Nature strikes back! - Rith, the Awakener

Commander / EDH* Casual Loam Multiplayer Tokens

Asakku

Land (46)

• 1x Barbarian Ring
• 1x Blighted Steppe
• 1x Canopy Vista
• 1x Cinder Glade
• 1x Command Tower
• 1x Dark Depths
• 1x Evolving Wilds
• 9x Forest
• 1x Forgotten Cave
• 1x Gavony Township
• 1x Glacial Chasm
• 1x Grasslands
• 1x Grove of the Guardian
• 1x Kessig Wolf Run
• 1x Khalni Garden
• 1x Kher Keep
• 1x Krosan Verge
• 1x Maze of Ith
• 3x Mountain
• 1x Myriad Landscape
• 1x Needle Spires
• 3x Plains
• 1x Reliquary Tower
• 1x Riftstone Portal
• 1x Slayers' Stronghold
• 1x Stirring Wildwood
• 1x Sunhome, Fortress of the Legion
• 1x Tectonic Edge
• 1x Temple of Abandon
• 1x Temple of Plenty
• 1x Temple of Triumph
• 1x Thespian's Stage
• 1x Tranquil Thicket
• 1x Treetop Village

Creature (23)

• 1x Borborygmos Enraged
• 1x Budoka Gardener  ^Flip
• 1x Centaur Vinecrasher
• 1x Countryside Crusher
• 1x Courser of Kruphix
• 1x Dragonlair Spider
• 1x Greenwarden of Murasa
• 1x Groundskeeper
• 1x Knight of the Reliquary
• 1x Loaming Shaman
• 1x Magus of the Wheel
• 1x Mina and Denn, Wildborn
• 1x Omnath, Locus of Rage
• 1x Oracle of Mul Daya
• 1x Qasali Pridemage
• 1x Rampaging Baloths
• 1x Realm Seekers
• 1x Reclamation Sage
• 1x Sakura-Tribe Scout
• 1x Sun Titan
• 1x Sylvan Safekeeper
• 1x Titania, Protector of Argoth
• 1x Woodland Bellower

Instant (5)

• 1x Arachnogenesis
• 1x Comeuppance
• 1x Crop Rotation
• 1x Momentous Fall
• 1x Realms Uncharted

Planeswalker (4)

• 1x Arlinn Kord  ^Flip
• 1x Chandra, Flamecaller
• 1x Elspeth, Sun's Champion
• 1x Nissa, Vital Force

Artifact (2)

• 1x Crucible of Worlds
• 1x Seer's Sundial

Commander (1)

Sorcery (16)

• 1x Animist's Awakening
• 1x Austere Command
• 1x Blasphemous Act
• 1x Collective Unconscious
• 1x Gamble
• 1x Green Sun's Zenith
• 1x Harmonize
• 1x Hunter's Prowess
• 1x Life from the Loam
• 1x Life's Legacy
• 1x Primal Command
• 1x Reforge the Soul
• 1x Restock
• 1x Shamanic Revelation
• 1x Soul's Majesty
• 1x Verdant Confluence

Enchantment (5)

• 1x Exploration
• 1x Goblin Trenches
• 1x Outpost Siege
• 1x Seismic Assault
• 1x Wolfcaller's Howl

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Alright, my newest brew in the commander format turned out to be a lands deck. You might have seen the lands deck in Legacy already, this is basically my try to make a somewhat casual EDH deck about it.

Okay for all of you not knowing a good lands deck: As the name suggests it is about your lands, this deck consists of more lands than you are used to in an EDH deck, reason being that you have a lot of control and utility elements in your land base. Krosan Verge and its likes help you get a lot of lands into play, Kessig wolfrun pumps your guys. Maze of Ith helps keeping single big creatures of your lawn and Glacial Chasm just simply stalls the game for ages, while Kher Keep and friends produce friendly tokens that help you achieve your goal.

Basically you want to have a lot of lands in play and control the game with them. Your creatures either help with this game plan or thrive with it. Knight of the Reliquary for example loves your lands. He's getting bigger and bigger while being a tutor for every land you might need. Realm Seekers search up your precious lands while being a huge body.

All good and fine but why is Rith, the Awakener your commander? The answer is simple: He gives you the color identity you need while being able to get out of control quickly. As you might have noticed a lot of lands produce tokens and not only they do, e.g. Elspeth, Sun's Champion does a good job throwing those soldiers on the board. This helps Rith with his awakening plan. So you will either win with a huge Knight of the Reliquary or with an army of tokens.

Furthermore you have a few tutors. Gamble gets you Life from the Loam which is huge in this deck. Woodland Bellower can search up just what you need, artifact and enchantment removal, graveyard-hate, ramp, carddraw etc. Same goes for Green Sun's Zenith.

There is a small "combo" too. Groundskeeper or Life from the Loam (with a cycle land) + either Seismic Assault or Borborygmos Enraged gives you 2 to 3 damage for 2-3 Mana. And with the amount of lands you'll have that can end a game quiet quickly.

Soooo, there is a lot of stuff going on and a lot of ways to win and control. I did not cover everything in this deck for I am a lazy person. Well after that wall of text one could suppose differently but whatever.

I hope I was able to explain a few things about my newest creation. I like playing this deck a lot since it allows for a lot of different play styles while still being somewhat social without infinite combos and its likes. Please feel free to comment and throw your praise or criticism at me. Cheers!

Date added	7 years
Last updated	6 years
Legality	This deck is not Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	12 - 0 Mythic Rares 51 - 0 Rares 16 - 0 Uncommons 8 - 0 Commons
Cards	102
Avg. CMC	4.02
Tokens	Beast 4/4 G, Elemental 3/1 R, Elemental 5/3 G, Elemental 5/5 RG, Elemental 8/8 GW, Elemental X/X G, Emblem Arlinn Kord, Emblem Elspeth, Sun's Champion, Emblem Nissa, Vital Force, Goblin Soldier 1/1 RW, Insect 1/1 G, Kobolds of Kher Keep 0/1 R, Marit Lage, Plant 0/1 G, Saproling 1/1 G, Soldier 1/1 W, Spider 1/2 G, Wolf 2/2 G