Xydratog

Commander / EDH

MULRAH

Lands (36)

• 1x Bountiful Promenade
• 1x Deathcap Glade
• 1x Deserted Beach
• 1x Dreamroot Cascade
• 1x Fiery Islet
• 4x Forest
• 1x Graven Cairns
• 1x Grove of the Burnwillows
• 1x Haunted Ridge
• 1x Horizon Canopy
• 1x Kessig Wolf Run
• 1x Lair of the Hydra
• 1x Luxury Suite
• 1x Morphic Pool
• 1x Nimbus Maze
• 1x Nurturing Peatland
• 1x Overgrown Farmland
• 1x Rejuvenating Springs
• 1x River of Tears
• 1x Rockfall Vale
• 1x Sea of Clouds
• 1x Shattered Sanctum
• 1x Shipwreck Marsh
• 1x Silent Clearing
• 1x Spectator Seating
• 1x Spire Garden
• 1x Stormcarved Coast
• 1x Sunbaked Canyon
• 1x Sundown Pass
• 1x Training Center
• 1x Undergrowth Stadium
• 1x Vault of Champions
• 1x Waterlogged Grove

Atogatog (7)

• 1x Arcane Adaptation
• 1x Conspiracy
• 1x Krark's Thumb
• 1x Okaun, Eye of Chaos
• 1x Trailblazer's Boots
• 1x Turntimber Ranger
• 1x Xenograft

Card Draw (8)

• 1x Elemental Bond
• 1x Expansion / Explosion
• 1x Finale of Revelation
• 1x Hydroid Krasis
• 1x Pull from Tomorrow
• 1x Sphinx's Revelation
• 1x Stroke of Genius
• 1x The Immortal Sun

Fun (8)

• 1x Branching Evolution
• 1x Endless One
• 1x Filigree Sages
• 1x Heliod, Sun-Crowned
• 1x Helix Pinnacle
• 1x Mikaeus, the Lunarch
• 1x Triskelion
• 1x Unbound Flourishing

Ramp (8)

• 1x Astral Cornucopia
• 1x Boreal Druid
• 1x Doubling Cube
• 1x Hadana's Climb  ^Flip
• 1x Somberwald Sage
• 1x Sylvan Caryatid
• 1x Ulvenwald Hydra
• 1x Zaxara, the Exemplary

X-Spells: Cheat | Life (8)

• 1x Chord of Calling
• 1x Debt to the Deathless
• 1x Energy Bolt
• 1x Green Sun's Zenith
• 1x Maga, Traitor to Mortals
• 1x Vial Smasher the Fierce
• 1x Villainous Wealth
• 1x Wargate

Commander (1)

Power & Protection (8)

• 1x Animar, Soul of Elements
• 1x Berserkers' Onslaught
• 1x Discontinuity
• 1x Kresh the Bloodbraided
• 1x Mayael's Aria
• 1x Shalai, Voice of Plenty
• 1x Teferi's Veil
• 1x Xenagos, God of Revels

Removal (8)

• 1x Bonfire of the Damned
• 1x By Force
• 1x Fire Covenant
• 1x Pest Infestation
• 1x Polukranos, World Eater
• 1x Steelbane Hydra
• 1x Voracious Hydra
• 1x Whiptongue Hydra

X-Spells: Hydra (8)

• 1x Hydra Omnivore
• 1x Kalonian Hydra
• 1x Lifeblood Hydra
• 1x Managorger Hydra
• 1x Mistcutter Hydra
• 1x Phytohydra
• 1x Primordial Hydra
• 1x Protean Hydra

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This deck is primarily about x-spells, which of course includes hydra.

This deck was built with the 8x8 method, by which I create eight modules with eight cards each. Half the modules are "standard" modules I develop for every deck, and the other half are devoted to themes specific to the deck.

Standard Modules

Every deck Commander deck needs ramp, removal, and card draw, as well as some fun cards! Those are the standard module I include in every deck. In the case of this deck, these modules each have there own unique flavor.

1. Ramp: This suite includes ramp elements that work with the character of this deck and some combo components that are actually a little weak if used just for basic ramp but can result in infinite mana (great for x-spells!) when lined up with their combo companions.
2. Removal: Nearly all the removal here is an x-spell, which can benefit from Zaxara or scenarios in which you've accumulated infinite mana.
3. Card Draw: All of these are x-spells, so you can draw your whole deck in the right scenario. As with the removal, some of these effects are tied to creatures, so you're left with a threat after you draw your cards.
4. Fun: These cards feature synergy or combo pieces that help the deck go off, alternate win conditions, or other fun effects.

Theme Modules

Most of these modules are directly related to the x-spell theme of this deck.

1. Hydra: All of these cards are hydra. Other hydra exist in this deck, but these are the hydra that serve solely as threats with no other major function in the deck.
2. "Cheat & Life": This module is basically two half-modules. The first half hunts down cards and cheats them into play. The other half provides x-spells that directly hit players' life totals.
3. Power & Protection: It took some playtesting for me to realize this, but this deck generally wants to win with a couple enormous creatures. As a result anything that takes advantage of giant power numbers is excellent, and you also want to protect your creatures once they've reached a certain size. This module does that.
4. Atogatog: This module provides cards that help connect the commander to the theme. If all your creatures are atogs, suddenly Atogatog can do its thing. Turntimber Ranger happens to combo with these same cards. Okaun and Krark's Thumb are a fun addition I want in a deck somewhere and can help Atogatog finish the game in the right conditions.

Atogatog?!?!

Our group has agreed to use commanders of only mid-power or below, so options like Zaxara are not available. Progenitus would be appropriate, but I liked it more at the helm of my big mana deck; it also makes you a target even though this deck is not designed to get something like Progenitus on the board. I thought Atogatog could be a possibility, as you could use cards like Arcane Adaptation to turn your hydra into atogs and sacrifice them for commander damage. It's a stretch, but it felt a little more unique than using something totally generic like Cromat.

Date added	3 years
Last updated	3 years
Legality	This deck is Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	20 - 0 Mythic Rares 67 - 0 Rares 8 - 0 Uncommons 1 - 0 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	3.16
Tokens	Human 2/2 G, Hydra 0/0 G, Pest 1/1 BG, Wolf 2/2 G
Folders	Retired - Commander Tribal Cycle (Mid-Power)