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Omnath, Locus of Mana allows us to play huge toolbox creatures.
Compiled from these articles.
Ondu is a continent in the southwestern quadrant of Zendikar that juts into the Silundi Sea. The continent shows signs of influence from ancient civilizations, but it is nature that dominates here, taking precedence over small settlements of humans, kor, goblins, and merfolk.
Of the legendary places of Ondu, none is surrounded by more controversy than that of the Prison of Omnath. Omnath was supposedly a divine manifestation of the ferocious mana of Zendikar, a being that can be found in some incarnation in many creation myths of the plane. Some call Omnath the "flickering heart," the origin of the primal mana that pulses throughout Zendikar. Despite the uncertainty of Omnath's actual existence, a real site on a high mesa of Ondu has been dubbed the Prison of Omnath.
If one travels to the top of this mesa, through the dense forest that crowns it, and into a murky mire at the grove's heart where shadows move and twist, one can find the binding circle that surrounds the entrance to Omnath's prison. A complex arrangement of strange globular swamp-growths, stone hedrons, and animal bones, the circle creates an eerie sensation in those who approach it. The effect deters living beings from approaching the circle's center, where a huge pit leads deep into the ground - hence, few travelers even come close to opening it. Those who have gotten close have died to the destructive surges of power that lash out from the circle.
According to some, the pit in the center leads into the Soul Stair, an infinitely-long spiral staircase reportedly leading down into the bowels of the world. The Stair connects the relatively rational surface world with a seething, surreal void below, the place where Omnath, a being composed of raw mana, is forever imprisoned.
Religious pilgrims from across Zendikar travel to the Prison of Omnath on a twice-yearly basis to perform the Ritual of Lights, a ceremony designed to protect the world from the release of Omnath. In their view, Omnath is a malevolent, chaotic, primeval force, and its release would represent the destruction of most forms of life. They encircle the site with seventy-seven candles and chant prayers and songs, believing that the ritual strengthens the magical "walls" that make up the Prison.
But Zendikar is changing. The old bonds that have kept Zendikar dormant have been broken.
An assault by land-elementals has interrupted the Ritual of Lights. The attack wounded and killed a number of the humanoid ritualists, ending the chants and scattering the sacred candles.
Omnath.
Is.
Loose.
Many of the Omnath, Locus of Mana decks I saw online go one of two routes:
- Use the mana stored in Omnath to cast big threats early. Cards like Avenger of Zendikar, Worldspine Wurm and Wolfbriar Elemental bring the beats to your opponent.
- Voltron. Make Omnath big, give him stuff like Whispersilk Cloak, Sword of Vengeance and Canopy Cover and deal 21 Commander Damage.
I'm not Timmy enough to go with the first version, and Voltron decks seem a bit boring to me. But I like EtB effects and green has quite a few good ones.
In this deck, I try to take out all opposing threats with toolbox creatures, for which I run a plethora of tutors.
My wincon is a mixture of the archetypes mentioned above. Once silly things like Jin-Gitaxias, Core Augur, Nicol Bolas, Planeswalker, Grave Pact or Akroma's Memorial are off the board, I go in for huge swings with Omnath, Locus of Mana or with my toolbox creatures.
- Elvish Mystic, Fyndhorn Elves, Llanowar Elves, Sol Ring and Green Sun's Zenith for Dryad Arbor - First turn ramp. A second-turn Omnath, Locus of Mana is brutal.
- Freyalise, Llanowar's Fury - Now I can make even more Llanowar Elves!
- Joraga Treespeaker - I love this guy. that early in the game is nothing to be scoffed at.
- Skyshroud Claim - Good, old-fashioned ramp sorceries. Casting Skyshroud Claim on turn 3 and still attacking with Omnath for 3 damage is amazing.
- Wood Elves, Yavimaya Dryad, Solemn Simulacrum - Early-game ramp, late-game deck thinning, card draw, great to flicker, what's not to love about these guys?
- Doubling Cube - It needs to net you , but after that it just gets ridiculous.
- Boundless Realms - is a huge investment but I have never regretted it. Even if you get only 4 lands, it gets so much easier to cast stuff the next turns.
- Traverse the Outlands - Omnath was huge, now he is huger...
- Vernal Bloom - Sure my opponents gain from it, too. But they splash Green, I play nothing but. It's very rare that I don't cast this.
- Nissa, Who Shakes the World - She's a one-sided Vernal Bloom and late-game ramp.
- Mana Reflection - The ridiculous cousin of Vernal Bloom. Get double mana even from my Elves and Sol Ring? Turn Doubling Cube into Tripling Cube? Sign me up!
- Emerald Medallion - Especially good in the early game. But even late-game, it can make the difference between casting one or two spells.
- Seedborn Muse - Cast stuff on your turn, untap, fill up Omnath for the next turn. Fun times.
- Sword of Feast and Famine - Those lands you got with Boundless Realms? Now you get to untap them!
- Acidic Slime - Hits everything except creatures and planeswalkers and comes with a Deathtouch body. Always happy to cast him.
- Reclamation Sage - Acidic Slime's less powerful but cheaper sister.
- Brutalizer Exarch - I don't want to see this permanent. No, not even in your graveyard!
- Woodfall Primus - Great body, great effect, great card.
- Terastodon - A 9/9 for that can singlehandedly destroy all my opponent's dreams or give me tokens in exchange for some land? Yes, please!
- Bane of Progress - I run quite a lot of artifacts and enchantments, so this potentially fucks me up, too. But there are games where artifacts or enchantments just dominatae the table, so it's important to be able to wipe them.
- Freyalise, Llanowar's Fury - Not a creature, but too good to pass up.
- Silklash Spider, Stingerfling Spider, Whiptongue Hydra - They destroy fliers and render many attacks useless with their huge butts.
- Duplicant - Exiling opposing creatures is much better than destroying them. Also, depending on the imprinted creature, it can get a nice body.
- Predator, Flagship - Repeatable removal is fun (for me, anyway). Sadly, it's not a creature, so I can't tutor it up.
- Ulvenwald Tracker - The fight mechanic on a stick. Now I can use Acidic Slime, Hornet Queen, Polukranos, World Eater and Omnath, Locus of Mana to destroy opposing creatures. Or kill Woodfall Primus. Or kill any other creature for Mimic Vat. Or...
- Meteor Golem - It's certainly not the best card out here, but it's solid.
- The Great Aurora - Nobody expects that one. Basically resets the game, but usually favours me, as I can just cast Omnath, Locus of Mana again and don't lose the stored mana.
- Sylvan Library - With 40 starting life, this one is very powerful. I usually take all cards, if I'm over 20 life. Not so powerful late-game, but smoothing out my draws is good, too.
- Lifecrafter's Bestiary - The extra really shouldn't be a problem. The scry is a nice bonus.
- Regal Force - Even with only 2 or 3 other creatures out, this is good. Flickering it is amazing.
- Freyalise, Llanowar's Fury - Her ultimate is a Regal Force. But mostly I alternatingly destroy stuff with and make some Llanowar Elves with her first two abilities...
- Rishkar's Expertise - Even without Omnath on the field, I hvae enough huge creatures to warrant a spot for this.
- Genesis Wave - Well, it's not really card draw, but insane card advantage. Even for = it hits so much value...
- Cloudstone Curio - I love this card. Casting Llanowar Elves to get back Terastodon is so much fun.
- Temur Sabertooth - Essentially Cloudstone Curio without the need for another creature and multiple times per turn (if I have the mana).
- Eternal Witness - Green staple. Getting any card from my graveyard is cool, flickering her is cooler.
- Panharmonicon - Not really flicker/recursion, but it lets me use my creatures more than once, too.
- Mimic Vat - Endless Possibilities.
- Green Sun's Zenith, Chord of Calling, Finale of Devastation - Tutors that put the creatures directly onto the battlefield are great. The Zenith is is also first-turn ramp with Dryad Arbor.
- Fauna Shaman - A tutorable tutor! And you can activate it more than once! And it gets Genesis into your graveyard! Stupid thing is, I need a creature in my hand, which isn't always the case.
- Fierce Empath - Finds my bigger creatures and is great to flicker.
- Woodland Bellower - A very decent body that brings with it one of my smaller toolbox creatures? Sounds good.
- Brutalizer Exarch - Usually I just tuck something with him, but the tutor ability is there...
- Citanul Flute - Tutoring and casting Terastodon gets a bit epensive, but in most cases, I have more than enough mana.
- Eldritch Evolution, Birthing Pod, Wild Pair - What's better than casting your toolbox creatures? Correct, using them to get the next one.
- Summoner's Pact - Basically a free tutor. If I win that turn, the upkeep cost doesn't matter. Even if I don't win, some threats need an immidiate answer, which may be too expansive for another tutor. I actually lost with this once by casting it second turn and then having my mana elves destroyed :(
- Planar Bridge - Expensive, but it's repeatable and searches for any permanent. Well worth it.
- Lightning Greaves, Swiftfoot Boots - Not so much for the haste, but for the shroud/hexproof. Omnath, Locus of Mana has an ugly tendency to get destroyed.
- Yavimaya Hollow - What's not to love about regeneration? It also lets me use big amounts of mana, even though Omnath has damage marked on him.
- Asceticism - The first two points combined in one card.
- Winding Canyons and Yeva, Nature's Herald - Casting creatures with flash is never bad. Destroy threats immidiatly. Surprise your opponent. Circumvent board wipes. Shrug board wipes or spot removal off, because I can just cast Omnath, Locus of Mana again before my mana pool empties. Also, with Seedborn Muse, they merge into Prophet of Kruphix, which is so much fun for me and so annoying for my opponents.
- Seedborn Muse - Untapping all my lands would be good. But now I also get extra activations of Ulvenwald Tracker, Fauna Shaman, Citanul Flute, Planar Portal, Predator, Flagship and Mimic Vat.
- Homeward Path - At my LGS, there are a few decks that take control of opposing creatures, so this one is in all my Commander decks.
- Scavenging Ooze, Scavenger Grounds - Graveyard removal is needed against pretty much all decks.
- Mirage Mirror - Can be another mana doubler or Panharmonicon or Planar Bridge or ...
- Shadowspear - So you thought your stuff having hexproof or indestructible would save you? Well, think again!
- Just beating my opponents down with creatures ranging from 1/1 to 9/9. Boring, but it happens.
- Rancor, Shadowspear, Sword of Feast and Famine, Predator, Flagship, Rogue's Passage - These give Omnath, Locus of Mana some form of evasion. Commander damage incoming!
- Craterhoof Behemoth, Pathbreaker Ibex - Those 1/1 - 9/9 creatures? Now they all get +x/+x and trample.
- Genesis Wave - While = gives you great card advantage, = and up wins the game. Massive amounts of triggers. My hand gets flooded with cards from Regal Force. Oh look, I hit Eternal Witness, Mana Reflection and 7 lands! Let's do this again! And there's Craterhoof Behemoth. Who wants to play with it? (Actually, most of the time, it doesn't get this far. Most of my opponent's scoop when I announce Genesis Wave for huge s...)
These are cards that were suggested multiple times or just seem like they would be good in here.
- Big Stompy Creatures. I realize they are powerful cards and Omnath, Locus of Mana makes them easy to cast. They don't fit in this deck, though. I want to play toolbox creatures that deal with opposing threats. If it's a problem and not a problem solver, it doesn't belong in here.
- Green EDH staples that aren't creatures. I try to maintain a high creature count for Garruk, Caller of Beasts and all my creature tutors. This is, after all, a toolbox deck.
- Helix Pinnacle - It was in the first draft. Personally, I think it's kinda boring. Also, I Never. Fucking. Ever. got it off. Either I just hadn't the mana or it was destroyed.
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Vorinclex, Voice of Hunger - I've had two problems with this guy:
- He's very oppressive. Often, I couldn't just end the game shortly after I played him. So, if noone had an immidiate answer, my opponents sat at the table, doing nothing much (that is the point of him, after all), watching me struggle to end it all. We all saw this as a problem: They asked me to remove him shortly after I came to the same decision.
- Bribery. I'm okay with my own Terastodon destroying my stuff. But killing a creature can be hard for this deck even without my lands not untapping.
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Oblivion Stone, Nevinyrral's Disk, All is Dust - I don't really need them. In most games, I just get rid of their stuff and beat them down with Omnath, Locus of Mana and my toolbox creatures. If their board becomes too oppressing, I have The Great Aurora, which works in my favour most of the time.
Ramp. Llanowar Elves, Fyndhorn Elves, Elvish Mystic, Sol Ring, Joraga Treespeaker or (my favourite) Green Sun's Zenith for Dryad Arbor. I will mulligan to 5 cards to have one of these in my opening hand. If I don't, I sit around, twiddling my thumbs, hearing a sigh of relief from all around me.
Omnath, Locus of Mana. If I did nothing on turn 1, now is the time for Sylvan Library, Fauna Shaman, Wall of Blossoms or Elvish Visionary.
Store mana in Omnath, ramp, occasionally swing with Omnath. Most importantly, react to opposing threats by tutoring for and casting the right answer.
Give Omnath, Locus of Mana evasion or turn your creatures into huge tramplers with Craterhoof Behemoth, Pathbreaker Ibex or Kamahl, Fist of Krosa. Genesis Wave can give you any of that or be just a huge card advantage.
Suggestions are very welcome.
Take a look at my other decks: hyperlocke
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