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Commander / EDH* BG (Golgari) Dredge Lands Scapeshift

TheStarSwain

Land (39)

• 1x Barren Moor
• 1x Cabal Coffers
• 1x Cavern of Souls
• 1x Dakmor Salvage
• 1x Fabled Passage
• 1x Field of the Dead *f-pre*
• 6x Forest
• 1x Karn's Bastion
• 1x Lake of the Dead
• 1x Lotus Field *f-pre*
• 1x Marsh Flats
• 1x Misty Rainforest
• 1x Overgrown Tomb
• 1x Petrified Field
• 1x Polluted Delta
• 1x Prismatic Vista
• 1x Snow-Covered Forest
• 1x Snow-Covered Swamp
• 1x Strip Mine
• 8x Swamp
• 1x Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth
• 1x Verdant Catacombs
• 1x Vesuva
• 1x Windswept Heath
• 1x Wooded Foothills
• 1x Woodland Cemetery
• 1x Yavimaya Hollow

Enchantment (7)

• 1x Beastmaster Ascension
• 1x Doubling Season
• 1x Exploration
• 1x Phyrexian Arena
• 1x Retreat to Hagra
• 1x Squandered Resources
• 1x Sylvan Library

Sorcery (17)

• 1x Casualties of War
• 1x Cultivate
• 1x Damnation
• 1x Demonic TutorGC
• 1x Explosive Vegetation
• 1x Exsanguinate
• 1x Hour of Promise
• 1x Kodama's Reach
• 1x Life from the Loam
• 1x Maelstrom Pulse
• 1x Regrowth
• 1x Scapeshift
• 1x Scheming Symmetry
• 1x Splendid Reclamation
• 1x Sylvan Scrying
• 1x Torment of Hailfire
• 1x Toxic Deluge

Instant (14)

• 1x Abrupt Decay
• 1x Assassin's Trophy *f-pre*
• 1x Beast Within
• 1x Crop Rotation
• 1x Deathsprout
• 1x Entomb
• 1x Fatal Push
• 1x Harrow
• 1x Heroic Intervention
• 1x Krosan Grip
• 1x Realms Uncharted
• 1x Vampiric TutorGC
• 1x Veil of Summer
• 1x Worldly Tutor

Commander (1)

Creature (15)

• 1x Avenger of Zendikar
• 1x Azusa, Lost but Seeking
• 1x Dread Presence
• 1x Evolution Sage
• 1x Grazing Gladehart
• 1x Jaddi Offshoot
• 1x Nissa, Vastwood Seer  ^Flip
• 1x Ob Nixilis, the Fallen
• 1x Oracle of Mul Daya
• 1x Rampaging Baloths
• 1x Ramunap Excavator
• 1x Springbloom Druid
• 1x Underrealm Lich *f-pre*
• 1x Wayward Swordtooth
• 1x World Shaper

Planeswalker (4)

• 1x Garruk, Cursed Huntsman
• 1x Nissa, Vital Force
• 1x Nissa, Voice of Zendikar *f-pre*
• 1x Nissa, Who Shakes the World

Artifact (3)

• 1x Aetherflux Reservoir *f-pre*
• 1x Alhammarret's Archive
• 1x Eternity Vessel

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A deck built after my own heart. When I was first reintroduced to MTG about 2 years ago the very first lore story that I stumbled upon was The Gitrog Monster! No longer was I just around for the game itself and the mental production it helps to provide. But also for the illustrious storyline. 2 years later I was looking for something to build that was just different then my other decks. Id stayed in my wheel house pretty good over two years and both of my favorite decks were Grixis (Nekusar and Inalla, Archmage Ritualist.) I wanted to build something without infinite combos that was more or less value and just overall fun to play. I decided on the Hypnotoad because of my love for the lore and having lots of mana. Not long before this excursion I was introduced to foreign foils from a friend and became more or less infatuated by them. So after a few months and plenty of time/ money spent tracking down cards- I have most of a foreign foil lands deck with a subtheme of Nissa. Nissa reminds me alot of my fiancee atleast in the storyline because of her character development and character design, the fact that she just fit right in here was an additional bonus! Anywho let me know what you think and if you have any ideas on general upgrades that I should look into. (I already know that I need the rest of the fetchlands, boseju, and Crucible of Worlds)

So because of not wanting any truly infinite combos to this deck I decided to go in a more.... janky direction. The deck aims to gain life off of various landfall creatures/ enchantments and use that life to distance myself from the rest of the table while also incurring value. I can then use that life as a finisher through things like Aetherflux Reservoir. Value is mostly acquired through The Gitrog Monster letting me draw cards through all the fetch lands and what not. Aetherflux Reservoir + Eternity Vessel is a pretty neat little closing synergy if you have a bunch of landfall triggers at your disposal.

Cards im intersted in adding potentially? Far Wanderings Boseju Carpet of Flowers Constant Mists Ayulas Influence (this would however be potentially infinite with dakmor/frog) Ulamog, Infinite Gyre Ulamog, Ceaseless Hunger Kozilek, Butcher of Truth Emrakul?

Titans not necessary unless Im going more heavily into dredge loops. I have thought of keeping all the dredge and discard loop stuff on the side in case I wanted to swap it over in a more competitive pod.

Date added	5 years
Last updated	5 years
Key combos	Aetherflux Reservoir + Eternity Vessel
Legality	This deck is Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	16 - 0 Mythic Rares 48 - 0 Rares 15 - 0 Uncommons 5 - 0 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	3.20
Tokens	Ashaya, the Awoken World, Beast 3/3 G, Beast 4/4 G, City's Blessing, Emblem Garruk, Cursed Huntsman, Emblem Nissa, Vital Force, Emblem Nissa, Who Shakes the World, Plant 0/1 G, Wolf 2/2 BG, Zombie 2/2 B