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Shrewd Negotiator

Commander / EDH GW (Selesnya)

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Creature (37)

Land (34)

Enchantment (5)

Planeswalker (1)

Commander (1)

Commander: Selvala, Explorer Returned

Instant (10)

Sorcery (7)

Artifact (5)

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Creature (8)

Enchantment (1)

We will use a Blasting Station combo as an alternate win condition, paired with overrun effects and good old fashion creature beat-down.

Turn 1 ramp is where we want to be, this means a critical mass of mana dorks. If we can ramp on turn 1, we can get Selvala out on turn 2 and start churning out a lot of mana on turn 3. This allows us to deploy an early Armageddon, a Winter Orb or other hate effects before the game really gets going on slower tables. Preferably these hate effects come with some kind of body such as Dragonlord Dromoka or Sigarda, Host of Herons.

We will be looking for alternate ways to use mana dorks in the mid to late game such as Survival of the Fittest, Skullclamp or Evolutionary Leap.

The last build-around-me card will be Birthing Pod, it is important when playing this card that we have enough options to keep going.

As for the remainder of the deck we will need some card advantage, removal and anti-boardwipe tech. Some good card advantage cards are: Sylvan Library, Sun Titan and Land Tax. Some good removal are: Beast Within, Return to Dust and Austere Command. Some good anti-bardwipe cards are: Teferi's Protection, Ghostway and Heroic Intervention.

Still needing to be tested:

A). 1x Walker (Elspeth, Sun's Champion) vs The Immortal Sun.

B). ̶R̶e̶p̶l̶a̶c̶i̶n̶g̶ ̶W̶i̶n̶t̶e̶r̶ ̶O̶r̶b̶ ̶a̶n̶d̶ ̶H̶o̶k̶o̶r̶i̶,̶ ̶D̶u̶s̶t̶ ̶D̶r̶i̶n̶k̶e̶r̶ ̶w̶i̶t̶h̶ ̶s̶o̶m̶e̶t̶h̶i̶n̶g̶ ̶m̶y̶ ̶p̶l̶a̶y̶g̶r̶o̶u̶p̶ ̶d̶e̶e̶m̶s̶ ̶"̶l̶i̶t̶e̶r̶a̶l̶l̶y̶ ̶a̶n̶y̶t̶h̶i̶n̶g̶ ̶t̶h̶a̶t̶ ̶k̶e̶e̶p̶s̶ ̶t̶h̶e̶ ̶g̶a̶m̶e̶ ̶m̶o̶v̶i̶n̶g̶ ̶f̶o̶r̶w̶a̶r̶d̶.̶"̶ ̶b̶e̶c̶a̶u̶s̶e̶ ̶"̶Y̶o̶u̶ ̶p̶l̶a̶y̶ ̶W̶i̶n̶t̶e̶r̶ ̶O̶r̶b̶ ̶i̶n̶ ̶e̶v̶e̶r̶y̶ ̶d̶e̶c̶k̶,̶ ̶p̶l̶z̶ ̶s̶t̶o̶p̶.̶"̶ This has proven to be ineffective, Selvala is a taxing deck and should be build/played like one

C). At some point Archon of Justice probably needs to be replaced with something of higher impact

D). Amount of artifacts vs including Kataki, War's Wage

Birthing Pod, Blasting Station, Mana Crypt, Sensei's Divining Top, Skullclamp and Sol Ring. (sideboard Winter Orb).

E). Amount of high CMC non-creature spells vs including Gaddock Teeg.

Greater Good, True Conviction, Return to Dust, Elspeth, Sun's Champion,Birthing Pod, Armageddon, Austere Command, Genesis Wave, Green Sun's Zenith, Tooth and Nail and Tragic Arrogance.

F). Make sure the Birthing Pod chain is high impact, versatile and evenly populated.

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Aug. 21, 2025
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Some of these changes have to be wrong

Added: esper sentinel, kataki wars wage, mirror entity, welcoming vampire, fierce empath, thalia heretic cathar, triumph of the hordes, wrath of god

Removed: grand abolisher, path breaker ibex, p.hulk, rout, evolutionary leap, growing rites, eire interlude, Heroic Intervention, return 2 dust, worldly tutes

Aug. 21, 2025
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+1 Congregation at Dawn main
-1 Eerie Interlude main
+1 Esper Sentinel main
-1 Evolutionary Leap main
+1 Fierce Empath main
+1 Generous Gift main
-1 Grand Abolisher main
-1 Growing Rites of Itlimoc  Flip main
-1 Heroic Intervention main
+1 Kataki, War's Wage main
+1 Mirror Entity main
-1 Pathbreaker Ibex main
-1 Protean Hulk main
-1 Return to Dust main
-1 Rout main
+1 Thalia, Heretic Cathar main
+1 Triumph of the Hordes main
+1 Welcoming Vampire main
-1 Worldly Tutor main
+1 Wrath of God main