Hydra's Rainbow Domain

Commander / EDH Counters Elves

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Creature (34)

• 1x Archetype of Endurance
• 1x Avacyn's Pilgrim
• 1x Baloth Null
• 1x Birds of Paradise
• 1x Chainer, Nightmare Adept
• 1x Coiling Oracle
• 1x Defiant Bloodlord
• 1x Disruptive Pitmage
• 1x Druid of the Emerald Grove
• 1x Dryad of the Ilysian Grove
• 1x Elderscale Wurm
• 1x Elvish Archdruid
• 1x Elvish Mystic
• 1x Elvish Piper
• 1x Elvish Visionary
• 1x Frilled Mystic
• 1x Gaea's Revenge
• 1x Garruk's Packleader
• 1x Ivy Lane Denizen
• 1x Laboratory Maniac
• 1x Llanowar Elves
• 1x Llanowar Tribe
• 1x Merfolk Skydiver
• 1x Naga Vitalist
• 1x Omnath, Locus of Mana
• 1x Primordial Hydra
• 1x Roalesk, Apex Hybrid
• 1x Shalai, Voice of Plenty
• 1x Soul Warden
• 1x Spearbreaker Behemoth
• 1x Sylvan Caryatid
• 1x Vizier of the Menagerie
• 1x Vorinclex, Voice of Hunger
• 1x Yavimaya Dryad

Artifact (18)

• 1x Arcane Signet
• 1x Bow of Nylea
• 1x Chromatic Lantern
• 1x Chromatic Orrery
• 1x Commander's Sphere
• 1x Darksteel Ingot
• 1x Decanter of Endless Water
• 1x Doubling Cube
• 1x Elixir of Immortality
• 1x Expedition Map
• 1x Honored Heirloom
• 1x Monster Manual
• 1x Planar Bridge
• 1x Ring of Three Wishes
• 1x Sol Ring
• 1x The Great Henge
• 1x Timeless Lotus
• 1x Trailblazer's Boots

Enchantment (11)

• 1x Abundant Growth
• 1x Cryptolith Rite
• 1x Gift of Paradise
• 1x Hardened Scales
• 1x Leyline of Abundance
• 1x Lurking Predators
• 1x Mayael's Aria
• 1x Mirari's Wake
• 1x Rhythm of the Wild
• 1x Simic Ascendancy
• 1x Wurmweaver Coil

Commander (1)

Land (29)

• 1x Command Tower
• 19x Forest
• 1x Gavony Township
• 1x Golgari Rot Farm
• 1x Gruul Turf
• 1x Karn's Bastion
• 1x Mosswort Bridge
• 1x Myriad Landscape
• 1x Selesnya Sanctuary
• 1x Simic Growth Chamber
• 1x The World Tree

Sorcery (4)

• 1x Cultivate
• 1x Nature's Lore
• 1x Nissa's Pilgrimage
• 1x Primal Surge

Planeswalker (3)

• 1x Freyalise, Llanowar's Fury
• 1x Garruk, Unleashed
• 1x Kasmina, Enigma Sage

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Creature (1)

• 1x Jenson Carthalion, Druid Exile

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So, what this deck does is it ramps mana to easily get out big creatures, and then, either utilizing Omnath, Locus of Mana or various mana sources like Chromatic Orrery and Sylvan Caryatid, pay for the sorcery Primal Surge. This allows you to play most (if not all) of this deck for 10 mana. Then, with Spearbreaker Behemoth, you can protect your bigger guys from board-wipes. With Mayael's Aria, said big creatures can net you more power, 10 life a turn, and potentially win the game for you (À la Primordial Hydra and or Omnath, Locus of Mana with 20 power or more). And if that doesn't work, you have a lot of beat-sticks with trample and deathtouch that you can make indestructible for the low, low cost of 1 mana each. Then in comes Shalai, Voice of Plenty to give everything but herself hexproof. But that's where Archetype of Endurance comes in, making your creatures almost untouchable.

Normally, the combination is using Ring of Three Wishes or Kasmina, Enigma Sage to remove all instances from the deck and get Primal Surge in hand. This will keep Primal Surge from stalling prematurely. Then play the sorcery and proceed to place all cards from the library onto the field, including Laboratory Maniac. After the library is empty, Garruk's Packleader will trigger, causing you to win the game.

Backup [A]: Proliferating via Merfolk Skydiver, Roalesk, Apex Hunter, and Simic Ascendancy for a Rug-Pull win.

Backup [B]: Mayael's Aria. The long game play. Sure with Primordial Hydra, it would seem quick, but it will make you a target fast. Use it sparingly.

Backup [C]: You chose violence. Use Timeless Lotus and some of those nice dual lands ((Or Chromatic Orrery, either works)), and allow your commander to grace the field in all its devastating splendor.

Date added	3 years
Last updated	2 years
Splash colors	WUBR
Legality	This deck is Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	18 - 0 Mythic Rares 25 - 0 Rares 18 - 0 Uncommons 20 - 0 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	3.73
Tokens	Beast 3/3 G, Elf Druid 1/1 G, Emblem Garruk, Unleashed, Fractal 0/0 GU, Morph 2/2 C, On an Adventure, Wurm 6/6 G