Yisan, The Bitch Slap Bard *Help*

Commander / EDH*

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Spells (24)

• 1x Beast Within
• 1x Birthing Pod
• 1x Burgeoning
• 1x Chord of Calling
• 1x Chrome Mox
• 1x Concordant Crossroads
• 1x Crop Rotation
• 1x Earthcraft
• 1x Exploration
• 1x Green Sun's Zenith
• 1x Illusionist's Bracers
• 1x Mana Crypt
• 1x Mox Diamond
• 1x Quest for Renewal
• 1x Rings of Brighthearth
• 1x Skullclamp
• 1x Sol Ring
• 1x Song of the Dryads
• 1x Sylvan Library
• 1x Sylvan Scrying
• 1x Umbral Mantle
• 1x Utopia Sprawl
• 1x Wild Growth
• 1x Worldly Tutor

FourDrops (4)

• 1x Karametra's Acolyte
• 1x Nullmage Shepherd
• 1x Oracle of Mul Daya
• 1x Temur Sabertooth

FiveDrops (3)

• 1x Acidic Slime
• 1x Seedborn Muse
• 1x Whisperwood Elemental

OneDrops (12)

• 1x Arbor Elf
• 1x Birds of Paradise
• 1x Boreal Druid
• 1x Elvish Mystic
• 1x Fyndhorn Elves
• 1x Llanowar Elves
• 1x Quirion Ranger
• 1x Sakura-Tribe Scout
• 1x Skyshroud Ranger
• 1x Sylvan Safekeeper
• 1x Ulvenwald Tracker
• 1x Wirewood Symbiote

TwoDrops (7)

• 1x Elvish Visionary
• 1x Phyrexian Revoker
• 1x Priest of Titania
• 1x Scavenging Ooze
• 1x Scryb Ranger
• 1x Seeker of Skybreak
• 1x Wall of Roots

SixDrops (5)

• 1x Bane of Progress
• 1x Brutalizer Exarch
• 1x Duplicant
• 1x Greenwarden of Murasa
• 1x Woodland Bellower

Eight-PlusDrops (3)

• 1x Craterhoof Behemoth
• 1x Gigantomancer
• 1x Terastodon

SevenDrops (2)

• 1x Avenger of Zendikar
• 1x Regal Force

Commander (1)

Lands (36)

• 1x Ancient Tomb
• 1x Cavern of Souls
• 26x Forest
• 1x Gaea's Cradle
• 1x Ghost Quarter
• 1x Homeward Path
• 1x Nykthos, Shrine to Nyx
• 1x Strip Mine
• 1x Wasteland
• 1x Wirewood Lodge
• 1x Yavimaya Hollow

ThreeDrops (5)

• 1x Elvish Archdruid
• 1x Eternal Witness
• 1x Fierce Empath
• 1x Reclamation Sage
• 1x Wood Elves

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Other (6)

• 1x Ant Queen
• 1x Gigantomancer
• 1x Swiftfoot Boots
• 1x Ulamog, the Infinite Gyre
• 1x Vorinclex, Voice of Hunger
• 1x Worldspine Wurm

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UPDATE

Hey, guys, it's been a very long while for me since I've played Magic at all, let alone EDH. I'm trying to get back into the game, and I actually sold my entire collection in order to pass some financial troubles. Now that I am back on my feet, I am ready to play, and I have decided that I really want to pick up where I left off with my Yisan Tier 1 EDH. The only problem is that I've been out of the game for about 5 or 6 months, so I SEVERELY need help understanding what edits I should make, and why. If anybody has ANY suggestions, I'd really apprecaite it a lot, especially becuase I am not in the mentality of the game the same way I used to be a few months ago.

Thanks a bunch, and please +1 and or make some suggestions, I really need the help!

Combos Show

Yisan, the Wanderer Bard is well suited to tutoring for creature based combo. Not only does he find these combos, most of which are infinite mana and infinite creature untaps, he provides an outlet to spend the infinite mana on, which is pretty spicy for a tutor to do, if I can say so myself.Before we discuss the combos, I should mention that Yisan can win with combat damage as quickly as he can combo in most multiplayer games, with the combos occasionally being a turn faster. The combos cards are really powerful in this deck as a means of rebuilding, as a plan B, if the value plan doesnt work out.

P.S.: I don't remember where my train of thought was going with this deck at all, and so I no longer understand why I built it like this, or where any of the combos are. If you see any combos please point them out because I am still very confused coming back to magic.

Umbral Mantle + Any creature that taps for 4 or more mana Show

With a creature that taps for 3 mana, you do get an infinite powered attacker. But you have lots of opponents to beat.Umbral Mantle plus Priest of Titania, Elvish Archdruid, or Karametra's Acolyte can easily go infinite. The Mantle untaps the creature, and the creature taps for more mana. However, once you get infinite mana, you can equip the mantle to Yisan, and activate him infinite times, since you can pay with the umbral to untap him.With infinite Yisan activations, its pretty easy to win, but here is a route to perfect victory (attacking for infinite damage against opponents who control no permanents):

1. Tutor Temur Sabertooth, then Ant Queen

2. Bounce your Wood Elves and replay it to get all your Forests

3. Grab Duplicant to blow up every creature the same way, and then Regal Force to draw your whole deck (make a number of ant tokens equal to what you need to get the whole deck).

4. Now go ahead and make infinite insect tokens.

5. Play Concordant Crossroads.

6. Play Terastodon to blow up any remaining permanents, cleaning up the tokens with Ulamog, the Infinite Gyre for the feel good win.

7. Cast Craterhoof Behemoth for more infinite damage. Attack. (Kudos to your opponents if they let you draw out your obvious victory this long.)

If you have an Umbral Mantle in hand at the start of the game with a mana dork, tutoring for Priest of Titania with Yisan after getting any elf leads to a modest turn 5 win if left uninterrupted. But getting a Sylvan Safekeeper and playing a value game to protect the combo is usually stronger if your opponents typically have early interaction.

Date added	7 years
Last updated	7 years
Legality	This deck is not Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	9 - 0 Mythic Rares 30 - 0 Rares 21 - 0 Uncommons 16 - 0 Commons
Cards	102
Avg. CMC	2.76
Tokens	Beast 3/3 G, Elephant 3-3 G, Manifest 2/2 C, Plant 0/1 G