The Land of Opportunity

Commander / EDH RGWU

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Land (35)

• 1x Ash Barrens
• 1x Botanical Sanctum
• 1x Canopy Vista
• 1x Command Tower
• 1x Evolving Wilds
• 4x Forest
• 1x Hallowed Fountain
• 1x Highland Lake
• 1x Hinterland Harbor
• 1x Irrigated Farmland
• 4x Island
• 1x Kher Keep
• 4x Mountain
• 3x Plains
• 1x Prairie Stream
• 1x Reliquary Tower
• 1x Rootbound Crag
• 1x Rugged Highlands
• 1x Sacred Foundry
• 1x Scattered Groves
• 1x Sheltered Thicket
• 1x Sunpetal Grove
• 1x Temple Garden
• 1x Terramorphic Expanse

Enchantment (10)

• 1x Dictate of Karametra
• 1x Dictate of Kruphix
• 1x Fecundity
• 1x Ghostly Prison
• 1x Lightmine Field
• 1x Mana Flare
• 1x Propaganda
• 1x Rites of Flourishing
• 1x Skywise Teachings
• 1x Sunbird's Invocation

Creature (23)

• 1x Avatar of Slaughter
• 1x Avenger of Zendikar
• 1x Borderland Explorer
• 1x Courser of Kruphix
• 1x Edric, Spymaster of Trest
• 1x Ephara, God of the Polis
• 1x Eternal Witness
• 1x Humble Defector
• 1x Kami of the Crescent Moon
• 1x Kazuul, Tyrant of the Cliffs
• 1x Kruphix, God of Horizons
• 1x Nesting Dragon
• 1x Nissa, Vastwood Seer  ^Flip
• 1x Oketra the True
• 1x Omnath, Locus of Rage
• 1x Sakura-Tribe Elder
• 1x Seedborn Muse
• 1x Selvala, Explorer Returned
• 1x Sun Titan
• 1x Tatyova, Benthic Druid
• 1x Trostani Discordant
• 1x Zacama, Primal Calamity
• 1x Zedruu the Greathearted

Artifact (10)

• 1x Assault Suit
• 1x Azorius Signet
• 1x Chromatic Lantern
• 1x Commander's Sphere
• 1x Howling Mine
• 1x Simic Signet
• 1x Sol Ring
• 1x Strionic Resonator
• 1x Temple Bell
• 1x Wayfarer's Bauble

Commander (1)

Instant (12)

• 1x Arcane Denial
• 1x Beast Within
• 1x Cancel
• 1x Counterspell
• 1x Crib Swap
• 1x Dissolve
• 1x Polymorphist's Jest
• 1x Return to Dust
• 1x Settle the Wreckage
• 1x Swan Song
• 1x Swords to Plowshares
• 1x Word of Seizing

Sorcery (9)

• 1x Akroma's Vengeance
• 1x Blasphemous Act
• 1x Chain Reaction
• 1x Collective Voyage
• 1x Kirtar's Wrath
• 1x Kodama's Reach
• 1x Sublime Exhalation
• 1x Tempt with Discovery
• 1x Tormenting Voice

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Welcome to the Land of Opportunity!

All are welcome here! Everyone is welcome to have the most fun they can with their deck, and the Kings are here to facilitate the game. Everybody (you included) is welcome to try and win the game, but if you try to hamper another player’s fun, You are here to stop that. The table came to play a fun game of Magic, so let’s make sure everyone can do just that.

Is this Just a Hug Deck?

Not exactly. This deck is a political adventure. You are using the goodwill of playing what is mostly a Hug Deck to leverage the other players to attack each other and leave you alone until you can create an opportunity to come out of nowhere into a commanding presence on the board. The main goal of the deck is to make sure that everyone is being treated basically fairly, only stopping things that are detrimental to the game plan of the board, and should you find yourself in a situation where you can run away with the game, being able to finish it out.

What’s the game plan?

In essence, you are a hug deck until two turns before you can win. At that point you become a threat dropping machine. How does this play out?

Early game

You want to drop Kynaois and Tiro as quickly as possible, because they are the most consistent hug card in the deck. Sometimes it happens that the first few turns are a lot of ramp and pillow forting, so people may begin to question how much you will actually help them. With Kynaois and Tiro on the field, everyone will be happy. Other than that, drop as many helpful cards early as you can. Borderland Explorer, Collective Voyage, Mana Flare, and even Tempt with Discovery all ramp the table. you may need to convince everyone that you won’t grab anything degenerate, rather that you are grabbing lands to keep helping the table Kami of the Crescent Moon, Howling Mine, Humble Defector, Selvala, Explorer Returned, Dictate of Kruphix, Fecundity, Edric, Spymaster of Trest, Temple Bell, and Rites of Flourishing all draw the table more cards each turn so they can play more fun cards. Lightmine Field protects from wide attacks towards other players, so everyone can keep building their board without too much fear of death. Assault Suit allows you to pass Kynaois and Tiro of Meletis around the table so they trigger each turn instead of just at your end step. This allows everybody (and importantly, you) to grow into bigger and bigger boards.

Mid-Game

Once people start developing stronger board states, the role of police officer is bestowed mainly on your shoulders. This is a good thing, as you are now able to politic much more effectively and often with the board. Be sparing when using counterspells, board wipes, and removal spells. Only answer threats that directly affect yourself. This can be tricky, as the balance of the table is volatile during these times. If somebody is able to kill another player, then it may be best to get the other two to gang up against them and thus counter the spell; on the other hand if that player can kill the other two, then you won’t have to, so if you can guarantee that the others won’t be able to stop their doom, it might be best to let it resolve. What is most important in either case though, is to make sure you still have friends whichever way you decide to act. If you do end up needing to use counters or removal, then you can still try and keep them on your side by giving them something in return (Crib Swap, Beast Within, Swan Song, etc.). This will make the blow of countering the winning pieces less sharp, so they won’t be too mad at you. This policing is the main job of this deck during mid game, but it’s not the only thing you’re doing. Keep hugging the table, and start to drop some more dangerous cards under the guise of donating them with Zedruu the Greathearted, or simply by deterring attacks toward you. Omnath, Locus of Rage, Tatyova, Benthic Druid, and Nesting Dragon are a suite of cards that are very beneficial during this stage. You will hopefully be drawing enough cards to be able to consistently drop a land for turn, and one for the Kynaois and Tiro of Meletis triggers to get many landfall triggers. Other key cards in the mid-game are Oketra the True, Seedborn Muse, Ephara, God of the Polis, Kruphix, God of Horizons and other value cards. These allow you to continue growing your board with open mana that you might need for counters, board wipes by sinking them into valuable outlets. These cards can sometimes provide the opportunity you need to jump directly into the end game where you close it out.

End Game

When an opportunity comes up where you believe you can win, take it. Usually that comes in the following ways:

Board wipe into a strong board state Show

When the late game comes around, you will have lots of mana on board, so an early turn board wipe which you become the first to rebuild from. Dropping an Avenger of Zendikar, Zacama, Primal Calamity, Sun Titan, Omnath, Locus of Rage, or an Avatar of Laughter after a board wipe is often deadly for the whole table. If you were conservative with your counterspells earlier in the game, you can utilize them now to keep the board open for you to swing through and win with.

Dictate of Karametra Show

Because this card has flash, giving yourself twice as much mana to work with than your opponents often enables the previous win conditions very easier, but simply by having Zacama, Primal Calamity, Dictate of Karametra, and the exorbitant amount of lands your deck gives you is nearly enough to win on its own.

Avatar of Laughter Show

If your board state is well developed enough to not die from the kickback, dropping a second main phase Avatar of Laughter will force your opponents to attack each other, often killing each other before you get the chance to swoop in and kill the last few stragglers.

Combo on an Opponents Turn Show

The only infinite combo included in this deck is only here on accident. I found this combo during a game with this deck and it blew my mind how janky it is. The combo only works on a different player’s turn, and it is Seedborn Muse and Strionic Resonator. How the combo works is by copying Seedborn Muse’s untap trigger with Strionic Resonator which will untap all your lands and Strionic Resonator, then doing it over and over again. You will net infinite mana, then you can sink it into Oketra the True to create an infinite army, or into Zacama to wipe the board and gain infinite life. This combo is incredibly fun to pull off, and most opponents will laugh at the sheer goofiness of it.

Conclusion

This deck is all about the politics of making sure you are inevitably going to come out on top. Everything you are doing either helps you more than your opponents or helps you all equally. By emphasizing how much you are helping the table, you are often able to avoid being attacked or even meddled with at all before it is to late to stop the inevitable doom. This is a very fun deck to play, and if you don’t end up winning with a crazy end game play, then you at least played a fun hug deck, and the dynamic at the table when there is a hug deck there is always way more enjoyable

I hope you enjoy this deck! Be sure to +1 if you liked it, and leave any comments about how to make it different!

Date added	5 years
Last updated	4 years
Legality	This deck is Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	11 - 0 Mythic Rares 42 - 0 Rares 16 - 0 Uncommons 16 - 0 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	3.72
Tokens	Ashaya, the Awoken World, Beast 3/3 G, Bird 2/2 U, Djinn Monk 2/2 U, Dragon 2/2 R, Dragon Egg 0/2 R, Elemental 5/5 RG, Kobolds of Kher Keep 0/1 R, Ogre 3/3 R, Plant 0/1 G, Shapeshifter 1/1 C, Soldier 1/1 W w/ Lifelink, Spirit 1/1 W, Warrior 1/1 W w/ Vigilance