Yavimaya, Cradle of Growth + Nissa
Commander (EDH) forum
Posted on Oct. 10, 2021, 1:17 a.m. by TypicalTimmy
I have not been seeing this so I'm not sure if it is currently in the public eye, but Yavimaya, Cradle of Growth combos with Nissa, Who Shakes the World as well as Nissa, Worldwaker.
Not unlike how Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth combos with Liliana of the Dark Realms if you get her emblem online - a much harder thing to pull off.
brandonplaysmagic says... #3
The card slaps so hard in my Ashaya, Soul of the Wild deck. It allows me to untap Gaea's Cradle and Nykthos, Shrine to Nyx with all of my planeswalkers and creatures.
plakjekaas says... #2
The decks I want to play those Nissa's in, already play mostly basics, which is why Yavimaya, Cradle of Growth is not going to add much. Because you want the planeswalkers to be good even if you can't find Yavimaya.
Don't get me wrong, it's a powerful synergy on paper, but the tools to find a Nissa, Who Shakes the World after you've found your Yavimaya, Cradle of Growth seem not that great, not worth the trouble for a many-colored deck that could just as well play something like Mirari's Wake. Combine that with the fact that it's hard to keep your planeswalkers alive in multiplayer EDH, and it doesn't feel that practical to assemble & maintain, even though it feels very powerful when in play.
If only your commander would be able to find one of the pieces... but Golos, Tireless Pilgrim was banned because it makes plans like that too easy '^^
TL;DR: decks in which Nissa, Who Shakes the World is good, don't need a Yavimaya, Cradle of Growth to make it good, and planeswalker-tutors are usually not allround good enough in EDH to make this combo worth to assemble.
October 10, 2021 1:38 p.m.