Omnath, Locus of Hydras

Commander / EDH Counters Mono-Green Ramp Theme/Gimmick

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Creature (36)

• 1x Arbor Elf
• 1x Azusa, Lost but Seeking
• 1x Courser of Kruphix
• 1x Elvish Mystic
• 1x Eternal Witness
• 1x Feral Hydra
• 1x Genesis Hydra
• 1x Heroes' Bane
• 1x Hooded Hydra
• 1x Hydra Broodmaster
• 1x Hydra Omnivore
• 1x Kalonian Hydra
• 1x Karametra's Acolyte
• 1x Khalni Hydra
• 1x Lifeblood Hydra
• 1x Magus of the Candelabra
• 1x Managorger Hydra
• 1x Mistcutter Hydra
• 1x Nessian Wilds Ravager
• 1x Oracle of Mul Daya
• 1x Oran-Rief Hydra
• 1x Patron of the Orochi
• 1x Phyrexian Hydra
• 1x Polukranos, World Eater
• 1x Primordial Hydra
• 1x Primordial Sage
• 1x Protean Hydra
• 1x Regal Force
• 1x Scourge of Skola Vale
• 1x Seedborn Muse
• 1x Soul of the Harvest
• 1x Sprouting Phytohydra
• 1x Ulvenwald Hydra
• 1x Vastwood Hydra
• 1x Vorinclex, Voice of Hunger
• 1x Voyaging Satyr

Land (36)

• 1x Blighted Woodland
• 1x Cavern of Souls
• 23x Forest
• 1x Miren, the Moaning Well
• 1x Mosswort Bridge
• 1x Myriad Landscape
• 1x Nykthos, Shrine to Nyx
• 1x Oran-Rief, the Vastwood
• 1x Reliquary Tower
• 1x Rogue's Passage
• 1x Temple of the False God
• 1x Terrain Generator
• 1x Winding Canyons
• 1x Yavimaya Hollow

Instant (5)

• 1x Beast Within
• 1x Early Harvest
• 1x Krosan Grip
• 1x Momentous Fall
• 1x Noxious Revival

Planeswalker (4)

• 1x Freyalise, Llanowar's Fury
• 1x Garruk, Caller of Beasts
• 1x Garruk Wildspeaker
• 1x Nissa, Worldwaker

Artifact (3)

• 1x Doubling Cube
• 1x Sol Ring
• 1x Vedalken Orrery

Commander (1)

Enchantment (11)

• 1x Burgeoning
• 1x Concordant Crossroads
• 1x Doubling Season
• 1x Exploration
• 1x Helix Pinnacle
• 1x Mana Reflection
• 1x Nature's Will
• 1x Rites of Flourishing
• 1x Sylvan Library
• 1x Vernal Bloom
• 1x Zendikar Resurgent

Sorcery (4)

• 1x Boundless Realms
• 1x Genesis Wave
• 1x Primal Surge
• 1x The Great Aurora

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ODRIC ||| THASSA ||| MARROW-GNAWER ||| ZIRILAN

"We should learn from the hydra. It never plays favorites; it devours everyone equally."

-Thrass, elder druid

One fateful night, while playing Commander with my friends, I came up with an absolutely absurd idea: What if I put every single mono-green hydra in a deck, added a ridiculous amount of mana ramp, and used Omnath as the Commander? This deck was born.

Strategy

1. Play mana dorks.

2. Play Omnath.

3. Get cards, get mana.

4. PLAY HYDRAS, ALL THE HYDRAS (or just one while x=100).

5. ???

6. Win!

Ridiculous Mana

Arbor Elf , Elvish Mystic , Karametra's Acolyte , Magus of the Candelabra , Priest of Titania , Voyaging Satyr , Sol Ring , Nissa, Worldwaker and Garruk Wildspeaker either add mana directly to your pool or untap your lands.

Freyalise, Llanowar's Fury makes mana dorks, but also offers the extra utility of artifact and enchantment destruction, as well as card draw.

Oracle of Mul Daya , Courser of Kruphix , Exploration , Rites of Flourishing , Boundless Realms , Azusa, Lost but Seeking allow you to put many more lands than usual into play.

Patron of the Orochi , Seedborn Muse , Vorinclex, Voice of Hunger , Nature's Will , Vernal Bloom , Early Harvest , Zendikar Resurgent , Doubling Cube , and Mana Reflection allow you massively abuse your lands and greatly increase your mana pool.

Omnath, Locus of Mana ensures your mana does not leave your mana pool, even through other players turns!

Advantage and Presence

Card advantage comes from Regal Force , Soul of the Harvest , Nissa's Revelation , Primordial Sage and Life's Legacy .

Descendants' Path and Garruk, Caller of Beasts increases your board presence. Primal Surge and Genesis Wave give you as much board presence as you could ever need or want. Or deserve. It's awesome.

Doubling Season and Oran-Rief, the Vastwood make your creatures bigger.

Eternal Witness and Noxious Revival allows you to retrieve important cards from your graveyard.

Removal, Resetting, and Surprises

Vedalken Orrery allows you to surprise your opponents by taking advantage of Omnath's ability and playing huge creatures when they think you don't have anything.

Beast Within and Krosan Grip are removal for something nasty.

The Great Aurora is a reset button if the game isn't going how you want it to.

Utility Lands

Terrain Generator , Myriad Landscape , and Blighted Woodland all put Basics on the battlefield.

Nykthos, Shrine to Nyx and Temple of the False God give us extra mana.

Cavern of Souls and Yavimaya Hollow protects our creatures.

Mosswort Bridge and Winding Canyons let us get creatures out in unique ways.

Miren, the Moaning Well lets us sac creatures to gain life.

Oran-Rief, the Vastwood bumps our hydras slightly when we go off.

Reliquary Tower for when your hand size is getting ridiculous.

Rogue's Passage can help us finish the game with a 21/21 Omnath if our other strategies aren't working out.

Now You're Winning with Hydras

Feral Hydra , Genesis Hydra , Heroes' Bane , Hooded Hydra , Hydra Broodmaster , Hydra Omnivore , Kalonian Hydra , Khalni Hydra , Lifeblood Hydra , Managorger Hydra , Mistcutter Hydra , Nessian Wilds Ravager , Phyrexian Hydra , Polukranos, World Eater , Primordial Hydra , Protean Hydra , Scourge of Skola Vale , Sprouting Phytohydra , and Vastwood Hydra comprise every mono green hydra in the game. They will send your opponents reeling with their huge bodies and many heads.

Helix Pinnacle is an alternate win condition.

Let's Ramp the Price Down

To bring this down to under $300, replace Doubling Season with Primal Vigor. Also, feel free to replace Azusa with another mana dork, and you do not need ANY lands but Forests and ideally Nykthos (Reliquary Tower is probably worth it too, you're going to have a LOT of cards in hand). Replace Mana Reflection and Vorinclex with Dictate of Karametra , Heartbeat of Spring , Keeper of Progenitus , or Zendikar Resurgent . Nothing can really replace Seedborn Muse , but you can always throw in some more ramp in her place. Replace those cards out and you've taken the deck from $450 to around $250, easily. It should still be a lot of fun to play and rather effective.

If you want to cut even more, I originally had 2 Forests in place of where Nissa, Worldwaker , and Freyalise were. Regal Force can be replaced with Kavu Lair , Triumph of Ferocity , or Harmonize . That should hopefully bring you under 200. I really enjoy some of the 5-20 dollar cards like Oracle and Exploration, but you may be able to get by with just throwing in straight ramp cards. Feel free to play around and reduce the price in creative ways.

Thanks for reading! Feel free to comment!

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Date added	8 years
Last updated	5 years
Exclude colors	WUBR
Legality	This deck is Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	15 - 0 Mythic Rares 47 - 0 Rares 12 - 0 Uncommons 3 - 0 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	3.94
Tokens	Beast 3/3 G, Copy Clone, Elf Druid 1/1 G, Emblem Garruk, Caller of Beasts, Hydra X/X G, Morph 2/2 C, Snake 1/1 G
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