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Gishath, Sun's Avatar's Giant Death Lizards

Commander / EDH* Casual RGW (Naya) Tribal

CyberLynx07


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You ramp, you play dinosaurs, you attack with dinosaurs, you win the game.Yes, this is a semi-budget deck, so certain cards like Urza's Incubator and all the expensive non-basic lands aren't in here. Still a work in progress, but this is a good baseline for the deck that is also great for new players, either to the game or the format. Feel free to leave suggestions, any ideas are welcome.

As far as synergy/combos in the deck, Pyrohemia is a premium enrage activator, allowing those (usually) powerful abilities to reliably trigger multiple times while it is on the field. In addition, Elemental Bond and Warstorm Surge both trigger with the dinos that Gishath rips from the top of your library. Whispersilk Cloak and Mage Slayer both allow Gishath to deal at least 7 damage every attack, which is extremely helpful. Cards like Colossal Dreadmaw and Ancient Brontodon seem pretty weak on their own, but when they are pulled out of the deck by Gishath or ramped into on the early turns, they can be absolute monsters, especially with Overwhelming Stampede in the deck. Speaking of which, with enough power on the board, you can do a surprise Ghalta, Primal Hunger + Overwhelming Stampede to easily kill someone, and if it's 1v1, just win the game outright. I'm a bit hesitant about Priest of the Wakening Sun, but it can be used to tutor into Wakening Sun's Avatar or Burning Sun's Avatar or even Ghalta, Primal Hunger, so I'm keeping it for now. Heroic Intervention both protects against board clears and protects your dinos from dying on extra combat steps granted by World at War or Relentless Assault.

EDIT With the upcoming release of Rivals of Ixalan, several of the non-dino and weak high-cost dinos will be replaced with the other 3 primal dinos of the color and several other premium dinos being released in the set. View the list of cards I'm considering purchasing for the deck here: RoI Dino Cards to BuyYou can see the first draft of the deck in it's completion with the RoI cards here: Gishath, Sun's Avatar's Giant Death Lizards RoI

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Date added 6 years
Last updated 6 years
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Legality

This deck is Commander / EDH legal.

Rarity (main - side)

6 - 2 Mythic Rares

25 - 4 Rares

30 - 8 Uncommons

16 - 1 Commons

Cards 100
Avg. CMC 4.05
Tokens Copy Clone, Dinosaur 3/3 G w/ Trample, Elephant 3-3 G, Emblem Domri Rade
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