Rigo and the seductive apple

Commander / EDH Aggro Banding Basilisk GWU (Bant) Weenie

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Creature (44)

• 1x Adanto Vanguard
• 1x Avacyn's Pilgrim
• 1x Baldin, Century Herdmaster
• 1x Benalish Hero
• 1x Cho-Manno, Revolutionary
• 1x Cockatrice
• 1x Copperhorn Scout
• 1x Deftblade Elite
• 1x Elven Warhounds
• 1x Engulfing Slagwurm
• 1x Everdawn Champion
• 1x Frontline Medic
• 1x Golgari Decoy
• 1x Gorm the Great
• 1x Grazilaxx, Illithid Scholar
• 1x Harmonic Sliver
• 1x Icatian Skirmishers
• 1x Insidious Fungus
• 1x Kjeldoran Warrior
• 1x Leery Fogbeast
• 1x Llanowar Elves
• 1x Loyal Unicorn
• 1x Mentor of the Meek
• 1x Mtenda Herder
• 1x Odric, Master Tactician
• 1x Permeating Mass
• 1x Prized Unicorn
• 1x Saprazzan Heir
• 1x Satyr Piper
• 1x Selfless Savior
• 1x Seraph of the Sword
• 1x Shape Stealer
• 1x Stone-Tongue Basilisk
• 1x Stuffy Doll
• 1x Sylvan Basilisk
• 1x Tangle Asp
• 1x Taunting Elf
• 1x Thicket Basilisk
• 1x Timber Wolves
• 1x Tolarian Entrancer
• 1x Venomous Dragonfly
• 1x Vortex Elemental
• 1x Wood Elves
• 1x Woodvine Elemental

Land (38)

• 1x Bant Panorama
• 1x Brokers Hideout
• 1x Canopy Vista
• 1x Command Tower
• 1x Evolving Wilds
• 12x Forest
• 1x Fortified Village
• 1x Irrigation Ditch
• 4x Island
• 7x Plains
• 1x Port Town
• 1x Prairie Stream
• 1x Radiant Grove
• 1x Scavenger Grounds
• 1x Seaside Citadel
• 1x Skycloud Expanse
• 1x Tangled Islet
• 1x Vineglimmer Snarl

Artifact (3)

• 1x Baton of Morale
• 1x Bubble Matrix
• 1x Helm of Chatzuk

Instant (3)

• 1x Counterspell
• 1x Endless Detour
• 1x Negate

Commander (1)

Enchantment (6)

• 1x Cooperation
• 1x Cunning Evasion
• 1x Lure
• 1x Nature's Blessing
• 1x Utopia Sprawl
• 1x Venom

Sorcery (5)

• 1x Cultivate
• 1x Dusk / Dawn
• 1x Farseek
• 1x Harvest Season
• 1x Rampant Growth

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Banding deck that actually works.

-How banding works-

• When you attack or block you can create a band with any creatures with banding and one without.

• Attacking bands deal damage as normal if they are not blocked.

• I get to choose how damage is distributed from creatures blocking or blocked by the band. For example if I attack with Benalish Hero and Cho-Manno, Revolutionary and you block with your Segovian Leviathan, I can move all the damage to Cho-Manno, Revolutionary, thus preventing all the damage.

• Special mention to the interaction of trample with banding, lets say you attack with Colossal Dreadmaw and I block with Kjeldoran Warrior, even though I am blocking with one creature it still has a band and thus I can assign all the 6 damage of Colossal Dreadmaw to Kjeldoran Warrior negating the trample completely.

The strategy of this deck is to utilize combat tricks that come up with banding and giving banding with Baton of Morale and such. Some examples; Cho-Manno, Revolutionary is given banding with Helm of Chatzuk and band him with Golgari Decoy, all creatures block decoy and I prevent all the damage letting all my other creatures attack and be unable to be blocked. Lets add some spice. lets say I attack with Stone-Tongue Basilisk and give him banding with Cooperation, while I have threshold and band him with Adanto Vanguard, I wipe their entire board and keep my cool lizard very cool. The deck is built around these interactions and is very fun.

The commander I choose was Rigo, Streetwise Mentor because alot of the banding creatures are 1/1s. So we can get cheap draws in the early game and later on band them with indestructible creatures like Stuffy Doll drawing you extra cards. Rigo, Streetwise Mentor also has shield which is relevant sometimes.

Date added	8 months
Last updated	1 month
Legality	This deck is Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	31 - 0 Rares 20 - 0 Uncommons 25 - 0 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	2.98