Multani, Yavimay's Avatar - The Land is Angry

Commander / EDH Mono-Green

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Ramp (28)

• 1x Ancient Greenwarden
• 1x Ashaya, Soul of the Wild
• 1x Augur of Autumn
• 1x Awaken the Woods
• 1x Beanstalk Giant
• 1x Blighted Woodland
• 1x Boundless Realms
• 1x Crop Rotation
• 1x Cultivate
• 1x Emerald Medallion
• 1x Far Wanderings
• 1x Harrow
• 1x Into the Wilds
• 1x Life from the Loam
• 1x Lotus Field
• 1x Nature's Lore
• 1x Nissa, Vastwood Seer  ^Flip
• 1x Petrified Field
• 1x Reshape the Earth
• 1x Restore
• 1x Sakura-Tribe Elder
• 1x Scapeshift
• 1x Scorched Ruins
• 1x Splendid Reclamation
• 1x Springbloom Druid
• 1x Sylvan Scrying
• 1x Traverse the Outlands
• 1x Viewpoint Synchronization

Play More Land (8)

• 1x Azusa, Lost but Seeking
• 1x Burgeoning
• 1x Courser of Kruphix
• 1x Crucible of Worlds
• 1x Exploration
• 1x Horizon of Progress
• 1x Oracle of Mul Daya
• 1x Ramunap Excavator

Recursion (6)

• 1x Bala Ged Recovery  ^Flip
• 1x Crucible of Worlds
• 1x Lumra, Bellow of the Woods
• 1x Nissa, Vital Force
• 1x Splendid Reclamation
• 1x World Shaper

Life Gain (2)

• 1x Disciple of Freyalise  ^Flip
• 1x Titania, Voice of Gaea  ^Meld

Mana Base (39)

• 1x Argoth, Sanctum of Nature  ^Meld
• 1x Bala Ged Recovery  ^Flip
• 1x Blighted Woodland
• 1x Demolition Field
• 1x Disciple of Freyalise  ^Flip
• 1x Evolving Wilds
• 1x Fabled Passage
• 16x Forest
• 1x Hall of the Bandit Lord
• 1x Horizon of Progress
• 1x Khalni Ambush  ^Flip
• 1x Lotus Field
• 1x Misty Rainforest
• 1x Petrified Field
• 1x Prismatic Vista
• 1x Reliquary Tower
• 1x Scavenger Grounds
• 1x Scorched Ruins
• 1x Verdant Catacombs
• 1x War Room
• 1x Windswept Heath
• 1x Witch's Clinic
• 1x Wooded Foothills
• 1x Yavimaya, Cradle of Growth

Card Draw/Advantage (12)

• 1x Augur of Autumn
• 1x Courser of Kruphix
• 1x Disciple of Freyalise  ^Flip
• 1x Harmonize
• 1x Horizon of Progress
• 1x Nissa, Vital Force
• 1x Oracle of Mul Daya
• 1x Return of the Wildspeaker
• 1x Rishkar's Expertise
• 1x Selvala, Heart of the Wilds
• 1x Sylvan Library
• 1x War Room

Winning (5)

• 1x Beanstalk Giant
• 1x Blackblade Reforged
• 1x Ghalta, Primal Hunger
• 1x Lumra, Bellow of the Woods
• 1x Sylvan Awakening

Tokens (1)

• 1x Argoth, Sanctum of Nature  ^Meld

Commander (1)

Removal/Protection (19)

• 1x Asceticism
• 1x Bear Umbra
• 1x Beast Within
• 1x Collective Resistance
• 1x Demolition Field
• 1x Gaea's Gift
• 1x Heroic Intervention
• 1x Inscription of Abundance
• 1x Khalni Ambush  ^Flip
• 1x Nevinyrral's Disk
• 1x Overprotect
• 1x Royal Treatment
• 1x Scavenger Grounds
• 1x Seedborn Muse
• 1x Sheltering Word
• 1x Swiftfoot Boots
• 1x Sylvan Safekeeper
• 1x Tamiyo's Safekeeping
• 1x Tyvar's Stand

Fetch (7)

• 1x Demolition Field
• 1x Fabled Passage
• 1x Misty Rainforest
• 1x Prismatic Vista
• 1x Verdant Catacombs
• 1x Windswept Heath
• 1x Wooded Foothills

Utility (4)

• 1x Hall of the Bandit Lord
• 1x Predator's Rapport
• 1x Reliquary Tower
• 1x Witch's Clinic

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Other (17)

• 1x Berserk
• 1x Collective Voyage
• 1x Constant Mists
• 1x Dryad Greenseeker
• 1x Dryad of the Ilysian Grove
• 1x Garruk, Primal Hunter
• 1x Growing Rites of Itlimoc  ^Flip
• 1x Into the Wilds
• 1x Kenrith's Transformation
• 1x Lifecrafter's Bestiary
• 1x Magus of the Candelabra
• 1x Once Upon a Time
• 1x Seedguide Ash
• 1x Selective Adaptation
• 1x Summoner's Pact
• 1x Tempt with Discovery
• 1x World Shaper

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"This earth that we trample upon, Is the most patient animal"

I've been on a bit of a mono-color commander kick and after working through a janky living land deck build that wasn't working, I decided to shift to a Multani, Yavimaya's Avatar build since what I had been putting together could support a lot of the same card base.

The most basic concept is facilitate flooding more land on the board or into the graveyard to build up Multani, Yavimaya's Avatar and still have enough support to include some other wincons when the inevitable happens to Multani, Yavimaya's Avatar.

Game Plan

The most general game plan is to swing big with Multani, Yavimaya's Avatar. The various fetch and cycle lands help move more lands to the graveyard and other modes of fetching land mean a large mana base to support Multani, Yavimaya's Avatar. Since Multani's size will generate quite a bit of hate, things like Craterhoof Behemoth, Avenger of Zendikar, Hydra Broodmaster, and Sylvan Awakening provide other ways to potential close a game out.

Get the Lands

The deck has quite a bit of ways (maybe too many) to fetch out lands and adding more to the battlefield. Every green fetch land is present. Cards like Harrow, Cultivate, Animist's Awakening, Mulch, Crop Rotation, Scapeshift, Exploration, Khalni Heart Expedition, Journey of Discovery, Grow from the Ashes, Search for Tomorrow,Burgeoning, Rites of Flourishing and creatures like Courser of Kruphix, Oracle of Mul Daya, Farhaven Elf, Ramunap Excavator, Burnished Hart, Nissa, Vastwood Seer  , Sylvan Ranger, all fill the board with more land.

We've included some standard creature ramp like Elvish Mystic and Llanowar Elves, though we've focused more on utility creatures since mana should not be a problem, especially with the doubling provided by Gaea's Cradle, Vernal Bloom, and Mana Reflection.

Clear the Way

The deck could definitely use more ways to clear the board for Multani, Yavimaya's Avatar or another wincon. Current methods are limited to Nevinyrral's Disk, Powder Keg, and more targeting stuff like Rain of Thorns and Krosan Grip. We are definitely in mono-green and are choosing to leave some options out like All is Dust in favor of supporting the game plan.

Notable Absences

There are always cards you are forced to leave out. Some of these might be viewed as more valuable to the decks performance and that is a part of needing feedback. Others were just ones I couldn't find room for in this build.

I am rarely a fan of planeswalkers in EDH and only felt Nissa, Vastwood Seer   added enough value.

There are other fatty's I considered, but didn't find room to include, Thunderfoot Baloth being one. Does Creeperhulk, Lifeblood Hydra, Impervious Greatwurm, Kalonian Twingrove, Wolfbriar Elemental or Ghalta, Primal Hunger could all easily fit, but not over other cards in their place right now such as Craterhoof Behemoth, Avenger of Zendikar, Hydra Broodmaster, Undergrowth Champion, Dungrove Elder or even Rampaging Baloths and Ant Queen. I'd love to have someone make the case for replacements :).

Triumph of the Hordes could make for a fun win con of infect, but I see very low odds of pulling it off.

There are so many more land fetch card that could have been included, but I chose to exclude. Farseek, Kodama's Reach, Rampant Growth, Mycosynth Wellspring, Sylvan Scrying, Ondu Giant (dropped for CMC) being some of them, though this is not an area where I think the deck is currently hurting.

I did include a number of potential utility cards tat fit the theme or could play a role. All of these were considered, but removed in favor of other cards. The ones that I would say were the toughest decision are Boundless Realms - common include, but I wanted to avoid the curve increase, Beast Within - Maybe one of the most efficient green removal spells, and The Great Aurora - Mana curve is a major issue, but dropping this and then Multani, could be an amazing play. Then again, all your opponents also have a bunch of open land with which to respond.

Beyond those, just more generic utility stuff I chose to exclude was Mwonvuli Beast Tracker, Momentous Fall, Amulet of Safekeeping, Soul's Majesty, Collective Voyage, Tajuru Preserver, Sliverglade Pathfinder, Greenseeker, Wayward Swordtooth, and Seek the Horizon.

Concerns

The biggest concern is a lack of pressure. The deck is likely not doing much to slow down and discourage my opponent. That usually means we need to be fast, which green is great at, but I've hindered a bit in all the land fetch mechanics. The number of turns required to build to a state that swinging makes sense is giving my opponent a lot of time to get their game plan in place and I likely lose.

I really need to assess the fetch mechanic volume here and see if I overdid it. There is some other general utility that I could definitely include such as Seer's Sundial, All is Dust, Thaumatic Compass  , Rhonas's Monument or Growing Rites of Itlimoc  . I look forward to suggestions anyone might have.

Top Ranked	Achieved #54 position overall 4 years ago Achieved #47 position in Commander / EDH 4 years ago Achieved #1 position in Commander / EDH Mono-Green 4 years ago
Date added	5 years
Last updated	1 month
Legality	This deck is Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	12 - 0 Mythic Rares 43 - 0 Rares 18 - 0 Uncommons 11 - 0 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	3.47
Tokens	Ashaya, the Awoken World, Bear 2/2 G, Beast 3/3 G, Emblem Nissa, Vital Force, Forest Dryad 1/1 G, On an Adventure, Royal
Folders	noce, other decks, EDH, Multani / Molimo Land Avatar EDH