Bear Hug

Commander / EDH

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Land (35)

• 1x Ash Barrens
• 1x Azorius Chancery
• 1x Command Tower
• 1x Evolving Wilds
• 1x Exotic Orchard
• 1x Flooded Strand
• 4x Forest
• 1x Frontier Bivouac
• 1x Gruul Turf
• 1x Hallowed Fountain
• 1x Homeward Path
• 3x Island
• 1x Izzet Boilerworks
• 1x Jungle Shrine
• 1x Krosan Verge
• 3x Mountain
• 1x Myriad Landscape
• 1x Mystic Monastery
• 1x Nephalia Academy
• 1x Opal Palace
• 3x Plains
• 1x Seaside Citadel
• 1x Selesnya Sanctuary
• 1x Steam Vents
• 1x Terramorphic Expanse
• 1x Throne of the High City

LocknKey (11)

• 1x Arcane Laboratory
• 1x Dovescape
• 1x Eidolon of Rhetoric
• 1x Future Sight
• 1x Guile
• 1x Jace, Unraveler of Secrets
• 1x Leyline of Anticipation
• 1x Magus of the Future
• 1x Possibility Storm
• 1x Rule of Law
• 1x Vedalken Orrery

Denial (16)

• 1x Arcane Denial
• 1x Austere Command
• 1x Beast Within
• 1x Chaos Warp
• 1x Counterflux
• 1x Counterspell
• 1x Cyclonic Rift
• 1x Fumigate
• 1x Imprisoned in the Moon
• 1x Oblation
• 1x Path to Exile
• 1x Rout
• 1x Song of the Dryads
• 1x Supreme Verdict
• 1x Swords to Plowshares
• 1x Vandalblast

Protection (12)

• 1x Eternal Witness
• 1x Faith's Reward
• 1x Ghostly Prison
• 1x Karmic Justice
• 1x Martyr's Bond
• 1x Privileged Position
• 1x Propaganda
• 1x Sandwurm Convergence
• 1x Sphere of Safety
• 1x Sterling Grove
• 1x Teferi's Protection
• 1x Vexing Shusher

Wincon (1)

• 1x Laboratory Maniac

Commander (1)

Ramp (14)

• 1x Azorius Signet
• 1x Boros Signet
• 1x Burgeoning
• 1x Chromatic Lantern
• 1x Collective Voyage
• 1x Commander's Sphere
• 1x Cultivate
• 1x Exploration
• 1x Izzet Signet
• 1x Kodama's Reach
• 1x Selesnya Signet
• 1x Simic Signet
• 1x Sol Ring
• 1x Tempt with Discovery

Dig (10)

• 1x Argothian Enchantress
• 1x Assault Suit
• 1x Eidolon of Blossoms
• 1x Enchantress's Presence
• 1x Enlightened Tutor
• 1x Keranos, God of Storms
• 1x Mesa Enchantress
• 1x Nissa, Vital Force
• 1x Rites of Flourishing
• 1x Zedruu the Greathearted

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These two want to hug the board whilst slowly squeezing the opponents into deadlock. It's more on the strangle side then hug but opponents generally love the hug. When building this deck I wanted to honor a friend's Zedruu the Greathearted in which it locks the board off, essentially causing you to rely entirely on your commander and what you had on the field already. In the spirit of that deck the enchantment theme has also been carried over.

An admittedly bad interaction is Rashmi, Eternities Crafter and the Rule of Law type effects, however she creates a pretty neat engine with Mind's Dilation. It also needs more boardwipes, Akroma's Vengeance is a must, maybe a Supreme Verdict too. It also needs a bit of sprucing up on the land side of things.

Those criticisms aside the deck does have its wincons Dovescape + Guile or Laboratory Maniac are the two main ones with support for both on the sides. Possibility Storm + Rule of Law is in there to stop the game with Future Sight to allow me past the restriction, then Leyline of Anticipation type effects are key. If you can get the emblem then Jace, Unraveler of Secrets can act as a different key for the Rule of Storms lock, and in order to get there easier a Sandwurm Convergence has been added. This card is great as it means that once lockout is achieved, at least you will have an Armada of Wurms to end the game quicker.

Nissa, Vital Force is classed as dig as it is stupidly easy to get her Emblem, I have had it as early as turn 3 before dropping land. The emblem gets pretty crazy with all the lands that it can drop into play, otherwise acting as a consistent draw engine once online. She can also get things back if you need to retrieve a piece for the Lock and Key.

It's current weakness is direct damage, to which a Solitary Confinement would work wonders. Imprisoned in the Moon has a space, and the counterspells need a little work.

Date added	6 years
Last updated	6 years
Key combos	Dovescape + Guile Possibility Storm + Rule of Law
Legality	This deck is Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	6 - 0 Mythic Rares 41 - 0 Rares 22 - 0 Uncommons 18 - 0 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	3.29
Tokens	1/1 WU Token Creature Bird, Beast 3/3 G, Emblem Jace, Unraveler of Secrets, Emblem Nissa, Vital Force, The Monarch, Wurm 5/5 G