Honorable Death

Commander / EDH* RGW (Naya) Tokens Zoo

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Creature (21)

• 1x Aurelia, the Warleader
• 1x Avenger of Zendikar
• 1x Brimaz, King of Oreskos
• 1x Elesh Norn, Grand Cenobite
• 1x Forgotten Ancient
• 1x Hellrider
• 1x Hero of Bladehold
• 1x Hornet Queen
• 1x Iroas, God of Victory *list*
• 1x Ogre Battledriver
• 1x Purphoros, God of the Forge
• 1x Sakura-Tribe Elder
• 1x Sylvan Caryatid
• 1x Taurean Mauler
• 1x Thopter Assembly
• 1x Trostani's Summoner
• 1x Urabrask the Hidden
• 1x Vigor
• 1x Vorapede
• 1x Wingmate Roc
• 1x Wurmcoil Engine

Planeswalker (6)

• 1x Ajani, Caller of the Pride
• 1x Ajani, Mentor of Heroes
• 1x Elspeth, Knight-Errant
• 1x Elspeth, Sun's Champion
• 1x Garruk Wildspeaker
• 1x Xenagos, the Reveler

Land (35)

• 1x Boros Garrison
• 1x City of Brass
• 1x Command Tower
• 4x Forest
• 1x Gavony Township
• 1x Jungle Shrine
• 1x Kessig Wolf Run
• 1x Khalni Garden
• 1x Mosswort Bridge
• 3x Mountain
• 1x Opal Palace
• 4x Plains
• 1x Raging Ravine
• 1x Rootbound Crag
• 1x Rupture Spire
• 1x Sacred Foundry
• 1x Selesnya Sanctuary
• 1x Stirring Wildwood
• 1x Stomping Ground
• 1x Sunpetal Grove
• 1x Temple Garden
• 1x Temple of Plenty
• 1x Temple of the False God
• 1x Temple of Triumph
• 1x Vivid Crag
• 1x Windswept Heath
• 1x Wooded Foothills

Enchantment (16)

• 1x Beastmaster Ascension
• 1x Berserkers' Onslaught
• 1x Cathars' Crusade
• 1x Collective Blessing
• 1x Dictate of Heliod
• 1x Doubling Season
• 1x Feed the Pack
• 1x Fires of Yavimaya
• 1x Gaea's Anthem
• 1x Goblin Bombardment
• 1x Intangible Virtue
• 1x Marshal's Anthem
• 1x Mirari's Wake
• 1x Oblivion Ring
• 1x Parallel Lives
• 1x True Conviction

Artifact (4)

• 1x Hammer of Purphoros
• 1x Mana VaultGC
• 1x Sensei's Divining Top
• 1x Spear of Heliod

Instant (7)

• 1x Advent of the Wurm
• 1x Boros Charm
• 1x Krosan Grip
• 1x Midnight Haunting
• 1x Path to Exile
• 1x Secure the Wastes
• 1x Swords to Plowshares

Sorcery (9)

• 1x Cultivate
• 1x Decimate
• 1x Farseek
• 1x Hull Breach
• 1x Increasing Devotion
• 1x Kodama's Reach
• 1x Rampant Growth
• 1x Titanic Ultimatum
• 1x Wrath of God

Commander (1)

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At the recommendation of a friend, I built this Naya-themed EDH deck to more comfortably fit my play style. The initial idea was to focus on a more aggro build and I think I've done that.

The themes I focused on were token generation & anthems with a splash or two of adding +1/+1 counters.

There is synergy across the board with this deck but the key is that many of the threats have the ability to create additional 1/1 tokens either upon entering the battlefield or as a result of attacking or doing damage.

Most important here are the anthems which turn my vanilla tokens into real problems for my oppponents to deal with. Gaea's Anthem, Glorious Anthem & Spear of Heliod all elicit groans. But those aren't the only anthems that do so . . .

Fires of Yavimaya, Hammer of Purphoros & Urabrask the Hidden all lend my creatures haste.

Cathars' Crusade rewards me heartily for generating tokens, especially with a Parallel Lives or (better yet) Doubling Season on the board.

Rage Reflection gives all my creatures double strike and Intangible Virtue not only pumps my tokens but also gives them vigilance!

There's Collective Blessing which can be a blowout if not answered. And then there's Elesh Norn, Grand Cenobite . She can be a board wipe PLUS an anthem on a stick in the best case scenario.

Throw all of this potential pumping synergy together with my commander, Gahiji, The Honored One on the battlefield and things get very mean, very quickly.

Recently I had a 9th turn win over two opponents in a 3-man game that was preceded by a good deal of ramp for all of us. On turn 8, I paid the flashback cost on the Increasing Devotion in my graveyard with a Parallel Lives on the board. The following turn I played Gahiji, The Honored One from my command zone.

Attack phase . . .

The only response from my opponents was that one opted to remove all 4 +1/+1 counters from his own commander, Marath, Will of the Wild, sacrificing it to destroy MY commander.

Response?

Flash in Dictate of Heliod and swing in at both my opponents for lethal.

Any feedback is welcome. And as always, if you suggest a card to add, also offer a good choice for a card to drop in it's favor.

Date added	10 years
Last updated	9 years
Legality	This deck is not Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	22 - 0 Mythic Rares 41 - 0 Rares 16 - 0 Uncommons 9 - 0 Commons
Cards	99
Avg. CMC	3.97
Tokens	Beast 3/3 G, Bird 3/4 W, Cat 2/2 W, Cat Soldier 1/1 W, Centaur 3/3 G, Emblem Elspeth, Knight-Errant, Emblem Elspeth, Sun's Champion, Enchantment Golem 3/3 C, Human 1/1 W, Human 2/2 G, Insect 1/1 G w/ Flying, Deathtouch, Knight 2/2 W w/ Vigilance, Plant 0/1 G, Rhino 4/4 G, Satyr 2/2 GR, Soldier 1/1 W, Spirit 1/1 W, Thopter 1/1 C, Warrior 1/1 W, Wolf 2/2 G, Wurm 3/3 C w/ Deathtouch, Wurm 3/3 C w/ Lifelink, Wurm 5/5 G w/ Trample