Saprolings, Horses and Elves! Oh My!

Commander / EDH* Aggro Casual RGW (Naya) Tokens Weenie

callmekowalski

Instant (13)

• 1x Artifact Mutation
• 1x Aura Mutation
• 1x Beast Within
• 1x Berserk
• 1x Boros Charm
• 1x Chord of Calling
• 1x Eladamri's Call
• 1x Enlightened Tutor
• 1x Naya Charm
• 1x Path to Exile
• 1x Return to Dust
• 1x Swords to Plowshares
• 1x White Sun's Zenith

Sorcery (7)

• 1x Farseek
• 1x Harmonize
• 1x Kodama's Reach
• 1x Nature's Lore
• 1x Seize the Day
• 1x Shamanic Revelation
• 1x Waves of Aggression

Enchantment (16)

• 1x Aggravated Assault
• 1x Beastmaster Ascension
• 1x Berserkers' Onslaught
• 1x Breath of Fury
• 1x Cathars' Crusade
• 1x Cryptolith Rite
• 1x Duelist's Heritage
• 1x Fanatical Devotion
• 1x Fires of Yavimaya
• 1x Gratuitous Violence
• 1x Impact Tremors
• 1x Intangible Virtue
• 1x Mass Hysteria
• 1x Nature's Will
• 1x Parallel Lives
• 1x Sylvan Library

Artifact (5)

• 1x Ashnod's Altar
• 1x Eldrazi Monument
• 1x Lightning Greaves
• 1x Skullclamp
• 1x Sol Ring

Planeswalker (1)

• 1x Xenagos, the Reveler

Creature (19)

• 1x Birds of Paradise
• 1x Champion of Lambholt
• 1x Craterhoof Behemoth
• 1x Eternal Witness
• 1x Grenzo, Havoc Raiser
• 1x Llanowar Elves
• 1x Mentor of the Meek
• 1x Mirror Entity
• 1x Mother of Runes
• 1x Mycoloth
• 1x Psychotrope Thallid
• 1x Purphoros, God of the Forge
• 1x Sakura-Tribe Elder
• 1x Selesnya Guildmage
• 1x Selfless Spirit
• 1x Silverblade Paladin
• 1x Thallid Germinator
• 1x Thelonite Hermit
• 1x Utopia Mycon

Land (37)

• 1x Arid Mesa
• 1x Bloodstained Mire
• 1x Canopy Vista
• 1x Cinder Glade
• 1x City of Brass
• 1x Clifftop Retreat
• 1x Command Tower
• 1x Exotic Orchard
• 1x Forbidden Orchard
• 5x Forest
• 1x Jungle Shrine
• 1x Kessig Wolf Run
• 1x Mana Confluence
• 4x Mountain
• 3x Plains
• 1x Reflecting Pool
• 1x Rootbound Crag
• 1x Sacred Foundry
• 1x Stomping Ground
• 1x Sunpetal Grove
• 1x Temple Garden
• 1x Temple of Abandon
• 1x Temple of Plenty
• 1x Temple of Triumph
• 1x Wasteland
• 1x Windbrisk Heights
• 1x Windswept Heath
• 1x Wooded Foothills

Commanders (2)

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Sorcery (3)

• 1x Fell the Mighty
• 1x Retribution of the Meek
• 1x Wrath of God

Enchantment (9)

• 1x Bower Passage
• 1x Break Through the Line
• 1x Dictate of the Twin Gods
• 1x Earthcraft
• 1x Glare of Subdual
• 1x Mass Hysteria
• 1x Overwhelming Instinct
• 1x Raid Bombardment
• 1x Vicious Shadows

Artifact (2)

• 1x Hammer of Purphoros
• 1x Swiftfoot Boots

Creature (11)

• 1x Akki Lavarunner  ^Flip
• 1x Aurelia, the Warleader
• 1x Avenger of Zendikar
• 1x Dragon Broodmother
• 1x Dragonlair Spider
• 1x Essence Warden
• 1x Grand Abolisher
• 1x Hanweir Garrison  ^Meld
• 1x Iroas, God of Victory
• 1x Ohran Viper
• 1x Urabrask the Hidden

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A more aggro, combat focused token strategy looking to keep bolstering your numbers and generate an overwhelming swarm of saproling goodness!

To some extent it is almost a Voltron Tana build hoping to maximize her potential with Sidar helping bring white and evasion to the table.

As of now the avenue of attack is very focused on Tana with a lot of token and saproling synergies. It may however be too fragile as a result. I'm currently looking at more ways to funnel the saprolings into protection for my key pieces as well as alternate win cons assuming Tana gets shut down too hard.

I may add more evasion redundancy but as of now it seems respectable. Sidar Kondo of Jamuraa will always be available as my first play for getting through blockers however there are a couple of back ups assuming they are needed. The Champion of Lambholt can quickly get out of hand with one or two combat steps and Mother of Runes provides a less reliable but more flexible option for evasion as well.

Most of the pump in this deck is presented as instantaneous effects that can be added after blockers are declared or constant effects that don' directly effect the power of Tana. Duelist's Heritage is a great new double strike outlet that can come down before we cast our commanders. Gratuitous Violence will make every hit with both Tana and Saprolings that much more effective. Thallid Germinator can let you sac you current saprolings to Tana before damage to get a net return of even more and grows exponentially with damage doublers or doublestrike. Goldnight Commander is especially hilarious when you add doublestrike or additional combat steps.

As a result of all this pump it is a very real possibility that Tana may just kill players unexpectedly with commander damage herself. Protecting her will be a very important part of the game plan. Mother of Runes as already stated is terrific for this! with so many disposable saprolings Fanatical Devotion will be quite useful also. I need to make space for Selfless Spirit.

The potential for explosive game winning turns is definitely there, but as I see it there are numerous ways the deck can be derailed also. I am currently trying to balance the deck between more synergy and tool to go haywire and more methods to interact and eliminate things that will hinder and shut it down.

Thanks for looking it over Ladies and Gents. As always, comments, critiques and suggestions are super welcome. Any upvotes are very appreciated too! Hope this helped to inspire and motivate others to find fun ways to brew and get the most out of Tana.

Date added	7 years
Last updated	7 years
Exclude colors	UB
Legality	This deck is Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	7 - 0 Mythic Rares 54 - 0 Rares 18 - 0 Uncommons 9 - 0 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	2.89
Tokens	Beast 3/3 G, Cat 2/2 W, Morph 2/2 C, Saproling 1/1 G, Satyr 2/2 GR, Spirit 1/1 C