At the recommendation of a friend, I built this Naya-themed EDH deck to more comfortably fit my play style. The initial idea was to focus on a more aggro build and I think I've done that.

The themes I focused on were token generation & anthems with a splash or two of adding +1/+1 counters.

There is synergy across the board with this deck but the key is that many of the threats have the ability to create additional 1/1 tokens either upon entering the battlefield or as a result of attacking or doing damage.

Most important here are the anthems which turn my vanilla tokens into real problems for my oppponents to deal with. Gaea's Anthem, Glorious Anthem & Spear of Heliod all elicit groans. But those aren't the only anthems that do so . . .

Fires of Yavimaya, Hammer of Purphoros & Urabrask the Hidden all lend my creatures haste.

Cathars' Crusade rewards me heartily for generating tokens, especially with a Parallel Lives or (better yet) Doubling Season on the board.

Rage Reflection gives all my creatures double strike and Intangible Virtue not only pumps my tokens but also gives them vigilance!

There's Collective Blessing which can be a blowout if not answered. And then there's Elesh Norn, Grand Cenobite . She can be a board wipe PLUS an anthem on a stick in the best case scenario.

Throw all of this potential pumping synergy together with my commander, Gahiji, The Honored One on the battlefield and things get very mean, very quickly.

Recently I had a 9th turn win over two opponents in a 3-man game that was preceded by a good deal of ramp for all of us. On turn 8, I paid the flashback cost on the Increasing Devotion in my graveyard with a Parallel Lives on the board. The following turn I played Gahiji, The Honored One from my command zone.

Attack phase . . .

The only response from my opponents was that one opted to remove all 4 +1/+1 counters from his own commander, Marath, Will of the Wild, sacrificing it to destroy MY commander.

Response?

Flash in Dictate of Heliod and swing in at both my opponents for lethal.

Any feedback is welcome. And as always, if you suggest a card to add, also offer a good choice for a card to drop in it's favor.

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Date added 9 years
Last updated 8 years
Legality

This deck is not Commander / EDH legal.

Rarity (main - side)

21 - 0 Mythic Rares

43 - 0 Rares

13 - 0 Uncommons

11 - 0 Commons

Cards 99
Avg. CMC 3.97
Tokens Beast 3/3 G, Bird 3/4 W, Cat 2/2 W, Cat Soldier 1/1 W, Centaur 3/3 G, Emblem Elspeth, Knight-Errant, Emblem Elspeth, Sun's Champion, Enchantment Golem 3/3 C, Human 1/1 W, Insect 1/1 G w/ Flying, Deathtouch, Knight 2/2 W w/ Vigilance, Plant 0/1 G, Rhino 4/4 G, Satyr 2/2 GR, Soldier 1/1 W, Spirit 1/1 W, Thopter 1/1 C, Warrior 1/1 W, Wolf 2/2 G, Wurm 3/3 C w/ Deathtouch, Wurm 3/3 C w/ Lifelink, Wurm 5/5 G w/ Trample
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