemist -Smothering Tithe

What's She Missing?

I think this deck is nearly perfect except for a few things here and there and some optimization figured out through more play testing. Obviously, you may insert more competitive mana rocks and land tutors for card advantage; however i am not going to prioritize a card unless its crucial to the strategy, but overtime, those competitive additions will be made. I am entirely open to any ideas and suggestions from the community. Any cards that are either up for consideration/playtesting or cards i've tried but didn't seem to work that great will be listed in the side board. Always open to trying new suggestions and old removals. Feel free to comment, upvote, and save this deck and give it a try! Thanks for your interest in what is ultimately my most precious pet deck :D

"Whatever hatred destroys, a single act of trust can revive"

Date added	1 year
Last updated	1 year
Legality	This deck is Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	5 - 3 Mythic Rares 40 - 12 Rares 24 - 11 Uncommons 17 - 7 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	2.41
Tokens	Bear 2/2 G, Beast 3/3 G, Eldrazi 10/10 C, Elephant 3-3 G, Elf Warrior 1/1 G, Pilot 1/1 C, Soldier 1/1 W w/ Lifelink, Spirit 1/1 C, Spirit 1/1 W, Treasure, Vampire 1/1 W