Essence of Kiora

Oathbreaker* Budget Creature Cheat GU (Simic) Ramp Tokens

Jaathik

Copies (10)

• 1x Ayula's Influence
• 1x Endless One
• 1x Feed the Pack
• 1x Ornithopter
• 1x Phyrexian Marauder
• 1x Phyrexian Walker
• 1x Scuttletide
• 1x Stonecoil Serpent
• 1x Ugin's Conjurant
• 1x Words of Wilding

Ramp (10)

• 1x Arbor Elf
• 1x Birds of Paradise
• 1x Boreal Druid
• 1x Crop Rotation
• 1x Delighted Halfling
• 1x Elvish Mystic
• 1x Fyndhorn Elves
• 1x Llanowar Elves
• 1x Utopia Sprawl
• 1x Wild Growth

Insurance (7)

• 1x An Offer You Can't Refuse
• 1x Eternal Witness
• 1x Miscast
• 1x Spell Pierce
• 1x Stubborn Denial
• 1x Swan Song
• 1x Words of Wind

Evolution Targets (10)

• 1x Commune with Nature
• 1x Crystalline Crawler
• 1x Malevolent Rumble
• 1x Once Upon a Time
• 1x Parcelbeast
• 1x Peregrine Drake
• 1x Skyshroud Cutter
• 1x Summoner's Pact
• 1x Vine Dryad
• 1x Worldly Tutor

Land (20)

• 1x Botanical Sanctum
• 1x Command Tower
• 12x Forest
• 1x Hickory Woodlot
• 1x Hinterland Harbor
• 1x Island
• 1x Thran Quarry
• 1x Waterlogged Grove
• 1x Yavimaya Coast

Essence of the Wild (1)

• 1x Essence of the Wild

Commanders (2)

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Sideboard

Other (2)

• 1x Oakhame Adversary
• 1x Saprazzan Legate

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Maybeboard

Alternative Plan (12)

• 1x Basalt Monolith
• 1x Fyndhorn Elder
• 1x Greenweaver Druid
• 1x Gwenna, Eyes of Gaea
• 1x Gyre Engineer
• 1x Nantuko Elder
• 1x Palladium Myr
• 1x Sage of the Maze
• 1x Shaman of Forgotten Ways
• 1x Snapping Voidcraw
• 1x Weaver of Currents
• 1x Worn Powerstone

Removal (3)

• 1x Hard-Hitting Question
• 1x Horrific Assault
• 1x Words of Wind

Tokens (9)

• 1x Chatter of the Squirrel
• 1x Chatterstorm
• 1x Fists of Ironwood
• 1x Fungal Sprouting
• 1x Hunting Triad
• 1x Saproling Migration
• 1x Spore Swarm
• 1x Verdant Command
• 1x Windswift Slice

Ramp (5)

• 1x Arboreal Grazer
• 1x Elvish Pioneer
• 1x Krosan Wayfarer
• 1x Sakura-Tribe Scout
• 1x Skyshroud Ranger

Evolution Targets (8)

• 1x Allosaurus Rider
• 1x Eyeless Watcher
• 1x Gemrazer
• 1x Incubator Drone
• 1x Kozilek's Predator
• 1x Migratory Greathorn
• 1x Savvy Trader
• 1x The Third Doctor

Counter (3)

• 1x Decisive Denial
• 1x Negate
• 1x Wash Away

Backup (1)

• 1x Riftsweeper

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Welcome to the super-speedy deck that farts out 6/6s like there's no tomorrow. This oathbreaker deck can outpace most other decks in the format by getting out at least two 6/6s by turn 3 RELIABLY. This gives us a good position to kill off other planeswalkers and beat over whatever our opponent(s) have played by then.

In a nutshell, on turn 3 cast Eldritch Evolution to fetch Essence of the Wild, then make a bunch of tokens which they themselves will become 6/6 Essence of the Wilds. Kiora, Behemoth Beckoner was chosen over any other planeswalker due to her low cost (3 mana), ability to ramp (via untap) and allowing us to draw cards without having to spend slots in the deck on draw spells.

Gameplan 1 - Free creature in opening hand

T1: Forest, mana dork T2: Land, Kiora, Behemoth Beckoner T3: Land, Free creature (Allosaurus Rider, Crystalline Crawler, Skyshroud Cutter, Vine Dryad). Cast Eldritch Evolution fetching Essence of the Wild. Use your remaining mana to cast a 1-mana creature.

Gameplan 2 - Two dorks in opening hand

T1: Forest, Mana Dork

T2: Land, Kiora, Behemoth Beckoner. Untap a land, cast another mana dork.

T3: Land, Mana-producing 4CMC creatue (Eyeless Watcher, etc.). Cast Eldritch Evolution fetching Essence of the Wild. Make some more Essence of the Wild.

"Why is X in this deck?"

Zero-mana creatures are in the deck as the cheapest way to get out another copy of Essence of the Wild. It's really important to end your turn with at least 2 copies in case one of them gets destroyed before you untap.

Crop Rotation can ramp us by grabbing Hickory Woodlot. It's ramps us for only 2 turns, but that's all we really need it for. Again, we can outpace pretty much every other oathbreaker deck by getting out 2+ Essence of the Wild on turn 3.

Each of the "Insurance" cards gives us some flexibility. Even if we get board-wiped, or our only copy of Essence of the Wild get's killed, we can still recover. Riftsweeper and Eternal Witness can get back Essence of the Wild that's been removed. We still HAVE Eldritch Evolution in our command zone, so we can tutor up a recovery spell. Introduction to Annihilation is our answer to problematic permanents. Given the absurd number of cards we can potentially draw per turn (remember, we draw a card for every copy of Essence of the Wild due to Kiora, Behemoth Beckoner's ability), we only really need one of each insurance card.

Sideboard

If your playgroup has a red deck or a green deck, then consider adding in Saprazzan Legate or Oakhame Adversary respectively, swapping out Incubator Drone and Eyeless Watcher. They are cheaper or free, giving you the mana to play them on turn 3 and immediately cast Eldritch Evolution while only requiring 1 mana dork in your opening hand.

Date added	3 years
Last updated	4 months
Legality	This deck is Oathbreaker legal.
Rarity (main - side)	1 - 0 Mythic Rares 21 - 0 Rares 11 - 2 Uncommons 14 - 0 Commons
Cards	60
Avg. CMC	1.85
Tokens	Bear 2/2 G, Bird 2/2 U, Crab, Eldrazi Spawn 0/1 C, Human 2/2 G, Treasure, Wolf 2/2 G
Folders	Real decks