Mina and Denn; Ramp with Benefits

Commander / EDH* Budget Burn Ramp RG (Gruul) Tokens Voltron

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Burn (7)

• 1x Akoum Hellkite
• 1x Borborygmos Enraged
• 1x Omnath, Locus of Rage
• 1x Purphoros, God of the Forge
• 1x Seismic Assault
• 1x Tunneling Geopede
• 1x Valakut, the Molten Pinnacle

Combat (12)

• 1x Arlinn Kord  ^Flip
• 1x Beastmaster Ascension
• 1x Fires of Yavimaya
• 1x Hammer of Purphoros
• 1x Kessig Wolf Run
• 1x Primeval Bounty
• 1x Purphoros, God of the Forge
• 1x Retreat to Kazandu
• 1x Retreat to Valakut
• 1x Rogue's Passage
• 1x Rubblehulk
• 1x Undergrowth Champion

Combo (1)

• 1x Storm Cauldron

Draw (9)

• 1x Elemental Bond
• 1x Explore
• 1x Forgotten Cave
• 1x Horn of Greed
• 1x Seer's Sundial
• 1x Skullclamp
• 1x Tireless Tracker
• 1x Tranquil Thicket
• 1x Zendikar Resurgent

Land (42)

• 1x Blighted Woodland
• 1x Command Tower
• 1x Drownyard Temple
• 1x Evolving Wilds
• 14x Forest
• 1x Forgotten Cave
• 1x Game Trail
• 1x Ghost Quarter
• 1x Glacial Chasm
• 1x Gruul Turf
• 1x Hanweir Battlements  ^{Flip  Meld}
• 1x Kessig Wolf Run
• 1x Khalni Garden
• 1x Mosswort Bridge
• 8x Mountain
• 1x Rogue's Passage
• 1x Spinerock Knoll
• 1x Temple of Abandon
• 1x Temple of the False God
• 1x Terramorphic Expanse
• 1x Tranquil Thicket
• 1x Valakut, the Molten Pinnacle

Lifegain (2)

• 1x Courser of Kruphix
• 1x Primeval Bounty

Protection (2)

• 1x Glacial Chasm
• 1x Sylvan Safekeeper

Ramp (12)

• 1x Animist's Awakening
• 1x Blighted Woodland
• 1x Courser of Kruphix
• 1x Cultivate
• 1x Explore
• 1x Explosive Vegetation
• 1x Nissa's Pilgrimage
• 1x Perilous Forays
• 1x Sakura-Tribe Elder
• 1x Sakura-Tribe Scout
• 1x Stone-Seeder Hierophant
• 1x Walking Atlas

Recursion (8)

• 1x Centaur Vinecrasher
• 1x Creeping Renaissance
• 1x Drownyard Temple
• 1x Eternal Witness
• 1x Greenwarden of Murasa
• 1x Groundskeeper
• 1x Splendid Reclamation
• 1x Titania, Protector of Argoth

Removal (8)

• 1x Acidic Slime
• 1x Beast Within
• 1x Chaos Warp
• 1x Ghost Quarter
• 1x Hull Breach
• 1x Krosan Grip
• 1x Reclamation Sage
• 1x Terastodon

Tokens (10)

• 1x Arlinn Kord  ^Flip
• 1x Avenger of Zendikar
• 1x Dragonmaster Outcast
• 1x Hammer of Purphoros
• 1x Khalni Garden
• 1x Omnath, Locus of Rage
• 1x Primeval Bounty
• 1x Rampaging Baloths
• 1x Titania, Protector of Argoth
• 1x Zendikar's Roil

Tutor (4)

• 1x Crop Rotation
• 1x Realm Seekers
• 1x Traverse the Ulvenwald
• 1x Ulvenwald Hydra

Wipe (1)

• 1x Bane of Progress

Commander (1)

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Sideboard

Recursion (1)

• 1x Den Protector

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Maybeboard

Combat (1)

• 1x Xenagos, God of Revels

Draw (1)

• 1x Nissa, Vital Force

Protection (2)

• 1x Asceticism
• 1x Vexing Shusher

Ramp (1)

• 1x Amulet of Vigor

Recursion (1)

• 1x Crucible of Worlds

Tokens (2)

• 1x Nissa, Vital Force
• 1x Primeval Bounty

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So my previous two decks (Mizzix of the Izmagnus and Rakdos, Lord of Riots) are great and all, but they never could take advantage of ramp, so here's the rampiest ramp deck that will ever be made.

This deck is all about the lands. Early game you'll be ramping hard with cheaters like Sakura-Tribe Scout and classics like Cultivate. You'll also want to be laying out some of those cheap draw engines like Horn of Greed and most other cheaper drops.

You can usually cast Mina and Denn turn three, which is generally a good idea if you have even one extra land in your hand. If not, it's also alright to wait until you have five lands plus one in hand so you can cast them, put out a forest, tap two to return a land to hand, then put it out again for landfall triggers.

After Mina and Denn are on board, simply take advantage of all of your landfall triggers, whether it be token generators, or other goodstuff. This is where the commander(s?) comes in handy, as even if you don't have a land in hand you can always bounce one then play it again (with trample as an added bonus!).

Also keep in mind there is a lot of recursion, and 42 lands is a ton - especially with ramp to back it up, so unless it's early game you generally shouldn't hesitate to discard or sacrifice lands. Heck, I'd probably Ghost Quarter my own stuff most of the time just for landfall triggers, and if Titania, Protector of Argoth is on the field that's just candy!

The meat of why Mina and Denn are amazing is how they abuse etb land effects. There are many of them

An awesome late-game finisher combo is Storm Cauldron plus either Seismic Assault or Borborygmos Enraged.

Date added	8 years
Last updated	8 years
Legality	This deck is Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	11 - 0 Mythic Rares 31 - 1 Rares 22 - 0 Uncommons 14 - 0 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	3.79
Tokens	Beast 3/3 G, Beast 4/4 G, Clue, Dragon 5/5 R, Eldrazi Horror 3/2 C, Elemental 2/2 G, Elemental 5/3 G, Elemental 5/5 RG, Elephant 3/3 G, Emblem Arlinn, Embraced by the Moon, Enchantment Golem 3/3 C, Human 2/2 G, Morph 2/2 C, Plant 0/1 G, Wolf 2/2 G