Tatyova, Benthic Druid

Commander / EDH* Casual GU (Simic)

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Creature (27)

• 1x Arixmethes, Slumbering Isle
• 1x Beanstalk Giant
• 1x Budoka Gardener  ^Flip
• 1x Courser of Kruphix
• 1x Crash of Rhino Beetles
• 1x Dreamscape Artist
• 1x Fierce Empath
• 1x Jolrael, Mwonvuli Recluse
• 1x Kruphix, God of Horizons
• 1x Llanowar Scout
• 1x Magus of the Future
• 1x Multani, Yavimaya's Avatar
• 1x Oracle of Mul Daya
• 1x Rampaging Baloths
• 1x Scourge of Fleets
• 1x Scute Mob
• 1x Scute Swarm
• 1x Shefet Monitor
• 1x Springbloom Druid
• 1x Territorial Scythecat
• 1x Tishana, Voice of Thunder
• 1x Tribute Mage
• 1x Ulvenwald Hydra
• 1x Vinelasher Kudzu
• 1x Walking Atlas
• 1x Wood Elves
• 1x Woodland Bellower

Instant (3)

• 1x Crop Rotation
• 1x Growth Spiral
• 1x Harrow

Land (41)

• 1x Blighted Woodland
• 1x Command Tower
• 1x Exotic Orchard
• 1x Field of the Dead
• 12x Forest
• 1x Gingerbread Cabin
• 10x Island
• 1x Myriad Landscape
• 1x Mystic Sanctuary
• 1x Reliquary Tower
• 1x Sapseep Forest
• 1x Simic Growth Chamber
• 1x Simic Guildgate
• 1x Snow-Covered Forest
• 2x Snow-Covered Island
• 1x Temple of Mystery
• 1x Temple of the False God
• 1x Thespian's Stage
• 1x Thornwood Falls
• 1x Woodland Stream

Enchantment (8)

• 1x Cream of the Crop
• 1x Exploration
• 1x Future Sight
• 1x Kenrith's Transformation
• 1x Khalni Heart Expedition
• 1x Ominous Seas
• 1x The Mending of Dominaria
• 1x Zendikar's Roil

Commander (1)

Sorcery (13)

• 1x Bala Ged Recovery  ^Flip
• 1x Boundless Realms
• 1x Cultivate
• 1x Curse of the Swine
• 1x Farseek
• 1x Hour of Promise
• 1x Praetor's Counsel
• 1x Rampant Growth
• 1x River's Rebuke
• 1x Skyshroud Claim
• 1x Sylvan Scrying
• 1x Tempt with Discovery
• 1x Whelming Wave

Artifact (7)

• 1x Arcane Signet
• 1x Expedition Map
• 1x Lightning Greaves
• 1x Sol Ring
• 1x Swiftfoot Boots
• 1x Thought Vessel
• 1x Venser's Journal

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Strategy:

The goal of this deck is to draw lots of cards and play lots of spells using Tatyova, Benthic Druid's card-draw effect, until drawing one of the win-cons listed below or building a wide board state full of tokens generated from Field of the Dead. The deck consistently gets out-of-hand by turn seven.

Win-Cons:

Field of the Dead - Get a 2/2 zombie token with every land. Get two 2/2 zombies with Thespian's Stage. If you've got BIG BOY BUCKS maybe throw in a Vesuva too! It's why Gingerbread Cabin, Mystic Sanctuary, Sapseep Forest and other odd lands are in the deck. There are eight (ten if including Woodland Bellower/Fierce Empath into Shefet Monitor/Ulvenwald Hydra) ways to fetch Field of the Dead, so it should see play every game.

Scute Mob - Get exponential 1/1's.

Jolrael, Mwonvuli Recluse - Turns little creatures into big ones for an unexpectedly large all-out attack

Boundless Realms - Playing this won't directly win the game, but as it'll likely fetch seven or more lands, it'll trigger any in-play effects such as Tatyova, Benthic Druid's or Scute Mob's enough to give such an advantage that winning is inevitable. A winning combo would be to play Field of the Dead -> Boundless Realms -> Tishana, Voice of Thunder to get at least seven 2/2 zombies and draw at least 14 cards.

Deck Tech:

Snow Lands Show

Card effects that fetch basic lands fetch Snow-Covered Forest and Snow-Covered Island. They count as "lands with different names" for Field of the Dead. That's why they're in the deck.

Hand-size Show

The deck draws a lot of cards, and discarding cards sucks; here are some cards to help with that: Praetor's Counsel, Venser's Journal, Thought Vessel, Reliquary Tower, Tishana, Voice of Thunder, Kruphix, God of Horizons

Whelming Wave Show

Whelming Wave combos with Arixmethes, Slumbering Isle, Scourge of Fleets and Ominous Seas's 8/8 Octopus tokens.

Field of the Dead Show

Combos with Thespian's Stage to make... DOUBLE the zombies!

Cards that can tutor Field of the Dead and Reliquary Tower:

• Hour of Promise
• Sylvan Scrying
• Tempt with Discovery
• Crop Rotation
• Ulvenwald Hydra
• Expedition Map
• Shefet Monitor

And, indirectly, Fierce Empath since it can fetch Ulvenwald Hydra or Shefet Monitor

Future Sight Show

And Magus of the Future. These cards don't necessarily fit into this deck, especially since its commander is a "card-advantage" commander in the 1st place - HOWEVER - this effect is so powerful that it's simply one of my favorite cards, and if I can include it, I will. Additionally, it's nice to have a little bit of a backup plan for card advantage, since the commander is pretty much the only card advantage strategy in the whole deck. There isn't anything in the deck that can fetch Future Sight or Magus of the Future, but given how many cards this deck draws, it should see play often.

Cream of the Crop Show

At face-value, in this deck, it doesn't seem great; and it's competing with cards like Beastmaster Ascension and Coat of Arms. It won because it's cheap at , and it filters the deck, which breaks the commander format. Even though there aren't many big creatures in this deck, there are some huge ones, such as Beanstalk Giant, Budoka Gardener  's elementals, Multani, Yavimaya's Avatar and Tishana, Voice of Thunder. But most importantly, Cream of the Crop combos with Field of the Dead to kinda be "play a land: half-assed scry 2". Getting "half-assed" scry 2 for playing lands, in a deck that plays lots of lands, is pretty good. And it combos well with Magus of the Future and Future Sight to ensure the top of the deck is either a land or not a land.

Woodland Bellower Show

I originally punted on this card as it's $4. However it's so strong I had to add it. It fetches Scute Mob which is one of the only win-cons in the deck, and it also fetches Fierce Empath, which fetches big scaries like Multani, Yavimaya's Avatar, Rampaging Baloths and Tishana, Voice of Thunder.

Dreamscape Artist Show

Dreamscape Artist is pretty strong in this deck. When Tatyova, Benthic Druid is in play it's ", discard a card, sacrifice a land: Put two basic lands (that includes Snow-Covered Forest and Snow-Covered Island) into play, draw two cards and gain two life". That's essentially paying to draw one card, ramp one land and gain two life.

Fierce Empath Show

Fierce Empath can fetch the right card for any stage of the game:

• Beanstalk Giant () - Don't have a 4th land to play? Fetch this adventure card with a CMC of

• Shefet Monitor() - Cycles for CMC and fetches Field of the Dead

• Ulvenwald Hydra - () - Big body with reach that fetches Field of the Dead

• Multani, Yavimaya's Avatar - () - Bigger body with reach

• Rampaging Baloths - () - Make 4/4 beast tokens

• Scourge of Fleets () - Bounce your opponents' creatures

• Tishana, Voice of Thunder () - No hand limit, draw a ton of cards & is a big body

Arixmethes, Slumbering Isle Show

I had to look up the rulings - Arixmethes, Slumbering Isle enters the battlefield as a land. That means it triggers Tatyova, Benthic Druid's, and everyone else's, effects. Even though it enters the battlefield as a land, though, it doesn't count against the "players can only play X lands per turn" limit. So essentially this card is great because it triggers lands entering the battlefield effects. The fact that it taps for and is a sea-type monster that combos with Whelming Wave is icing on the cake.

Additions

+Territorial Scythecat

+Kruphix, God of Horizons

+Venser's Journal

+Hour of Promise

+Magus of the Future

Subtractions

-Flood of Tears

-Finale of Revelation

-Enter the Unknown

-Oran-Rief Hydra

-Psychosis Crawler - Drain opponents' health by drawing cards, combos with Tatyova, Benthic Druid for "play a land, each opponent loses a life".

-Stone-Seeder Hierophant

-Risen Reef + Zendikar's Roil = "Play a land, get a 2/2 Elemental token and draw a card (and play it if it's a land)"

Maybes

+Future Sight - This card is just OP

+Cream of the Crop - Filter through deck faster looking for important things

+Tribute Mage - Gets protection equipments. Swap for Regrowth or Risen Reef ?

+Thespian's Stage - Copies Field of the Dead. Swap in for Warped Landscape ?

+Perilous Forays - Could quickly get tons of lands, but the deck needs more token generators

+Protean Hulk - Guaranteed Scute Mob and Wood Elves

+Woodland Bellower - Another way to fetch Scute Mob

Date added	3 years
Last updated	3 years
Legality	This deck is Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	6 - 0 Mythic Rares 26 - 0 Rares 21 - 0 Uncommons 21 - 0 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	3.56
Tokens	Beast 4/4 G, Boar 2/2 G, Cat 2/2 G, Copy Clone, Elemental 2/2 G, Elemental X/X G, Food, Insect 1/1 G, Kraken 8/8 U, Zombie 2/2 B
Folders	Casual Custom Decks