Yoshi Egg Thrower

Commander / EDH RGW (Naya)

SlushyJones

Creature (43)

• 1x Algae Gharial
• 1x Axebane Guardian
• 1x Bearer of the Heavens
• 1x Blood Aspirant
• 1x Bogardan Dragonheart
• 1x Boros Battleshaper
• 1x Brion Stoutarm *oversized*
• 1x Burnished Hart
• 1x Changeling Hero
• 1x Dawntreader Elk
• 1x Dragon Egg
• 1x End-Raze Forerunners
• 1x Engulfing Slagwurm
• 1x Giant Adephage
• 1x Goring Ceratops
• 1x Greater Gargadon
• 1x Havoc Jester
• 1x Impostor of the Sixth Pride
• 1x Irregular Cohort
• 1x Ivy Lane Denizen
• 1x Lumberknot
• 1x Magmatic Force
• 1x Meteor Golem
• 1x Overgrown Battlement
• 1x Pelakka Wurm
• 1x Portcullis Vine
• 1x Requiem Angel
• 1x Roc Egg
• 1x Rukh Egg
• 1x Scourge of Skola Vale
• 1x Serra Avatar
• 1x Tectonic Hellion
• 1x Thorn Elemental
• 1x Tornado Elemental
• 1x Treeshaker Chimera
• 1x Tyrant of Discord
• 1x Universal Automaton
• 1x Valiant Changeling
• 1x Verdant Force
• 1x Woodland Changeling
• 1x World Queller
• 1x Yavimaya Elder
• 1x Zetalpa, Primal Dawn

Enchantment (7)

• 1x Armadillo Cloak
• 1x Bound by Moonsilver
• 1x Growing Ranks
• 1x Noble Purpose
• 1x Season of Growth
• 1x Tooth and Claw
• 1x Unflinching Courage

Artifact (5)

• 1x Behemoth Sledge
• 1x Culling Dais
• 1x Loxodon Warhammer
• 1x Phyrexian Vault
• 1x Relic Vial

Land (36)

• 12x Forest
• 12x Mountain
• 12x Plains

Sorcery (3)

• 1x Crack the Earth
• 1x Cultivate
• 1x Peregrination

Commander (1)

Instant (5)

• 1x Crib Swap
• 1x Druid's Deliverance
• 1x Mercy Killing
• 1x Shields of Velis Vel
• 1x Sundering Growth

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My first ever Naya colored deck based around Atla Palani, Nest Tender . The idea is to create as many eggs as possible, then use artifacts, green, and red sources to sacrifice those eggs for free creatures.

There are not a lot eggs in Magic, but flytyer97 gave me the great idea that all Changelings are also eggs! Creatures like Universal Automaton , Impostor of the Sixth Pride , Irregular Cohort , etc, can all be sacrificed to get another creature from the top. In an ideal situation, Shields of Velis Vel can make all of my creatures eggs, allowing for a great hatching event!

We want Atla's eggs to be destroyed, but our opponents don't. We can assume that they will try whatever they can to avoid killing the eggs. For that reason, we need a way to destroy these eggs ourselves: sacrificing. A couple card draw artifacts have been included like Culling Dais , Phyrexian Vault , and Relic Vial . For enchantments Bound by Moonsilver can sacrifice 1 creature per turn, and Tooth and Claw can sacrifice unlimited creatures in pairs of two. A couple creatures can sacrifice too, like Portcullis Vine , Blood Aspirant , Bogardan Dragonheart , Brion Stoutarm , World Queller , and Greater Gargadon . I might need more sacrifice options, but that's something that will require some testing.

The more eggs produced, the better. Atla should be making about 1 egg per turn, and changelings can be cast as eggs. But just for some more eggs, they can be populated in. Cards like Sundering Growth , Druid's Deliverance , and Growing Ranks .

The goal for these eggs is to hatch into strong creatures. They could hatch into Zetalpa, Primal Dawn , End-Raze Forerunners , Goring Ceratops , Magmatic Force , or really anything.

Only problem is drawing these big boys instead of hatching them. I'd like to add more Scry in somehow, but so far Season of Growth and Peregrination are the only scry available.

Speaking of Peregrination, now we're onto mana ramp. We don't exactly need mana ramp because we cheat creatures into play with eggs, but I like having mana. We can search for lands with Burnished Hart , Dawntreader Elk , or Cultivate . Or we could tap creatures for mana with Overgrown Battlement and Axebane Guardian (which produce more mana for the number of eggs we have!).

I like gaining life, so that's why Noble Purpose , Armadillo Cloak , Unflinching Courage , Behemoth Sledge are all in here. If I have a Green-White deck you better believe that these cards are fitting in.

As for removal, there is less that I would like, but still some options. Soft lock with Bound by Moonsilver . Sacrifice my own permanent and an opponent with Crack the Earth . Mercy Killing can be used on my own creatures if absolutely necessary, but will most likely be used to kill an enemy creature. Same with Crib Swap .

Should be a fun deck to play. Very creature focused.

Date added	3 years
Last updated	3 years
Legality	This deck is Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	3 - 0 Mythic Rares 21 - 0 Rares 23 - 0 Uncommons 17 - 0 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	4.38
Tokens	Beast 3/1 R, Bird 3/3 W, Bird 4/4 R, Copy Clone, Dragon 2/2 R, Egg 0/1 G, Elf Warrior 1/1 GW, Saproling 1/1 G, Shapeshifter 1/1 C, Shapeshifter 2/2 C, Spirit 1/1 W