Nasty Nath of the Gilt-Leaf

Commander / EDH BG (Golgari) Control Cruel Control Discard Tokens

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Instant (2)

• 1x Putrefy
• 1x Vampiric Tutor

Sorcery (19)

• 1x Army of the Damned
• 1x Barter in Blood
• 1x Cabal Conditioning
• 1x Diabolic Intent
• 1x Dread Return
• 1x Exsanguinate
• 1x Ezuri's Predation
• 1x Growth Spasm
• 1x Hymn to Tourach
• 1x Kodama's Reach
• 1x Mind Shatter
• 1x Overrun
• 1x Regrowth
• 1x Shamanic Revelation
• 1x Smallpox
• 1x Syphon Flesh
• 1x Syphon Mind
• 1x Tasigur's Cruelty
• 1x Unnerve

Enchantment (11)

• 1x Attrition
• 1x Bitterblossom
• 1x Dictate of Erebos
• 1x Larceny
• 1x Mind Slash
• 1x Necrogen Mists
• 1x Necrogenesis
• 1x Palace Siege
• 1x Phyrexian Arena
• 1x Vampiric Rites
• 1x Waste Not

Artifact (4)

• 1x Anvil of Bogardan
• 1x Eldrazi Monument
• 1x Geth's Grimoire
• 1x Memory Jar

Creature (27)

• 1x Acidic Slime
• 1x Blood Artist
• 1x Cackling Fiend
• 1x Conclave Naturalists
• 1x Creakwood Liege
• 1x Elves of Deep Shadow
• 1x Elvish Archdruid
• 1x Elvish Harbinger
• 1x Elvish Mystic
• 1x Farhaven Elf
• 1x Fleshbag Marauder
• 1x Heart Warden
• 1x Liliana's Specter
• 1x Llanowar Elves
• 1x Mindslicer
• 1x Nullmage Shepherd
• 1x Priest of Titania
• 1x Puppeteer Clique
• 1x Regal Force
• 1x Rotting Rats
• 1x Sadistic Hypnotist
• 1x Screeching Buzzard
• 1x Smothering Abomination
• 1x Tar Fiend
• 1x Temur Sabertooth
• 1x Thoughtpicker Witch
• 1x Wood Elves

Land (36)

• 1x Bojuka Bog
• 1x Command Tower
• 1x Evolving Wilds
• 10x Forest
• 1x Gilt-Leaf Palace
• 1x Golgari Rot Farm
• 1x Grim Backwoods
• 1x Mosswort Bridge
• 1x Oran-Rief, the Vastwood
• 1x Overgrown Tomb
• 1x Polluted Mire
• 1x Spawning Pool
• 11x Swamp
• 1x Terramorphic Expanse
• 1x Tranquil Thicket
• 1x Westvale Abbey  ^Flip
• 1x Yavimaya Hollow

Commander (1)

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Sideboard

Artifact (1)

• 1x Coat of Arms

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Note: I play EDH in a fairly casual setting where infinite combos are house-banned, so keep that in mind when reviewing my decklist...
I've tinkered with discard a few times in EDH. It is a difficult theme to transition from a single- to multi-player format because most of the best discard spells target a single player. Using up resources to nuke one player's hand when you still have two (or more) other opponents to worry about is not very strong, but what this deck does well is go global and constant with its discard. It looks underwhelming at first, but I encourage you to playtest it and see what your board state looks like come turn 7-8. What the deck lacks in raw power, it makes up for with efficiency, excellent synergy, and smothering control elements.

*Timing is everything with this deck, especially in the early game. There are many 1- and 2-drop mana dorks in the deck specifically to get Nath out a turn or two early, which is critical because then you can maximize the effectiveness of using your strong discard spells on turns 4-6.** The reason I like to key in on these turns with discard is because this is the transitional phase for most decks from their early game into the beginning of their mid-game. They've likely laid most of their lands from their opening hands and they've cast their cheap cards and a ramp spell or two, leaving their hands ripe with more powerful cards that they are preparing to use. And if you aren't hitting their threats or power cards, then you're most likely hitting their answers to your threats instead. Either way, you're building up a significant elf army with Nath the whole time.

**A couple of good cards that combo beautifully with Nath (as well as with Waste Not and Geth's Grimoire) are Anvil of Bogardan and Necrogen Mists, which assure you a discard trigger at the beginning of every player's turn. Memory Jar is the real bomb though, as timing it right can net you up to 20+ discard triggers at once!

**Once you've sucked every last resource out of your opponents' hands and forced them into topdeck-mode, hopefully you've got your Thoughtpicker Witch on the battlefield with a healthy elf army to sacrifice to fateseal your opponents' answers away from them. Then they'll have little hope of answering your late game with this deck. It's a grindy, painful death.

Date added	7 years
Last updated	7 years
Exclude colors	WUR
Legality	This deck is Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	3 - 0 Mythic Rares 30 - 1 Rares 24 - 0 Uncommons 22 - 0 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	3.56
Tokens	Eldrazi Spawn 0/1 C, Elf Warrior 1/1 G, Faerie Rogue 1/1 B, Human Cleric 1/1 BW, Phyrexian Beast 4/4 G, Saproling 1/1 G, Worm 1/1 BG, Zombie 2/2 B