RAWRMAGEDDON! feat. Gishath (EDH) (Updated)

Commander / EDH* Condenserhead

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Deck searching —Dec. 13, 2017

Decimate is out, Enlightened Tutor is in. Getting to my enchantments (or artifacts if I need card draw) is more important to the overall game strategy than Decimate's four-cost removal.

FadingReality says... #1

I'd recommend Mutavault. It can benefit from the +1/+1 and haste buffs that some of your other dinos give. This land was made for tribal decks.

December 5, 2017 11:27 p.m.

Condenserhead says... #2

I had Mutavault in my original build, but ended up taking it out when I shifted away from a purely aggro strategy. I may tinker around with it a little more, but I also want to make sure I don't put too much colorless mana in the deck.

December 6, 2017 10:51 a.m.

TheCardPool says... #3

Whispersilk Cloak and Enlightened Tutor would be solid addition to this deck

December 7, 2017 4:59 p.m.

Agent_Fire says... #4

You should add Cream of the Crop

December 7, 2017 5:11 p.m.

Condenserhead says... #5

studajew, I literally have a Whispersilk Cloak begging me to include it in the deck (I even have it sleeved and ready to go) but I can't figure out what card to take out to put it in. Everything is playing pretty well at this point, and I am waiting to see what card keeps popping up that just doesn't work. When that happens, Whispersilk Cloak will get its shot from the minors.

Agent_Fire, I didn't even know about Cream of the Crop. It looks like it would have great synergy with Gishath, Sun's Avatar, and now I have double the problem I was just telling studajew about. Thanks for that, lol.

As a side note, thanks everyone for all of the upvotes!!!!!

December 8, 2017 10:59 a.m.

Shadowwolf627 says... #6

Try not to have so much singles of cards your going to want to pull a consistent hand so that you know exactly whats going to happen. Your starting card that cost anywhere from about 1-3 mana are going to be what you have more of preferably 4 for 1-2 and 3 for 3mana. Also the combos that you are going to rely on is ok to have more on even if they are expensive you just have to be careful not to put to many or you can wind up pulling something that costs 6 mana on turn 1.funny deck though

December 9, 2017 9:08 a.m.

Condenserhead says... #7

Shadowwolf627 this deck is constructed for the Commander/EDH variant of the game. In that variant, players are only allowed to have one of any card (outside of basic lands or card text that says otherwise). It is an extremely fun variant of MtG, especially for larger multiplayer games. I have seen it described before as the Mario Kart of Magic, haha. If you havent seen it before, you should check it out!

December 9, 2017 9:18 a.m.

Shadowwolf627 says... #8

Oh ok I havent heard of it before but it sounds quite fun Im definitely gonna check it out, thanks!

December 9, 2017 9:29 a.m.

Shadowwolf627 says... #9

Be sure to look at my deck too lol its a fun deck

December 9, 2017 9:29 a.m.

Gleeock says... #10

EDH is the best. It's about all I play, partially because I don't have time to get to the LGS much.... But also because I think it is a great social, large-game format and stompy-dinos with mass destruction embodies EDH well

December 9, 2017 11:06 a.m.

You've got a great deck, and I'm a huge fan of dinosaurs and EDH, so this is a gold mine for me. I've been really stuck between two strategies for my dinosaur EDH deck; either land destruction like yours or a pseudo-cascade strategy with cards like Sunbird's Invocation and See the Unwritten. On the one hand, the pseudo-cascade strategy is a great way to cheat out more dinosaurs (I saw it on a Commander VS video and it worked really well) and it helps to cheat dinosaurs with Gishath (or without him if he leaves) but it doesn't seem to be the popular choice. On the other hand, land destruction is mean once you get Gishath out but all those spells are dead cards while you're still ramping.

What made you pick land destruction? Is there some great reasoning as to which strategy is better?

I've included the link to my deck...it's still a prototype and I have cards I need to cut. I want to build this deck on paper but I don't want to spend close to $1,000 on it. I think that cutting the really expensive lands will help with the cost but I think that may lead me away from land destruction?

Anyway, you've definitely got a great deck and I would love your guidance!!!

http://tappedout.net/mtg-decks/jurassic-commander-fallen-kingdom/

December 10, 2017 10:57 p.m.

Condenserhead says... #12

SpeedOfLightning, the short answer is this--I've always wanted to work land destruction into an EDH deck in a meaningful way. Generally, land destruction decks, similar to infinite combo decks and infect decks, get a lot of hate for simply abusing rules mechanics to win games. Upon seeing Gishath, Sun's Avatar for the first time, I immediately liked its ability to cheat out dinosaur cards absent any mana pool. My mind went straight to land destruction, so that was my mission here.

The long answer is this. Land destruction with Gishath on the board is a great win condition, but it is not necessarily optimized to automatically provide you a win. There is a lot of tempered destruction here, and it requires a bit of patience and bluffing to get your board state set up. As a player, I like big dumb creatures and aggro, but I also like a little bit of control in my pocket and board-state chaos. This deck provides me with all of those things.

At the same time, however, it sacrifices being the best dino-aggro deck it can be. There are cheaper, better, and more synergistic alternatives for a pure aggro build to get dinosaurs out faster and more powerfully than I am doing here. There are some expensive cards in this deck, but I feel that it requires them to be competitive. Pure aggro can easily go without them.

Your deck looks great. Thanks for checking mine out!

December 11, 2017 11:28 a.m.

Condenserhead Thanks for the help!!! Yeah, I definitely prefer to go aggro and rush Winn more creatures. Id love to have you take a look at my deck once I finish it!!

December 11, 2017 3:38 p.m.