Yisan is running slowly.
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Posted on Jan. 20, 2019, 1:33 a.m. by jordybear2002
Hey guys! I am working on a Yisan build at the moment and this is what I have so far. I feel like the deck could be faster. Like I feel like when I play test I have a 50/50 shot of having my engine going by turn 5. But I am afraid of making it even more expensive by attempting to make it faster. Are there any tips or suggestions you guys could give?
Yisan's Big Green Dumbies
Commander / EDH*
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jordybear2002 says... #3
Thanks! I will playtest and let you know how it goes!
January 20, 2019 7:53 p.m.
rob_shifflett says... #4
You can get a turn One Yisan.
Forest + Chancellor of the Tangle / Elvish Spirit Guide + Sol Ring / Mana Vault / Mana Crypt or Ancient Tomb / Mana Crypt + Chancellor of the Tangle / Elvish Spirit Guide
Just disregard the Tomb and Crypt if you are worried about price.
SynergyBuild says... #2
$20ish Budget way to make Yisan very fast:
Add in Arbor Elf , Fyndhorn Elves , Wirewood Symbiote , Seeker of Skybreak , Temur Sabertooth , Priest of Titania , Elvish Archdruid , Boreal Druid , Devoted Druid , Great Oak Guardian , Autumn's Veil , Nature's Claim , Natural State , Caustic Caterpillar , Reclamation Sage , Desert Twister , Copperhorn Scout , Wood Elves , Somberwald Stag , Manglehorn , Marwyn, the Nurturer , Rishkar, Peema Renegade , Leaf Gilder , Heart Warden , Fyndhorn Elder
Drop out Taunting Elf , Verdant Force , Vorinclex, Voice of Hunger , Wild Beastmaster , Worldspine Wurm , Pathbreaker Ibex , Mycoloth , Kamahl, Fist of Krosa , Gyre Sage , Giant Adephage , Elvish Piper , Cultivator of Blades , Bramble Elemental , Avenger of Zendikar , Tooth and Nail , See the Unwritten , Triumph of the Hordes , Overrun , Overwhelming Stampede , Overrun , Genesis Wave , Explosive Vegetation , Zendikar Resurgent , Growing Rites of Itlimoc Flip, Umbral Mantle , Lifecrafter's Bestiary
Total of 26 swaps.
The switches lists speed the deck up and make it win through an easy and efficient combo, all fetchable by Yisan. The combo uses Great Oak Guardian , Temur Sabertooth , and Wirewood Symbiote . With these and enough mana producing creatures, you get infinitely large creatures or with 1 more mana, infinitely large creatures and infinite mana, and untaps which can be put into Yisan to fetch Caterhoof and give the team trample.
All together, the deck will also run enough early-game interaction like Caustic Caterpillar , Manglehorn , Reclamation Sage , Natural State , Nature's Claim , the already run Lignify and Acidic Slime , and catch-alls like Desert Twister and Yisan fetchables like Somberwald Stag .
With all of this in mind, it is a little weak to removal, but with Eternal Witness and Temur Sabertooth both fetchable with Yisan, I feel it can be okay.
How does this sound?
January 20, 2019 12:37 p.m.