HYDRAte or DIEdrate

Commander / EDH Combo Infinite Combo Mono-Green Ramp

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Creature (29)

• 1x Beast Whisperer
• 1x Birds of Paradise
• 1x Elvish Mystic
• 1x Eternal Witness
• 1x Genesis Hydra
• 1x Gilded Goose
• 1x Hungering Hydra
• 1x Hydra Broodmaster
• 1x Hydra Omnivore
• 1x Kalonian Hydra
• 1x Karametra's Acolyte
• 1x Krosan Restorer
• 1x Lifeblood Hydra
• 1x Llanowar Tribe
• 1x Lotus Cobra
• 1x Magus of the Order
• 1x Managorger Hydra
• 1x Mistcutter Hydra
• 1x Nylea, God of the Hunt
• 1x Polukranos, World Eater
• 1x Primordial Hydra
• 1x Protean Hydra
• 1x Reclamation Sage
• 1x Scavenging Ooze
• 1x Steelbane Hydra
• 1x Ulvenwald Hydra
• 1x Voracious Hydra
• 1x Voyaging Satyr
• 1x Wildwood Scourge

Land (37)

• 1x Castle Garenbrig
• 1x Desert of the Indomitable
• 1x Ghost Quarter
• 1x Inventors' Fair
• 1x Lotus Field
• 1x Mosswort Bridge
• 1x Myriad Landscape
• 1x Nykthos, Shrine to Nyx
• 1x Path of Ancestry
• 1x Reliquary Tower
• 1x Scavenger Grounds
• 21x Snow-Covered Forest
• 1x Tectonic Edge
• 1x Thespian's Stage
• 1x Tranquil Thicket
• 1x Tree of Tales
• 1x War Room

Artifact (8)

• 1x Emerald Medallion
• 1x Lightning Greaves
• 1x Mirage Mirror
• 1x Sol Ring
• 1x Staff of Domination
• 1x Swiftfoot Boots
• 1x The Great Henge
• 1x Umbral Mantle

Instant (7)

• 1x Beast Within
• 1x Chord of Calling
• 1x Early Harvest
• 1x Heroic Intervention
• 1x Krosan Grip
• 1x Reap
• 1x Return of the Wildspeaker

Commander (1)

Enchantment (8)

• 1x Carpet of Flowers
• 1x Concordant Crossroads
• 1x Garruk's Uprising
• 1x Greater Good
• 1x Guardian Project
• 1x Primal Rage
• 1x Vernal Bloom
• 1x Zendikar Resurgent

Sorcery (8)

• 1x Bala Ged Recovery  ^Flip
• 1x Boundless Realms
• 1x Finale of Devastation
• 1x Harmonize
• 1x Nissa's Pilgrimage
• 1x Praetor's Counsel
• 1x Primal Might
• 1x Rishkar's Expertise

Planeswalker (2)

• 1x Nissa, Who Shakes the World
• 1x Ugin, the Spirit Dragon

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Enchantment (2)

• 1x Gaea's Touch
• 1x Helix Pinnacle

Artifact (1)

• 1x Nevinyrral's Disk

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This is a big mana, high-power level Gargos hydra tribal deck. The deck focuses on ramping quickly to cast Gargos or other powerful payoffs that enable my main strategy, such as Ugin the Spirit Dragon, Boundless Realms, and Zendikar Resurgent.

The deck is primarily built around utilizing Gargos' cost reduction ability for maximum benefit. With Gargos and either Beast Whisperer, The Great Henge, Guardian Project, or Garruk's Uprising on the battlefield, you can cast many hydras for only one or two mana and churn through the deck rapidly. This can result in a massive board intent on smashing face or potentially assembling one of the multiple infinite mana combos in the deck.

There are two primary two combos: Karametra's Acolyte + Umbral Mantle or Staff of Domination with 4/5+ devotion and Voyaging Satyr or Krosan Restorer + Nykthos, Shrine to Nyx + Umbral Mantle or Staff of Domination with 6/7+ devotion. There is also a secondary combo that doesn't generate infinite mana, but makes a singular infinitely big creature: Llanowar Tribe + Umbral Mantle. The deck can also go infinite in a few other ways, but they require more to be going right; you shouldn't plan to assemble them but sometimes they'll just happen.

The main infinite mana sinks are Staff of Domination, Nylea, God of the Hunt, and Finale of Devastation to outright win in combat. Backup infinite mana sinks are Hydra Broodmaster, Gilded Goose, Polukranos, and all the hydras in the deck.

Finale of Devastation, Chord of Calling, Magus of the Order, and Inventors' Fair are all included to help find combo pieces or a few toolbox cards. There are also some resiliency inclusions in Praetor's Counsel, Bala Ged Recovery, Reap, and Eternal Witness.

Be careful: if you don't properly hydrate, you will diedrate.

Date added	5 years
Last updated	3 years
Legality	This deck is Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	10 - 0 Mythic Rares 41 - 0 Rares 20 - 0 Uncommons 8 - 0 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	3.29
Tokens	Beast 3/3 G, Emblem Nissa, Who Shakes the World, Food, Hydra X/X G