Rhys, Lord of Squirrels

Commander / EDH GW (Selesnya)

Sylvanrush

Enchantment (21)

• 1x Anointed Procession
• 1x Aura Shards
• 1x Beastmaster Ascension
• 1x Blind Obedience
• 1x Carpet of Flowers
• 1x Cryptolith Rite
• 1x Divine Visitation
• 1x Doubling Season
• 1x Druid's Call
• 1x Earthcraft
• 1x Epic Struggle
• 1x Exploration
• 1x Growing Rites of Itlimoc  ^Flip
• 1x Luminarch Ascension
• 1x Mirari's Wake
• 1x Parallel Lives
• 1x Primal Vigor
• 1x Sandwurm Convergence
• 1x Squirrel Nest
• 1x Sterling Grove
• 1x True Conviction

Artifact (8)

• 1x Acorn Catapult
• 1x Akroma's Memorial
• 1x Eldrazi Monument
• 1x Illusionist's Bracers
• 1x Mox Amber
• 1x Skullclamp
• 1x Sol Ring
• 1x Thousand-Year Elixir

Instant (3)

• 1x Enlightened Tutor
• 1x Krosan Grip
• 1x Path to Exile

Creature (20)

• 1x Argothian Enchantress
• 1x Avenger of Zendikar
• 1x Deep Forest Hermit
• 1x Deranged Hermit
• 1x Eldrazi Displacer
• 1x Elvish Piper
• 1x Essence Warden
• 1x Fauna Shaman
• 1x Geist-Honored Monk
• 1x Nut Collector
• 1x Reveillark
• 1x Seedborn Muse
• 1x Sigil Captain
• 1x Squirrel Mob
• 1x Squirrel Wrangler
• 1x Stuffy Doll
• 1x Tolsimir Wolfblood
• 1x Trostani, Selesnya's Voice
• 1x Vigor
• 1x Voice of Resurgence

Sorcery (6)

• 1x Acorn Harvest
• 1x Chatter of the Squirrel
• 1x Cultivate
• 1x Farseek
• 1x Harmonize
• 1x Hour of Reckoning

Planeswalker (4)

• 1x Ajani, Mentor of Heroes
• 1x Elspeth, Sun's Champion
• 1x Freyalise, Llanowar's Fury
• 1x Huatli, Radiant Champion

Commander (1)

Land (37)

• 1x Brushland
• 1x Canopy Vista
• 1x Command Tower
• 12x Forest
• 1x Gaea's Cradle
• 1x Gavony Township
• 1x Graypelt Refuge
• 1x High Market
• 1x Krosan Verge
• 1x Opal Palace
• 8x Plains
• 1x Plains
• 1x Razorverge Thicket
• 1x Reflecting Pool
• 1x Selesnya Sanctuary
• 1x Sunpetal Grove
• 1x Temple Garden
• 1x Temple of Plenty
• 1x Windswept Heath

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Rhys and his Squirrel Horde

"One fateful night, bright-eyed and bushy-tailed, they rose" - Chittering Doom

The newly-printed Modern Horizons copy of Deep Forest Hermit had me brush off this old favorite of mine and make a few changes & updates.

How the Deck Works

Rhys the Redeemed and his doubling ability = Squirrel mayhem.

Combos & Cool Interactions

• Earthcraft & Squirrel Nest = infinite squirrels

• Acorn Catapult and Stuffy Doll = ping Stuffy Doll and get a squirrel.. - enchant Stuffy Doll with Druid's Call and you get 2 squirrels a hit - throw Seedborn Muse into the mix to do it every turn.

Other Thoughts:

• Reveillark was put in the deck to get more Squirrels from either Deep Forest Hermit or Deranged Hermit (or BOTH!) coming back from the graveyard.. There are enough other low-power creatures in the deck to make Reveillark worth-while.. tricky piece will be killing off Reveillark to trigger the ability - we'll see how that goes, might necessitate a sac outlet, like Altar of Dementia

• I may add Heroic Intervention - getting board-wiped is pretty painful.

• Another possible card to add: Awakening - scratch that, helps everyone.

• Yet another: Eldrazi Displacer to flicker Deranged Hermit or Deep Forest Hermit (I would need more colorless sources, like High Market , which would synergize with Reveillark as a sac outlet.

• Infected Squirrels would be kind of an interesting theme to go with i.e. Krosan Beast , or think of Sandy Cheeks from Spongebob when Patrick and Spongebob wake her up while she's hibernating - "Ok Pinhead Larry, now you get YOURS" - lots of Squirrels and then Triumph of the Hordes (Little know fact, while Squirrels are capable of carrying rabies, it's EXTREMELY rare for them to carry, it's almost to the point of have zero chance of getting rabies from a Squirrel - they do carry other stuff, like Baylisascaris procyonis that is no beuno) - anyway, I digress, likely not going to put Triumph of the Hordes in the deck.

Top Ranked	Achieved #18 position overall 5 years ago Achieved #11 position in Commander / EDH 5 years ago Achieved #1 position in Commander / EDH GW (Selesnya) 5 years ago
Date added	6 years
Last updated	3 years
Legality	This deck is Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	13 - 0 Mythic Rares 45 - 0 Rares 14 - 0 Uncommons 7 - 0 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	3.59
Tokens	Angel 4/4 W, Angel 4/4 W w/ Vigilance, Copy Clone, Elemental */* GW, Elf Druid 1/1 G, Elf Warrior 1/1 GW, Emblem Elspeth, Sun's Champion, Emblem Huatli, Radiant Champion, Plant 0/1 G, Soldier 1/1 W, Spirit 1/1 W, Squirrel 1/1 G, Voja, Wurm 5/5 G
Folders	Possible decks to try