Verdeloth the Ancient

Commander / EDH Budget Mono-Green Ramp Tokens

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Instant (2)

• 1x Beast Within
• 1x Harrow

Sorcery (18)

• 1x Beacon of Creation
• 1x Boundless Realms
• 1x Bramblecrush
• 1x Collective Unconscious
• 1x Cultivate
• 1x Desert Twister
• 1x Explore
• 1x Explosive Vegetation
• 1x Howl of the Night Pack
• 1x Kodama's Reach
• 1x Overwhelming Stampede
• 1x Rain of Thorns
• 1x Rampant Growth
• 1x Search for Tomorrow
• 1x Shamanic Revelation
• 1x Skyshroud Claim
• 1x Soul's Majesty
• 1x Wave of Vitriol

Enchantment (9)

• 1x Beastmaster Ascension
• 1x Druids' Repository
• 1x Khalni Heart Expedition
• 1x Lignify
• 1x Night Soil
• 1x Parallel Lives
• 1x Perilous Forays
• 1x Vernal Bloom
• 1x Wolfcaller's Howl

Artifact (12)

• 1x Ashnod's Altar
• 1x Bow of Nylea
• 1x Brittle Effigy
• 1x Caged Sun
• 1x Doubling Cube
• 1x Eldrazi Monument
• 1x Predator, Flagship
• 1x Seer's Sundial
• 1x Skullclamp
• 1x Sol Ring
• 1x Spine of Ish Sah
• 1x Strionic Resonator

Creature (20)

• 1x Acidic Slime
• 1x Avenger of Zendikar
• 1x Bane of Progress
• 1x Champion of Lambholt
• 1x Diligent Farmhand
• 1x Hydra Broodmaster
• 1x Kamahl, Fist of Krosa
• 1x Mycoloth
• 1x Nemata, Grove Guardian
• 1x Rampaging Baloths
• 1x Reclamation Sage
• 1x Sakura-Tribe Elder
• 1x Seedguide Ash
• 1x Terastodon
• 1x Thunderfoot Baloth
• 1x Verdant Force
• 1x Vorinclex, Voice of Hunger
• 1x Wolfbriar Elemental
• 1x Wood Elves
• 1x Yavimaya Dryad

Land (38)

• 30x Forest
• 1x Ghost Quarter
• 1x Khalni Garden
• 1x Nykthos, Shrine to Nyx
• 1x Phyrexia's Core
• 1x Tectonic Edge
• 1x Temple of the False God
• 1x Terramorphic Expanse
• 1x Tranquil Thicket

Commander (1)

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Maybeboard

Sorcery (1)

• 1x Harmonize

Enchantment (1)

• 1x Doubling Season

Artifact (1)

• 1x Expedition Map

Creature (1)

• 1x Craterhoof Behemoth

Land (1)

• 1x Oran-Rief, the Vastwood

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This is my first attempt at a mono-colored EDH deck. I didn't want to go with the prime offenders like Azusa, Lost but Seeking or Omnath, Locus of Mana. It basically uses Verdeloth the Ancient as a token spell with buyback.

Like most token decks you can expect plenty of pump effects like Overwhelming Stampede and Beastmaster Ascension, along with token staples such as Parallel Lives. I can't afford things like Doubling Season so I'll leave it in the maybeboard on the off-chance I can trade for it.

Verdeloth being pretty much an X spell means a healthy dose of ramp. Things like Skyshroud Claim are especially useful in a mono-colored deck. Some all-stars in this deck are Doubling Cube, which doesn't see nearly enough play, and Druids' Repository, which works fantastically with tokens.

There are also other ways to abuse large amounts of mana other than Verdeloth himself. Most of these are also token generators. Hydra Broadcaster and Wolfbriar Elemental are fantastic ways to get an army, and both benefit greatly from Strionic Resonator. You can also get a lot of value just from having so many basic lands in play with things like Beacon of Creation and Howl of the Night Pack .

One of the problems I'm running into is good, efficient spot removal. I have Beast Within and Lignify but all the others are big-mana spells like Desert Twister or Spine of Ish Sah (which works wonderfully with Phyrexia's Core but still costs 7 mana). If anyone knows of some cheaper green creature removal please let me know.

If anyone has any Verdeloth specific tech or some budget mono-green suggestions I'd love to hear them. I'd also like to hear what you'd take out for them as well. I'm getting to the point where I don't know what to take out to put new cards in. Thanks in advance!

Date added	9 years
Last updated	7 years
Legality	This deck is Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	3 - 0 Mythic Rares 31 - 0 Rares 21 - 0 Uncommons 15 - 0 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	4.27
Tokens	Beast 3/3 G, Beast 4/4 G, Elephant 3/3 G, Hydra */* G, Insect 1/1 G, Plant 0/1 G, Saproling 1/1 G, Wolf 2/2 G
Folders	EDH Favs, Retired