T4 Primal surge - Entire deck beat down with Jodah

Commander / EDH* Combo Five Color

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Lands (37)

• 1x Arid Mesa
• 1x Badlands
• 1x Bayou
• 1x Blood Crypt
• 1x Bloodstained Mire
• 1x Breeding Pool
• 1x City of Brass
• 1x Command Beacon
• 1x Command Tower
• 1x Exotic Orchard
• 1x Flooded Strand
• 1x Forbidden Orchard
• 1x Gaea's Cradle
• 1x Godless Shrine
• 1x Hallowed Fountain
• 1x Mana Confluence
• 1x Marsh Flats
• 1x Misty Rainforest
• 1x Overgrown Tomb
• 1x Plateau
• 1x Polluted Delta
• 1x Sacred Foundry
• 1x Savannah
• 1x Scalding Tarn
• 1x Scrubland
• 1x Steam Vents
• 1x Stomping Ground
• 1x Taiga
• 1x Temple Garden
• 1x Tropical Island
• 1x Tundra
• 1x Underground Sea
• 1x Verdant Catacombs
• 1x Volcanic Island
• 1x Watery Grave
• 1x Windswept Heath
• 1x Wooded Foothills

Backup to Jodah (2)

• 1x Fist of Suns
• 1x Maelstrom Archangel

Ramp (24)

• 1x Avacyn's Pilgrim
• 1x Birds of Paradise
• 1x Chrome Mox
• 1x Dimir Signet
• 1x Drover of the Mighty
• 1x Fellwar Stone
• 1x Fertile Ground
• 1x Gemhide Sliver
• 1x Golgari Signet
• 1x Gruul Signet
• 1x Harabaz Druid
• 1x Harvester Druid
• 1x Izzet Signet
• 1x Llanowar Elves
• 1x Manaweft Sliver
• 1x Noble Hierarch
• 1x Orzhov Signet
• 1x Sylvan Caryatid
• 1x Talisman of Dominance
• 1x Talisman of Impulse
• 1x Talisman of Indulgence
• 1x Talisman of Progress
• 1x Talisman of Unity
• 1x Utopia Tree

Draw (6)

• 1x Dark Confidant
• 1x Greater Good
• 1x Phyrexian Arena
• 1x Prime Speaker Zegana
• 1x Rhystic Study
• 1x Sylvan Library

Next To Cut (6)

• 1x Baleful Strix
• 1x Dark Confidant
• 1x Izzet Signet
• 1x Maralen of the Mornsong
• 1x Phyrexian Arena
• 1x Tundra

Removal (2)

• 1x Doomwake Giant
• 1x Terastodon

Commander (1)

Defence (10)

• 1x Archetype of Endurance
• 1x Asceticism
• 1x Avacyn, Angel of Hope
• 1x Dragonlord Dromoka
• 1x Lightning Greaves
• 1x Privileged Position
• 1x Sen Triplets
• 1x Sphinx of the Final Word
• 1x Swiftfoot Boots
• 1x Teferi, Mage of Zhalfir

Tutor (10)

• 1x Bringer of the Black Dawn
• 1x Doom Whisperer
• 1x Fauna Shaman
• 1x Maralen of the Mornsong
• 1x Necropotence
• 1x Razaketh, the Foulblooded
• 1x Rune-Scarred Demon
• 1x Sidisi, Undead Vizier
• 1x Survival of the Fittest
• 1x Unfulfilled Desires

WinCon (6)

• 1x Baleful Strix
• 1x Concordant Crossroads
• 1x Craterhoof Behemoth
• 1x Laboratory Maniac
• 1x Primal Surge
• 1x Subjugator Angel

Replay Surge If Needed (2)

• 1x Archaeomancer
• 1x Scribe of the Mindful

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Sideboard

Removed Not good enough (7)

• 1x Azorius Signet
• 1x Boros Signet
• 1x Cyclops of Eternal Fury
• 1x Fog Bank
• 1x Ring of Three Wishes
• 1x Wall of Denial
• 1x Wall of Frost

Hardcast Primal (2)

• 1x Heartbeat of Spring
• 1x Mana Flare

Next To Cut (1)

• 1x Fog Bank

Testing needed (2)

• 1x Glen Elendra Archmage
• 1x Stratus Dancer

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Maybeboard

Banned Go in one day (1)

• 1x Yawgmoth's Bargain

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Jodah the True Captain of the Timmy's

So as much as I love Jodah he is unfortunately a Strong Timmy. He can and is definitively strong and super creative but he will never win before turn 4 and most of the time you need 5, 6 or 7 before he can kick off...

This deck is an attempt to make a consistent turn 5, with the occasional turn 4 win...

Jodah's Path to Primal Surge

The entire deck is based around casting 1 card as soon as possible... Primal Surge

As we have 100% permanents expect for Primal Surge when we cast it out entire deck gets put into play.

T1 - Land + Bird or Mox

T2 - Land + Ramp

T3 - Land + Jodah, Archmage Eternal or Fist of Suns

T4 - Land Primal Surge = Win, When our entire deck goes in we get a few cards that gives us an instant win - Concordant Crossroads - Craterhoof Behemoth - Subjugator Angel

This gives us 30ish creatures is 30 power each, all with haste and no blockers on the opponents side...

Game play options

So we have a ton of mana sources..we need to try and hit Jodah or Fist every T3, we wont always have Primal T4 so as a tempo consideration its a must.

If we don't have Surge in our hands by turn 4 a good path is to tutor to Bringer of the Black Dawn or Razaketh, the Foulblooded to then get surge to cast turn 5.

we have a few cards that prevent Primal being countered Teferi, Mage of Zhalfir, Sen Triplets, Sphinx of the Final Word, and Dragonlord Dromoka all stop Primal being countered.

I've included Scribe of the Mindful to get back Primal in case it gets binned and we haven't won. I think I might include more of these types of cards and drop the 3 cards listed in the should i cut category.

What we don't have

as we can't have any instant or sorcery our tutor options are expensive, are there any better tutors that are permanents that should go in.

I'm not sure about removal, obviously we have almost none but this deck is just trying to survive long enough to cast Surge. So instead of Removing things I've put in some defense options and am ramping and tutoring hard to get primal out as quick as possible.

Any thoughts you have, suggestions, any ways to improve the deck would be great.

Date added	5 years
Last updated	5 years
Legality	This deck is Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	14 - 1 Mythic Rares 60 - 4 Rares 13 - 4 Uncommons 13 - 2 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	3.56
Tokens	Elephant 3/3 G, Morph 2/2 C, Spirit 1/1 C
Folders	Needs updating