Smashface Gardening with Rith

Commander / EDH clayperce

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clayperce says... #1

rockleemyhero,
Thanks again for the suggestion of Growing Rites of Itlimoc  Flip! Maybe pull the Druids' Repository for it?

pskinn01,
I definitely like the idea of Anointed Procession; thanks much for pointing it out! And though I've already got Parallel Lives, they stack really nicely, so I don't mind the redundancy. What would you pull for it though? Looking at the other 4-drops, maybe Vedalken Orrery? Though the threat of Flashing something is a GREAT deterrent in the early game (when there are still a bunch of players, so it's safer to just attack someone else), so idk ...

And yes, Trailblazer's Boots are awesome. But I've run the card since the earliest days of the deck (and I talk about it in both of the accordion spoilers in the description). Thanks though.

griffstick,
I love it too; thanks so much! :-)

November 19, 2017 3:07 p.m. Edited.

rockleemyhero says... #2

For sure dude! I think that's fair trade. Same with the other one you mentioned in light of pskinn01's great suggestion.

Another thought would be Heroic Intervention to stop your opponents wraths. You could trade out Drumhunter, I think there are better options for draw and ramp.

All being said, you've inspired me to rebuild my Rith deck as well! Mine will probably focus more on etb triggers with the tokens, like Purphoros, God of the Forge, Impact Tremors, Pandemonium. One of the issues I found with Rith is the awkwardness of creating an army second main and giving a whole turn for your opponents to deal with you. There's not many surprises, like naya's biggest strength over selesnya tokens is haste, which is hard to abuse without extra combats.

So all being said, there may be some ways for us to capitalize with our army outside of the combat step while we wait for our turn to come back again. Collective Effort, Glare of Subdual, Kyren Negotiations (not sure about this how good this one tho but it seems fun), and Nullmage Shepherd

November 19, 2017 3:39 p.m.

pskinn01 says... #3

Sorry, i had several cards that I was going to mention, and i removed all but 2 as I found them in your deck, or it said you already considered. I guess I removed Skyblinder Staff, instead of boots. As it limits rift's blockers to those with reach (which is not played much in most edh decks I've seen). Or go with Prowler's Helm which is in your maybe board already.

November 19, 2017 4:13 p.m.

clayperce says... #4

rockleemyhero,
I'll give Heroic Intervention a hard look. I've got a couple (from Standard) so it'd be easy to swap one in. I like Boros Charm in that role (because of all the additional modes), but the redundancy from Intervention could be nice.

That's SO cool to hear you're breaking Rith out again too!

And yeah, Naya has some absolutely insane ETB effects ... I've got those (and also a bunch of sac' effects) in my Hazezon Tamar deck. With Rith though, I basically just have Mana Echoes and some X-spells ... leaving room for a few Dragons :-)
Also, watch out other Token decks if you run Pandemonium, because it's symmetrical. IMO, Warstorm Surge is well worth the extra mana.

November 19, 2017 4:23 p.m.

clayperce says... #5

pskinn01,
No worries! Skyblinder Staff is interesting ... I don't think I'd ever realized how little Reach is used, until you mentioned it. A guy in my group had been threatening to build an Ishkanah, Grafwidow Spider tribal deck ... but if it never materialized, the Staff could be really fun. And yeah, Prowler's Helm is solid. I actually used to run it periodically, whenever I felt the need for more Voltron effects.

Thanks again!

November 19, 2017 11:25 p.m.

I would differently put Tendershoot Dryad in because it is meant for this deck and I would consider Ghalta, Primal Hunger and Zacama, Primal Calamity because they are cool dinosaur.

February 2, 2018 11:29 p.m.

Salad_Thunder says... #7

Just a note that there is now a Saproling hub available for you to add the deck to when you cycle it!

May 9, 2018 2:24 p.m.

clayperce says... #8

Salad_Thunder,
Oh that's awesome; thanks much!

May 9, 2018 4:57 p.m.

RecklessFable says... #9

Are you still playing this deck? Is it achieving your goal of 75%? Also, Doubling Season reprint. Hope you pulled one

November 20, 2018 12:30 a.m.

clayperce says... #10

RecklessFable,
I only very rarely play it tbh, since my EDH group all moved away :-(
A bunch of folks were back in town over the holidays last year though; we were able to get together, and Rith was able to do some serious rampaging! I'm hoping she'll get some playmat time this year too.

I kinda hate the BBD Doubling Season art (IMO, it looks like art from a Minecraft TCG rather than from Magic), so I wasn't too bummed to not pull one. If I ever make the upgrade, it'll be with the RAV art for sure. :-)

I still really love this deck, but it'd be fun to brew with an entirely new Rith card. We got Darigaaz Reincarnated and Primevals' Glorious Rebirth, so maybe Rith'll show up the next time we're on Dominaria ...

November 20, 2018 8 a.m. Edited.

pidyon says... #11

Can I suggest adding Fists of Ironwood and Pollenbright Wings? Both are fairly cheap options and would work in the deck pretty well.

On the damage you can stack triggers so Pollenbright Wings creates tokens first and then you get that many more Saprolings from Rith. Nice little way to boost token production.

Fists of Ironwood doesn't need much explanation. Give Rith trample to get his trigger and make a couple Saprolings

May 1, 2020 1:05 p.m.

pidyon says... #12

Also I would suggest swapping Druid of the Anima for Paradise Druid, which is strictly better

May 1, 2020 1:16 p.m.

DuzyPies says... #13

Hey I love this deck, are you thinking about updating it a little with new cards over the last couple years? I'm sure there are a few that can fit in here

August 28, 2020 7:40 p.m.

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