I originally designed this deck to be a decently competitive option with Yisan, the Wanderer Bard at the helm. I soon found most of the cards that work for Yisan also work for Marwyn, the Nurturer, who is honestly more fun to play. A number of inclusions--particularly older ones--are just cards I had on hand and could easily be replaced with more recent manadorks or whatever. For my group's current agreement to play mid-power commanders only, Kaysa can stand in as the commander.

(Although I've tested this deck and don't have major changes to make, a couple Forests could be swapped out for other more exciting cards.)

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This deck is already the best of my budget monocolor options, so it doesn't really need any enhancements, at least not if it's just going up against the other decks I have on hand. Nonetheless, I want to tidy up a few rough edges, especially if I'm going to power it down by forcing it to play a weak commander like Kaysa.

Most swaps are just replacing cards with better or more synergistic alternatives:

  • Arctic Wolves --> Soul's Majesty
  • Copperhorn Scout --> Staff of Domination
  • Invigorate --> Lys Alana Huntmaster
  • Squirrel Wrangler --> Canopy Tactician
  • Arachnus Web --> Somberwald Stag
  • Naturalize --> Armored Scrapgorger

Others are about replacing cards that are going elsewhere in my collection, for which I try to enforce a collection-wide singleton rule:

  • Loaming Shaman --> Snakeskin Veil
  • Kenrith's Transformation --> Wirewood Pride
  • Reclamation Sage --> Manglehorn

The deck also had an incomplete combo that I'm removing:

  • Liquimetal Coating --> Overrun

Comments

96% Casual

Competitive

Date added 4 years
Last updated 1 year
Legality

This deck is Commander / EDH legal.

Rarity (main - side)

20 - 0 Rares

24 - 0 Uncommons

24 - 0 Commons

Cards 100
Avg. CMC 3.00
Tokens 7/7 G Token Creature Elemental, Elf Warrior 1/1 G, Insect 1/1 G, Morph 2/2 C
Folders Budget Commander - Monocolor Adaptive Cycle
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