Her Royal Fluffness: Gorestorm
Commander / EDH
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Hi_diddly_ho_neighbor says... #2
Got to love some big green stompy! Any deck playing Siege Behemoth needs a +1.
This list is pretty tight, but here are a few cards for your consideration. Augur of Autumn to be able to play lands and creatures off the top of your library. With 36 creatures, Lurking Predators will likely consistently hit. Nylea, Keen-Eyed for additional cost reduction and card advantage may be helpful (she is tough to remove as well). Lastly, I'll suggest a pet card of mine: Worldspine Wurm. It's massive, has trample, makes other big wurms with trample, and it keeps coming back.
Possible cuts for Spring-Leaf Avenger and the aforementioned cards would be Desolation Twin and Impervious Greatwurm. Those creatures are huge, but they are chump blocked for days. Primal Order is another. It's a cool card for sure, but I think you have enough in the way of finishers that you don't need it. Plus removing it would allow you to play more utility lands like Castle Garenbrig.
February 6, 2022 12:21 p.m.
seshiro_of_the_orochi says... #3
Hi_diddly_ho_neighbor: Thanks a lot for the comment, the upvote and the suggestions. The tightness is why I asked for help. There are some darlings in here I really wouldn't want to drop, even though it would improve the list, so a fresh look on the deck and its components is what I need.
Augur is in another deck where it's actually even better. If I had another copy, I'd definitely add it here. I've recently dropped Nylea, but kicking Twin or Greatwurm for her sounds doable, but it would still hurt to drop them, especially Greatwurm just feels perfect with Goreclaw giving Trample. I have Lurking Predators. Your reasoning for it sounds...well, reasonable. I've only just added Primal Order and had no chance of playing the deck since then. Castle Garenbrig could still work, though. I'd love to add Worldspine, but 8 bucks is above what I want to spend for it. Maybe soon.
I'll have to think about your suggestions, but you definitely helped me A LOT. Thanks again for that.
February 6, 2022 12:41 p.m.
Hi_diddly_ho_neighbor says... #4
I completely forgot that Goreclaw gives trample, so that definitely helps with Greatwurm and Twin. And yeah, Worldspine Wurm is still a little pricey so I understand not necessarily wanting to shell out the cash for it. One other land that I forgot to mention that you may consider is Bonders' Enclave. It's still relatively affordable and it provides just a little more card draw that should always be live with your big creatures.
February 6, 2022 3:15 p.m.
seshiro_of_the_orochi says... #5
Hi_diddly_ho_neighbor: Seems like I forgot to answer to your last post. I've got the chance to put something else into Archelos, so Augur of Autumn was added here. It took some thinking, but I actually removed Garruk's Horde for it. BothbAugur and Vizier of the Menagerie do what it does better, and I have six etb or cast related draw effects. Horde would be a 7/7 french vanilla most of the time, so I decided to replace it. Regarding Enclave: I think I don't actually need it. As I mentioned, the deck has lots of card draw, and I really like what Primal Order can do here. Thus, I'll try to keep the number of non-basics to a minimum.
As you've already helped so much, might I asked if you have any ideas for cuts for Rishkar's Expertise and Harvest Season?
February 13, 2022 12:21 a.m.
Hi_diddly_ho_neighbor says... #6
Hmmm, how often do your opponents actually take the offer on Tempt with Discovery? If it's not very often then you could swap that our for Harvest Season. Four mana for one land isn't all the great. Plus if your playgroup is like mine, half of the time the other players just go straight for Ghost Quarter type lands.
As far as what to cut for Rishkar's Expertise, I am not a huge fan of Colossal Majesty, but I understand that you have it in the deck as repeatable card draw. You could consider cutting Thunderfoot Baloth. My reasoning is that it doesn't do anything unless Goreclaw is on the battlefield, and Goreclaw already gives you creatures a universal pump + trample. All of your other finishers are more explosive and still do do things even if Goreclaw is removed from the battlefield. Plus most of your creatures are already huge, so 2 additional P/T isn't as strong as it would be in a token style deck.
February 14, 2022 9:59 a.m.
seshiro_of_the_orochi says... #7
Hi_diddly_ho_neighbor: Temp has the upside of being able to search for Reliquary Tower, which is pretty useful here. Although Harvest Season is a great card...I'll think about this.
Regarding Expertise, I'd actually rather drop Majesty than Baloth, and I think that's actually what I'll do. It's in here because it's "correct", but I'm not particularly fond of it. Thanks for that!
February 18, 2022 11:35 p.m.
Goreclaw is such a great card. I have one in basically any big fatty creature deck with that I have. I do have a few (kind of unoriginal) suggestions, though.
Woodland Bellower synergizes really well with Fierce Empath. It seems like it would be the kind of card that's either been in the deck before and then cut or just not your preference, though. Momentous Fall probably suffers the from same fate?
Guardian Augmenter works best in partner decks in my opinion, but any green deck should at least take a look at it to see if it works for them.
Vernal Bloom is another mana doubler. Only for forests, though, which doesn't seem to bother you any!
Hope the deck hits 100 upvotes soon!!
February 23, 2022 5:37 p.m.
seshiro_of_the_orochi says... #9
KBK7101: Same as before, thanks a lot for the interaction :) You definitely helped get me even closer to a 100 upvotes on here.
Bellower and Fall have never been in here, but are great ideas. They never seemed to important, but I might get them. Especially Fall is great to turn opposing removal into value. I have an Augmenter, but I don't really need it here. Hexproof for only one creature that's basically a mana rock doesn't seem too necessary. Vernal Bloom is cool, had never considered that.
February 24, 2022 12:12 a.m.
davidny212 says... #10
HI love your deck! Don't know if you would consider these but two I am adding to my build are Ulvenwald Oddity Flip and Surrak, the Hunt Caller
Haste to me in a creature based decks is key!
April 4, 2022 9:18 p.m.
seshiro_of_the_orochi says... #11
davidny212: Both of these are fitting suggestions, thanks a lot. I've had Surrak in here before, but the haste never felt too necessary. What would you suggest to cut for either or both of them?
Also: Another Goreclaw list? Mind to share your link?
April 4, 2022 11:32 p.m.
The Great Henge if you're not on a budget. If you are, then Leyline of Abundance and Ulvenwald Hydra.
August 11, 2022 5:28 a.m.
seshiro_of_the_orochi says... #13
ILuvMtg: Thanks for the suggestions. Henge is way too expensive for me, so I'll pass on that. I don't really see what Leyline would do for me. But Hydra is a great idea. Thanks again
August 11, 2022 12:09 p.m.
No problem! you're right that Leyline is pretty useless now that I think about it. Some other cards to consider might be Battle Mammoth, Vigor, Regal Behemoth, and Apex Devastator. (some of those might be a bit outside your budget). You can decide whether you think that Dawnglade Regent is an upgrade over Archtype. One card to remove might be Impervious Greatwurm. You have several cards to give creatures trample, but if you don't get one then it can literally be stoped cold by a 0/1 plant token. It's a good card for this deck, but there are other creatures that are just strictly better.
Good luck!
August 11, 2022 2:28 p.m.
seshiro_of_the_orochi says... #15
ILuvMtg: More ideas to think about, thanks :) The two monarch cards are fine, but I have at least one non-monarch version of both of them in here. The card draw off of the monarch is useful in general, but the deck doesn't really need it. So I'll pass on that one. Apex Devastator is one hell of a card, but the price tag keeps me away from it. The same goes for vigor. Adding them would be cool, but I just bring myself to buying them. If I ever get to trade for them, they'll get in here asap.
Considering Goreclaw already grants trample by simply attacking, I'll definitely not get rid of Greatwurm. Many times, the deck plays like a storm deck, and wurm is basically a free spell at the end or mid of going off.
Battle Mammoth is a card I like a lot, but I think it isn't really thatgreat in here. I'll have to think about it.
Thank you a lot for the input!
August 11, 2022 2:58 p.m.
seshiro_of_the_orochi, Yep!
Battle Mammoth could be used as a sideboard card also, you don't have to keep it in there all the time. (Not legal in tournaments but who cares). Would be exellent against control decks or builds with a lot of removal.
I will admit I was hesitant to suggest removing wurmy, but I did anyways. He (she?) didn't work that well in my Jodah, Archmage Eternal Big Spells deck, but your deck is clearly different so you're probably right.
One card I completely forgot about was Lurking Predators! It would be PERFECT for this deck! (I think). It's also a sneaky way of selecting your top-deck, even if there's not a creature on top.
August 11, 2022 9:40 p.m.
seshiro_of_the_orochi says... #17
ILuvMtg: The first two point make sense to me. And I wurm "it" would be fine for wurm ;)
I have a copy of Lurking Predators in my giant tribal list, where it's pretty powerful. If Iwere to switch it around, is there anything you'd suggest cutting here?
August 11, 2022 11:36 p.m.
I love the theme around this deck and your quotes at the end killed me XD. Have you considered playing Wave of Vitriol or The Great Aurora?
August 26, 2022 1:35 a.m.
seshiro_of_the_orochi says... #19
Ravenrose: Thanks for the kudos, definitely appreciate them! The cards don't really fit the deck, though. Thanks for the ideas, still.
August 26, 2022 12:29 p.m.
TheOfficialCreator says... #20
Have you thought about Cultivator Colossus?
September 18, 2022 1:13 p.m.
seshiro_of_the_orochi says... #21
TheOfficialCreator: I have, but I don't think it's worth it here. Thanks for the suggestion!
September 18, 2022 1:16 p.m.
IHATENAMES says... #22
Cool concept! Gorclaw does great work.
Ideas
Traverse the Outlands power based ramp
Momentous Fall or Greater Good type effect draw equal to power.
Tanuki Transplanter equipment creature
September 18, 2022 11:21 p.m.
seshiro_of_the_orochi says... #23
IHATENAMES: Great suggestions, thanks a lot. I didn't realize Traverse is finally cheap again. I traded my copy away years ago without realizing how great it is. I'll consider that. Fall and Good are great cards, just as Transplanter. My problem is that the deck has become very tight with slots. I've been pondering how to add Zendikar Resurgent back in for about a month now and haven't yet found a way. So I'm really not sure how to put all those cards in here.
September 19, 2022 12:10 a.m.
Have you thought about Seedborn Muse? Extra untaps to go with your 2 flash guys. Also Weird Harvest goes really well with Myojin of Life's Web.
Always a fan of big green go stomp and this is no exception :)
October 27, 2022 12:31 a.m.
seshiro_of_the_orochi says... #25
Fuzzy003: Thanks for the input. Weird Harvest actually used to be in here. I know the synergy with Myojin, but decided to leave it out, still. I might add it back in, though. Muse would be awesome. What would you cut for it?
seshiro_of_the_orochi says... #1
devin444: Thanks for the comment and this flurry of suggestions. I recently added Muse. It's a great card, and with Vivien, Champion of the Wilds and Yeva, Nature's Herald, I can basically have four turns per rotation. Seems pretty powerful.
Caller of the Pack and Liege of the Tangle seem interesting, but actually don't add all that much to the deck. The rest of your suggestions sure is powerful, but those price tags don't sit right with me. Thank you very much, still. I'm always thank ful for having to consider new cards. Btw, you inspired me to consider Chatterstorm and Hunting Pack. The deck often playes like a storm deck anyways, so those two could be stellar, but maybe a little win-more.
November 22, 2021 1:25 a.m.