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| Format | Legality |
| Vintage | Legal |
| Duel Commander | Legal |
| Commander / EDH | Legal |
| Legacy | Legal |
| Modern | Legal |
| Tiny Leaders | Legal |
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| Set | Rarity |
| Innistrad | Rare |
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Parallel Lives
Enchantment
If an effect would put one or more tokens onto the battlefield under your control, it puts twice that many tokens onto the battlefield instead.
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Parallel Lives Discussion
Teal_Fox on
Token White Guy and also Green :P
12 hours ago
Desolation Twin is honestly pretty slow and too easy to chump block. I'd recommend cutting it in favor of an Armada Wurm.
Emmara Tandris is also rather lackluster for how high her CMC is, so adding a Parallel Lives in her place sounds like an easy fit.
Radjan Spirit seems very ineffective at dealing with flyers, while Silklash Spider is the undisputed king of knocking them out of the sky.
If you are really hurting for draw power, Rishkar's Expertise is pretty bonk for that, while Druid's Deliverance is often just not going to be enough to win you games.
I would also recommend finding room for Nylea, God of the Hunt or even a Overwhelming Stampede so that you can get through chump blockers and close out a game.
jozef on
Vial Sidar, Smasher of Jamuraa
1 day ago
Secure the Wastes, Oviya Pashiri, Sage Lifecrafter, Sylvan Caryatid, Second Harvest, Sundering Growth, Devout Invocation, Anointed Procession, Parallel Lives, Sorin, Solemn Visitor, Ajani Steadfast, Ashnod's Altar, Zulaport Cutthroat, Cryptolith Rite, Purphoros, God of the Forge, Catacomb Sifter, Scion of Vitu-Ghazi, Skullclamp, Mentor of the Meek, Armada Wurm
Daedalus19876 on
How To Maim With Catgons: Wasitora EDH (original)
2 days ago
The fetches/shocks if you want a strong landbase, Earthcraft, Berserkers' Onslaught, Domri Rade, Rage Reflection, Toxic Deluge, Bloom Tender, Crux of Fate, Vampiric Tutor, Demonic Tutor, Parallel Lives.
smiffdemon on
Ishkanah Stuff
5 days ago
Hi Guint!! Here are some suggestions I think you could utilize for Ishkanah. So far it looks good!
The things we want to make sure you have in this deck are ways to activate delirium, as well as ways to activate Ish's tribal effects. Let's start with the spiders themselves~
If you can find it I definitely recommend buying a Swarmyard cause what's better than a land that prevents your dudes from dying?
Arachnogenesis Essentially a Fog with an added bonus of giving you a TON of spider tokens. Spider Spawning is also going to be a winner in this deck. Penumbra Spider gives you good value by making another token when it dies. Riptide Replicator is a fun artifact that can make spiders as well... and with all the tokens, a Parallel Lives and Second Harvest would definitely be cards to consider. Also a fan of the underused Parallel Evolution - it even has Flashback! Swarm them with tokens and then drop a Pathbreaker Ibex, Decimator of the Provinces or the ever coveted Craterhoof Behemoth... or you can go the route of Overwhelming Stampede.
Silklash Spider would be a good powerhouse to pick up. It's effect can kill off any flier on the board.
Nyx Weaver and Graverobber Spider are really good Spiders that benefit from/contribute to getting delirium on board.
There aren't any other specific "spiders" that are noteworthy, but there are always shapeshifters. My favorite "spiders" are Metallic Mimic and Chameleon Colossus Alternatively you can get a Conspiracy and just make your whole deck into spiders. Then when they all die bring them back with Patriarch's Bidding.
Spiders have especially large butts on them, so Assault Formation can really be powerful. Things that benefit from the high toughness of spiders should also be up for consideration. Ikra Shidiqi, the Usurper, Abzan Beastmaster, Grim Contest, and Kin-Tree Invocation are ones that come to mind immediately.
For a more tribal feel I def recommend trying out Archetype of Endurance and Archetype of Finality as well as Brawn and Filth. Bow of Nylea could be used as an alternative to Archetype of Finality if you so choose. There are also tribal artifacts such as Coat of Arms, Urza's Incubator, Obelisk of Urd and Door of Destinies.
Now onto the Delirium Mechanic. Making sure your own cards into the graveyard can seem counterproductive but a lot of things benefit from it. So first, how do we self mill?
- Deadbridge Chant is a personal favorite. Satyr Wayfinder, Crop Sigil, Grisly Salvage, Mulch, Grapple with the Past, Commune with the Gods, Benefaction of Rhonas, Sudden Reclamation. Stinkweed Imp or anything with Dredge. Golgari Grave-Troll is a popular one.
Now for some super fun cards that benefit from a graveyard presence.
- Jarad, Golgari Lich Lord, Lord of Extinction, Deathcap Cultivator, Deathrite Shaman, Traverse the Ulvenwald, Splendid Reclamation, and Meren of Clan Nel Toth. Did you mill a bunch of great cards you want back? Recursion is also a super powerful strategy. Eternal Witness is a Green staple for a reason. Greenwarden of Murasa, Seasons Past, Treasured Find, Animate Dead, Victimize. Sometimes you want to put specific things into the graveyard to fetch with recursion cards, so Entomb, Jarad's Orders, and Buried Alive become like tutors in a sense.
Now lets talk about Black and Green as colors in EDH. Black/Green has a few things that it needs to run undoubtedly. One of its major problems is card draw, so you're definitely going to want to auto-include Harmonize and Phyrexian Arena. I would also consider Lifecrafter's Bestiary.
Removal: Putrefy, Murder, Hero's Downfall, Abrupt Decay, Krosan Grip, Golgari Charm, Toxic Deluge, In Garruk's Wake, Acidic Slime, Beast Within. Dictate of Erebos to be used in conjunction with a sacrifice outlet like Ashnod's Altar (sac your extra tokens for mana!)
Protection: Asceticism, Swiftfoot Boots, Lightning Greaves, Heroic Intervention
Tutors: Green Sun's Zenith, Diabolic Tutor, Demonic Tutor
Ramp: Cultivate, Kodama's Reach, Solemn Simulacrum, Sol Ring, Explosive Vegetation, Thran Dynamo, Commander's Sphere, Golgari Signet, Cryptolith Rite, Harrow, Crop Rotation, Sakura-Tribe Elder, Yavimaya Elder.
The only other thing I want to say about your deck is that you should probably up your land count to at least 36. 30 is usually too little for most EDH decks in my experience. Unless you're going super aggro, you'll find yourself short on a lot of land drops.
If you wanted to upgrade your lands, here are some relatively inexpensive things you could add:
Golgari Rot Farm, Command Tower, Jungle Hollow, Temple of Malady, Woodland Cemetery, Overgrown Tomb, Llanowar Wastes, Tainted Wood, Grim Backwoods, Bojuka Bog, Hissing Quagmire, Temple of the False God, Drownyard Temple, Ghost Quarter, and any lands that Cycle in your colors :)
CastleSiege on
The Rise of Man's Fall
5 days ago
Hey, glad you liked my list. Thanks for referencing me, Daedalus19876.
My deck focuses heavily around Titania herself, so being able to get her out ASAP is really important. Personally, I don't like the Panorama lands because it costs mana to sacrifice them. Instead, I choose utility lands that synergise well with the essential cards in the deck. For example, I don't run many artifacts, but the ones I do run are critical to the strategy. Being able to recur them with Buried Ruin is important. I also run Inventors' Fair despite not having many artifacts to turn it on. Being able to tutor for Crucible of Worlds is that important. To assist with activating Inventors' Fair I added Tireless Tracker. The nature of the deck benefits the Tracker greatly and the clue tokens it generates not only grant me essential card draw, but also activate the Fair. Although, I might be making some changes to that substrategy soon with the more easily tutorable Ramunap Excavator.
The infinite mana combo with Food Chain is cute, but the deck should be able to generate immense amounts of mana without it (especially if you have Gaea's Cradle) and I don't see any way for you to abuse the infinite mana.
You're going to want Concordant Crossroads and Akroma's Memorial as win cons. They're the only way to grant all of your creatures haste in mono green.
I'd also definitely recommend Garruk Wildspeaker and Nissa, Vital Force. They are by far the two best planeswalkers for a mono green deck. Garruk with Cradle + Deserted Temple or any combination of them or/with Lotus Vale/Scorched Ruins is disgusting. Nissa is also everything a mono green deck wants: ramp, recursion, and card draw. If my opponents aren't able to stop me from ulting her there is a strong chance that I win that game.
The only creature tutors I use are Green Sun's Zenith (tutor for Dryad Arbor turn 1, puts the creature directly into play, and it shuffles back into the deck), Chord of Calling (instant speed, puts it directly into play), and Tooth and Nail (it's a win con, duh).
I like Parallel Lives and Doubling Season. I opt to not use Primal Vigor because it helps my opponents and I don't think the effect is powerful enough to warrant more than 2 card slots for extra consistency. Doubling Season is also worth the 1 extra mana on the chance of playing one of my two planeswalkers while it's in play. Getting that Nissa ultimate is extremely powerful.
I'm also not a fan of mana dorks in EDH unless it's an elf tribal deck that can make use of them outside of "tap add a mana," so I wouldn't run BOP.
I am thinking of replacing Cultivate and Kodama's Reach with Three Visits and Nature's Lore though. I haven't decided if the one less mana is worth it for also getting one less land (granted it comes into play untapped). With so many ways to play extra lands in my build, I haven't had a problem with the 3 cost ramp spells yet.
Natural Affinity is also cute. I ran it in my first iteration of the deck. I only ever cast it once in response to someone popping a Pernicious Deed. I cut it from the deck after that.
theilluminaire on
The Rise of Man's Fall
5 days ago
Thanks for the suggestions, Daedalus19876! I am pining over "Magus of the Crucible" -- Ramunap Excavator for sure.
I am trying to decide what to cut for Splendid Reclamation -- I totally forgot about this card after they officially named it. Thanks!
Vorinclex, Voice of Hunger paired with Natural Order sounds rather fun as well. I will have to weigh this one out.
I checked out CastleSiege's Titania deck and it certainly making some big moves in some ways that are surprisingly different from my current route. Thanks for the reference!
Out of curiosity, why do your personally find Doubling Season and Primal Vigor not worth the cost? Ultimately, I would like to include them in addition to Parallel Lives to open up the opportunity for token multipliers of 2x, 4x, and 8x for each land sacrifice. I have a way to tutor this up, but it relies on adding Ring of Three Wishes or Planar Portal.
Thanks again and in advance, should you have anything more to add!
Schar17 on
W/G/B Token deck
5 days ago
Hi!
You have plenty of ways to buff your tokens, however you have few tokens!
There's also no point in many different ways to buff them, for example you could substitute Cathars' Crusade for more Intangible Virtue (remember they stack!). And I don't know if you have a budget restriction, but if that's not the case, get more Parallel Lives for sure.
I have a budget token deck, you can get some ideas from there My take on Selesnya (G/W) BUDGET tokens