The Tower of Battle

Commander / EDH* Mono-Green Theme/Gimmick Voltron

Mortarpod

Creature (21)

• 1x Archetype of Endurance
• 1x Azusa, Lost but Seeking
• 1x Beacon Behemoth
• 1x Burnished Hart
• 1x Challenger Troll
• 1x Courser of Kruphix
• 1x Drumhunter
• 1x Eternal Witness
• 1x Greenwarden of Murasa
• 1x Karametra's Acolyte
• 1x Nightshade Peddler
• 1x Rhonas the Indomitable
• 1x Scavenging Ooze
• 1x Seedborn Muse
• 1x Selvala, Heart of the Wilds
• 1x Spearbreaker Behemoth
• 1x Spore Frog
• 1x Tajuru Preserver
• 1x Temur Sabertooth
• 1x Ulvenwald Tracker
• 1x Vigor

Instant (10)

• 1x Aspect of Hydra
• 1x Heroic Intervention
• 1x Mortal's Resolve
• 1x Naturalize
• 1x Primal Bellow
• 1x Ram Through
• 1x Reclaim
• 1x Return to Nature
• 1x Unravel the Aether
• 1x Withstand Death

Land (34)

• 1x Ash Barrens
• 1x Blighted Woodland
• 1x Bonders' Enclave
• 1x Castle Garenbrig
• 1x Cathedral of War
• 1x Detection Tower
• 1x Exotic Orchard
• 1x Field of Ruin
• 16x Forest
• 1x Homeward Path
• 1x Mosswort Bridge
• 1x Myriad Landscape
• 1x Mystifying Maze
• 1x Nykthos, Shrine to Nyx
• 1x Okina, Temple to the Grandfathers
• 1x Quicksand
• 1x Rogue's Passage
• 1x Temple of the False God
• 1x Wirewood Lodge

Enchantment (12)

• 1x Alpha Authority
• 1x Asceticism
• 1x Bonds of Mortality
• 1x Font of Fertility
• 1x Helix Pinnacle
• 1x Kenrith's Transformation
• 1x Mark of Sakiko
• 1x Raking Canopy
• 1x Regeneration
• 1x Seal of Primordium
• 1x Spider Umbra
• 1x Wilderness Reclamation

Commander (1)

Artifact (14)

• 1x Avarice Amulet
• 1x Basilisk Collar
• 1x Bow of Nylea
• 1x Champion's Helm
• 1x Coveted Jewel
• 1x Darksteel Plate
• 1x Elixir of Immortality
• 1x Grappling Hook
• 1x Kusari-Gama
• 1x Nyx Lotus
• 1x Sol Ring
• 1x The Great Henge
• 1x The Immortal Sun
• 1x Umezawa's Jitte

Sorcery (8)

• 1x Cultivate
• 1x Green Sun's Zenith
• 1x Kodama's Reach
• 1x Nature's Lore
• 1x Primal Might
• 1x Primeval Light
• 1x Rampant Growth
• 1x Soul's Majesty

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I'll be working on a primer for this throughout the week.

In short though, Iwamori has always been one of my favorite cards from the Kamigawa block. For such a mediocre creature to have such a potentially devastating downside, all it took a little imagination to turn that into a thematic element in a deck built around proving one's own strength.

Step into Iwamori's ring. Scale his tower of battle. And should you reach its pinnacle, riches and glory will be yours.

But the path to the top is littered with obstacles. Not the least of which is the fearless monk himself, sworn to take on all challengers and dispense with them without mercy.

Do you have the courage to face Imawori on equal footing? Or will you buckle beneath his hard-fought experience?

Ramp:

Blighted Woodland

Burnished Hart

Castle Garenbrig

Coveted Jewel

Cultivate

Drumhunter

Field of Ruin

Font of Fertility

Karametra's Acolyte

Kodama's Reach

Mark of Sakiko

Myriad Landscape

Nature's Lore

Nykthos, Shrine to Nyx

Rampant Growth

Seedborn Muse

Selvala, Heart of the Wilds

Sol Ring

Temple of the False God

The Great Henge

The Immortal Sun

Wilderness Reclamation

Card Draw:

Ash Barrens

Avarice Amulet

Bonders' Enclave

Bonds of Mortality

Coveted Jewel

Drumhunter

Kenrith's Transformation

Selvala, Heart of the Wilds

Soul's Majesty

The Great Henge

The Immortal Sun

Protection:

Alpha Authority

Archetype of Endurance

Asceticism

Champion's Helm

Darksteel Plate

Heroic Intervention

Homeward Path

Mortal's Resolve

Mystifying Maze

Regeneration

Spider Umbra

Spore Frog

Tajuru Preserver

Temur Sabertooth

Vigor

Withstand Death

Recursion:

Bow of Nylea

Elixir of Immortality

Eternal Witness

Greenwarden of Murasa

Reclaim

Removal:

Bow of Nylea

Grappling Hook

Kenrith's Transformation

Kusari-Gama

Naturalize

Primal Might

Primeval Light

Raking Canopy

Ram Through

Return to Nature

Scavenging Ooze

Seal of Primordium

Ulvenwald Tracker

Umezawa's Jitte

Unravel the Aether

Incentives:

Avarice Amulet

Coveted Jewel

Equalizers:

Alpha Authority

Archetype of Endurance

Beacon Behemoth

Bonds of Mortality

Challenger Troll

Detection Tower

Quicksand

The Immortal Sun

Win-Cons:

Helix Pinnacle

Ram Through

Rogue's Passage

Top Ranked	Achieved #1 position in Commander / EDH Mono-Green 3 years ago Achieved #1 position in Commander / EDH Theme/Gimmick 3 years ago Achieved #1 position in Commander / EDH Voltron 3 years ago
Date added	4 years
Last updated	3 years
Exclude colors	WUBR
Legality	This deck is Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	5 - 0 Mythic Rares 34 - 0 Rares 26 - 0 Uncommons 19 - 0 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	3.00
Folders	No Budget, No Mercy, Commander, Deck Ideas