Omnath, the Molten Pinnacle EDH

Commander / EDH Burn Multiplayer Ramp RUG (Temur) Scapeshift Theme/Gimmick

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Land (39)

• 1x Arid Mesa
• 1x Bloodstained Mire
• 1x Breeding Pool
• 1x Cinder Glade
• 1x Fabled Passage
• 1x Field of the Dead
• 1x Flooded Strand
• 3x Forest
• 1x Highland Forest
• 1x Island
• 1x Ketria Triome
• 1x Misty Rainforest
• 8x Mountain
• 1x Oboro, Palace in the Clouds
• 1x Prismatic Vista
• 1x Scalding Tarn
• 1x Sheltered Thicket
• 1x Steam Vents
• 1x Stomping Ground
• 1x Taiga
• 1x Thespian's Stage
• 1x Tolaria West
• 1x Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth
• 1x Valakut, the Molten Pinnacle
• 1x Verdant Catacombs
• 1x Vesuva
• 1x Volatile Fjord
• 1x Volcanic Island
• 1x Windswept Heath
• 1x Wooded Foothills

Artifact (7)

• 1x Amulet of Vigor
• 1x Cloudstone Curio
• 1x Crucible of Worlds
• 1x Expedition Map
• 1x Mana Crypt
• 1x Mirage Mirror
• 1x Sol Ring

Sorcery (21)

• 1x Bring to Light
• 1x Circuitous Route
• 1x Cultivate
• 1x Explosive Vegetation
• 1x Gamble
• 1x Green Sun's Zenith
• 1x Hour of Promise
• 1x Hull Breach
• 1x Kodama's Reach
• 1x Life from the Loam
• 1x Nahiri's Lithoforming
• 1x Pir's Whim
• 1x Ranger's Path
• 1x Regrowth
• 1x Reshape the Earth
• 1x Scapeshift
• 1x Skyshroud Claim
• 1x Splendid Reclamation
• 1x Sylvan Scrying
• 1x Tempt with Discovery
• 1x Traverse the Ulvenwald

Instant (9)

• 1x Crop Rotation
• 1x Cyclonic Rift
• 1x Intuition
• 1x Mana Drain
• 1x Mystical Tutor
• 1x Pact of Negation
• 1x Realms Uncharted
• 1x Roiling Regrowth
• 1x Worldly Tutor

Planeswalker (1)

• 1x Wrenn and Six

Commander (1)

Creature (18)

• 1x Aesi, Tyrant of Gyre Strait
• 1x Ancient Greenwarden
• 1x Avenger of Zendikar
• 1x Azusa, Lost but Seeking
• 1x Dryad of the Ilysian Grove
• 1x Eternal Witness
• 1x Lotus Cobra
• 1x Mina and Denn, Wildborn
• 1x Omnath, Locus of Rage
• 1x Oracle of Mul Daya
• 1x Phylath, World Sculptor
• 1x Ramunap Excavator
• 1x Realmwright
• 1x Risen Reef
• 1x Scute Swarm
• 1x Tatyova, Benthic Druid
• 1x Titania, Protector of Argoth
• 1x Wayward Swordtooth

Enchantment (4)

• 1x Burgeoning
• 1x Exploration
• 1x Prismatic Omen
• 1x Sylvan Library

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Creature (11)

• 1x Consecrated Sphinx
• 1x Fertilid
• 1x Meloku the Clouded Mirror
• 1x Patron of the Moon
• 1x Rampaging Baloths
• 1x Realm Seekers
• 1x Reclamation Sage
• 1x Riftsweeper
• 1x Riku of Two Reflections
• 1x Ulvenwald Hydra
• 1x World Shaper

Planeswalker (2)

• 1x Koth of the Hammer
• 1x Nissa, Vital Force

Sorcery (10)

• 1x Boundless Realms
• 1x Creeping Renaissance
• 1x From the Ashes
• 1x Genesis Wave
• 1x Hour of Devastation
• 1x Kamahl's Druidic Vow
• 1x Summer Bloom
• 1x Traverse the Outlands
• 1x Urban Evolution
• 1x Wheel of Fortune

Land (2)

• 1x Boseiju, Who Shelters All
• 1x Oboro, Palace in the Clouds

Instant (7)

• 1x Electrodominance
• 1x Harrow
• 1x Heroic Intervention
• 1x Muddle the Mixture
• 1x Pyroblast
• 1x Red Elemental Blast
• 1x Sunder

Enchantment (2)

• 1x Manabond
• 1x The Mending of Dominaria

Artifact (1)

• 1x Storm Cauldron

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valakut + mountains = win!

This is my favorite deck at the moment. It was inspired by memories of Valakut, the Molten Pinnacle dominating standard back. Unfortunately Primeval Titan is banned in commander so I will not get to experience that again but the massive amount of cards that are available in the format provide ample substitutions.

The game plan is incredibly simple and straight forward. Use one of the many tutors to find Valakut whilst land ramping. Putting Valakut into play before the fifth Mountain is ideal but the deck is build with enough redundancy to survive missing some triggers. Once Valakut is active each mountain drop is a Lightning Bolt to an opponent to begin whittling down their life, removal for susceptible creatures, or a constant hindrance to planeswalkers. The win is typically brought about by copying Valakut with Vesuva and/or Thespian's Stage and/or Mirage Mirror for multiple triggers per mountain combined with a mass land drop provided by Scapeshift or Boundless Realms or Genesis Wave.

As the deck is basically built for landfall it is loaded up with "extra land per turn" effects and "play lands from the graveyard" effects. The recently printed Ramunap Excavator and Wayward Swordtooth have been amazing.

Green is the most powerful landfall color, Valakut is in red, and blue provides great utility. Riku of Two Reflections provides substantial support but is not necessary for the deck to function. Many of the cards that support what the deck does are creature, instants, or sorceries and if Riku sticks you can explode. As the goal is to constantly play lands you naturally wind up able to generate massive amounts of mana which is perfect for abusing Riku's mana-greedy abilities.

Lands are naturally resilient plus there is plenty of land recursion so the losing Valakut permanently is unlikely but if it does happen to get exiled there are backup win-cons in the landfall token generators Avenger of Zendikar, Omnath, Locus of Rage, and Rampaging Baloths. Some good ol' face bashing will get the job done in Valakut's absence.

Top Ranked	Achieved #49 position overall 5 years ago Achieved #1 position in Commander / EDH Burn 5 years ago Achieved #1 position in Commander / EDH Ramp 5 years ago Achieved #1 position in Commander / EDH Scapeshift 4 years ago
Date added	5 years
Last updated	1 year
Legality	This deck is Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	17 - 0 Mythic Rares 53 - 0 Rares 12 - 0 Uncommons 4 - 0 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	3.02
Tokens	City's Blessing, Copy Clone, Elemental 5/3 G, Elemental 5/5 RG, Emblem Wrenn and Six, Insect 1/1 G, Plant 0/1 G, Zombie 2/2 B
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