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This is my first EDH deck, and I've really enjoyed playing it so far. The general strategy is to abuse ETB effects by copying, flickering, evoking, and returning cards from the graveyard.

For example, a really fun combo is using Riku's ability to copy Wormfang Drake as it comes into play; the first copy exiles some cool fatty w/ an ETB effect (e.g. Bogardan Hellkite), the second copy exiles the first, and the fatty comes back into play, triggering its ETB effect. When your second Drake dies, the first is triggered back into the battlefield, and for only UG (Riku's ability), you can do the whole thing over again!

One of the things I'd like to work on is the early game. Other than mana ramp, I'm not able to put out pressure until the 4-5 mana range. Savage Knuckleblade and Spellbreaker Behemoth are great for early game protection/pressure, but the need for early game fixing makes playing them difficult.

I'd greatly appreciate any suggestions you might have!

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Thanks for the great suggestions! I've ordered a couple new cards, and I'll post an update when I get to play test the new configuration. Here's some highlights to the changes:

Removed creature ramp - Yavimaya Elder, Wood Elves, Rattleclaw Mystic

Removed destruction - Hull Breach, Krosan Grip

Removed weaker & non-ETB creatures - AEthersnipe, Soul of the Harvest, Inferno Titan, Kessig Cagebreakers, Coiling Oracle, Thassa, God of the Sea

Swapped Clone --> Phyrexian Metamorph

Swapped Edric, Spymaster of Trest --> Consecrated Sphinx

Added spell mana ramp - Cultivate, Farseek

Added more spells - Mystic Retrieval, Decimate, Guided Passage, Fact or Fiction, Prophetic Bolt

Getting more creatures & copies out - Defense of the Heart, Tooth and Nail

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Date added 10 years
Last updated 10 years
Legality

This deck is not Highlander legal.

Rarity (main - side)

10 - 0 Mythic Rares

32 - 0 Rares

13 - 0 Uncommons

12 - 0 Commons

Cards 99
Avg. CMC 4.03
Tokens Beast 3/3 G, Copy Clone, Eldrazi Spawn 0/1 C, Emblem Garruk, Caller of Beasts, Human 2/2 G, Insect 1/1 G w/ Flying, Deathtouch, Plant 0/1 G, Wolf 2/2 G
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