Zegana, Demotivational Speaker (Retired)

Commander / EDH GU (Simic) Ramp

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Creature (26)

• 1x Acidic Slime
• 1x Avenger of Zendikar
• 1x Coiling Oracle
• 1x Craterhoof Behemoth
• 1x Deadeye Navigator
• 1x Draining Whelk
• 1x Eternal Witness
• 1x Glen Elendra Archmage
• 1x Kamahl, Fist of Krosa
• 1x Kiora's Follower
• 1x Lotus Cobra
• 1x Master Biomancer
• 1x Mystic Snake
• 1x Oracle of Mul Daya
• 1x Phantasmal Image
• 1x Phyrexian Metamorph
• 1x Prophet of Kruphix
• 1x Psychosis Crawler
• 1x Scavenging Ooze
• 1x Seedborn Muse
• 1x Spike Weaver
• 1x Teferi, Mage of Zhalfir
• 1x Trinket Mage
• 1x Trygon Predator
• 1x Vorinclex, Voice of Hunger
• 1x Woodfall Primus

Planeswalker (1)

• 1x Kiora, the Crashing Wave

Land (33)

• 1x Alchemist's Refuge
• 1x Breeding Pool
• 1x Cavern of Souls
• 1x City of Brass
• 1x Command Tower
• 1x Dryad Arbor
• 1x Exotic Orchard
• 1x Flooded Grove
• 6x Forest
• 1x High Market
• 1x Hinterland Harbor
• 1x Homeward Path
• 4x Island
• 1x Maze of Ith
• 1x Oran-Rief, the Vastwood
• 1x Reflecting Pool
• 1x Reliquary Tower
• 1x Riptide Laboratory
• 1x Simic Growth Chamber
• 1x Strip Mine
• 1x Temple of Mystery
• 1x Temple of the False God
• 1x Tolaria West
• 1x Tropical Island
• 1x Yavimaya Coast

Enchantment (4)

• 1x Lurking Predators
• 1x Mana Reflection
• 1x Rhystic Study
• 1x Sylvan Library

Artifact (10)

• 1x Brittle Effigy
• 1x Chromatic Lantern
• 1x Coalition Relic
• 1x Crystal Shard
• 1x Gilded Lotus
• 1x Scroll Rack
• 1x Sensei's Divining Top
• 1x Sol Ring
• 1x Thran Dynamo
• 1x Tormod's Crypt

Instant (14)

• 1x Beast Within
• 1x Capsize
• 1x Chord of Calling
• 1x Counterspell
• 1x Cyclonic Rift
• 1x Familiar's Ruse
• 1x Hinder
• 1x Krosan Grip
• 1x Mystical Tutor
• 1x Plasm Capture
• 1x Pongify
• 1x Simic Charm
• 1x Spell Crumple
• 1x Stroke of Genius

Sorcery (11)

• 1x Bribery
• 1x Cultivate
• 1x Green Sun's Zenith
• 1x Kodama's Reach
• 1x Nature's Lore
• 1x Overwhelming Stampede
• 1x Praetor's Counsel
• 1x Rite of Replication
• 1x Skyshroud Claim
• 1x Time Warp
• 1x Tooth and Nail

Commander (1)

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Creature (2)

• 1x Champion of Lambholt
• 1x Venser, Shaper Savant

Planeswalker (1)

• 1x Tamiyo, the Moon Sage

Enchantment (4)

• 1x Doubling Season
• 1x Equilibrium
• 1x Future Sight
• 1x Omniscience

Artifact (1)

• 1x Mimic Vat

Instant (2)

• 1x Pact of Negation
• 1x Rapid Hybridization

Sorcery (1)

• 1x Time Spiral

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Break your friends' hearts by drawing a quarter of your deck before the start of your turn! Crush the spirits of your play group by pairing Prime Speaker Zegana with Deadeye Navigator and taking twenty minute turns as your opponents inch closer to a painful, grueling demise! Simic guildmaster Prime Speaker Zegana is available for demotivational public speaking, and specializes in proliferating despair at weddings, funerals, bar mitzvahs and high school graduations!

Heavy card draw leads to massive mid-to-late game advantages, with an ample suite of counter magic and bounce spells for protection throughout. Often, an entwined Tooth and Nail into Avenger of Zendikar and Craterhoof Behemoth spells death for your opponents. Alternatively, multiple clones of a Craterhoof already in play can end games with all-out assault. However, establishing board and hand dominance is possibly the deck's most reliable win condition, as a stuffed grip of 20-25 cards with 20 untapped mana, Prophet of Kruphix and Capsize is pretty deflating to the other players at the table.

Crystal Shard, Simic Charm , Familiar's Ruse , and Deadeye Navigator can be used to exploit the ETB effects of Prime Speaker Zegana or other useful creatures. Praetor's Counsel on a packed graveyard is extremely powerful, and with all the ramp in the deck you can quite easily accumulate 10-12 mana by turn five or six. My only complaint is that I wish I owned a hand-painted Zegana alter. Edric, Spymaster of Trest is just an alternate commander in case I ever get tired of looking at Zegana. NOTE: I have not yet tired of looking at Zegana. My play group, on the other hand...

Several of the cards in the maybe section are actually on my wish list, and would be in the deck if I owned them. Grim Monolith, for example, would replace Thran Dynamo for infinite colorless mana with Mana Reflection (wait no, screw infinite mana combos).

This is, without a doubt, one of my favorite EDH decks to pilot, rivaled perhaps by Roon of the Hidden Realm. My group has also come to a consensus that the deck is simultaneously fun and challenging to play against. I've learned/chosen not to abuse Tooth and Nail every single time I can feasibly resolve it, and I've added a few different paths to victory so I'm not always controlling the board with disruption and counter magic while ramping into Craterhoof Behemoth + Avenger of Zendikar for the blowout.

I feel like the deck is pretty well tuned, so at this point I'm looking for ways to swap in cards from the maybe section. Help me find room for them!

Date added	11 years
Last updated	9 years
Legality	This deck is not Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	9 - 0 Mythic Rares 51 - 0 Rares 21 - 0 Uncommons 9 - 0 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	3.72
Tokens	Ape 3/3 G, Beast 3/3 G, Copy Clone, Emblem Kiora, the Crashing Wave, Kraken 9/9 U, Plant 0/1 G
Folders	Considered, EDH / Commander, decks to consider, Simic (G/U), commander, Zegana, commander