Nokia of the Primal Surge

Commander / EDH Casual Jank Midrange RG (Gruul) Theme/Gimmick Zoo

Cayke

Utility (31)

• 1x Anger
• 1x Bane of Progress
• 1x Beast Whisperer
• 1x Bloodshot Cyclops
• 1x Bramble Sovereign
• 1x Conduit of Ruin
• 1x Courser of Kruphix
• 1x Duskwatch Recruiter  ^Flip
• 1x Elvish Piper
• 1x Eternal Witness
• 1x Fauna Shaman
• 1x Fierce Empath
• 1x Flamekin Harbinger
• 1x Garruk's Horde
• 1x Garruk's Packleader
• 1x Goreclaw, Terror of Qal Sisma
• 1x Heart-Piercer Manticore
• 1x Mina and Denn, Wildborn
• 1x Ogre Battledriver
• 1x Paleoloth
• 1x Primal Surge
• 1x Protean Hulk
• 1x Seedborn Muse
• 1x Seeker of Skybreak
• 1x Soul of New Phyrexia
• 1x Soul of the Harvest
• 1x Spearbreaker Behemoth
• 1x Temur Sabertooth
• 1x Urabrask the Hidden
• 1x Woodfall Primus
• 1x Yeva, Nature's Herald

Win Conditions (5)

• 1x End-Raze Forerunners
• 1x Hellkite Charger
• 1x Pathbreaker Ibex
• 1x Primal Surge
• 1x Ruric Thar, the Unbowed

Smash (20)

• 1x Apocalypse Hydra
• 1x Artisan of Kozilek
• 1x End-Raze Forerunners
• 1x Genesis Hydra
• 1x Hellkite Charger
• 1x Hydra Broodmaster
• 1x Inferno Titan
• 1x Majestic Myriarch
• 1x Molten Primordial
• 1x Omnath, Locus of Rage
• 1x Pathbreaker Ibex
• 1x Rhonas the Indomitable
• 1x Ruric Thar, the Unbowed
• 1x Savageborn Hydra
• 1x Spearbreaker Behemoth
• 1x Tyrant's Familiar
• 1x Ulvenwald Hydra
• 1x Urabrask the Hidden
• 1x Woodfall Primus
• 1x Worldspine Wurm

Ramp (18)

• 1x Arbor Elf
• 1x Birds of Paradise
• 1x Elvish Mystic
• 1x Farhaven Elf
• 1x Hope Tender
• 1x Llanowar Elves
• 1x Magus of the Candelabra
• 1x Omnath, Locus of Mana
• 1x Priest of Titania
• 1x Regal Behemoth
• 1x Sacellum Godspeaker
• 1x Sakura-Tribe Elder
• 1x Shefet Monitor
• 1x Sylvan Ranger
• 1x Ulvenwald Hydra
• 1x Voyaging Satyr
• 1x Wood Elves
• 1x Yavimaya Dryad

Commander (1)

Lands (34)

• 1x Blighted Woodland
• 1x Cinder Glade
• 1x Endless Sands
• 1x Evolving Wilds
• 1x Flamekin Village
• 12x Forest
• 1x Game Trail
• 1x Gruul Turf
• 1x Hanweir Battlements  ^Meld
• 1x Kessig Wolf Run
• 1x Mosswort Bridge
• 5x Mountain
• 1x Myriad Landscape
• 1x Raging Ravine
• 1x Rugged Highlands
• 1x Sheltered Thicket
• 1x Temple of Abandon
• 1x Terramorphic Expanse
• 1x Windswept Heath

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Other (3)

• 1x High Market
• 1x Hydra Omnivore
• 1x Prowling Serpopard

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Creatures. Smash.

The goal is to get Nokia out as fast as possible, then start puking some big smashy boys onto the battlefield. You can occasionally just play out your whole deck with Primal Surge , with the right setup.

Primal Surge Shenanigans

First off, you can't play Primal Surge with Nikya on the battlefield. Tap all your lands, then get rid of her using Temur Sabertooth / Bloodshot Cyclops / Heart-Piercer Manticore / Endless Sands. Then, the fun begins.

Once you've flipped your library upside-down, you can replay Nikya and get infinite mana by tapping, bouncing, and replaying Priest of Titania / Magus of the Candelabra with Temur Sabertooth (since everything has haste from Urabrask the Hidden / Ogre Battledriver / Anger being in the graveyard). You can even do this at instant-speed thanks to Yeva, Nature's Herald. If any combo pieces are in the graveyard, Eternal Witness or even Paleoloth will get them back for you. If they're exiled, you still have a boatload of mana—you just played every land in your deck. Warning: be careful with Beast Whisperer. You can sacrifice him right away with the Manticore to avoid any trouble.

Then, if your opponents haven't scooped already, pick your favorite path to victory:

• Infinite combat phases with Hellkite Charger. Oh no, they used a fog effect hoping to subdue your smashing endeavors? Too bad they're sacrificing all their permanents to Artisan of Kozilek before dying anyway to one of your many other ways of killing them.
• Sacrifice anything to Bloodshot Cyclops, bounce Seeker of Skybreak to infinitely untap it, and constantly bring the sacrificed creature back from the graveyard by bouncing Eternal Witness. Bonus points for using Regal Behemoth for this and saying, "Look at me—I am the monarch now."
• Steal everyone's creatures by bouncing Molten Primordial then either attack with them or just sacrifice them one by one, you evil monster.
• Make your Raging Ravine very big with Kessig Wolf Run just so you can say, "Haha, you died to a land."

This deck isn't very competitive, but it's a lot of fun. I'm open to any fun suggestions!

Date added	5 years
Last updated	5 years
Legality	This deck is Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	11 - 0 Mythic Rares 43 - 0 Rares 14 - 0 Uncommons 15 - 0 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	4.42
Tokens	Copy Clone, Elemental 5/5 RG, Heart-Piercer Manticore 4/3 W, Hydra */* G, The Monarch, Wurm 5/5 G w/ Trample