Smashface Gardening with Rith

Commander / EDH Budget Dragons RGW (Naya) Saproling Tokens

clayperce

Land (36)

• 1x Battlefield Forge
• 1x Canopy Vista
• 1x Cinder Glade
• 1x Command Tower
• 1x Evolving Wilds
• 5x Forest
• 1x Ghost Quarter
• 1x Homeward Path
• 1x Jungle Shrine
• 1x Kessig Wolf Run
• 6x Mountain
• 1x Naya Panorama
• 1x Opal Palace
• 1x Oran-Rief, the Vastwood
• 3x Plains
• 1x Rith's Grove
• 1x Rogue's Passage
• 1x Slayers' Stronghold
• 1x Sunhome, Fortress of the Legion
• 1x Sunpetal Grove
• 1x Temple of Abandon
• 1x Temple of Plenty
• 1x Temple of Triumph
• 1x Vivid Grove
• 1x Winding Canyons

Saprolings (7)

• 1x Artifact Mutation
• 1x Aura Mutation
• 1x Jade Mage
• 1x Mycoloth
• 1x Psychotrope Thallid
• 1x Saproling Burst
• 1x Sprout Swarm

Exploit (4)

• 1x Aura Shards
• 1x Cathars' Crusade
• 1x Champion of Lambholt
• 1x Juniper Order Ranger

Ramp (15)

• 1x Avacyn's Pilgrim
• 1x Citanul Hierophants
• 1x Dragonlord's Servant
• 1x Druid of the Anima
• 1x Druids' Repository
• 1x Drumhunter
• 1x Gyre Sage
• 1x Joiner Adept
• 1x Mana Echoes
• 1x Mirari's Wake
• 1x Savage Ventmaw
• 1x Skyshroud Elf
• 1x Sol Ring
• 1x Sylvan Caryatid
• 1x Xenagos, the Reveler

Pump (9)

• 1x Atarka, World Render
• 1x Berserkers' Onslaught
• 1x Bloodspore Thrinax
• 1x Bow of Nylea
• 1x Forgotten Ancient
• 1x Iroas, God of Victory
• 1x Mirari's Wake
• 1x Quest for Renewal
• 1x Spear of Heliod

Removal (8)

• 1x Artifact Mutation
• 1x Aura Mutation
• 1x Aura Shards
• 1x Aurelia's Fury
• 1x Comet Storm
• 1x Darksteel Mutation
• 1x Path to Exile
• 1x Swords to Plowshares

Voltron (4)

• 1x Spirit Mantle
• 1x Swiftfoot Boots
• 1x Trailblazer's Boots
• 1x Unquestioned Authority

Commander (1)

Dragons (9)

• 1x Atarka, World Render
• 1x Descent of the Dragons
• 1x Dragon Broodmother
• 1x Dragonmaster Outcast
• 1x Preyseizer Dragon
• 1x Savage Ventmaw
• 1x Sunscorch Regent
• 1x Thunderbreak Regent
• 1x Utvara Hellkite

Utility (9)

• 1x Aggravated Assault
• 1x Boros Charm
• 1x Eternal Witness
• 1x Fanatical Devotion
• 1x Parallel Lives
• 1x Reconnaissance
• 1x Scavenging Ooze
• 1x Strionic Resonator
• 1x Vedalken Orrery

Draw (6)

• 1x Drumhunter
• 1x Mentor of the Meek
• 1x Psychotrope Thallid
• 1x Shamanic Revelation
• 1x Skullclamp
• 1x Slate of Ancestry

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Maybeboard

Other (4)

• 1x Anointed Procession
• 1x Growing Rites of Itlimoc  ^Flip
• 1x Heroic Intervention
• 1x Skyblinder Staff

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Rith is happiest when she's either smashing face with her Dragon friends or doing a little work in her Saproling garden. And this deck is all about making Rith happy!

The idea is to generate enough Saprolings to hold off the table while ramping into Rith (who brings a TON of Saprolings) and her Dragon-y beater pals ... with a hefty dose of pump effects and token exploiters along the way. The deck also has small card draw and removal packages, a touch of Voltron, and a few other utilities. I've listed some cards in more than one category, and I think most of them are self-explanatory. But here are some notes on a few:

More maindeck details

Land

• Ghost Quarter: Because sometimes a land just needs killin'. Plus you can target yourself in a pinch.
  
• Kessig Wolf Run, Rogue's Passage, Slayers' Stronghold, Sunhome, Fortress of the Legion: Free Voltron effects for Rith or her pals ("free" in that they don't take a spell slot)
  
• Oran-Rief, the Vastwood: Counters!
  
• Winding Canyons: Some redundancy for Vedalken Orrery

Spells

• Darksteel Mutation: Probably my favorite removal spell of all time
  
• Fanatical Devotion: So nice, for the inevitable boardwipes
  
• Mana Echoes: Insane amounts of mana. Please note though that mana created when Rith puts Saprolings on the battlefield can only be used during the Combat Phase.
• Reconnaissance: Attack without fear, plus untap during the End of Combat Step for a Vigilance effect
  
• Shamanic Revelation: This card is so broken! The only danger is it's not a "may" effect, so make sure you don't accidentally mill yourself out :-)
  
• Trailblazer's Boots: Simply amazing in Commander. I've no idea why everyone doesn't run it.
• Xenagos, the Reveler: Really just here for his +1 ability

Combos

• Aggravated Assault + Savage Ventmaw: Infinite mana, even if the Ventmaw can't connect
  
• Forgotten Ancient + Mycoloth and Forgotten Ancient + Preyseizer Dragon: The deck has lots of +1/+1 counter synergy, but these two combos are particularly nice
  
• Mana Echoes + Sprout Swarm: Infinite Saprolings and infinite mana, given 5 untapped Saprolings (or 4 and a , or 3 and )

And a special mention goes to Strionic Resonator, perhaps my favorite card of all time. It combos with a ton of cards in the deck, but here are a few worth highlighting:

• Cathars' Crusade + Strionic Resonator: An extra +1/+1 counter on each creature you control
  
• Dragonmaster Outcast + Strionic Resonator: An extra 5/5 Dragon
  
• Mycoloth + Strionic Resonator: Double Saprolings
  
• Preyseizer Dragon + Strionic Resonator: Double damage
  
• Rith, the Awakener + Strionic Resonator: Another round of Saprolings (often, more than double), if you have an extra
  
• Utvara Hellkite + Strionic Resonator: An extra 6/6 Dragon
• Unfortunately, Atarka, World Render + Strionic Resonator is a non-bo. Gaining double strike again has no additional effect.

I'm aiming for a 75% build, with no tutors (except for lands) and very strong flavor (e.g., Saproling and Dragon tokens only, with just a couple minor flavor misses).

Slightly off-flavor cards

• Xenagos, the Reveler: Man, I hope I never have to use his 0 ability. Satyrs? Yuck.
• Trailblazer's Boots: It seems like Rith would love a pair of these, as there's not much she enjoys more than handing out a 6-to-the-face and getting a bunch of Saprolings in return. But Dragons don't wear boots. Maybe she just carries them around?

Also, the deck's on a tight budget, so any card over $5 has to be REALLY good. Mana Echoes is really my absolute top-end; cards like Doubling Season are right out.

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With all that in mind, I'd love your comments and suggestions, especially on cards from recent sets.

FYI, here's my current maybeboard: Full Maybeboard (Smashface Gardening w/ Rith)

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The original inspiration for the deck came from Jimmy Wong and Josh Lee Kwai's Command Zone podcast on Rith, Tomer Abramovici's Budget Commander article on Gahiji, the collective wisdom of the Rith fans at EDHREC.com, and a ton of advice from michael921. It continues to evolve based on your comments and my favorite Rith and other Naya decks here on TappedOut.

Finally, if you get a chance sometime, please check out my other EDH decks: Sandbagging with Hazezon and Jeleva, a heleva good Commander. I'd appreciate your comments there too!

Thanks much!

P.S. Please don't forget to +1 Upvote if you like it :-)

Top Ranked	Achieved #6 position overall 8 years ago
Date added	8 years
Last updated	5 years
Legality	This deck is Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	10 - 0 Mythic Rares 42 - 0 Rares 25 - 0 Uncommons 9 - 0 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	3.27
Tokens	Dragon 1/1 RG, Dragon 4/4 R, Dragon 5/5 R, Dragon 6/6 R, Saproling 1/1 G, Saproling */* G, Satyr 2/2 GR
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