Now I Get to Be the Giant Hydra Cool Surprise

Commander / EDH BUG (Sultai) Tokens

JimbertHimbert

Creature (26)

• 1x Capricopian
• 1x Forgotten Ancient
• 1x Gargos, Vicious Watcher
• 1x Genesis Hydra
• 1x Hangarback Walker
• 1x Hooded Hydra
• 1x Hungering Hydra
• 1x Hydra Omnivore
• 1x Hydroid Krasis
• 1x Kalonian Hydra
• 1x Lifeblood Hydra
• 1x Llanowar Tribe
• 1x Managorger Hydra
• 1x Mistcutter Hydra
• 1x Nessian Wilds Ravager
• 1x Nyxbloom Ancient
• 1x Primordial Hydra
• 1x Protean Hydra
• 1x Sakura-Tribe Elder
• 1x Scourge of Skola Vale
• 1x Steelbane Hydra
• 1x Stonecoil Serpent
• 1x Vastwood Hydra
• 1x Vigor
• 1x Voracious Hydra
• 1x Walking Ballista

Land (35)

• 1x Castle Garenbrig
• 1x Command Tower
• 1x Evolving Wilds
• 1x Fabled Passage
• 11x Forest
• 8x Island
• 1x Reliquary Tower
• 1x Rogue's Passage
• 7x Swamp
• 1x Temple of the False God
• 1x Terramorphic Expanse
• 1x Zagoth Triome

Sorcery (12)

• 1x Animist's Awakening
• 1x Cultivate
• 1x Curse of the Swine
• 1x Exsanguinate
• 1x Finale of Revelation
• 1x Kodama's Reach
• 1x Overwhelming Stampede
• 1x Primal Might
• 1x Rampant Growth
• 1x Torment of Hailfire
• 1x Traverse the Outlands
• 1x Villainous Wealth

Artifact (6)

• 1x Arcane Signet
• 1x Elementalist's Palette
• 1x Horizon Stone
• 1x Sol Ring
• 1x Swiftfoot Boots
• 1x The Ozolith

Commander (1)

Enchantment (12)

• 1x Doubling Season
• 1x Elemental Bond
• 1x Freed from the Real
• 1x Garruk's Uprising
• 1x Greater Good
• 1x Hydra's Growth
• 1x Primal Rage
• 1x Primal Vigor
• 1x Simic Ascendancy
• 1x Triumph of Ferocity
• 1x Unbound Flourishing
• 1x Zendikar Resurgent

Instant (8)

• 1x Abrupt Decay
• 1x Beast Within
• 1x Bioshift
• 1x Blue Sun's Zenith
• 1x Deadly Rollick
• 1x Return of the Wildspeaker
• 1x Return to Nature
• 1x Solidarity of Heroes

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I decided to turn my Gargos, Vicious Watcher deck, I'm the Giant Hydra That Makes All of the Rules into a Zaxara, the Exemplary deck. He seems like a really cool commander who gives me a lot more value from casting all these X cost hydras (and some others), plus gives me access to 2 more colors. Normally I don't run infinites, but I thought I'd break that trend and try out Freed from the Real, which when attached to Zaxara makes infinite blue mana. With this infinite mana, we have plenty of ways to win, such as Exsanguinate or my personal favorite, milling your opponent with Blue Sun's Zenith. This deck isn't very well-optimized yet, as I put it together from my old Gargos deck in just a couple hours and haven't gotten around to playtesting anything. I can already tell I'm leaning too hard into green, although since I want this to be a hydra deck that's pretty hard to avoid. If anyone has any suggestions to make this deck better, please let me know! I don't play black very much, so I'm fairly certain there are some obvious choices I simply don't know about.

Date added	4 years
Last updated	2 years
Legality	This deck is Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	10 - 0 Mythic Rares 39 - 0 Rares 14 - 0 Uncommons 11 - 0 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	2.86
Tokens	Beast 3/3 G, Boar 2/2 G, Hydra 0/0 G, Morph 2/2 C, Snake 1/1 G, Thopter 1/1 C