Jodah drops Big Things

Commander / EDH* Budget Casual Five Color

PopoLord

Land (37)

• 1x Arcane Sanctum
• 1x Command Tower
• 1x Crumbling Necropolis
• 1x Evolving Wilds
• 1x Exotic Orchard
• 5x Forest
• 1x Frontier Bivouac
• 4x Island
• 1x Jungle Shrine
• 1x Krosan Verge
• 4x Mountain
• 1x Myriad Landscape
• 1x Mystic Monastery
• 1x Nomad Outpost
• 1x Opulent Palace
• 1x Path of Ancestry
• 4x Plains
• 1x Sandsteppe Citadel
• 1x Savage Lands
• 1x Seaside Citadel
• 3x Swamp
• 1x Terramorphic Expanse

Powerhouse (5)

• 1x It That Betrays
• 1x Kokusho, the Evening Star
• 1x Myojin of Life's Web
• 1x Nicol Bolas, Planeswalker
• 1x Zacama, Primal Calamity

Haste (3)

• 1x Dragon Breath
• 1x Lightning Greaves
• 1x Maelstrom Wanderer

Stax (3)

• 1x Chancellor of the Annex
• 1x Kozilek, the Great Distortion
• 1x Void Winnower

Ramp (12)

• 1x Brass's Bounty
• 1x Chromatic Lantern
• 1x Commander's Sphere
• 1x Cultivate
• 1x Darksteel Ingot
• 1x Explosive Vegetation
• 1x Fellwar Stone
• 1x Grow from the Ashes
• 1x Kodama's Reach
• 1x Rampant Growth
• 1x Sakura-Tribe Elder
• 1x Sol Ring

Draw (6)

• 1x Ancient Excavation
• 1x Brainstorm
• 1x Interpret the Signs
• 1x Myojin of Seeing Winds
• 1x Nezahal, Primal Tide
• 1x Nissa's Revelation

Removal (6)

• 1x Ashen Rider
• 1x Decree of Pain
• 1x Dread Cacodemon
• 1x In Garruk's Wake
• 1x Sylvan Reclamation
• 1x Terastodon

Utility / Card Advantage (4)

• 1x Fist of Suns
• 1x Sunbird's Invocation
• 1x Swarm Intelligence
• 1x Zendikar Resurgent

Late Game (3)

• 1x Rise of the Dark Realms
• 1x Storm Herd
• 1x Treacherous Terrain

Commander (1)

Tutor (7)

• 1x Bring to Light
• 1x Bringer of the Black Dawn
• 1x Conduit of Ruin
• 1x Conflux
• 1x Fierce Empath
• 1x Grozoth
• 1x Rune-Scarred Demon

Recursion (6)

• 1x Artisan of Kozilek
• 1x Diluvian Primordial
• 1x Grave Upheaval
• 1x Praetor's Counsel
• 1x Seasons Past
• 1x Volcanic Vision

Protection (5)

• 1x Archetype of Endurance
• 1x Heroic Intervention
• 1x Sandwurm Convergence
• 1x Shalai, Voice of Plenty
• 1x Teferi, Mage of Zhalfir

Counterspell (2)

• 1x Negate
• 1x Plasm Capture

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Other (1)

• 1x Myojin of Infinite Rage

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This is what I came up with after playtesting it a lot of times with my playgroup. The deck is very well balanced. Most of the times I have answers to my opponents. I do rely a lot on Recursion so graveyard-hate can hurt us a lot. Kokusho often keeps me alive, since you might getting early focus once your playgroup knows your deck.

Gameplan Show

General gameplan is to ramp up and getting Jodah, Archmage Eternal in when you feel it is safe enough. I wouldn't recommend bringing him in as fast as possible, since he will get removed 7/10 times (depending on the decks). An early Shalai, Voice of Plenty or Boots + Jodah is sweet but not needed. You can bring in your powerhouses and overwhelm your opponents with Zacama, Primal Calamity Nicol Bolas, Planeswalker It That Betrays. There is a lot of draw/tutoring in the deck, so you can always adapt to the game. Play controllish with Void Winnower + Chancellor of the Annex + Kozilek, the Great Distortion. I love to play Nezahal, Primal Tide as early as possible and get the card advantage going.

Fierce Empath into Rune-Scarred Demon into Conflux into answers.

You have no direct WinCons (we don't really like that style of play in our group), but Rise of the Dark Realms or Maelstrom Wanderer + Storm Herd can often win you games. Swarm Intelligence + Treacherous Terrain as a finisher can work as well. If you get to flash in Teferi in a good moment you can also build your board with Myojin of Life's Web in an opponents endstep and then proceed to win in your turn (if you dropped enough big things).

Those are just a few interactions - there are a lot more. This deck is tremendous fun if you like to drop big things :)

Date added	5 years
Last updated	4 years
Legality	This deck is Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	8 - 0 Mythic Rares 34 - 0 Rares 26 - 0 Uncommons 12 - 0 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	6.00
Tokens	Elephant 3/3 G, Pegasus 1/1 W, Treasure, Wurm 5/5 G