Forged in Japan (Nahiri)

Commander / EDH Casual Mono-White Multiplayer

Frankquith

CardDraw (1)

• 1x Ghirapur Orrery

Equipment (16)

• 1x Argentum Armor
• 1x Blackblade Reforged
• 1x Bonehoard
• 1x Bonesplitter
• 1x Colossus Hammer
• 1x Loxodon Warhammer
• 1x Mace of the Valiant
• 1x Mask of Memory
• 1x Moonsilver Spear
• 1x Mortarpod
• 1x Sigil of Valor
• 1x Skullclamp
• 1x Strata Scythe
• 1x Swiftfoot Boots
• 1x Sword of the Animist
• 1x Sword of Vengeance

EquipmentBonus (5)

• 1x Armory Automaton
• 1x Kemba, Kha Regent
• 1x Masterwork of Ingenuity
• 1x Sigarda's Aid
• 1x Stone Haven Outfitter

Land (37)

• 1x Arcane Lighthouse
• 1x Desert of the True
• 1x Emeria, the Sky Ruin
• 1x Ghost Quarter
• 1x Karoo
• 8x Plains
• 7x Plains
• 7x Plains
• 8x Plains
• 1x Secluded Steppe
• 1x Temple of the False God

Nahiri (1)

• 1x Ajani Steadfast

Ramp (8)

• 1x Commander's Sphere
• 1x Cultivator's Caravan
• 1x Gold Myr
• 1x Hedron Crawler
• 1x Kor Cartographer
• 1x Marble Diamond
• 1x Millikin
• 1x Seer's Lantern

SpotRemoval (5)

• 1x Grasp of Fate
• 1x Oblation
• 1x Quarantine Field
• 1x Swords to Plowshares
• 1x War Priest of Thune

Sweeper (3)

• 1x Descend upon the Sinful
• 1x Fell the Mighty
• 1x Martial Coup

SweeperDraw (1)

• 1x Dusk / Dawn

TokenBonus (3)

• 1x Cathars' Crusade
• 1x Jazal Goldmane
• 1x Twilight Drover

TokenProduction (2)

• 1x Elspeth, Sun's Champion
• 1x Retreat to Emeria

TokensCreature (5)

• 1x Captain of the Watch
• 1x Geist-Honored Monk
• 1x Hallowed Spiritkeeper
• 1x Hanweir Militia Captain  ^Flip
• 1x Requiem Angel

UtilityCreature (12)

• 1x Angel of Deliverance
• 1x Bruna, the Fading Light  ^{Flip  Meld}
• 1x Court of Grace
• 1x Extricator of Sin  ^Flip
• 1x Gisela, the Broken Blade  ^Meld
• 1x Mentor of the Meek
• 1x Metalwork Colossus
• 1x Oreskos Explorer
• 1x Pilgrim's Eye
• 1x Selfless Spirit
• 1x Smuggler's Copter
• 1x Sun Titan

Commander (1)

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Sideboard

Other (3)

• 1x Akroma's Will
• 1x Ardenn, Intrepid Archaeologist
• 1x Plains

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My spin of Nahiri's Commander 2014 deck, keeping with the precon's theme of being able to go wide or go tall.

Named so because I bought a Japanese version. Not that I know Japanese, it was just cheaper.

Card explanation

Equipment

Most of the equipment here is simply the best I have in my collection. A lot of it is quite strong, but Mortarpod , Shield of the Avatar and Explorer's Scope feel like I'm scraping the bottom of the barrel. However, 13 equipment previously felt a little short so I'll see if 17 is too much.

Best: Argentum Armor , Moonsilver Spear , Skullclamp , Strata Scythe , Sword of the Animist

Worst: Mortarpod , Shield of the Avatar , Sigil of Valor

Unknown: Assault Suit , Strandwalker

Equipment Bonus

These three cards are the bees' knees. Kemba, Kha Regent spits out tokens, Masterwork of Ingenuity is another of whatever the best equipment around is, and Stone Haven Outfitter draws cards.

Land

Need these. I'm trying to err on the side of having too many Plains , so Emeria, The Sky Ruin can come online.

Nahiri

Ajani Steadfast synergises so well with Nahiri. His +1 is a good boost for a Voltron, his -2 is a boost if you're going wide (and a counter on the commander, especially if Nahiri starts the turn on 9), and his ultimate makes Nahiri much harder to kill. There's no other category to put him in, but he fits so well with Nahiri that he goes into the commander-named category.

Ramp

I'm pretty limited in my collection for mono-white ramp, so this is the best I can muster. Pearl Medallion is a little weaker than you might imagine in a mono-coloured deck due to the high number of colourless cards. Sol Ring is not in the deck, because that card should be banned in Commander.

Best: Gold Myr , Hedron Crawler

Worst: Seer's Lantern , Pearl Medallion

Spot Removal

I feel like I put too many cards in this category, so I'm always happy to try to find a cut here for something more universal.

Best: Oblation , Return to Dust

Worst: Condemn , War Priest of Thune

Unknown: Collective Effort , Devouring Light , Quarantine Field

Sweeper

I need more board wipes. Unfortunately I'm building this deck from my own collection, and my only other in-colour one is End Hostilities . Which has too much equipment anti-synergy. I feel like both Sunblast Angel and Angel of the Dire Hour from the precon are too conditional to justify any slot.

Best: Martial Coup

Token Bonus

Cathars' Crusade turns every token into a relevant threat, and Jazal Goldmane is good for an alpha-strike. It might just be the decks I'm facing, but I don't too often have a large number of tokens on my side of the board. Still, I make enough to make these cards relevant.

Best: Cathars' Crusade

Unknown: Marshal's Anthem , Jar of Eyeballs

Tokens Creature

These creatures help make more! They give me one body to equip things to, plus a bunch of backups or even the ability to go wide.

Best: Geist-Honored Monk , Requiem Angel

Worst: Thopter Assembly

Unknown: Hanweir Militia Captain  

Token Production

I've kept to the theme of Forged in Stone here - having an unlimited supply of tokens to suit up, and sometimes running over your opponents with all of them.

Best: Retreat to Emeria

Worst: Heliod, God of the Sun - despite being mono white, there's too few white permanents to really get devotion going. Paying four mana for a single token is also a little too much.

Unknown: Decree of Justice , White Sun's Zenith

Utility Creature

Trying to fill the creature slots with cheap creatures with good ETB effects. I get value then suit 'em up.

Best: Mentor of the Meek , Selfless Spirit

Worst: Archetype of Courage

Future Changes

Haven't played too many games with the deck, so I'm still figuring out what works and what doesn't. Cards I'm considering cutting for what's in the Maybeboard at the moment are Archetype of Courage , Collective Effort , Decree of Justice , Heliod, God of the Sun , Shield of the Avatar , Strandwalker , and White Sun's Zenith .

Date added	8 years
Last updated	3 years
Legality	This deck is Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	9 - 0 Mythic Rares 34 - 1 Rares 19 - 1 Uncommons 8 - 0 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	3.44
Tokens	Angel 4/4 W, Cat 2/2 W, Eldrazi Horror 3/2 C, Emblem Ajani Steadfast, Emblem Elspeth, Sun's Champion, Human Cleric 1/1 BW, Kor Ally 1/1 W, Kor Soldier 1/1 W, Phyrexian Germ 0/0 B, Soldier 1/1 W, Spirit 1/1 W, Stoneforged Blade, Monarch Emblem
Folders	Reference, Commander