Legends of the Five Rings

Commander / EDH* Five Color Theme/Gimmick Tribal Vorthos Zoo

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Land (36)

• 2x Forest
• 1x Island
• 1x Mountain
• 2x Plains
• 1x Swamp
• 1x Canopy Vista
• 1x Canyon Slough
• 1x Command Tower
• 1x Exotic Orchard
• 1x Fortified Village
• 1x Godless Shrine
• 1x Grand Coliseum
• 1x Hallowed Fountain
• 1x Isolated Chapel
• 1x Jungle Shrine
• 1x Mystic Monastery
• 1x Nomad Outpost
• 1x Overgrown Tomb
• 1x Prairie Stream
• 1x Rith's Grove
• 1x Rogue's Passage
• 1x Rootbound Crag
• 1x Sacred Foundry
• 1x Sandsteppe Citadel
• 1x Seaside Citadel
• 1x Sheltered Thicket
• 1x Stomping Ground
• 1x Sunken Hollow
• 1x Sunpetal Grove
• 1x Temple Garden
• 1x Treva's Ruins
• 1x Unclaimed Territory
• 1x Vault of the Archangel
• 1x Watery Grave

Creature (29)

• 1x Bushi Tenderfoot  ^Flip
• 1x Azusa, Lost but Seeking
• 2x Brothers Yamazaki
• 1x Eight-and-a-Half-Tails
• 1x Godo, Bandit Warlord
• 1x Iizuka the Ruthless
• 1x Ink-Eyes, Servant of Oni
• 1x Isamaru, Hound of Konda
• 1x Isao, Enlightened Bushi
• 1x Jugan, the Rising Star
• 1x Keiga, the Tide Star
• 1x Kentaro, the Smiling Cat
• 1x Kiku, Night's Flower
• 1x Kokusho, the Evening Star
• 1x Konda, Lord of Eiganjo
• 1x Kumano, Master Yamabushi
• 1x Masako the Humorless
• 1x Michiko Konda, Truth Seeker
• 1x Nagao, Bound by Honor
• 1x O-Kagachi, Vengeful Kami
• 1x Opal-Eye, Konda's Yojimbo
• 1x Reki, the History of Kamigawa
• 1x Ryusei, the Falling Star
• 1x Sakashima the Impostor
• 1x Sensei Golden-Tail
• 1x Takeno, Samurai General
• 1x Toshiro Umezawa
• 1x Yosei, the Morning Star

Sorcery (6)

• 1x Primevals' Glorious Rebirth
• 1x Urza's Ruinous Blast
• 1x Farseek
• 1x Shard Convergence
• 1x Sylvan Scrying
• 1x Time of Need

Enchantment (14)

• 1x Arcane Adaptation
• 1x Awakening Zone
• 1x Collective Blessing
• 1x Glorious Anthem
• 1x Guardian Project
• 1x Mirari's Wake
• 1x Path of Discovery
• 1x Day of Destiny
• 1x Honden of Cleansing Fire
• 1x Honden of Infinite Rage
• 1x Honden of Life's Web
• 1x Honden of Night's Reach
• 1x Honden of Seeing Winds
• 1x Journey to Eternity  ^Flip

Artifact (14)

• 1x Chromatic Lantern
• 1x Darksteel Ingot
• 1x Elixir of Immortality
• 1x Fellwar Stone
• 1x Gilded Lotus
• 1x Sol Ring
• 1x Heroes' Podium
• 1x Konda's Banner
• 1x Mox Amber
• 1x Oathkeeper, Takeno's Daisho
• 1x Tatsumasa, the Dragon's Fang
• 1x Tenza, Godo's Maul
• 1x That Which Was Taken
• 1x Thran Temporal Gateway

Planeswalker (1)

• 1x Tamiyo, Field Researcher

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Have been tinkering with this deck for several years year, tweaking it over & over again. It was originally was purely Samurai tribal, fitting in basically everything Samurai that it could but it was so very weak even with anthems & boosters. The deck then transformed into a sort of Kamigawai good stuff but was far too creature heavy. The final forms came about when it was decided to split the deck into different types. With this one focussing on humanoid legendaries from Kamigawa (set & plane) & the other deck being legendary spirits from Kamigawa (set & plane) & tribal boosters.

How it plays Show

Like pretty much every deck, this deck aims to ramp quickly but focuses on finding as many non-basic lands as it can with Shard Convergence (a very underrated card). As well using Azusa, Lost but Seeking & Path to Discovery to get lands out of the deck & onto the field. The purpose for this is to get to Arcane Adaptation & Kentaro, the Smiling Cat to make every creature a Samurai & be able to use any mana to cast them. The deck also runs a few anthems to overcome the inherent weakness of the Samurai creature type, as well as things that give bonuses to Bushido.

Opal-Eye, Kondo's Yojimbo works as a wall when giving a Divinity Counter from That Which Was Taken to make him Indestructible, taking any damage that might hit you to the face, whilst Eight-and-a-Half-Tails adds extra protection from attacks and as well as get damage in with his change colour ability.

Riki, the History of Kamigawa acts as card draw basically any time I cast a creature, more so when paired with Guardian Project . Time of Need to tutor specific legendaries when needed. Tamiyo, Field Researcher is another way to play creatures for free & get some cards -she fits the theme because she is from Kamigawa originally. Kiku, Night's Flower acts as removal whilst Godo adds at least one extra combat turn (there is no Helm of the Host combo here) and Masako the Humorless can allow your creatures to block even when they are tapped down or have activated their ability.

Awakening Zone is there to help provide sac fodder & a little ramp but when combined with Anthem effects & Arcane Adaptation naming Samurai they can be used with Godo, Bandit Warlord to act as an Alpha Strike swarm. More so if Vault of the Archangel is on board, transforming the Eldrazi Scions into hard to exchange with Zerg Rush or an instant death wall (if enough of them are on field).

The five legendary Spirit Dragons are there for theme, their effects & because I could. Might swap them out for more effects if they don't prove effective and move them into the 5C spirit deck.

Date added	4 years
Last updated	3 years
Legality	This deck is not Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	5 - 0 Mythic Rares 60 - 0 Rares 26 - 0 Uncommons 2 - 0 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	3.78
Tokens	5/5 U Token Creature Dragon Spirit, Eldrazi Spawn 0/1 C, Emblem Tamiyo, Field Researcher, Spirit 1/1 C