E.V.E. - Emmara Value Engine

Commander / EDH* Goodstuff GW (Selesnya) Tokens

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Land (34)

• 1x Arid Mesa
• 1x Blossoming Sands
• 1x Bountiful Promenade
• 1x Brushland
• 1x Canopy Vista
• 1x Command Beacon
• 8x Forest
• 1x Gavony Township
• 1x Holdout Settlement
• 7x Plains
• 1x Razorverge Thicket
• 1x Reliquary Tower
• 1x Scattered Groves
• 1x Selesnya Sanctuary
• 1x Sunpetal Grove
• 1x Survivors' Encampment
• 1x Temple Garden
• 1x Temple of Plenty
• 1x Windswept Heath
• 1x Wooded Bastion
• 1x Wooded Foothills

Artifact (10)

• 1x Paradise Mantle
• 1x Selesnya Signet
• 1x Sensei's Divining Top
• 1x Skullclamp
• 1x Sol Ring
• 1x Springleaf Drum
• 1x Staff of Domination
• 1x Sword of Feast and Famine
• 1x Throne of the God-Pharaoh
• 1x Vedalken Orrery

Planeswalker (3)

• 1x Elspeth, Sun's Champion
• 1x Garruk Wildspeaker
• 1x Huatli, Radiant Champion

Instant (16)

• 1x Autumn's Veil
• 1x Beast Within
• 1x Chord of Calling
• 1x Eladamri's Call
• 1x Enlightened Tutor
• 1x Heroic Intervention
• 1x Krosan Grip
• 1x Path to Exile
• 1x Return to Dust
• 1x Rootborn Defenses
• 1x Secure the Wastes
• 1x Selesnya Charm
• 1x Sundering Growth
• 1x Swords to Plowshares
• 1x Teferi's Protection
• 1x Worldly Tutor

Enchantment (14)

• 1x Anointed Procession
• 1x Aura Shards
• 1x Beastmaster Ascension
• 1x Cryptolith Rite
• 1x Dawn of Hope
• 1x Doubling Season
• 1x Growing Rites of Itlimoc  ^Flip
• 1x Intangible Virtue
• 1x Mirari's Wake
• 1x Nature's Chosen
• 1x Oath of Nissa
• 1x Privileged Position
• 1x Quest for Renewal
• 1x Sylvan Library

Commander (1)

Creature (15)

• 1x Aven Mindcensor
• 1x Birds of Paradise
• 1x Bramble Sovereign
• 1x Craterhoof Behemoth
• 1x Essence Warden
• 1x Eternal Witness
• 1x Felidar Sovereign
• 1x Mentor of the Meek
• 1x Reclamation Sage
• 1x Sakura-Tribe Elder
• 1x Seedborn Muse
• 1x Shalai, Voice of Plenty
• 1x Soul Warden
• 1x Tolsimir Wolfblood
• 1x Trostani Discordant *f-pre*

Sorcery (7)

• 1x Citywide Bust
• 1x Entreat the Angels
• 1x Harmonize
• 1x Idyllic Tutor
• 1x Overrun
• 1x Terminus
• 1x Triumph of the Hordes

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Shout out to Josh Lee Kwai for inspiring this deck!

Just another Selesnya-spirited token swarming deck here, ready to swarm the board as early as possible.

Some card choices explained here

Early game

Getting Emmara out as soon as possible is the goal here, pairing her with Springleaf Drum or Paradise Mantle is pretty ideal. I am not running Greaves or Boots for her due being cheap to cast. Having a mana-rock out will be helpful as well but not mandatory. Start pumping out tokens while also tutoring for cards like Bramble Sovereign, Mentor of the Meek and Tolsimir. Getting our engine of untap, Mentor and card draw is important. Combo pieces include Emmara, Seedborn Muse, Soul/Essence Warden, Mentor of the Meek, Dawn of Hope and Quest for Renewal (when in 4 counters).

Acceleration

Once the draw + token engine is running in some shape (and perhaps it has some protection in the form of Shalai or Instant combat trick á la Intervention or Defenses), the deck can start looking for Secure the Wastes or Entreat the Angels to dump a lot of mana to it. Staff of Domination is also a great mana-sink to do tapping and untapping and drawing shenanigans. The deck starts sifting through its library with this drawing and look for WinCons.

Winning conditions

Craterhoof Behemoth, Overrun and Triumph of the Hordes are the three obvious ones. If the token army reigns unopposed, it will attack for lethal after casting one of these bad boys. Other WinCons include Throne dealing lethal, grinding to Planeswalker ultimates (Huatli being the easiest) or Felidar Sovereign reaching its life total goal via Wardens.

"So how does this differ from the JLK's Emmara l Game Knights #21 piloted at the Game Knights episode?" Well, I am glad you asked! In my opinion, green has a few autoincludes, those being three cards: Autumn's Veil, Heroic Intervention and Reclamation Sage. And as it happens, both instants are amazing at protecting the board when the tokens swing for the kill. I also love to have Spot removal for pesky permanents in White-Green. I think JLK's version packs more interaction with his own board and I traded some of that away to simply say "No!" to my opponents' disruption. And in general, I am not a fan of Vehicles in Commander, outside of say... Smuggler's Copter. This deck also run's an extra tutor to look-up a combo/synergy-piece, as well as 2 other Planeswalkers within the Green-White spectrum to push the token strategy on a new level. Another surprising thing that is actually missing from JLK's deck is the classic green WinCon of Craterhoof Behemoth, Overrun and Triumph of the Hordes. And I wanted to include them here over the powerful value spells in the other deck.

Date added	5 years
Last updated	5 years
Exclude colors	UBR
Legality	This deck is Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	18 - 0 Mythic Rares 38 - 0 Rares 19 - 0 Uncommons 8 - 0 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	2.88
Tokens	Angel 4/4 W, Beast 3/3 G, Copy Clone, Emblem Elspeth, Sun's Champion, Emblem Huatli, Radiant Champion, Knight 2/2 W w/ Vigilance, Soldier 1/1 W, Soldier 1/1 W w/ Lifelink, Voja, Warrior 1/1 W