Tatyova, Benthic Ramp

Commander / EDH GU (Simic) Lands Ramp

pkdan

Land (35)

• 1x Ancient Tomb
• 1x Breeding Pool
• 1x Deserted Temple
• 1x Dryad Arbor
• 1x Fabled Passage
• 1x Field of the Dead
• 1x Flooded Grove
• 1x Flooded Strand
• 4x Forest
• 1x Gaea's Cradle
• 3x Island
• 1x Lotus Field
• 1x Misty Rainforest
• 1x Mystic Sanctuary
• 1x Oboro, Palace in the Clouds
• 1x Polluted Delta
• 1x Prismatic Vista
• 1x Reliquary Tower
• 1x Simic Growth Chamber
• 3x Snow-Covered Forest
• 3x Snow-Covered Island
• 1x Strip Mine
• 1x Verdant Catacombs
• 1x Waterlogged Grove
• 1x Windswept Heath
• 1x Wooded Foothills

Enchantment (8)

• 1x Abundance
• 1x Burgeoning
• 1x Concordant Crossroads
• 1x Exploration
• 1x Mystic Remora
• 1x Retreat to Coralhelm
• 1x Rhystic Study
• 1x Sylvan Library

Creature (21)

• 1x Avenger of Zendikar
• 1x Azusa, Lost but Seeking
• 1x Coiling Oracle
• 1x Collector Ouphe
• 1x Courser of Kruphix
• 1x Craterhoof Behemoth
• 1x Dryad of the Ilysian Grove
• 1x Elvish Reclaimer
• 1x Eternal Witness
• 1x Lotus Cobra
• 1x Oracle of Mul Daya
• 1x Parcelbeast
• 1x Rampaging Baloths
• 1x Ramunap Excavator
• 1x Sakura-Tribe Elder
• 1x Sakura-Tribe Scout
• 1x Skyshroud Ranger
• 1x Spellseeker
• 1x Springbloom Druid
• 1x Titania, Protector of Argoth
• 1x Ulvenwald Hydra

Sorcery (10)

• 1x Cultivate
• 1x Finale of Devastation
• 1x Green Sun's Zenith
• 1x Kodama's Reach
• 1x Regrowth
• 1x Scapeshift
• 1x Search for Tomorrow
• 1x Splendid Reclamation
• 1x Tooth and Nail
• 1x Walk the Aeons

Artifact (4)

• 1x Crucible of Worlds
• 1x Mana Crypt
• 1x Sensei's Divining Top
• 1x Sol Ring

Commander (1)

Instant (21)

• 1x Beast Within
• 1x Brainstorm
• 1x Chord of Calling
• 1x Counterspell
• 1x Crop Rotation
• 1x Cyclonic Rift
• 1x Dig Through Time
• 1x Fierce Guardianship
• 1x Force of Negation
• 1x Force of Vigor
• 1x Force of Will
• 1x Harrow
• 1x Krosan Grip
• 1x Mystical Tutor
• 1x Nexus of Fate *list*
• 1x Pact of Negation
• 1x Pongify
• 1x Rapid Hybridization
• 1x Reality Shift
• 1x Swan Song
• 1x Worldly Tutor

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Creature (6)

• 1x Meloku the Clouded Mirror
• 1x Mystic Snake
• 1x Nissa, Vastwood Seer  ^Flip
• 1x Roil Elemental
• 1x Tireless Tracker
• 1x Uro, Titan of Nature's Wrath

Instant (1)

• 1x Noxious Revival

Sorcery (1)

• 1x Rude Awakening

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General description

My version of Tatyova, Benthic Druid EDH. It's a ramp/control deck and the main win conds are Craterhoof Behemoth and Finale of Devastation after you have gathered some creatures you can attack with. A notable fast way to win is also Tooth and Nail + Concordant Crossroads to tutor and give haste to Avenger of Zendikar and pump them with Craterhoof Behemoth. If the previously mentioned plan fails there are still some big token generators left like Titania, Protector of Argoth and Rampaging Baloths.

Complex plays you can do to win

The following plays will usually require a decent amount of lands in play in order to guarantee a win, with let's say a minimum of 7 (+ some creatures on board already) and up to 12. Usually you don't need 13+ for these wins unless you need mana for counterspells. You will notice that Gaea's Cradle plays a big role in these wins or at least makes them very easy to do. You can also variate the steps sometimes, but the core idea will be the same if you already have some of the needed cards in hand.

Scapeshift with enough lands in play and 1 land drop available

• Cast Scapeshift, float whatever mana you need
• Sacrifice enough lands to end up with 12+ creatures on board, zombies come from Field of the Dead
• Fetch Gaea's Cradle + Simic Growth Chamber + Field of the Dead + the best lands you can find for colors in case you don't win (maybe Reliquary Tower)
• Bounce Gaea's Cradle back to hand with Simic Growth Chamber etb
• Replay Gaea's Cradle which taps for a lot of mana because of the zombies
• Get Craterhoof Behemoth in play somehow BUT you need HASTE unless you can cast Nexus of Fate. Keep that in mind if you want to win on the spot, aka Concordant Crossroads or Finale of Devastation
• Attack everyone

Note: if you cannot fetch for Simic Growth Chamber for any reason, you can still do this with Deserted Temple in play and untapped, if you untap Gaea's Cradle with it for the same effect.

Tooth and Nail + Gaea's Cradle in play

• Cast Tooth and Nail with entwine
• Get Avenger of Zendikar + Spellseeker in play
• Tutor for Finale of Devastation with the seeker
• Cast it for X = 10 or more using Gaea's Cradle to win on the spot
• Get Craterhoof Behemoth in play with it for trample if needed, otherwise you still get +X/+X to creatures and HASTE
• Attack everyone

Note: IF you have Concordant Crossroads in play, you can tutor for Green Sun's Zenith with Spellseeker.

Tooth and Nail + Finale of Devastation in hand (or graveyard)

• Cast Tooth and Nail with entwine
• Get Avenger of Zendikar + Spellseeker in play
• Tutor for Crop Rotation with the seeker which you cast
• Tutor for Gaea's Cradle in play
• Cast Finale of Devastation for X = 10 or more to win on the spot
• Get Craterhoof Behemoth in play with it for trample if needed
• Attack everyone

Note: if Finale of Devastation is in your graveyard you can use Spellseeker to search for something like Regrowth, but you need to find Gaea's Cradle in some other way.

Chord of Calling on endstep + Craterhoof Behemoth in hand or tutor

• Cast Chord of Calling for X = 7 on the endstep BEFORE your turn
• Search and put in play Avenger of Zendikar
• On your turn somehow get Craterhoof Behemoth in play because the plants and avenger can attack now
• Attack everyone

To get Craterhoof Behemoth in play could mean hard casting it or tutoring for it with any tutor that puts in play. Not the most complex way to win but a quite unusual one.

A weird way to get infinite turns

This deck also has some kind of infinite combo but requires 4 cards to work, 1 being an enchantment (which you cannot tutor for):

• Retreat to Coralhelm + Sakura-Tribe Scout / Skyshroud Ranger + Oboro, Palace in the Clouds + Tatyova, Benthic Druid

This allows you to put all lands from the deck in play and draw the whole library. Along the way you can also play Lotus Cobra to generate extra mana if needed. From there you can get infinite turns with Nexus of Fate and or infinite tokens from landfall triggers and win with combat damage.

I don't currently run effects like Laboratory Maniac because drawing the whole library is not the mail goal of this deck. The previously mentioned combo requires a non-tutorable enchantment to work and there are already other ways to win if you draw the library, but they require you to deal combat damage.

Walk the Aeons for more infinite turns

This is more of a test card. Using Walk the Aeons you can get infinite turns if you can replay the sacrificed islands from the graveyard. If you get Ramunap Excavator or Crucible of Worlds with Azusa, Lost but Seeking in play you can get infinite turns, but in order to advance your board you might need an extra land drop to ensure you play 1 additional land per turn. Lotus Cobra also works nicely in this. From that you can do many things and if you draw your entire library you also have Nexus of Fate in case you like double infinite extra turns.

Just don't mill yourself out because you still need to win with combat damage.

This is the way I decided to build Tatyova, Benthic Druid. I definitely understand the fact that simic has a lot more consistent ways to win with infinite mana, however I wanted the power level to be acceptable among other decent decks. I wanted to make a deck that works like a better version of my Azusa, the Promised End deck. I don't consider it competitive, but it is still a strong deck that has answers to any threats. It forces you to build a board and ramp a lot while also being a control deck with plenty of removals and counterspells.

Date added	4 years
Last updated	4 years
Legality	This deck is not Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	11 - 0 Mythic Rares 47 - 0 Rares 17 - 0 Uncommons 12 - 0 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	2.89
Tokens	Ape 3/3 G, Beast 3/3 G, Beast 4/4 G, Bird 2/2 U, Elemental 5/3 G, Frog Lizard 3/3 G, Manifest 2/2 C, Plant 0/1 G, Zombie 2/2 B
Folders	tatyova commander