Omnath Epic Struggle

Commander / EDH Mono-Green Tokens

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1. Win Con Epic Struggle (5)

• 1x Avenger of Zendikar
• 1x Epic Struggle
• 1x Primal Surge
• 1x Rampaging Baloths
• 1x Shaman of Forgotten Ways

2. Win Con Mana Dump (5)

• 1x Hangarback Walker
• 1x Helix Pinnacle
• 1x Nylea, God of the Hunt
• 1x Walking Ballista
• 1x Wolfbriar Elemental

3a. Ramp Enchantress (7)

• 1x Herald of the Pantheon
• 1x Nylea, Keen-Eyed
• 1x Nyxbloom Ancient
• 1x Overgrowth
• 1x Utopia Sprawl
• 1x Wild Growth
• 1x Wilderness Reclamation

3b. Ramp Extra Lands (6)

• 1x Arboreal Grazer
• 1x Burgeoning
• 1x Dryad of the Ilysian Grove
• 1x Exploration
• 1x Growing Rites of Itlimoc  ^Flip
• 1x Seedborn Muse

3c. Ramp Dorks (7)

• 1x Arbor Elf
• 1x Elvish Mystic
• 1x Fyndhorn Elves
• 1x Llanowar Elves
• 1x Llanowar Tribe
• 1x Selvala, Heart of the Wilds
• 1x Sol Ring

4. Removal (6)

• 1x Kenrith's Transformation
• 1x Lignify
• 1x Reclamation Sage
• 1x Seal of Primordium
• 1x Song of the Dryads
• 1x Ulamog, the Ceaseless Hunger

5a. Draw Enchantress (5)

• 1x Argothian Enchantress
• 1x Eidolon of Blossoms
• 1x Enchantress's Presence
• 1x Setessan Champion
• 1x Verduran Enchantress

5b. Draw (13)

• 1x Endless Atlas
• 1x Garruk's Uprising
• 1x Garruk, Primal Hunter
• 1x Greater Good
• 1x Guardian Project
• 1x Lifecrafter's Bestiary
• 1x Mirri's Guile
• 1x Regal Force
• 1x Sylvan Library
• 1x The Great Henge
• 1x Tireless Tracker
• 1x Vivien's Arkbow
• 1x Vizier of the Menagerie

6. Utility (6)

• 1x Courser of Kruphix
• 1x Doubling Season
• 1x Eternal Witness
• 1x Spearbreaker Behemoth
• 1x Sylvan Safekeeper
• 1x Vivien, Champion of the Wilds

7. Matchup (3)

• 1x Elephant Grass
• 1x Elvish Reclaimer
• 1x Stonecoil Serpent

Other (36)

• 1x Ancient Tomb
• 1x Castle Garenbrig
• 1x Dryad Arbor
• 24x Forest
• 1x Gaea's Cradle
• 1x Glacial Chasm
• 1x Mikokoro, Center of the Sea
• 1x Mosswort Bridge
• 1x Nykthos, Shrine to Nyx
• 1x Sanctum of Eternity
• 1x Scavenger Grounds
• 1x Strip Mine
• 1x Winding Canyons

Commander (1)

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Omnath's Epic Struggle

Omnath, Locus of Mana for The Trinisphere Battle of the Omnaths. To put a Johnny twist on this older commander, I try to win with Epic Struggle by way of dumping my deck into play via Primal Surge. Because we want Surge to have a 100% hit rate, we run zero other instants/sorceries which means that we're running a higher density of Auras for removal), and enchantments for draw. This lends itself to an enchantress subtheme.

Card Selection

Win Con Epic Struggle

Really the Win Con here is Primal Surge which allows us to continually put permanents into play until we decide to stop (or reach the end of our deck). Normally this would be paired with Concordant Crossroads as a way to haste-swing with every creature in our library, but that's a little too main-stream. Really I just want to try and win with Epic Struggle.

Normally trying to win with Epic Struggle would want a lot of token generators to reach that 20 creature requirement early-on, but the Primal Surge means that we will be able to reach that number trivially. However if we get our Epic Struggle earlier in the game, we can use a few cards to crank out a huge number of bodies:

• Rampaging Baloths and Avenger of Zendikar are obvious inclusions. The former is better to hit near the beginning of our Primal Surge so it can see subsequent lands entering the battlefield, while the latter is better to get near the end so it counts all the lands that have been put into play by Primal Surge.
• Shaman of the forgotten ways mimics the lethality of having a large number of bodies as its activate ability is similar to Biorhythm.

Win Con Mana Dump

• Helix Pinnacle is the more traditional Johnny win-con for Omnath, Locus of Mana, and we're sure to include that in here as homage.
• Hangarback Walker provides a mana dump that can be dangerous to the board and is helpful for feeding into Epic Struggle by converting mana into bodies.
• Walking Ballista takes a more direct route of turning mana into direct damage. If you're an uber-johnny you can use Rocket Launcher instead for that sweet sweet "What does that card do?"
• Wolfbriar Elemental also generates an army with enough mana and also helps with Epic Struggle wins.
• Nylea, God of the Hunt can turn chunks of mana into extra power-on-board by pumping attackers. This is not very mana efficient and we don't generate infinite mana, but this is still a useful way to use up our reservoir especially when people kill Omnath before trying to attack.

Ramp

Since Omnath, Locus of Mana is a living mana battery, we have no problem over-emphasizing ramp in this deck and taking advantage of the extra mana to recast Omnath if it is killed, to play late-game spells in the midgame (like Primal Surge) or just to deploy fatties. Because we're a Primal Surge deck, we have an emphasis on mana dorks and other permanents that ramp us rather than the traditional green sorceries.

For Ramping Dorks we have:

• Llanowar Elves, Fyndhorn Elves, Elvish Mystic, and Arbor Elf fill out our 1-drop ramp slot along with Sol Ring. The Arbor Elf has some upside when paired with Dryad of the Ilysian Grove which turns Gaea's Cradle and Nykthos, Shrine to Nyx into forests for untapping.
• Llanowar Tribe and Selvala, Heart of the Wilds give us some added powerful ramp through to the endgame.

For Enchantress-centric ramp we have:

• Herald of the Pantheon and Nylea, Keen-Eyed are our cost reduction effects.
• Overgrowth, Wild Growth, and Utopia Sprawl are our cost efficient ramp auras.
• Wilderness Reclamation, Nissa, Who Shakes the World, and Nyxbloom Ancient vastly increase the amount of mana Omnath can store per turn.

For Extra Lands we have:

• Arboreal Grazer, Burgeoning, and Exploration as early game extra-land droppers with added emphasis on enchantments for our enchantress's.
• Dryad of the Ilysian Grove is our midgame Oracle of Mul Daya stand-in. Not quite as good but it checks some extra boxes being an enchantment and turning all our lands into forests so they can be untapped by Arbor Elf.
• Growing Rites of Itlimoc   gives us a second Gaea's Cradle.

Removal

Being an enchantress-leaning permanents-only deck does limit our removal options but these are largely playable.

• Song of the Dryads, Lignify, and Kenrith's Transformation allow us to deal with opponents creature-based threats.
• Reclamation Sage and Seal of Primordium give us some answers to combo/synergy cards.
• Ulamog, the Ceaseless Hunger gives us a big-mana payoff that pretty much deals with any problematic card on the board.

Draw

Digging for Primal Surge is imperative, so we have extra draw power in this build.

Generic draw power comes by way of:

• Endless Atlas, Sylvan Library, Guardian Project, Tireless Tracker, and Lifecrafter's Bestiary provide our traditional green draw-pwoer.
• Greater Good and Garruk, Primal Hunter work well with a gigantic Omnath, Locus of Mana
• Garruk's Uprising is a draw-engine that may not trigger as frequently as we'd like, but gives Omnath trample and is an enchantment for those extra enchantress triggers.
• Mirri's Guile similarly makes an appearance because of the added upside of being a single-mana enchantment.
• Regal Force, Vivien's Arkbow, and The Great Henge gives us big-mana payoffs for drawing cards.
• Vizier of the Menagerie may not be as effective as it should be considering the high density of non-creature enchantments and might be cut-worthy.

Our Enchantress draw power comes from:

• Argothian Enchantress, Enchantress's Presence, and Verduran Enchantress our are traditional "whenever you cast" draw engines.
• Eidolon of Blossoms and Setessan Champion are the better "whenever enchantments enter" draw engines which are a little more dangerous because they can potentially kill us via triggers when Primal Surge-ing. So be sure to count the number of triggers and stop short of decking yourself.

Utility

Some other Utility cards added in here include:

• Courser of Kruphix as a lifegain source as well as a synergy piece for Dryad of the Ilysian Grove to assemble an Oracle of Mul Daya while also being an enchantment itself.
• Doubling Season is leftover from a more token-centric build but still has some upside with Helix Pinnacle (since we aren't going infinite making 50 mana is easier than 100) and with the remaining token producers.
• Eternal Witness provides us a second shot at Epic Struggle if it were to be removed.
• Spearbreaker Behemoth is a fun way to Omnath's mana reservoir as a means to protect itself.
• Sylvan Safekeeper gives us a way to protect Omnath.

Matchup

Since I know I'll be playing an Omnath vs Omnath vs Omnath vs Omnatch matchup, I have a few special cards to improve my chances of not getting destroyed by all my multicolored counterparts.

• Elephant Grass is a green Propaganda with a cumulative upkeep that is very manageable in a deck that is flush with extra mana. This will hopefully help me whether the onslaught of Omnath, Locus of Rage tokens.
• Elvish Reclaimer similarly allows me to fetch Glacial Chasm at instant speed in order to avoid being completely melted by Omnath, Locus of Rage and Omnath, Locus of the Roil triggers.
• Stonecoil Serpent is a cheeky mana-dump with protection from multi-color.

Postmortem

Coming Soon.

Competitive

Optimized

>Focused<

Casual

Jank

Gameplay

This deck is played in the Battle of the Omnaths episode on The Trinisphere.

Date added	4 years
Last updated	4 years
Legality	This deck is Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	15 - 0 Mythic Rares 40 - 0 Rares 10 - 0 Uncommons 11 - 0 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	3.11
Tokens	Beast 3/3 G, Beast 4/4 G, Clue, Human 2/2 G, Plant 0/1 G, Thopter 1/1 C, Wolf 2/2 G, Wurm 6/6 G