Winota Staxy Snowball [PRIMER]

Commander / EDH Competitive Hatebears Humans Infinite Combo Primer RW (Boros) Stax

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Creature (44)

• 1x Alseid of Life's Bounty
• 1x Archon of Emeria
• 1x Aven Mindcensor
• 1x Combat Celebrant
• 1x Dauntless Dismantler
• 1x Drannith Magistrate
• 1x Eidolon of Rhetoric
• 1x Ethersworn Canonist
• 1x Gingerbrute
• 1x Giver of Runes
• 1x Glowrider
• 1x Goblin Cratermaker
• 1x Goblin Rabblemaster
• 1x Grand Abolisher
• 1x Harsh Mentor
• 1x Imperial Recruiter
• 1x Kiki-Jiki, Mirror Breaker
• 1x Legion Warboss
• 1x Loyal Apprentice
• 1x Magus of the Moon
• 1x Moggcatcher
• 1x Mother of Runes
• 1x Ornithopter
• 1x Ornithopter of Paradise
• 1x Phyrexian Revoker
• 1x Phyrexian Walker
• 1x Pia Nalaar
• 1x Recruiter of the Guard
• 1x Remorseful Cleric
• 1x Rograkh, Son of Rohgahh
• 1x Sanctum Prelate
• 1x Seasoned Pyromancer
• 1x Serra Ascendant
• 1x Signal Pest
• 1x Skrelv, Defector Mite
• 1x Soulless Jailer
• 1x Spirit of the Labyrinth
• 1x Taunting Kobold
• 1x Thalia's Lancers
• 1x Thalia, Guardian of Thraben
• 1x Thalia, Heretic Cathar
• 1x Village Bell-Ringer
• 1x Vryn Wingmare
• 1x Zealous Conscripts

Land (35)

• 1x Battlefield Forge
• 1x Blinkmoth Nexus
• 1x Clifftop Retreat
• 1x Command Tower
• 1x Dwarven Mine
• 1x Evolving Wilds
• 1x Exotic Orchard
• 1x Furycalm Snarl
• 1x Inspiring Vantage
• 1x Kher Keep
• 10x Mountain
• 1x Needleverge Pathway  ^Flip
• 12x Plains
• 1x Rugged Prairie
• 1x Slayers' Stronghold

Artifact (6)

• 1x Arcane Signet
• 1x Boros Signet
• 1x Fellwar Stone
• 1x Lightning Greaves
• 1x Sol Ring
• 1x Talisman of Conviction

Sorcery (1)

• 1x Vandalblast

Commander (1)

Enchantment (7)

• 1x Deafening Silence
• 1x Legion's Landing  ^Flip
• 1x Reconnaissance
• 1x Rising of the Day
• 1x Rule of Law
• 1x Splinter Twin
• 1x Stony Silence

Instant (6)

• 1x Abrade
• 1x Boros Charm
• 1x Path to Exile
• 1x Red Elemental Blast
• 1x Silence
• 1x Swords to Plowshares

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Time to Start the Snowball

Introducing Winota! The legitimate competitive Boros option

• Up until this point in EDH/cEDH Boros has lacked two of the most important factors of EDH, card advantage and mana advantage.
• Winota is the solution to this issue. By converting attacking creatures into more creatures on the battlefield we are gaining card advantage by accessing creatures that were not in our hand and mana advantage by being able to put those creatures onto the field without playing there mana costs.
• This ability is quite strong and the reason that this card makes Boros a viable cEDH option.
• Due to the explosive nature of the deck, not only does it lay down a significant amount of stax down to slow opponents asymetrically but we pressure the win usually 1-2 turns after our commander has resolved.

The No cast Clause :D

Because the way Winota works a few cards become immediately broken

• Grand Abolisher can hit the field off a trigger and your opponents can not interact with you at all
• Magus of the Moon and Harsh Mentor enters the battlefield and your opponents have no time in priority to float mana prior to.
• Sanctum Prelate - because of the wording on this card you name a number "as it enters the battlefield" and your opponents never have priority. Meaning that if you name the correct # you can lock cards in their hands. (did confirm this with multiple judges :) )
• Drannith Magistrate immediately locks opponents out of non-hand cast spells.
• Thalia, Guardian of Thraben & Glowrider immediately apply a tax.
• Ethersworn Canonist - immediately limits the spells per turn

Note: Errata's

Some cards have since been classified as human on MTG gatherer over time but not on all printings and are as follows

• Mother of Runes
• Glowrider
• Moggcatcher

Combos that we "work" towards

Our primary gameplan is to get to a Kiki-Jiki, Mirror Breaker based combo or to utilize the backup plan of Splinter Twin

Winota, Joiner of Forces helps us out finding the two halves of our primary combo first by human based tutor creatures that can grab Kiki-Jiki, Mirror Breaker.

• Imperial Recruiter
• Recruiter of the Guard
• Moggcatcher
• Thalia's Lancers

The other half of the combo is one of three human creatures that our commander can hit directly

• Zealous Conscripts
• Village Bell-Ringer
• Combat Celebrant

Kiki-Jiki Combos

• Kiki-Jiki, Mirror Breaker + Zealous Conscripts = activate Kiki targeting conscripts to make a copy. Target kiki with the conscripts untap ability. Repeat. Makes infinite copies of conscripts to swing for lethal.

• Kiki-Jiki, Mirror Breaker + Village bellringer - same as above except bellringer untaps all creatures and doesn't have to target.

• Kiki-Jiki, Mirror Breaker + Combat Celebrant - activate Kiki Pre-Combat on your turn targeting celebrant. Attack with the haste token. Use the triggered ability of celebrant exerting it which will untap kiki and make another combat. Repeat.

Note: If you enchant village bellringer or Zealous Conscripts or Combat Celebrant with Splinter Twin they act the same as the Kiki-Jiki Combos detailed above.

Date added	3 years
Last updated	7 months
Legality	This deck is Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	6 - 0 Mythic Rares 37 - 0 Rares 21 - 0 Uncommons 10 - 0 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	2.15
Tokens	Copy Clone, Dwarf 1/1 R, Elemental 1/1 R, Goblin 1/1 R, Kobold 0/1 R, Thopter 1/1 C, Vampire 1/1 W
Folders	My actual decks, Winota, Joiner of Forces