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Commander / EDH* GWU (Bant) Protection

jojikush

Lands (36)

• 1x Bountiful Promenade
• 1x Breeding Pool
• 1x Command Tower
• 1x Deserted Beach
• 1x Dreamroot Cascade
• 1x Exotic Orchard
• 7x Forest
• 1x Glacial Fortress
• 1x Hallowed Fountain
• 1x Hinterland Harbor
• 2x Island
• 1x Overgrown Farmland
• 11x Plains
• 1x Prairie Stream
• 1x Rejuvenating Springs
• 1x Sea of Clouds
• 1x Spara's Headquarters
• 1x Sunpetal Grove
• 1x Temple Garden

No Blockies (8)

• 1x Glenn, the Voice of Calm
• 1x Sidar Kondo of Jamuraa *f-etch*
• 1x Signal Pest
• 1x Silhana Ledgewalker
• 1x Soltari Foot Soldier
• 1x Spire Tracer
• 1x Tetsuko Umezawa, Fugitive
• 1x Treetop Scout

Board Wipes (4)

• 1x Austere Command
• 1x Dusk / Dawn
• 1x Fell the Mighty
• 1x Settle the Wreckage

Ramp (13)

• 1x Avacyn's Pilgrim
• 1x Azusa, Lost but Seeking
• 1x Birds of Paradise
• 1x Copper Myr
• 1x Druids' Repository
• 1x Dryad of the Ilysian Grove
• 1x Exploration
• 1x Gilded Goose
• 1x Gold Myr
• 1x Noble Hierarch
• 1x Silver Myr
• 1x Walking Atlas
• 1x Wood Elves

Finishers (8)

• 1x Biomass Mutation
• 1x Charge Across the Araba
• 1x Jolrael, Mwonvuli Recluse
• 1x Mirror Entity
• 1x Return of the Wildspeaker
• 1x Tanazir Quandrix
• 1x Throne of the God-Pharaoh
• 1x Vitalizing Wind

Card Draw (7)

• 1x Esper Sentinel
• 1x Halo Fountain
• 1x Mentor of the Meek
• 1x Skullclamp
• 1x Toski, Bearer of Secrets
• 1x Weathered Wayfarer
• 1x Welcoming Vampire

Reclaimers (3)

• 1x Bala Ged Recovery  ^Flip
• 1x Noxious Revival
• 1x Reclaim

Commander (1)

Protect the children (12)

• 1x Alseid of Life's Bounty
• 1x Esior, Wardwing Familiar
• 1x Flawless Maneuver
• 1x Giver of Runes
• 1x Grateful Apparition
• 1x Heroic Intervention
• 1x Judge's Familiar
• 1x Lightning Greaves
• 1x Mother of Runes
• 1x Swiftfoot Boots
• 1x Teferi's Protection
• 1x Wrap in Vigor

Removal (5)

• 1x Beast Within
• 1x Generous Gift
• 1x Path to Exile
• 1x Swords to Plowshares
• 1x Winds of Abandon

Tokens (3)

• 1x Grand Crescendo
• 1x March of the Multitudes
• 1x Rabble Rousing

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Other (2)

• 1x Infiltration Lens
• 1x Raven Guild Master

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What's the plan? Simple, slap people for 1 until I draw into a finisher. Building this as an optimized deck, but not quite at cEDH level. It is so super easy to go off with Rigo. Did work at sealed and does work as a commander for sure. Trying to run a minimal amount of blue in this deck; there are currently only four non-negotiable {U} pips.

This best of boys really does all the work. Entering with the shield counter does so much - either deters removal or ensures that your opponents spend more resources to deal with him. I find him drawing me at least 2 cards each turncycle, so the protection is really key. At three mana, you can't beat it.

It is important to have finishers for this deck. Starting out with Biomass Mutation, Mirror Entity, and Tanazir Quandrix, though we may need to tweak these numbers a bit. Charge Across the Araba and Vitalizing Wind are hilarious pet cards of mine which I love so much for this deck.

Running fewer lands than I'm usually comfortable with, but I compensate with enough mana dorks, card draw, and "you may play an additional land each turn" effects like Azusa, Horny Dryad and Exploration. Had to include Halo Fountain because I love a good alt win-con and this one seems like a lot of fun.

Top Ranked	Achieved #86 position overall 2 years ago Achieved #63 position in Commander / EDH 2 years ago Achieved #2 position in Commander / EDH GWU (Bant) 2 years ago
Date added	2 years
Last updated	2 years
Legality	This deck is Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	6 - 0 Mythic Rares 49 - 0 Rares 13 - 0 Uncommons 11 - 0 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	2.55
Tokens	Beast 3/3 G, 2/2 G Token Creature Cat, Citizen 1/1 GW, Elephant 3/3 G, Food, Soldier 1/1 W w/ Lifelink