The Beauty and her Beasts

Commander / EDH Combo Mono-Green Primer Ramp

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Creature (32)

• 1x Archetype of Endurance
• 1x Artisan of Kozilek
• 1x Chameleon Colossus
• 1x Decimator of the Provinces
• 1x Duplicant
• 1x Eternal Witness
• 1x Feral Hydra
• 1x Garruk's Horde
• 1x Genesis
• 1x Genesis Hydra
• 1x Greenwarden of Murasa
• 1x Gyre Sage
• 1x Heroes' Bane
• 1x Hooded Hydra
• 1x Hydra Broodmaster
• 1x Kalonian Hydra
• 1x Lifeblood Hydra
• 1x Managorger Hydra
• 1x Mistcutter Hydra
• 1x Nylea, God of the Hunt
• 1x Omnath, Locus of Mana
• 1x Paleoloth
• 1x Polukranos, World Eater
• 1x Primordial Hydra
• 1x Protean Hydra
• 1x Sakura-Tribe Elder
• 1x Somberwald Sage
• 1x Terastodon
• 1x Thunderfoot Baloth
• 1x Ulvenwald Hydra
• 1x Ursapine
• 1x Verdurous Gearhulk

Planeswalker (1)

• 1x Garruk, Caller of Beasts

Land (36)

• 1x Arcane Lighthouse
• 26x Forest
• 1x Homeward Path
• 1x Mosswort Bridge
• 1x Nykthos, Shrine to Nyx
• 1x Oran-Rief, the Vastwood
• 1x Reliquary Tower
• 1x Rogue's Passage
• 1x Temple of the False God
• 1x Winding Canyons
• 1x Wirewood Lodge

Enchantment (11)

• 1x Asceticism
• 1x Burgeoning
• 1x Concordant Crossroads
• 1x Elemental Bond
• 1x Greater Good
• 1x Helix Pinnacle
• 1x Primal Vigor
• 1x Song of the Dryads
• 1x Sylvan Library
• 1x Wild Pair
• 1x Zendikar Resurgent

Artifact (11)

• 1x Doubling Cube
• 1x Erratic Portal
• 1x Extraplanar Lens
• 1x Lightning Greaves
• 1x Panharmonicon
• 1x Sol Ring
• 1x Staff of Domination
• 1x Sword of the Paruns
• 1x Thousand-Year Elixir
• 1x Umbral Mantle
• 1x Urza's Incubator

Instant (3)

• 1x Beast Within
• 1x Krosan Grip
• 1x Worldly Tutor

Sorcery (5)

• 1x Overwhelming Stampede
• 1x See the Unwritten
• 1x Selvala's Stampede
• 1x Soul's Majesty
• 1x Verdant Confluence

Commander (1)

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Creature (8)

• 1x Bane of Progress
• 1x Garruk's Packleader
• 1x Glissa Sunseeker
• 1x Hydra Omnivore
• 1x Karametra's Acolyte
• 1x Mossbridge Troll
• 1x Siege Behemoth
• 1x Vorinclex, Voice of Hunger

Planeswalker (1)

• 1x Garruk, Primal Hunter

Land (1)

• 1x Dark Depths

Enchantment (3)

• 1x Doubling Season
• 1x Instill Energy
• 1x Leyline of Lifeforce

Artifact (3)

• 1x Caged Sun
• 1x Cloudstone Curio
• 1x Strata Scythe

Sorcery (2)

• 1x Genesis Wave
• 1x Primal Command

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The Beauty and her Beasts

Wow! That's what I thought when I first saw the new Selvala. I HAD to create an EDH Deck around her. Well, here it is:

Primer

The Commander Show

She's awesome! Ramp and card draw in one card. Just try to protect her one or two rounds and then ramp your way up to infinitely powerful creatures. She's your win con, so don't let her slip away.

Reading this Deck Show

Reading the deck is quite simple. It's mono-colored so you only profit from greens advantages. Which are quite a bunch! Creatures that grow infinitely, enchantments which give you card advantage and some rear cover and artifacts that help you ramp even better and combo off with infinite mana.

Deck colors Show

As stated before it's mono-green. Which means:-an awesome pool of ramp cards (which you hopefully won't need most of the time)-strong creatures-great draw mechanics-and awesome artwork!

Deck Strengths Show

With Selvala you can ramp like crazy. As long as she's on your battlefield you won't be mana screwed. The deck's also very aggressive! You won't have many unavoidable win cons but a tremendous amount of strong creatures which will trample your opponents down! There are also many options for a decent card advantage.

Deck Weaknesses Show

The deck's fast and strong but still needs some turns to move forward. Especially if your opponents are constantly able to remove Selvala. The deck needs it's commander. Also there's a decent amount of good cards to support your strategy but only very few cards to stop your opponents strategies.

The Strategy

General Strategy Show

Cast Selvala early in the game, cast creature after creature and let her ramp get better and better. And draw cards in between. Don't hesitate to cast your hydras for less mana than you want them to be (as long as its power is at least 3 or better) 'cause there will be other hydras which are at least as good as the one before. However, there are hydras which are better to be cast early an some you wanna spare for later. Therefor check early, mid and late game sections

Early Game Show

Cast Selvala as early as possible, maybe together with for example Gyre Sage, Omnath, Locus of Mana, Drumhunter or Sakura-Tribe Elder and start with hydras that won't have any disadvantages when they're cast early on, like Managorger Hydra, Feral Hydra, Protean Hydra or Heroes' Bane.

Mid Game Show

Strengthen your army, cast even bigger hydras like Lifeblood Hydra, Hydra Broodmaster, Genesis Hydra and so on and profit not only from there strength but also their abilities. Try to get Brawn into your graveyard, to guarantee that you won't fail before your opponents defense.

Late Game Show

Your hydras died to mass removal? Cast cards like Paleoloth ot Genesis to get them back. You should also get your hands on cards like Umbral Mantle or Sword of the Paruns to let Selvala strengthen on her own.

Mulligans Show

You want two to three lands in your hands and one or two hydras you can cast early on. Also Support ramp cards and combo cards should be kept.

Combos Show

Selvala, Heart of the Wilds + Umbral Mantle :

That's propably the strongest infinite mana combo in this deck. You need only 3 forests on the battlefield to get this working. Use one forest to get two mana in your mana pool, use those two and tap a second forest to untap Selvala. She gets +2/+2. Use the last forest to use Selvala's ability again, now you get 4 mana. Three to untap, +2/+2, ability, 6 mana and so on. That way, Selvala's power is sky rocketing to infinity, as well as your mana pool. Cast every card you like.

Selvala, Heart of the Wilds + Sword of the Paruns or Staff of Domination

Infinite mana combos as well. The only thing you need is a creature with power 5 (sword) or 6 (staff) or bigger. The good thing with the staff is that once Selvala produces mor than 6+ mana you can go infinite mana + draw your whole deck + cast your whole deck. That's super mega awesome!

Helix Pinnacle + Selvala, Heart of the Wilds + Umbral Mantle

Instant win. produce infinite mana and win the game.

Omnath, Locus of Mana + Selvala, Heart of the Wilds

Omnath grows stronger whenever you use Selvala's ability and her ability profits from his growing strength.

Card Choices

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Lands Show

Since this Deck is mono-colored there's not much to say. All lands are self-explanatory

Creatures Show

Hydras:

There are a lot of Hydras in this deck 'cause of their variable power. They work perfectly fine together with Selvala. Many of them also have other useful triggered abilities like Genesis Hydra (Tutor) or Lifeblood Hydra (lifegain and card draw). Works great!

Other Creatures:

Archetype of Endurance

Protection for all your creatures and itself. Only mass removal can do something now!

Bane of Progress

Artifact removal

Nylea, God of the Hunt and Thunderfoot Baloth

Trample is important here.

Genesis and Paleoloth

Two creatures to get your creatures back from the graveyard once they died.

Gyre Sage

Mana Ramp and it grows bigger, too as long as you keep the fatties coming.

Omnath, Locus of Mana

Great synergy with Selvala and a bomb if played early.

Terastodon

Important removal.

Ursapine

Boosts all your creatures. Great synergy with infinite mana combos.

Verdurous Gearhulk

A fattie that can be played early for a decent cost or as support for even stronger creatures.

Other Cards Show

Enchantments

Burgeoning

Awesome ramp in a multiplayer game. Never underestimate that card.

Elemental Bond, Greater Good and Sylvan Library

Decent card draw.

Helix Pinnacle

Win Condition. For more, see Combo section.

Primal Vigor

Let your Hydras enter the battlefield even stronger. Worse than Doubling Season but that card is too expensive for my wallet.

Song of the Dryads

Decent removal if needed.

Zendikar Resurgent

Even more ramp and card draw.

Artifacts

Mainly for ramp and to untap Selvala.

Ramp:

Emerald Medallion

Extraplanar Lens

Sol Ring

Urza's Incubator

Verdant Confluence

Animist's Awakening

Untap:

Staff of Domination

Sword of the Paruns

Thousand-Year Elixir

Umbral Mantle

Wirewood Lodge

Strata Scythe

For more power.

Instants and Sorceries

Removal:

Beast Within

Krosan Grip

Song of the Dryads

Tutors:

Worldly Tutor

See the Unwritten

Selvala's Stampede

Card Draw:

Soul's Majesty

Feedback

I hope you all enjoyed this primer! Please let me know if you have any suggestions how I can improve this deck.

I would be happy about a +1, if you like what you see!

Let the battles begin!

Date added	8 years
Last updated	8 years
Key combos	Omnath, Locus of Mana + Selvala, Heart of the Wilds Selvala, Heart of the Wilds + Umbral Mantle Selvala, Heart of the Wilds + Sword of the Paruns Helix Pinnacle + Selvala, Heart of the Wilds + Umbral Mantle
Legality	This deck is Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	15 - 0 Mythic Rares 42 - 0 Rares 16 - 0 Uncommons 1 - 0 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	4.02
Tokens	Beast 3/3 G, Elephant 3/3 G, Emblem Garruk, Caller of Beasts, Hydra X/X G, Morph 2/2 C, Snake 1/1 G
Folders	EDH - Ideas Random