"Jötunheimr" [ Nephilim Tribal ]

Commander / EDH

LibrarianOz

Land (35)

• 1x Ancient Den
• 1x Arcane Sanctum
• 1x Ash Barrens
• 1x Cascading Cataracts
• 1x Cave of Temptation
• 1x Command Tower
• 1x Crumbling Necropolis
• 1x Crystal Quarry
• 1x Evolving Wilds
• 1x Exotic Orchard
• 1x Fabled Passage
• 1x Forest
• 1x Frontier Bivouac
• 1x Graven Cairns
• 2x Island
• 1x Mountain
• 1x Mystic Monastery
• 1x Plains
• 1x Sandsteppe Citadel
• 1x Savage Lands
• 1x Savai Triome
• 1x Seaside Citadel
• 1x Seat of the Synod
• 1x Survivors' Encampment
• 1x Swamp
• 1x Temple of the False God
• 1x Terramorphic Expanse
• 1x Thespian's Stage
• 1x Tree of Tales
• 1x Urza's Mine
• 1x Urza's Power Plant
• 1x Urza's Tower
• 1x Vault of Whispers
• 1x Zagoth Triome

Planeswalker (1)

• 1x Ajani, Mentor of Heroes

Creature (26)

• 1x Alloy Myr
• 1x Brass Squire
• 1x Brokkos, Apex of Forever
• 1x Copper Myr
• 1x Crashing Drawbridge
• 1x Dune-Brood Nephilim
• 1x Glint-Eye Nephilim
• 1x Gold Myr
• 1x Ink-Treader Nephilim
• 1x Iron Myr
• 1x Kess, Dissident Mage
• 1x Leaden Myr
• 1x Linvala, Shield of Sea Gate
• 1x Rhys the Redeemed
• 1x Rielle, the Everwise
• 1x Rith, the Awakener
• 1x Scourge of the Throne
• 1x Silver Myr
• 1x Skyward Eye Prophets
• 1x Sling-Gang Lieutenant
• 1x Teneb, the Harvester
• 1x Tribute Mage
• 1x Trophy Mage
• 1x Vadrok, Apex of Thunder
• 1x Witch-Maw Nephilim
• 1x Yore-Tiller Nephilim

Sorcery (15)

• 1x Beseech the Queen
• 1x Catch / Release
• 1x Conflux
• 1x Diabolic Intent
• 1x Diabolic Revelation
• 1x Diabolic Tutor
• 1x Duneblast
• 1x Escape to the Wilds
• 1x Mastermind's Acquisition
• 1x Ponder
• 1x Rite of Replication
• 1x Sangrite Surge
• 1x Scheming Symmetry
• 1x Temporal Mastery
• 1x Titanic Ultimatum

Commander (1)

Artifact (17)

• 1x Darksteel Ingot
• 1x Fleetfeather Sandals
• 1x Fountain of Ichor
• 1x Lightning Greaves
• 1x Lotus Petal
• 1x Magewright's Stone
• 1x Mana Geode
• 1x Manalith
• 1x Sigil of Valor
• 1x Sol Ring
• 1x Star Compass
• 1x Swiftfoot Boots
• 1x Sword of Sinew and Steel
• 1x Sword of Truth and Justice
• 1x Talisman of Impulse
• 1x Talisman of Resilience
• 1x The Ozolith

Instant (5)

• 1x Brainstorm
• 1x Crosis's Charm
• 1x Flying Crane Technique
• 1x Lightning Helix
• 1x Naya Charm

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How does one go about building a deck that not only uses all five Nephilim, but focuses on each of their strengths well enough to be viable? Well, the first step is, obviously, a 750ml bottle of 70 proof 35% alcohol content whiskey. The second step is a lot of crying.

Now this deck seemingly appears to be an in-congruent pile of decent cards and weird jank, but in reality, this is probably the most complicated deck I've ever designed. Each Nephilim has a set of support cards that not only supports that particular Nephilim, but also allows you to play into the strengths of another. The strategy itself is modular.

I know how that sounds. It sounds like I'm just making an excuse to play with a bunch of cards I like and just pretending I have a strategy. And due to crippling imposter syndrome, I would probably believe you, if I had never piloted this deck I've made, if I didn't know the power, the synergy, the ability to change my strategy on the fly in ways that are nearly impossible for your opponent to account for.

Let me give you an example. There's no way I have the attention span to explain every strategy in the deck, so this should suffice. Say I have a Yore-Tiller Nephilim and a Sling-Gang Lieutenant out. Each turn, I can sacrifice all of the goblins Sling-Gang makes, including itself, making the opponent lose three life and I gain three life. Then, with Yore-Tiller's attack trigger, I can bring it back tapped and attacking. I can do the same thing to make the opponent lose six and I gain six total. (or I can keep the two goblin tokens out as blockers, take your pick.)

Let's say I draw a Rhys the Redeemed. This card is designed for the Dune-Brood Nephilim strategy, doubling the tokens Dune-Brood makes. However, I can also use it to aid part of Yore-Tiller's strategy by doubling my goblin tokens, allowing me to drain at least five every turn.

This example not the most insane strategy in the deck. Just a simple example to show how versatile this deck can be, and how I stitch five Nephilim's abilities together into something solid.

Here is a list of all of the strategies in the deck: <> Graveyard Recursion <> Self-Discard <> Tokens <> Recasting Instants and Sorceries <> +1/+1 Counters <> Voltron (And Tron) <> Creature Stealing <> Multiple Combats <> Probably more I can't think of at the moment.

If you decide to build this yourself... godspeed, I can't imagine this deck is easy to figure out.

Date added	4 years
Last updated	4 years
Legality	This deck is Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	9 - 0 Mythic Rares 30 - 0 Rares 26 - 0 Uncommons 29 - 0 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	3.51
Tokens	1/1 N Creature Sand, Copy Clone, Elf Warrior 1/1 GW, Goblin 1/1 R, Saproling 1/1 G