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Herbert West -- Tree Animator

Commander / EDH Lands Mono-Green

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I was drawn to Jolrael because the art on the card reminded me of something from Frank Frazetta, whose art my wife still won't allow me to display in our house. Anyway, I like to name my decks after spy novels for whatever reason, and this is the third to spoof Graham Greene's "The Quiet American." This one fits though, as Jolrael really does promote a "third way," which is to say using your mana base as attacking creatures. The deck is fairly straightforward, as I've focused on 6 specific ingredients: mainstays draw (1) and removal (2), doube the ramp (3) of my typical EDH decks (with an eye to the graveyard as I'm putting my lands in harms way more often than usual), combat help (4) fogs for defense (I don't expect to have a large board presence beyond the lands) and lures for offense, untaping lands used to animate other lands (5), and a large utility (6) section to make my commander a bit redundant in case she is removed too often.

Jolrael is a rarely seen commander (I have never come across her at the helm of a deck actually), so I haven't been able to bounce ideas off too many places. If you're thinking of making a Jolrael deck, let me know and I'll offer what I've seen and what works for me. If you're a grizzled Jolrael veteran (or just grizzled), comment away below; I'd love to hear where you've taken her and what advice you might have. We're a small community according to EDHREC, but I think this Empress is better and certainly more interesting than her usage stats imply, so let's celebrate our luck in finding her.

Best paired with: Well, let me think on that a bit longer. For the time being, any John Denver song should do.

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64% Casual

36% Competitive

Date added 4 years
Last updated 2 years
Legality

This deck is Commander / EDH legal.

Rarity (main - side)

4 - 0 Mythic Rares

44 - 0 Rares

20 - 0 Uncommons

9 - 0 Commons

Cards 100
Avg. CMC 3.35
Tokens Beast 3/3 G, Cat 1/1 G, Insect 1/1 G, Phyrexian Beast 4/4 G, Plant 0/1 G, Spider 1/2 G
Folders Retired
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