Selvala's Big Dudes

Commander / EDH* Budget Combo Mono-Green Ramp

DaKennyMan22

Creature (39)

• 1x Arbor Elf
• 1x Archetype of Endurance
• 1x Artisan of Kozilek
• 1x Birds of Paradise
• 1x Boreal Druid
• 1x Chameleon Colossus
• 1x Elvish Archdruid
• 1x Elvish Mystic
• 1x Farhaven Elf
• 1x Fierce Empath
• 1x Fyndhorn Elder
• 1x Fyndhorn Elves
• 1x Garruk's Horde
• 1x Genesis Hydra
• 1x Heroes' Bane
• 1x Hooded Hydra
• 1x Hydra Broodmaster
• 1x Kalonian Hydra
• 1x Kamahl, Fist of Krosa
• 1x Karametra's Acolyte
• 1x Llanowar Elves
• 1x Managorger Hydra
• 1x Mistcutter Hydra
• 1x Nylea, God of the Hunt
• 1x Polukranos, World Eater
• 1x Priest of Titania
• 1x Reclamation Sage
• 1x Regal Behemoth
• 1x Regal Force
• 1x Seeker of Skybreak
• 1x Siege Behemoth
• 1x Somberwald Sage
• 1x Surrak, the Hunt Caller
• 1x Thunderfoot Baloth
• 1x Vorinclex, Voice of Hunger
• 1x Whisperer of the Wilds
• 1x Wirewood Symbiote
• 1x Woodland Bellower
• 1x Yisan, the Wanderer Bard

Sorcery (10)

• 1x Commune with Nature
• 1x Enshrined Memories
• 1x Gelatinous Genesis
• 1x Genesis Wave
• 1x Green Sun's Zenith
• 1x Harmonize
• 1x Harvest Season
• 1x Primal Command
• 1x Time of Need
• 1x Traverse the Ulvenwald

Land (36)

• 1x Crystal Vein
• 30x Forest
• 1x Ghost Quarter
• 1x Maze of Ith
• 1x Mosswort Bridge
• 1x Nephalia Academy
• 1x Nykthos, Shrine to Nyx

Artifact (5)

• 1x Akroma's Memorial
• 1x Puppet Strings
• 1x Sol Ring
• 1x Sword of the Paruns
• 1x Umbral Mantle

Commander (1)

Instant (6)

• 1x Chord of Calling
• 1x Fog
• 1x Invigorate
• 1x Krosan Grip
• 1x Mutagenic Growth
• 1x Withstand Death

Enchantment (2)

• 1x Instill Energy
• 1x Wild Pair

Planeswalker (1)

• 1x Garruk, Caller of Beasts

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Sideboard

Enchantment (1)

• 1x Ground Seal

Instant (1)

• 1x Spring Cleaning

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Maybeboard

Creature (9)

• 1x Acidic Slime
• 1x Elvish Piper
• 1x Lifeblood Hydra
• 1x Omnath, Locus of Mana
• 1x Pathbreaker Ibex
• 1x Patron of the Orochi
• 1x Soul of the Harvest
• 1x Ulamog's Crusher
• 1x Void Winnower

Enchantment (6)

• 1x Beastmaster Ascension
• 1x Burgeoning
• 1x Defense of the Heart
• 1x Mana Reflection
• 1x Triumph of Ferocity
• 1x Zendikar Resurgent

Land (1)

• 1x Reliquary Tower

Instant (1)

• 1x Worldly Tutor

Artifact (3)

• 1x Caged Sun
• 1x Doubling Cube
• 1x Throne of the God-Pharaoh

Sorcery (3)

• 1x Overwhelming Stampede
• 1x Tooth and Nail
• 1x Triumph of the Hordes

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My first commander deck. It is designed to ramp mana and make big, scary dudes. I also designed this with a budget in mind, so I can't go over 200$. Now for the deck:

Our commander Selvala, Heart of the Wilds lets us ramp mana to pay for the big dudes that will win the game for us. Ideally we want a Forest and a one drop mana elf like Elvish Mystic on turn one, then another Forest by turn two so we can cast Selvala, Heart of the Wilds and tap it for mana by turn three. The game can go pretty much anywhere from here, but by turn four, we want either Nylea, God of the Hunt to tap selvala for 6, or Invigorate which we can cast for free, powering up selvala enough to let us cast Artisan of Kozilek as early as turn 4, and swinging by turn 5. Forcing an opponent to sac 2 permanents by turn 5 is pretty scary I think.

This deck has two infinite mana combos. Umbral Mantle and Sword of the Paruns untapping Selvala, Heart of the Wilds when she taps for more than four mana, which I've had happen as early as turn 4. Even without the infinities, you can still ramp arbitrarily large amounts of mana using Heroes' Bane or Chameleon Colossus abilities.

If you happen to get a lot of mana (not necessarily infinite) and a Genesis Wave, you should win the game if it doesn't get countered or your opponent doesn't do something about it. Cast Genesis Wave with enough mana to reveal your entire deck to your opponents. You can put out every permanent if you want, but the only ones that matter at this point are Akroma's Memorial and Hydra Broodmaster with it's awesome monstrosity ability. Akroma's Memorial will give all those hydra tokens haste and trample so you can attack every opponent immediately with a many arbitrarily powerful token dudes.

Date added	7 years
Last updated	7 years
Exclude colors	WUBR
Legality	This deck is Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	9 - 0 Mythic Rares 29 - 1 Rares 19 - 0 Uncommons 13 - 1 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	3.38
Tokens	Emblem Garruk, Caller of Beasts, Hydra */* G, Morph 2/2 C, Ooze */* G, Snake 1/1 G, Monarch Emblem