Sole Survivor Rayami

Commander / EDH* BUG (Sultai) Voltron

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Land (36)

• 1x Alchemist's Refuge
• 1x Blighted Woodland
• 1x Blooming Marsh
• 1x Bojuka Bog
• 1x Botanical Sanctum
• 1x Cathedral of War
• 1x Command Tower
• 1x Drowned Catacomb
• 1x Exotic Orchard
• 1x Fabled Passage
• 1x Fetid Pools
• 1x Forest
• 1x Forest
• 1x Forest
• 1x Gateway Plaza
• 1x Golgari Guildgate
• 1x Grim Backwoods
• 1x High Market
• 1x Island
• 1x Island
• 1x Island
• 1x Llanowar Wastes
• 1x Morphic Pool
• 1x Opulent Palace
• 1x Simic Guildgate
• 1x Sunken Hollow
• 1x Swamp
• 1x Swamp
• 1x Swamp
• 1x Tainted Isle
• 1x Tainted Wood
• 1x Temple of Mystery
• 1x Twilight Mire
• 1x Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth
• 1x Woodland Cemetery
• 1x Yavimaya Coast

Creature (24)

• 1x Bassara Tower Archer
• 1x Beast Whisperer
• 1x Beastcaller Savant
• 1x Belltoll Dragon
• 1x Birds of Paradise
• 1x Bontu the Glorified
• 1x Erebos, God of the Dead
• 1x Gurmag Swiftwing
• 1x Kefnet the Mindful
• 1x Leyline Prowler
• 1x Majestic Myriarch
• 1x Nightveil Predator
• 1x Nimble Obstructionist
• 1x Plaguecrafter
• 1x Rhonas the Indomitable
• 1x Sagu Mauler
• 1x Sakura-Tribe Elder
• 1x Sidisi, Undead Vizier
• 1x Silumgar Sorcerer
• 1x Sphinx of the Final Word
• 1x Stonecoil Serpent *f-pre*
• 1x Stormsurge Kraken
• 1x Trygon Predator
• 1x Viscera Seer

Artifact (8)

• 1x Blackblade Reforged
• 1x Champion's Helm
• 1x Chromatic Lantern
• 1x Conqueror's Flail
• 1x Hammer of Nazahn
• 1x Lifecrafter's Bestiary
• 1x Sol Ring
• 1x Worldslayer

Enchantment (7)

• 1x Attrition
• 1x Burgeoning
• 1x Imprisoned in the Moon
• 1x Leyline of Anticipation
• 1x Phyresis
• 1x Phyrexian Arena
• 1x Song of the Dryads

Commander (1)

Instant (12)

• 1x Costly Plunder
• 1x Fact or Fiction
• 1x Growth Spiral
• 1x Harrow
• 1x Heroic Intervention
• 1x Moonlight Bargain
• 1x Polymorphist's Jest
• 1x Pongify
• 1x Rapid Hybridization
• 1x Sultai Charm
• 1x Swan Song
• 1x Windgrace's Judgment

Sorcery (12)

• 1x Circuitous Route
• 1x Cultivate
• 1x Diabolic Intent
• 1x Eldritch Evolution
• 1x Hour of Promise
• 1x Kodama's Reach
• 1x Life's Legacy
• 1x Neoform
• 1x Primal Growth
• 1x Rampant Growth
• 1x Toxic Deluge
• 1x Villainous Wealth

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Voltron Rayami

In my opinion, Hexproof and Indestructible on Rayami is very important. Once both abilities come online, he can be very difficult to answer except forced sacrifice or mass exile. Cards that stop force sacrifice are rather limited such as Tajuru Preserver , Tamiyo, Collector of Tales and Assault Suit .

This is how I'll rank all relevant abilities:

1. Hexproof:
   A voltron creature without hexproof feels naked and yes, there are a few cards out there that cause permanents to lose it. Well, I'll bite the bullet. I also don't include 1/1 vanilla creature with hexproof.
   • Belltoll Dragon and Sagu Mauler can be cast for and only need to get exiled by Rayami's first ability.
   • Bassara Tower Archer is cheap with reach and Nightveil Predator is packed with relevant abilities.
   • Sylvan Caryatid is under consideration and I don't have it.
2. Indestructible
   I think this is the second most important ability for a voltron creature. Board wipe can be common in EDH but it tends to happen when the board gets crowded, less likely when only Rayami is on board.
   • The original Amonkhet Gods Bontu the Glorified , Kefnet the Mindful , and Rhonas the Indomitable are great. Cost/card effective, abilities and usefulness. They checked everything Rayami craves for.
   • The Theros Gods are somewhat great but the devotion thingy means they may not meet the requirement of Rayami's ability. However, the card draw from Erebos, God of the Dead is too irresistible.
3. Flying, first strike, deathtouch, haste, lifelink, menace, trample, reach
   These abilities are good, and are widely available across this colour. Though haste can be slightly rare.
4. Vigilance
   This ability isn't all that rare in Sultai, but efficient creature cards with this ability is rather limited. Ramunap Hydra is such a fine inclusion I'm still looking for. End-Raze Forerunners is costly and more effective if you're running token build.
5. Double strike: Sadly this is out of luck. Not in Sultai up until today.

Equipment:

1. Blackblade Reforged is obviously for Rayami.
2. Conqueror's Flail makes Rayami a partially Grand Abolisher and give +3/+3.
3. Hammer of Nazahn gives INDESTRUCTIBLE and +2/+0 while making equip cost free during ETB.
4. Worldslayer is one hell of a card your opponent hates while it works best with Indestructible commander. Once Rayami gains Indestructible and equipped, he basically locks down the board.

Ramp is not something I'm familiar with. I got some, see how they work. I do find Circuitous Route works very well with my not-so-efficient land-base as I've just moved into Sultai. It tutors out two gates (I got all 4 in my deck) and put them onto battlefield, which fixes the problem with colour requirement, way better than Explosive Vegetation .

Date added	5 years
Last updated	5 years
Exclude colors	WR
Legality	This deck is Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	7 - 0 Mythic Rares 50 - 0 Rares 19 - 0 Uncommons 15 - 0 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	3.02
Tokens	Ape 3/3 G, Bird 2/2 U, Frog Lizard 3/3 G, Morph 2/2 C, Thopter 1/1 C, Zombie 2/2 B