Gone with the Windgrace *Primer*

Commander / EDH BRG (Jund) Casual Combo Midrange Multiplayer Ramp

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Land (40)

• 1x Arid Mesa
• 1x Badlands
• 1x Barren Moor
• 1x Bayou
• 1x Blood Crypt
• 1x Bloodstained Mire
• 1x Cabal Coffers
• 1x Canyon Slough
• 1x Command Tower
• 1x Dakmor Salvage
• 1x Drownyard Temple
• 1x Dust Bowl
• 6x Forest
• 1x Forgotten Cave
• 1x Kessig Wolf Run
• 1x Marsh Flats
• 1x Misty Rainforest
• 3x Mountain
• 1x Overgrown Tomb
• 1x Polluted Delta
• 1x Scalding Tarn
• 1x Sheltered Thicket
• 1x Slippery Karst
• 1x Stomping Ground
• 3x Swamp
• 1x Taiga
• 1x Tranquil Thicket
• 1x Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth
• 1x Verdant Catacombs
• 1x Windswept Heath
• 1x Wooded Foothills

Artifact (3)

• 1x Crucible of Worlds
• 1x Horn of Greed
• 1x Sol Ring

Planeswalker (1)

• 1x Nissa, Vital Force

Creature (28)

• 1x Avenger of Zendikar
• 1x Azusa, Lost but Seeking
• 1x Borborygmos Enraged
• 1x Centaur Vinecrasher
• 1x Courser of Kruphix
• 1x Crash of Rhino Beetles
• 1x Deathrite Shaman
• 1x Dragonmaster Outcast
• 1x Lotus Cobra
• 1x Mina and Denn, Wildborn
• 1x Multani, Yavimaya's Avatar
• 1x Nesting Dragon
• 1x Ob Nixilis, the Fallen
• 1x Omnath, Locus of Rage
• 1x Oracle of Mul Daya
• 1x Rampaging Baloths
• 1x Ramunap Excavator
• 1x Sakura-Tribe Elder
• 1x Stinkweed Imp
• 1x Sylvan Safekeeper
• 1x The Gitrog Monster
• 1x Tireless Tracker
• 1x Titania, Protector of Argoth
• 1x Turntimber Sower
• 1x Ulvenwald Hydra
• 1x Wayward Swordtooth
• 1x World Breaker
• 1x World Shaper

Instant (5)

• 1x Beast Within
• 1x Constant Mists
• 1x Harrow
• 1x Realms Uncharted
• 1x Windgrace's Judgment

Commander (1)

Sorcery (15)

• 1x Blasphemous Act
• 1x Chain Reaction
• 1x Creeping Renaissance
• 1x Cultivate
• 1x Damnation
• 1x Decimate
• 1x Exsanguinate
• 1x Far Wanderings
• 1x Life from the Loam
• 1x Maelstrom Pulse
• 1x Reality Scramble
• 1x Scapeshift
• 1x Splendid Reclamation
• 1x Torment of Hailfire
• 1x Worm Harvest

Enchantment (7)

• 1x Abundance
• 1x Burgeoning
• 1x Exploration
• 1x Seismic Assault
• 1x Squandered Resources
• 1x Sylvan Library
• 1x The Mending of Dominaria

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Sideboard

Land (4)

• 1x Dark Depths
• 1x Thespian's Stage
• 1x Valakut, the Molten Pinnacle
• 1x Vesuva

Enchantment (1)

• 1x Prismatic Omen

Sorcery (2)

• 1x Demonic Tutor
• 1x Hour of Promise

Instant (1)

• 1x Crop Rotation

Creature (2)

• 1x Kozilek, Butcher of Truth
• 1x Skirge Familiar

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Maybeboard

Sorcery (2)

• 1x Pir's Whim
• 1x Reprocess

Land (2)

• 1x Bojuka Bog
• 1x Ghost Town

Instant (1)

• 1x Assassin's Trophy

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#2 Deck on TappedOut, dated July 27, 2018

#1 Lord Windgrace deck on TappedOut

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Feel free to play this song as you look at the deck and read the description. For your enjoyment.

"Life's under no obligation to give us what we expect. We take what we get and are thankful it's no worse than it is." Show

For so long, players around the world screamed at the top of their lungs for a Jund general who cared about lands.

And we got one at last! Meet Rhett Windgrace!

Oh, right, you want the card.

His +2 is something we want to do. "Draw two, pitch a land" is a sentence you'll say every turn. That said, there will be times where you trade card for card. Make that discard count in that case. Discarding a card with Dredge, for example, will get you places.

His -3 will enable a lot of landfall triggers, and this is fueled by his plus ability. This ability will kick start you into overdrive and reap some serious advantage or, worst-case scenario, ramp you.

His ultimate is not in line with the others, but it's powerful nonetheless. Destroying 6 nonland permanents, then getting an army is nothing to scoff at. However, because the deck draws power from his other two abilities, it'll be a rare game when you use this ability.

You never really need to use his ult, but the first two abilities are perfect. The card is, to this day, the ultimate testament to the creed "Never judge a 'Walker by their ultimates." However, there are times when using it will be necessary (Looking at you, pillowfort players. Yeah, I see you with your Ghostly Prison effects).

“Land is the only thing in the world that amounts to anything.” Show

Early Game: RAMP! Just like the spoiler tag says, Land is the only thing that truly matters in all stages of the game, but especially the early game. Don't be afraid to hold back fetchlands because you want the landfall triggers. You'll reap them when you fish them out of the graveyard. Getting the pieces out is much more important.

Mid Game: This is where you start landing the threats. Feel free to bring Windgrace to the party, but be sure to protect him as he, like all planeswalkers, are the equivalent of punching bags in a table of 4. Get those value engines going, and start poking at your opponents when you see an opening. Try not to draw too much ire, however, or you'll be regretting your life choices.

Late Game: This is where the magic happens. You accrued a lot of value off of landfall triggers, got a massive army of tokens, or got so many lands that your cards are encroaching on your opponents' playmats (seriously, avoid that please). You could slam that token army onto someone or, if you can pull it off, use the couple of combos to seal out the game (I'll cover that soon). A large Exsanguinate or Torment of Hailfire is not a rare thing and can often steal the game after those pesky blue mages have exhausted their countermagic.

“Babies, babies, babies. Why did God make so many babies? But no, God didn't make them. Stupid people made them.” Show

One avenue to win is through tokens, and there are quite a number of producers in the deck. Titania, Protector of Argoth and Omnath, Locus of Rage provide big tokens for dropping and saccing lands respectively. And since all of the tokens between them are elementals, Omnath could inflict some nasty damage.

To a lesser extent is Rampaging Baloths, but an army of 4/4's are nothing to sneeze at, especially in large numbers. There's a reason why you see this card in most Lands lists.

Avenger of Zendikar, if protected, will produce a lot of plant tokens that will close out games in short order. You don't exactly need Craterhoof Behemoth to take someone out. Quite frankly, it's rather embarrassing to be killed by a bunch of flowers. I guess every rose has its thorn.

Zendikar's Roil doesn't look like much, but it synergizes with Omnath and it's easy to swarm with on the board. It's not in this deck, but it's still a good option if you want more token production.

“God help the man who ever really loves you.” Show

The strengths of this deck lie in its synergies. Typically, Lands decks are very synergistic, and Windgrace is no exception. Having multiple ways to win is also an advantage because should one be shut down, you got others. In effect, you might now win the same way twice, though it would be through one of those different avenues. Also, having three colors instead of two opens up more synergies and options than you'd find in land decks that use only 1 or 2 colors.

“Hardships make or break people.” Show

While it's so easy to go ga-ga over all the synergies and such, the weaknesses are something to bear in mind (Well fiddle dee dee! I'll be damned if a deck with no weaknesses exists!). Land destruction and graveyard hate will be our worst nightmares. Being stripped of our main resource will certainly cause a lot of problems, and Mass Land Destruction will bring on the worst of them. Thankfully, they aren't too much of a concern, but still, if your meta involves such spells, be prepared. Go all-in, and you might never recover. Boardwipes when going the token route is also a problem, but triggering them conservatively will allow you to play around them.

“I only know that I love you. That's your misfortune.” Show

There are several combos in here, all of which people love to try and tap into. We won't be running these in the main list, but if you want to, go right ahead. Our sideboard/optionboard enables most of these, however.

1. Scapeshift + Valakut, the Molten Pinnacle + Prismatic Omen: A personal favorite I always ran in my land decks. This will for sure eliminate an opponent or two with enough lands.

2. Scapeshift can combine with Ob Nixilis, the Fallen to get a giant beater and potentially take someone out.

3. Perilous Forays can keep saccing Elementals to ramp if you have Omnath, Locus of Rage out. This will deal a lot of damage and ramp you really hard.

4. Kozilek, Butcher of Truths/Ulamog, the Infinite Gyre + Dakmor Salvage + The Gitrog Monster + Skirge Familiar: This provides infinite black mana to use to close out games with Exsanguinate or Torment of Hailfire.

5. Dark Depths + Thespian's Stage: This combo needs no real introduction or explanation other than getting a free 20/20.

6. Borborygmos Enraged + Abundance + Keen Sense/Snake Umbra: With either aura attached to Borbor, you can filter through your deck to grab all the lands and chuck them at your opponents. While this can end games, just pray that you aren't up against Trostani, Selesnya's Voice, Oloro, Ageless Ascetic, and their ilk.

“Burdens are for shoulders strong enough to carry them.” Show

So, while we have a core suite of cards to use, there's always some that you want to put in but can't because of the deck limit. I would greatly appreciate the help in getting those cards in there.

“[Y]ou can go to the Devil and not at your leisure. You can go now, for all I care.' 'My pet, I've been to the Devil and he's a very dull fellow. I won't go there again, not even for you.'” Show

As always with every deck, there will be notable exclusions.

Golgari Grave-Troll: I have too many ways to mill myself. Any more, and I might have to splash blue for the Lab Man (Laboratory Maniac for the uninitiated).

Kodama's Reach and Skyshroud Claim: I got a lot of ramp, so I'm only adding the best of the best. The Claim really has 4 targets, which hurts it. Ran blue, and that would change, but I'm not going to. Of the two, the Reach might make it back in, but I don't know yet.

Storm Cauldron: This card causes so many headaches for me. It's a great card for the deck, but I'm not the best person to use it. Too many triggers, and I'm bound to slip somewhere, and this card is an epitome of that.

Various Lands Desert Cycle lands, etc.: There's only so much room I can devote to the deck. As it is, the landbase is tight, and changing cards around is a real chore.

Groundskeeper: We don't have enough basics to utilize it. It was originally in here because of its synergy with Windgrace's +2. In a budget list where basics are more abundant, I'd include this without hesitation.

Perilous Forays: With 4 cards that search out basics alongside the fetches, having yet another card that can fetch them would be pointless, even if Forays can grab duals.

Snake Umbra/Keen Sense: These go with Borborygmos Enraged, but they're weak on their own. That, and Borbor is already difficult to get out and protect reliably anyway.

More to come...

So, in conclusion, Windgrace isn't as bad as people make him out to be. My dear(s), I don't give a damn. We got what we wanted in the end, and that's that. I hope you enjoyed the deck and how I broke it down (plus all the Gone with the Wind references).

After all, tomorrow is another day!

Top Ranked	Achieved #2 position overall 5 years ago Achieved #1 position in Commander / EDH BRG (Jund) 5 years ago Achieved #1 position in Commander / EDH Midrange 5 years ago Achieved #1 position in Commander / EDH Ramp 5 years ago
Date added	5 years
Last updated	4 years
Legality	This deck is Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	15 - 2 Mythic Rares 57 - 5 Rares 8 - 3 Uncommons 8 - 0 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	3.75
Tokens	Beast 3/3 G, Beast 4/4 G, Cat Warrior 2/2 G, City's Blessing, Clue, Dragon 2/2 R, Dragon 5/5 R, Dragon Egg 0/2 R, Elemental 5/3 G, Elemental 5/5 RG, Emblem Nissa, Vital Force, Marit Lage, Plant 0/1 G, Worm 1/1 BG, Zombie 2/2 B
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