C H A D S T O R M

Commander / EDH* Aggro Combo Infinite Combo Mono-Green Primer Ramp

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Ramp (20)

• 1x Arbor Elf
• 1x Birds of Paradise
• 1x Boreal Druid
• 1x Cultivator's Caravan
• 1x Elvish Archdruid
• 1x Elvish Mystic
• 1x Elvish Pioneer
• 1x Fyndhorn Elves
• 1x Initiate's Companion
• 1x Joraga Treespeaker
• 1x Karametra's Acolyte
• 1x Llanowar Elves
• 1x Priest of Titania
• 1x Selvala, Heart of the Wilds
• 1x Shaman of Forgotten Ways
• 1x Sol Ring
• 1x Utopia Sprawl
• 1x Voyaging Satyr
• 1x Wayward Swordtooth
• 1x Wild Growth

Tutor (10)

• 1x Birthing Pod
• 1x Crop Rotation
• 1x Eldritch Evolution
• 1x Fauna Shaman
• 1x Green Sun's Zenith
• 1x Natural Order
• 1x Tooth and Nail
• 1x Woodland Bellower
• 1x Worldly Tutor
• 1x Yisan, the Wanderer Bard

Removal (7)

• 1x Bane of Progress
• 1x Beast Within
• 1x Caustic Caterpillar
• 1x Scavenging Ooze
• 1x Somberwald Stag
• 1x Song of the Dryads
• 1x Ulvenwald Tracker

Chad (15)

• 1x Bane of Progress
• 1x Cultivator's Caravan
• 1x Great Oak Guardian
• 1x Grothama, All-Devouring
• 1x Hunted Troll
• 1x Lupine Prototype
• 1x Managorger Hydra
• 1x Master of the Wild Hunt
• 1x Regal Force
• 1x Rhonas the Indomitable
• 1x Sheltering Ancient
• 1x Somberwald Stag
• 1x Surrak, the Hunt Caller
• 1x Wayward Swordtooth
• 1x Woodland Bellower

Draw (10)

• 1x Garruk, Primal Hunter
• 1x Greater Good
• 1x Grothama, All-Devouring
• 1x Harmonize
• 1x Hunter's Insight
• 1x Jadelight Ranger
• 1x Life's Legacy
• 1x Regal Force
• 1x Rishkar's Expertise
• 1x Sylvan Library

Utility/Combo (8)

• 1x Aetherflux Reservoir
• 1x Borderland Explorer
• 1x Cloudstone Curio
• 1x Concordant Crossroads
• 1x Great Oak Guardian
• 1x Quirion Ranger
• 1x Scryb Ranger
• 1x Temur Sabertooth

Protection (3)

• 1x Lightning Greaves
• 1x Prowling Serpopard
• 1x Sylvan Safekeeper

Commander (1)

Elf (13)

• 1x Arbor Elf
• 1x Borderland Explorer
• 1x Boreal Druid
• 1x Elvish Archdruid
• 1x Elvish Mystic
• 1x Elvish Pioneer
• 1x Fauna Shaman
• 1x Fyndhorn Elves
• 1x Joraga Treespeaker
• 1x Llanowar Elves
• 1x Priest of Titania
• 1x Quirion Ranger
• 1x Selvala, Heart of the Wilds

Land (31)

• 1x Dryad Arbor
• 23x Forest
• 1x Gaea's Cradle
• 1x Homeward Path
• 1x Nykthos, Shrine to Nyx
• 1x Reliquary Tower
• 1x Scavenger Grounds
• 1x Strip Mine
• 1x Wirewood Lodge

Recursion (2)

• 1x Eternal Witness
• 1x Regrowth

Pump (1)

• 1x Berserk

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Maybeboard

Chad (7)

• 1x Consulate Dreadnought
• 1x Deadbridge Goliath
• 1x Phyrexian Soulgorger
• 1x Phytotitan
• 1x Polukranos, World Eater
• 1x Tendershoot Dryad
• 1x Traxos, Scourge of Kroog

Utility (3)

• 1x Dosan the Falling Leaf
• 1x Paradox Engine
• 1x Savage Summoning

Elf (1)

• 1x Reclamation Sage

Tutor (1)

• 1x Weird Harvest

Land (4)

• 1x Boseiju, Who Shelters All
• 1x Deserted Temple
• 1x Mouth of Ronom
• 1x Yavimaya Hollow

Protection (3)

• 1x Autumn's Veil
• 1x Heroic Intervention
• 1x Savage Summoning

Recursion (2)

• 1x Noxious Revival
• 1x Seasons Past

Pump (1)

• 1x Triumph of the Hordes

Removal (4)

• 1x Mouth of Ronom
• 1x Nature's Claim
• 1x Polukranos, World Eater
• 1x Reclamation Sage

Stax (3)

• 1x Hall of Gemstone
• 1x Ritual of Subdual
• 1x Winter Orb

Combo (1)

• 1x Umbral Mantle

Ramp (1)

• 1x Food Chain

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Mono-green storm with Ghalta at the helm.

C H A D S T O R M

Introduction

Chadstorm is a powered down variant of the cEDH deck 'Brostorm' designed to function well in a 75% environment without being oppressive. While our 'plan A' remains the same, create infinite mana and draw the deck, the change from Selvala, Heart of the Wilds to Ghalta, Primal Hunger alters the deck in two significant ways:

1) We are far slower than than Brostorm, averaging turn 5-6 wins compared to 3-4. This gives the rest of the table more time to deal with one or more of our pieces.

2) Our commander can easily eliminate one or more players via commander damage, as Ghalta consistently hits the field turn 4 and usually kills in two hits.

Ghalta is also incredibly resiliant against spot removal as the cost reduction lets us ignore command tax most of the time. In the case of wraths, which are far more common in 75%, there is no easy way to mitigate the damage it does to our board, but the best ways are to either resolve a mass draw spell with Ghalta before the wrath hits, or if the hand is too slow for that, play conservatively until we can combo off in a single turn.

Pros and cons

This might be more appropriate to call 'if you like/dislike'. In any case, the pros are things the deck does that I think people want to do, even if they can't admit to it in public.

Pros:

• You have multiple ways to win the game.
• You get to draw an obscene amount of cards and generate an obscene amount of mana.
• You get to play big green beaters.
• You will often be the threat at the table.
• This deck has very complex lines that may take a while to identify, and often feels like a storm deck when trying to go off.

Cons:

• Due to being mono green, you have very little efficient interaction with the rest of the board.
• If you feel that infinite combos or tutors break the spirit of the format, this deck is not for you.
• You will often be the threat at the table, so expect a lot of hate if you are too scary too early.
• This deck has very complex lines that may take a while to identify, and often feels like a storm deck when trying to go off.

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Gameplan

In the first three turns we attempt to ramp into Ghalta in order to enable one of our draw spells, Selvala, Heart of the Wilds, or a Berserk kill. A couple sample lines could be:

1. Turn 1: Forest, Wild Growth.
2. Turn 2: Forest, Wayward Swordtooth, Forest.
3. Turn 3: Surrak, the Hunt Caller.
4. Turn 4: Ghalta.

1. Turn 1: Forest, Boreal Druid.
2. Turn 2: Forest, Yisan Chord.
3. Turn 3: Forest, activate Yisan finding Arbor Elf
4. Turn 4: Forest, Activate Yisan, finding Lupine Prototype, cast Ghalta.

Note that you can win without Ghalta out, it just makes it easier to generate the mana and cards needed to get the combo going.

At this point, we should tutor for Selvala and/or cast a mass draw spell to get the remaining pieces needed for the combo win.

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Wincons

Plan A - Combo Win

Step 1) Generate infinite mana:

• Dork that taps for 7 + Temur Sabertooth + Quirion Ranger + Elvish Pioneer

• Dork that taps for 8 + Temur Sabertooth + Scryb Ranger + Elvish Pioneer

• Dork(s) that tap for 9 + Temur Sabertooth + Great Oak Guardian

Concordant Crossroads can also help generate infinite mana by giving haste to the dorks bounced by the cat.

While this seems clunky, the amount of draw and tutors makes it fairly easy to find the right pieces.

The most common dork is Selvala, Heart of the Wilds as she taps for 12 with Ghalta out.

Step 2) Draw the deck:

Requires Sabertooth and Selvala -

With infinite mana, Temur Sabertooth bounces Ghalta, recast to trigger Selvala to draw a card. Repeat X times where X is your library size.

This step isn't nececary if an outlet is already in hand/on board.

Step 3) Win the game:

Temur Sabertooth can bounce Eternal Witness to retrieve anything from the grave. Use this to destroy all opponent's permanents via Beast Within and Somberwald Stag.

This also allows you to cast infinite Berserks.

Rhonas the Indomitable can also make the rest of the team infinitely large.

Umbral Mantle can pump any creature with a tap ability, though they won't get trample.

Turn dudes sideways.

Plan B - Ghalta

Step 1) Beat face until it no longer moves:

I don't think I need to explain this one...

Berserk makes this quite a bit easier. Just aim Ghalta at whoever is the threat or whoever seems to be treatening a wrath and voila, problem gone.

Plan C - Biorhythm

Shaman of Forgotten Ways can sneak in wins through it's formidable ability which is nearly always active. The mana is most commonly produced by Selvala + Ghalta or Priest/Archdruid with a board full of elves.

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Notable Exclusions

Staff of Domination: This card is stupid good in this deck and I've chosen not to include it for power level purposes. If you were to upgrade, this should be the first card to get.

Otherwise, all of the cards in the maybeboard are cards I have either tested and found to be decent, or cards I want to test but haven't yet. Either way, they could all potentially make it into the final list.

It should be noted that my meta runs fewer board wipes than most, so I've dedicated less slots to protect against that. If your meta differs, Heroic Intervention and Yavimaya Hollow is a good start for protection. Similarly, Autumn's Veil, Savage Summoning and Boseiju, Who Shelters All are good against counterspells.

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Top Ranked	Achieved #3 position overall 6 years ago
Date added	6 years
Last updated	6 years
Legality	This deck is Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	9 - 0 Mythic Rares 35 - 0 Rares 20 - 0 Uncommons 13 - 0 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	2.88
Tokens	Beast 3/3 G, City's Blessing, Faerie 1/1 U, Human 2/2 G, Wolf 2/2 G, Wurm 6/6 G
Folders	Moderately Priced Over $100 EDH, Interesting Commander Decks, 75%, EDH Decks, Deck, EDH, Baller decks for doing baller shit, Decks to Consider, Omnath, Neat