Thantis Invaders

Commander / EDH BRG (Jund) Group Slug Theme/Gimmick

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Land (37)

• 1x Barren Moor
• 1x Bloodstained Mire
• 1x Bojuka Bog
• 1x Cinder Glade
• 1x Command Tower
• 1x Dragonskull Summit
• 1x Evolving Wilds
• 4x Forest
• 1x Forgotten Cave
• 1x Golgari Rot Farm
• 1x Gruul Turf
• 1x Hanweir Battlements  ^Meld
• 1x Hissing Quagmire
• 1x Jund Panorama
• 1x Kessig Wolf Run
• 4x Mountain
• 1x Mountain Valley
• 1x Overgrown Tomb
• 1x Rakdos Carnarium
• 1x Reflecting Pool
• 1x Rogue's Passage
• 1x Rootbound Crag
• 1x Savage Lands
• 1x Smoldering Marsh
• 1x Stomping Ground
• 2x Swamp
• 1x Temple of Abandon
• 1x Temple of Malice
• 1x Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth
• 1x Woodland Cemetery

Sorcery (6)

• 1x Cultivate
• 1x Harvest Season
• 1x Hour of Promise
• 1x Hunting Wilds
• 1x Kodama's Reach
• 1x Lavalanche

Creature (29)

• 1x Ant Queen
• 1x Ashling, the Extinguisher
• 1x Charnelhoard Wurm
• 1x Drana, Liberator of Malakir
• 1x Dread
• 1x Goblin Diplomats
• 1x Goblin Spymaster
• 1x Gorm the Great
• 1x Grim Haruspex
• 1x Hanweir Garrison  ^Meld
• 1x Hunted Troll
• 1x Kazuul, Tyrant of the Cliffs
• 1x Master of Cruelties
• 1x Necropolis Regent
• 1x Nesting Dragon
• 1x Phage the Untouchable
• 1x Pharika, God of Affliction
• 1x Reaper of the Wilds
• 1x Royal Assassin
• 1x Sapling of Colfenor
• 1x Scavenging Ooze
• 1x Shaman of Forgotten Ways
• 1x Sidisi, Undead Vizier
• 1x Stigma Lasher
• 1x Ulvenwald Tracker
• 1x Varchild, Betrayer of Kjeldor
• 1x Vigor
• 1x Virtus the Veiled
• 1x Xantcha, Sleeper Agent

Instant (4)

• 1x Bedevil
• 1x Berserk
• 1x Chaos Warp
• 1x Windgrace's Judgment

Commander (1)

Enchantment (10)

• 1x Asceticism
• 1x Dictate of Erebos
• 1x Evolutionary Leap
• 1x Exquisite Blood
• 1x Pernicious Deed
• 1x Phyrexian Arena
• 1x Sandwurm Convergence
• 1x Theater of Horrors
• 1x Vow of Lightning
• 1x Vow of Malice

Artifact (10)

• 1x Akroma's Memorial
• 1x Assault Suit
• 1x Batterskull
• 1x Bow of Nylea
• 1x Chromatic Lantern
• 1x Golgari Signet
• 1x Quietus Spike
• 1x Rakdos Signet
• 1x Sol Ring
• 1x Swiftfoot Boots

Planeswalker (3)

• 1x Chandra, Torch of Defiance
• 1x Garruk Relentless  ^Flip
• 1x Vraska the Unseen

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I was trying to find a slightly different direction from other thantis decks, and the result was going much heavier on "deal damage to player" effects rather than prison effects. Offense over defense has its costs, and, honestly, I'm not sure I'm happy with the way this plays sometimes.

Its goal is to use Thantis to make blocks considerably more difficult for your opponents and, ideally, clear up board states or at least have your opponents take whacks at each other while you ramp.

Then you take advantage of the effects your own creatures have when they are able to deal damage to enemies.

Currently very vulnerable to go-wide strategies, which is normally a good matchup for more defensive thantis decks, so I'm hoping I can fix that with some more modifications.

It also, for some very obvious reasons, generates a lot of enmity, and doesn't always have the resilience to survive what it brings upon itself. Sometimes I find myself out of cards because my threats, while quite threatening, also get picked off by multiple opponents, and if I don't draw the relevant card advantage engines it is difficult to recover from that.

Date added	5 years
Last updated	5 years
Legality	This deck is Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	14 - 0 Mythic Rares 53 - 0 Rares 16 - 0 Uncommons 7 - 0 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	3.79
Tokens	Assassin 1/1 B w/ Player Killer, Dragon 2/2 R, Dragon Egg 0/2 R, Emblem Chandra, Torch of Defiance, Enchantment Snake 1/1 BG, Faerie 1/1 U, Goblin 1/1 R for Goblin Spymaster, Human 1/1 R, Human 2/2 G, Insect 1/1 G, Morph 2/2 C, Ogre 3/3 R, Phyrexian Germ 0/0 B, Survivor 1/1 R, Wolf 1/1 B, Wolf 2/2 G, Wurm 5/5 G, Zombie 2/2 B