Rhys, bringer of armies

Commander / EDH*

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Creature (19)

• 1x Avacyn's Pilgrim
• 1x Avenger of Zendikar
• 1x Birds of Paradise
• 1x Courser of Kruphix
• 1x Craterhoof Behemoth
• 1x Dwynen's Elite
• 1x Elvish Mystic
• 1x Emmara, Soul of the Accord
• 1x Essence Warden
• 1x Imperious Perfect
• 1x Llanowar Elves
• 1x Marwyn, the Nurturer
• 1x Metallic Mimic
• 1x Oracle of Mul Daya
• 1x Priest of Titania
• 1x Seedborn Muse
• 1x Soul Warden
• 1x Soul's Attendant
• 1x Trostani Discordant

Instant (9)

• 1x Back to Nature
• 1x Enlightened Tutor
• 1x Heroic Intervention
• 1x Join Shields
• 1x March of the Multitudes
• 1x Path to Exile
• 1x Second Harvest
• 1x Secure the Wastes
• 1x Swords to Plowshares

Enchantment (13)

• 1x Anointed Procession
• 1x Beastmaster Ascension
• 1x Brave the Sands
• 1x Cathars' Crusade
• 1x Cryptolith Rite
• 1x Divine Visitation
• 1x Doubling Season
• 1x Glare of Subdual
• 1x Growing Rites of Itlimoc  ^Flip
• 1x Legion's Landing  ^Flip
• 1x Parallel Lives
• 1x Primal Vigor
• 1x Rest in Peace

Sorcery (11)

• 1x Camaraderie
• 1x Citywide Bust
• 1x Collective Unconscious
• 1x Cultivate
• 1x Dusk / Dawn
• 1x Elvish Promenade
• 1x Harvest Season
• 1x Idyllic Tutor
• 1x Rampant Growth
• 1x Skyshroud Claim
• 1x Sylvan Offering

Planeswalker (1)

• 1x Elspeth, Sun's Champion

Commander (1)

Land (38)

• 1x Canopy Vista
• 1x Command Tower
• 1x Field of Ruin
• 14x Forest
• 1x Ghost Quarter
• 1x Oran-Rief, the Vastwood
• 14x Plains
• 1x Reliquary Tower
• 1x Sunpetal Grove
• 1x Temple Garden
• 1x Verdant Catacombs
• 1x Windswept Heath

Artifact (8)

• 1x Illusionist's Bracers
• 1x Lightning Greaves
• 1x Paradox Engine
• 1x Rings of Brighthearth
• 1x Sol Ring
• 1x Swiftfoot Boots
• 1x Thaumatic Compass  ^Flip
• 1x Vanquisher's Banner

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This is a Rhys the Redeemed deck featuring some new friends from the Selesnya guild. Newcomers: March of the Multitudes gives this deck a strong out in the lategame, often doubling your tokens for zero mana. Leaving Rhys to activate his second ability after this has resolved (best done by activating his ability and responding with this card) can flood the board with ridiculous presence, demanding a boardwipe to deal with it.

Emmara, Soul of the Accord helps you by giving you a strong token generator whenever she's tapped. We'll later see that tapping your creatures is a very easy thing to do in this deck. Whilst not as powerful as Rhys, she's a lot cheaper to activate.

Trostani Discordant allows for some interesting effects on the game while in play. Being an anthem for our army is always welcome. On its own, it provides three bodies which synergize well with the previous line. The last line on the card is rarely relevant, but when it is, it is very useful. Hosing cards like Rise of the Dark Realm, chaos cards like Confusion in the Ranks, and Zedruu the Greathearted very well.

Cameraderie is a good payoff for the deck. Sometimes a win-more, sometimes a card to help you catch up if you have three or more creatures on the battlefield. If you don't profit from casting this, you have bigger things to worry about.

Join Shields is another, worse Heroic Intervention and we play both to protect us from boardwipes.

Citywide Bust is techically a card associated with the Boros legion, it still fits very well with what we're trying to achieve by removing the biggest threats to us, namely big creatures that can somehow evade our defences. It also works as a (mostly) one-sided boardwipe.

Divine Vistation is another card associated with the Boros legion, but having Rhys call down an army of angels instead of elves is not something to take lightly.

This deck is capable of consistently winning turn 7-10 if uninterrupted quickly.

Date added	6 years
Last updated	6 years
Legality	This deck is not Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	10 - 0 Mythic Rares 38 - 0 Rares 13 - 0 Uncommons 11 - 0 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	3.08
Tokens	Angel 4/4 W, Angel 4/4 W w/ Vigilance, Copy Clone, Elf Warrior 1/1 G, Elf Warrior 1/1 GW, Emblem Elspeth, Sun's Champion, Plant 0/1 G, Soldier 1/1 W, Soldier 1/1 W w/ Lifelink, Treefolk */* G, Vampire 1/1 W, Warrior 1/1 W