Awakening of Vitu-Ghazi

Instant

Put nine +1/+1 counters on target land you control. It becomes a legendary 0/0 Elemental creature with haste named Vitu-Ghazi. It's still a land.

Legality

Format	Legality
1v1 Commander	Legal
Archenemy	Legal
Arena	Legal
Block Constructed	Legal
Canadian Highlander	Legal
Casual	Legal
Commander / EDH	Legal
Commander: Rule 0	Legal
Custom	Legal
Duel Commander	Legal
Gladiator	Legal
Highlander	Legal
Historic	Legal
Legacy	Legal
Leviathan	Legal
Limited	Legal
Modern	Legal
Oathbreaker	Legal
Pioneer	Legal
Planechase	Legal
Quest Magic	Legal
Vanguard	Legal
Vintage	Legal

Discussion (33)

thefiresoflurve on Obuun, The Hated

1 year ago

What kind of budget are you working with?

Azusa, Lost but Seeking is awesome for extra landfall triggers in a turn. Cabaretti Courtyard is also a good search land for doubling up on landfall triggers. Since you have a fair few lands with sacrifice abilities, World Shaper might be worth some consideration, too.

A few more good cards for this in no particular order: Embodiment of Fury, Awakening of Vitu-Ghazi, Druid Class, Field of the Dead ($$), Nissa, Who Shakes the World / Nissa, Vital Force, Omnath, Locus of Rage.

As far as things you can cut to make room: Canopy Baloth is kind of meh since it doesn't have any kind of evasion. Could swap this out for Embodiment of Fury. Might of Murasa could come out for the Awakening, since it's a similar costed effect (surprise giant blocker for only 1 effective mana more). Light Up the Stage feels out of place, could be cut for Druid Class for good gains.

Reviving Dose could also be cut for one of the Nissas - essentially, you're paying 3 mana for 3 life, where you could instead pay 5 mana for an epic planeswalker that makes you more land creatures. I'm also not a particular fan of Weather the Storm, although IMO it's at least situationally better than reviving dose. You could even cut both of those life gain spells and add both Nissas.

eldestEarth on Sarulf's Hunt

2 years ago

This is a really cool deck that I think capitalizes on a cute interaction with mutate!

If the goal is to avoid killing your own creatures with Sarulf's trigger, I'd add move ways to animate lands. Budget ways to do this would be awaken and pseudo-awaken spells like Earthen Arms, Awakening of Vitu-Ghazi, and Liege of the Tangle or more temporary effects like Sylvan Awakening. Hissing Quagmire is a bit expensive, but you seem to have a little wiggle room and would also go great in here. I'd definitely add a Darksteel Citadel if you can fit it in your budget, so that way you have an indestructible permanent you can animate and mutate onto.

Thanks for sharing the deck!

Phule451 on Obuun the Landfall Bomb

2 years ago

I’m kinda surprised you’re not running Terra Eternal . Also, Awakening of Vitu-Ghazi could really help your agro plan.

KongMing on Wrath of the God's 2

2 years ago

Three more suggestions to play around the with minor land-tribal subtheme allowed by Child of Alara, Awakening of Vitu-Ghazi , Genju of the Realm , and Thelonite Druid .

jasonkrivera on Vorinclex, Counters Matter

3 years ago

Great deck! Have you thought about

Avenger of Zendikar for lots of large plant tokens, Awakening of Vitu-Ghazi as an 18/18 surprise land creature, Beastmaster Ascension, Cazur, Ruthless Stalker  ^Flip since you're working with combat damage mostly anyway, Champion of Lambholt a hidden gem because when big enough it makes all your creatures unblockable, Curse of Predation a good politics card, Hardened Scales, Helix Pinnacle as an alternate win con, Myojin of Life's Web for divinity counter shenanigans, Quest for Renewal for pseudo-vigilance

Regardless of if you take my suggestions, +1 from me!

Unlife on Looking for a fun budget …

3 years ago

Blood Seeker\Trespasser's Curse Find ways to give your opponents creatures and drain them.

Awakening of Vitu-Ghazi Maybe use it as a finisher with outlast things like Abzan Falconer

Kangee, Sky Warden\Kangee, Aerie Keeper Low cmc UW aggro flyers

iDescendance on Elemental Landfall

3 years ago

BigRed907 Both are nice, before I saw your comment I was watching a video on a Naya Land's Wrath deck which used Awakening of Vitu-Ghazi, I do also like the idea of Waker of the Wilds. I figure I probably want one or the other, and Nissa, Steward of Elements feels like the right card to cut. The +2 is super bad, the 0 is actually pretty good, and the ult is just meh. Also considering Radha, Heart of Keld for that same slot, we'll see.

BigRed907 on Elemental Landfall

3 years ago

carpecanum good call on Awaken, I was going to suggest Awakening of Vitu-Ghazi and the like. Could work well. Also maybe Waker of the Wilds?