Rishkar, Ramp King

Commander / EDH Budget Counters Mono-Green Ramp

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Creature (34)

• 1x Aquastrand Spider
• 1x Armorcraft Judge
• 1x Avatar of the Resolute
• 1x Avenger of Zendikar
• 1x Bane of Progress
• 1x Brawn
• 1x Cultivator of Blades
• 1x Duplicant
• 1x Elvish Visionary
• 1x Emrakul, the Promised End
• 1x Endless One
• 1x Fertilid
• 1x Forgotten Ancient
• 1x Genesis Hydra
• 1x Gyre Sage
• 1x Hooded Hydra
• 1x Kalonian Hydra
• 1x Lifeblood Hydra
• 1x Managorger Hydra
• 1x Metallic Mimic
• 1x Mistcutter Hydra
• 1x Oran-Rief Hydra
• 1x Primordial Hydra
• 1x Reclamation Sage
• 1x Regal Force
• 1x Scrounging Bandar
• 1x Solemn Simulacrum
• 1x Thunderfoot Baloth
• 1x Tireless Tracker
• 1x Ulamog, the Ceaseless Hunger
• 1x Vastwood Hydra
• 1x Verdurous Gearhulk
• 1x Void Winnower
• 1x Yeva, Nature's Herald

Artifact (9)

• 1x Bow of Nylea
• 1x Lifecrafter's Bestiary
• 1x Mind's Eye
• 1x Panharmonicon
• 1x Paradox Engine
• 1x Sol Ring
• 1x Tamiyo's Journal
• 1x Thought Vessel
• 1x Vedalken Orrery

Enchantment (8)

• 1x Asceticism
• 1x Bonds of Mortality
• 1x Defense of the Heart
• 1x Hardened Scales
• 1x Quest for Renewal
• 1x Sylvan Library
• 1x Triumph of Ferocity
• 1x Zendikar Resurgent

Sorcery (7)

• 1x Ezuri's Predation
• 1x Overrun
• 1x Primal Command
• 1x Rishkar's Expertise
• 1x Shamanic Revelation
• 1x Triumph of the Hordes
• 1x Verdant Confluence

Commander (1)

Instant (7)

• 1x Beast Within
• 1x Heroic Intervention
• 1x Inspiring Call
• 1x Krosan Grip
• 1x Lifecrafter's Gift
• 1x Scour from Existence
• 1x Solidarity of Heroes

Land (34)

• 1x Blighted Woodland
• 28x Forest
• 1x Myriad Landscape
• 1x Nykthos, Shrine to Nyx
• 1x Oran-Rief, the Vastwood
• 1x Reliquary Tower
• 1x Temple of the False God

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Hello All!

Thanks for checking out my take on a Rishkar, Peema Renegade deck. When he came out, I immediately saw the value in this little guy. The ability to accelerate mana so quickly as I build my forces seemed like it was true to the core of what green is all about. As such, this deck has one simple goal. Ramp like nobodies business until you can produce HUGE creatures that are tough for your opponents to deal with.

One of the all stars of this deck is Paradox Engine. The engine allows us to use our creature mana, play a spell, and then untap all the creature mana we just use. Its very easy to storm off this way and unload on our opponents.

The other often unsung hero of this deck is Quest for Renewal after usually just one turn, we can get it online and immediately have a 50 cent seedborn muse. Combined with Yeva, Nature's Herald or Vedalken Orrery, we can basically play several turns out during our opponents turn, and do it while we have all of our lands tapped down!

It should be noted that this deck is a budget build and doesn't have cards that would be absolute standouts in this deck, simply due to a need to keep the cost down. Doubling Season would be absolutely amazing here, but the $65 is hard to part with (thanks Atraxa!). Similarly Gaea's Cradle would hugely useful, but we all know how expensive that is.

There are other cards that I've considered, such as Tooth and Nail but ultimately didn't think where worth the slot simply because we only have a couple targets that we really want to hit with it, the rest are much better when they are cast normally.

As always, feel free to offer any criticism that you have. Every bit only helps make the deck better.

Date added	7 years
Last updated	3 years
Legality	This deck is not Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	9 - 0 Mythic Rares 38 - 0 Rares 19 - 0 Uncommons 6 - 0 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	4.02
Tokens	Beast 3/3 G, Clue, Morph 2/2 C, Phyrexian Beast 4/4 G, Plant 0/1 G, Servo 1/1 C, Snake 1/1 G