No Cost is to High For Nikya of the Old Ways

Commander / EDH Aggro Goodstuff Lands Ramp RG (Gruul) Stompy

Oilcountry89

Creature (63)

• 1x Akoum Warrior  ^Flip
• 1x Anger
• 1x Ant Queen
• 1x Apocalypse Hydra
• 1x Arbor Elf
• 1x Archetype of Endurance
• 1x Ashaya, Soul of the Wild
• 1x Bane of Progress
• 1x Beast Whisperer
• 1x Beastcaller Savant
• 1x Birds of Paradise
• 1x Bramble Sovereign
• 1x Craterhoof Behemoth
• 1x Drumhunter
• 1x Duskwatch Recruiter  ^Flip
• 1x End-Raze Forerunners
• 1x Eternal Witness
• 1x Farhaven Elf
• 1x Fauna Shaman
• 1x Fierce Empath
• 1x Flameblast Dragon
• 1x Garruk's Packleader
• 1x God-Eternal Rhonas
• 1x Goreclaw, Terror of Qal Sisma
• 1x Ilharg, the Raze-Boar
• 1x Jade Mage
• 1x Kazandu Mammoth  ^Flip
• 1x Khenra Charioteer
• 1x Krosan Tusker
• 1x Lotus Cobra
• 1x Magus of the Candelabra
• 1x Manglehorn
• 1x Moraug, Fury of Akoum
• 1x Nylea, God of the Hunt
• 1x Nyxbloom Ancient
• 1x Primordial Sage
• 1x Protean Hulk
• 1x Prowling Serpopard
• 1x Ravager Wurm
• 1x Regal Force
• 1x Rhonas the Indomitable
• 1x Ruric Thar, the Unbowed
• 1x Sakura-Tribe Elder
• 1x Savageborn Hydra
• 1x Seedborn Muse
• 1x Shaman of Forgotten Ways
• 1x Solemn Simulacrum
• 1x Soul of the Harvest
• 1x Sunder Shaman
• 1x Surrak, the Hunt Caller
• 1x Tangled Florahedron  ^Flip
• 1x Temur Sabertooth
• 1x Terastodon
• 1x Thorn Mammoth
• 1x Ulvenwald Tracker
• 1x Vigor
• 1x Vizier of the Menagerie
• 1x Voyaging Satyr
• 1x Wall of Blossoms
• 1x Wood Elves
• 1x Xenagos, God of Revels
• 1x Yeva, Nature's Herald
• 1x Zhur-Taa Druid

Land (36)

• 1x Castle Garenbrig
• 1x Cinder Glade
• 1x Command Tower
• 14x Forest
• 1x Game Trail
• 1x Gnottvold Slumbermound
• 1x Highland Forest
• 1x Kessig Wolf Run
• 1x Mossfire Valley
• 11x Mountain
• 1x Scavenger Grounds
• 1x Skarrg, the Rage Pits
• 1x Spire Garden

Commander (1)

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Creature (4)

• 1x Borborygmos
• 1x Champion of Lambholt
• 1x Klothys, God of Destiny
• 1x Nylea's Forerunner

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This deck is built around Nikyas ability to double our mana. the downside of nikya is that she doesnt have much use for cards other then creatures, so thats all this deck runs. to get nikya out as soon as possible im running Zhur-Taa Druid,Beastcaller Savant, and Birds of Paradise, and a few others. Because of nikyas restriction i needed to find ways to remove and destroy annoying permanents, so i went with cards like Sunder Shaman, Thorn Mammoth, and Ulvenwald Tracker. there is alot of ways to generate card draw just with creatures, im running 8 different cards that let us draw, so keeping our hand full is easier then i thought it would be. We even have ways to tutor for the creatures we need, with guys like Fierce Empath, Protean Hulk, and Fauna Shaman.

With nikya in play all of our mana is doubled, but if we are able to get Nyxbloom Ancient out each land will tap for 4. with all the mana we will have it is easy to run out of things to cast from our hand in a turn, so i found it was important to find other ways to spend unused mana. Ant Queen, Jade Mage, and all of our hydras give us a ton of options to make sure we do not waist floating mana.

This deck will close out a game easily if we can get enough big monsters out with trample (Khenra Charioteer). not much needs to be said about Craterhoof Behemoth, he is one of my favourite cards in green, and he has won me quite a few games when he hits the battlefield. Vigor is also a notable card as he is a form of protection and he just makes our big beaters even bigger.

this deck was fun to build because it forced me to explore other options on finding ways to work around Nikyas downfall of not being able to cast anything other then creatures. any suggestions or comments are appreciated.

on a side note, a few cards i would like to mention in the deck are Arbor Elf, Voyaging Satyr, and Magus of the Candelabra. These creatures let us un-tap lands as soon as we tap them. so with nikya, we can tap a land and float the 2 mana, un-tap the land and then re-tap it to float another 2, giving us 4 mana on one land. Magus of the Candelabra is the best option of the 3 because we can untap X lands and not just 1. Seedborn Muse + Yeva, Nature's Herald lets us untap our permanents each turn and cast creatures at instant speed. Seedborn Muse by itself is a great card in the deck because it lets us swing with everything during combat without the worry of leaving ourselves open.

thanks for checking out the deck.

Top Ranked	Achieved #11 position overall 4 years ago Achieved #8 position in Commander / EDH 4 years ago Achieved #1 position in Commander / EDH Aggro 4 years ago Achieved #1 position in Commander / EDH Goodstuff 4 years ago
Date added	4 years
Last updated	3 years
Key combos	Seedborn Muse + Yeva, Nature's Herald
Legality	This deck is Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	14 - 0 Mythic Rares 33 - 0 Rares 17 - 0 Uncommons 11 - 0 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	4.17
Tokens	Copy Clone, Elephant 3-3 G, Insect 1/1 G, Saproling 1/1 G, Troll Warrior 4/4 G