Rhys the Army Raiser

Commander / EDH Budget Elves GW (Selesnya) Tokens Weenie

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Creature (22)

• 1x Bronzebeak Moa
• 1x Champion of Lambholt
• 1x Craterhoof Behemoth
• 1x Crusader of Odric
• 1x Eladamri, Lord of Leaves
• 1x Elvish Archdruid
• 1x Ezuri, Renegade Leader
• 1x Geist-Honored Monk
• 1x Goldnight Commander
• 1x Immaculate Magistrate
• 1x Knotvine Paladin
• 1x Mikaeus, the Lunarch
• 1x Odric, Master Tactician
• 1x Oviya Pashiri, Sage Lifecrafter
• 1x Priest of Titania
• 1x Rishkar, Peema Renegade
• 1x Selesnya Evangel
• 1x Seraph of the Masses
• 1x Sigil Captain
• 1x Thraben Doomsayer
• 1x Wayfaring Temple
• 1x Wellwisher

Land (37)

• 20x Forest
• 1x Gavony Township
• 16x Plains

Enchantment (18)

• 1x Anointed Procession
• 1x Aura Shards
• 1x Beastmaster Ascension
• 1x Burgeoning
• 1x Cathars' Crusade
• 1x Collective Blessing
• 1x Concordant Crossroads
• 1x Cryptolith Rite
• 1x Exploration
• 1x Glare of Subdual
• 1x Growing Ranks
• 1x Intangible Virtue
• 1x Land Tax
• 1x Mirari's Wake
• 1x Parallel Lives
• 1x Presence of Gond
• 1x Primal Vigor
• 1x True Conviction

Instant (5)

• 1x Chord of Calling
• 1x Chorus of Might
• 1x Raise the Alarm
• 1x Second Harvest
• 1x Selesnya Charm

Artifact (2)

• 1x Illusionist's Bracers
• 1x Rings of Brighthearth

Commander (1)

Sorcery (15)

• 1x Battle Screech
• 1x Call of the Conclave
• 1x Call of the Herd
• 1x Conqueror's Pledge
• 1x Devout Invocation
• 1x Gather the Townsfolk
• 1x Hour of Reckoning
• 1x Increasing Devotion
• 1x Nomads' Assembly
• 1x Overrun
• 1x Parallel Evolution
• 1x Phyrexian Rebirth
• 1x Shamanic Revelation
• 1x Spectral Procession
• 1x Triumph of the Hordes

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Enchantment (3)

• 1x Awakening
• 1x Mana Reflection
• 1x Mirri's Guile

Land (3)

• 1x Canopy Vista
• 1x Command Tower
• 1x Sunpetal Grove

Creature (2)

• 1x Imperious Perfect
• 1x Seedborn Muse

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Heyo guys! I'm here to explain the reason I built this deck, and how it should work.

So I built this deck after some people at my lgs came to me and had a conversation about how they hate to play with me, seeing as a I rarely lose, and I always play combo or control decks, almost always using blue. And how they tire against never being able to play against me as I always have a response or some sort of way of enforcing my battle plan. During the conversation, price was also thrown in as my favorite deck is a 1k deck and they believe I wouldn't be such a winner all the time if I didn't heavily invest in my deck.

Now don't get me wrong, I did explain to them that they need to get used to blue being so prominent in Magic, as it is my favorite color and a lot of people love to play it, and Magic isn't about just playing your cards and seeing who wins, its about interaction, plans failing, and who can pull off the win in the end, and they need to get used to my playstyle. However I did listen to their argument about the pricey cards so here I am.

I built this Rhys deck because. It was one of the first decks I started to tinker with in Magic but I never got around to actually building a full deck, and it had no blue, and both green and white are colors I rarely play so now was my chance.

The entire deck needed to be below 250$ as that's the average budget at my LGS, and I didn't want that much interaction, I just wanted enchantment type effects that help me keep my board scary, and hard to take out. I wanted a deck that not only could wipe people out in a few turns, but also really could bounce back from a board wipe or target removal. And I think I've done a good job of it so far. This deck is very to the point. Play as many tokens as you can within the first five turns, on turn six you should be able to start Doubling them, then make them big and scary, or swing wide with a win effect such as Craterhoof Behemoth or Triumph of the hordes.

There are also a few creatures like Seraph of the Masses, Bronzebeak Moa, and Crusader of Odric that present real threats themselves, and are very cheap cards to throw in the deck. The most expensive cards in the deck were probably Doubling Season, Primal Vigor, Parallel Lives, Ezuri, and few others, these were added to heavily increase how many tokens were produced, and secretly I've always wanted a copy of these cards myself...

At some point I'll be converting this into my competitive version of the deck, Rhys Enchantress, because Enchantress decks have intrigued me for a while but are far too expensive to build off the bat, and this would be a good start.

I hope you guys really enjoy this deck, I've had a load of fun building it and testing it, if you have any suggestions to make it a little bit faster without dropping too much money into it, I would appreciate it! Thank you!

Deciding to move on from Rhys to other things.

Date added	6 years
Last updated	2 years
Legality	This deck is Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	5 - 0 Mythic Rares 37 - 0 Rares 14 - 0 Uncommons 8 - 0 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	3.59
Tokens	Angel 4/4 W, Bird 1/1 W, Centaur 3/3 G, Construct X/X C, Copy Clone, Elephant 3/3 G, Elf Warrior 1/1 G, Elf Warrior 1/1 GW, Human 1/1 W, Knight 2/2 W w/ Vigilance, Kor Soldier 1/1 W, Phyrexian Horror X/X C, Saproling 1/1 G, Servo 1/1 C, Soldier 1/1 W, Spirit 1/1 W
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