Botanical Sanctum

Land

Botanical Sanctum enters the battlefield tapped unless you control two or fewer other lands.

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Discussion (51)

DemMeowsephs on Arixmethes: Draw your deck

1 week ago

Hey there! I would recommend more ramp and some different lands! Maybe some of the following can be of use to you?

• Lands
• Yavimaya Coast
• Breeding Pool
• Misty Rainforest
• Botanical Sanctum
• Hinterland Harbor
• Flooded Grove
• Waterlogged Grove
• Skyshroud Forest
• Ancient Tomb
• Prismatic Vista
• Fabled Passage
• City of Brass
• Mana Confluence
• Reflecting Pool
• Exotic Orchard
• Strip Mine/Wasteland
• Forbidden Orchard
• Gemstone Mine

• Gemstone Caverns

• Now I understand some of these are bigger budgeted, but a good mana base is quite important in commander, and while you have a good landbase already, these could make it much smoother and help lessen the chance of mana problems! Not only that, but it is very important to have ramp, so you can play your deck faster. Around 7-12 ramp spells is the average, so I would recommend some of the following:

• Ramp

• Exploration
• Burgeoning
• Birds of Paradise
• Talisman of Curiosity
• Sylvan Caryatid
• Lotus Petal
• Selvala, Heart of the Wilds (If you keep Arix as your commander)
• Kodama's Reach/Cultivate
• Sakura-Tribe Elder/Rampant Growth
• Farseek
• Arcane Signet
• Simic Signet
• Nature's Lore/Three Visits
• Emerald Medallion/Sapphire Medallion

• Explore/Growth Spiral

• Again I know that's a lot, but I would seriously recommend all of them, they are extremely helpful! Now I wouldn't recommend ALL of those, but maybe chose are 10 that stand out to you! Ramp is extremely important so definitely try it out.

• That said, I have a couple more suggestions as well. Arixmethes is good, but I'm not sure how he helps with card draw or anything. Since you have a average mana cost of 4.40 (which is a lot) maybe Kruphix, God of Horizons could be a better commander? Or maybe something like Tishana, Voice of Thunder and Prime Speaker Zegana? I'm not sure but I think having a commander that relates to the deck could be a pretty good improvement. ALSO, since you want to draw out your deck, Laboratory Maniac and Jace, Wielder of Mysteries could be pretty good combos. If you have Leveler and one of these guys you instantly WIN which is pretty crazy! And if you have nothing in your graveyard, Paradigm Shift can have a similar effect. Maybe they are worth including? Oh and before I forget, Jin-Gitaxias, Core Augur and Thought Vessel are very fun in these decks :).

In the end let me know what you think! Did I miss anything? Or if you have any questions for me or want further help feel free to ask I'd love to help! If this does help be sure to check and support some of my decks: Double Trouble EDH, A Deal With the Devil EDH, and many others! Anyways though, hope this helps, good luck on your deck, and have a great day!!! Happy tapping!

DemMeowsephs on Tatyova's Playground (Simic Landfall/Draw EDH)

2 weeks ago

Hey there! Your manabase looks GREAT, but there are a great many upgrades I would recommend making as you continue to upgrade your deck! I would consider some of the following lands!

• Botanical Sanctum
• Yavimaya Coast (Budget: Skyshroud Forest)
• Waterlogged Grove
• Flooded Grove
• Misty Rainforest
• Ancient Tomb
• Prismatic Vista
• Fabled Passage
• City of Brass
• Mana Confluence
• Reflecting Pool
• Exotic Orchard
• Strip Mine/Wasteland
• Forbidden Orchard
• Gemstone Mine
• Gemstone Caverns

• Command Tower (Cmon you gotta have the tower)

• Since your deck revolves around lands, I would definitely consider upgrading that area of your deck, it can make the deck run way smoother and trust me- that is always very important. There are also some ramp spells you might want to consider adding! Try some of the following

• Burgeoning

• Exploration
• Sapphire Medallion/Emerald Medallion
• Nature's Lore (Can search for Breeding Pool)
• Birds of Paradise
• Kodama's Reach/Cultivate
• Arcane Signet
• Oracle of Mul Daya
• Bloom Tender
• Sylvan Caryatid

In the end, having a good mana base is important, and since your deck revolves around your mana base I think it definitely deserves a good upgrade in that regard. If this helps be sure to check out and support some of my decks- like Double Trouble EDH and A Deal With the Devil EDH! Anyways though hope this helps, good luck on your deck, and have a great day!

DemMeowsephs on Double Trouble! Yarok, The Land Junkie

3 weeks ago

G'day mate! I feel like your land section could use an upgrade, so as you get more cards I would recommend getting some of these lands! Good lands can help a deck run much more smoothly, and I recommend all of the below.

---Lands!---

• Overgrown Tomb
• Breeding Pool
• Watery Grave
• Blooming Marsh
• Botanical Sanctum
• Darkslick Shores
• Verdant Catacombs
• Misty Rainforest
• Polluted Delta (Budget: Bad River)
• Nurturing Peatland/Llanowar Wastes
• Waterlogged Grove/Yavimaya Hollow
• Underground River
• Woodland Cemetery
• Hinterland Harbor
• Drowned Catacomb
• Twilight Mire
• Flooded Grove
• Sunken Ruins
• Zagoth Triome
• Ancient Tomb
• Prismatic Vista
• Fabled Passage
• City of Brass
• Mana Confluence
• Reflecting Pool
• Exotic Orchard
• Strip Mine/Wasteland
• Forbidden Orchard
• Gemstone Mine
• Gemstone Caverns

As for ramp, you might like some of the following!

• Exploration
• Burgeoning
• Birds of Paradise
• Sylvan Caryatid
• Sapphire Medallion, Emerald Medallion, Jet Medallion
• Bloom Tender
• Nature's Lore
• Oracle of Mul Daya
• Lotus Cobra

In the end, a good mana base is always important and I recommend all of these cards! If this helps be sure to check out my own doubling deck, Double Trouble EDH! Anyways though, hope this helps, good luck on your deck, and have a great day! Happy tapping!!!

DemMeowsephs on Kinnan Big mana

4 weeks ago

Howdy there! Maybe consider some of these!

• Breeding Pool
• Botanical Sanctum
• Misty Rainforest
• Waterlogged Grove
• Ancient Tomb
• Prismatic Vista
• Fabled Passage
• City of Brass
• Mana Confluence
• Reflecting Pool
• Exotic Orchard
• Strip Mine/Wasteland
• Forbidden Orchard
• Dryad Arbor
• Gemstone Mine
• Gemstone Caverns
• Vesuva
• Tarnished Citadel
• Tolaria West is like a tutor for walking balista while acting as a land.

For ramp, you might like some of these

• Exploration
• Burgeoning
• Oracle of Mul Daya
• Extraplanar Lens
• Nature's Lore
• Selvala, Heart of the Wilds
• Emerald Medallion

• Sapphire Medallion

• I would definitely consider all of these, since a good mana base is especially important for a deck like Kinnan. If this helps, be sure to check out some of my decks, like Double Trouble EDH and A Deal With the Devil EDH, which I recently updated with full CSS and huge descriptions! Anyways though, hope this helps, good luck on your deck, and have a great day! Happy tapping!

DemMeowsephs on Trump's Wet Dream

1 month ago

Howdy there and nice deck! Here are some suggestions you might appreciate! I notice you have the shock lands and the check lands but I think your deck would perform a lot better with some extra stuff. Consider some of thee following!

• Fast Lands
• Seachrome Coast
• Razorverge Thicket

• Botanical Sanctum

• Dual Fetch Lands

• Flooded Strand
• Windswept Heath

• Misty Rainforest

• Filter Lands

• Mystic Gate
• Wooded Bastion

• Flooded Grove

• Pain/Horizon Lands

• Adarkar Wastes
• Brushland or Horizon Canopy

• Yavimaya Coast or Waterlogged Grove

• That said I personally believe your deck would perform MUCH better with these additions. The following work in any deck and all deserve a slot in your deck (in my opinion)

• City of Brass

• Ancient Tomb
• Mana Confluence
• Forbidden Orchard
• Exotic Orchard
• Prismatic Vista
• Fabled Passage
• Reflecting Pool
• Wasteland or Strip Mine
• Gemstone Mine
• Gemstone Caverns
• Cavern of Souls
• Possibly Ancient Ziggurat? Maybe too risky
• Unclaimed Territory
• Yavimaya Hollow
• Dryad Arbor

In the end, I would definitely consider all of these lands as they are very helpful and can help your journey go much much MUCH smoother, especially in commander! If this helps, be sure to check out some of my decks, (Double Trouble EDH) among others! Upvote them if you like them and be sure to give me suggestions if you have any, I would appreciate it. Anyways though, hope this helps, good luck on your deck, and have a great day! Happy tapping!

DemMeowsephs on X games

1 month ago

You can push it pretty dang far that I can tell you XD. I have my own Zaxara deck, so I might have some tips you find useful. First off let's look at your lands. Many of the lands I recommend may be out of budget, so feel free to ignore this comment if you can't use anything I talk about.

• Shock lands are very helpful! They give you the option to come in untapped if you need mana right now. - - Breeding Pool
• Overgrown Tomb

• Watery Grave

• Filter lands are also budgety, but very good! If you have one color they can give you a different color, more of that color, or even some of both!

• Flooded Grove
• Twilight Mire

• Sunken Ruins

• Check lands are also within budget! They have a chance of coming in untapped which can be very useful at times!

• Hinterland Harbor
• Woodland Cemetery

• Drowned Catacomb

• Pain and Horizon lands are some of the best, as you will ALWAYS have the option to get mana, they will never be tapped, even though you have to pay life, its worth it!

• Yavimaya Coast or Waterlogged Grove
• Llanowar Wastes or Nurturing Peatland

• Underground River or... Sadly no Horizon land is available in

• Fast lands too have a good chance to come in untapped especially at the start of the game which can be a great asset

• Botanical Sanctum
• Blooming Marsh

• Darkslick Shores

• But my personal favorites are the dual fetch lands! These guys let you go through your library to find whichever lands you need! In your deck, they can search for basics, the shock lands if you add them, or even cards like Zagoth Triome! The cost is that some of them can be quite out of budget, but I would still consider them eventually.

• Misty Rainforest
• Verdant Catacombs

• Polluted Delta

• All these dual lands are very helpful and I would consider all of them! There are a couple more multi color lands I like that you might enjoy too:

• City of Brass

• Mana Confluence
• Gemstone Mine
• Ancient Tomb
• Prismatic Vista
• Forbidden Orchard
• Reflecting Pool
• Exotic Orchard
• Wasteland
• Reliquary Tower
• Yavimaya Hollow

• Vesuva

• That said, upgrading your lands section can be extremely helpful when you play commander, and I would definitely recommend checking them out! Some ramp cards that I like and might benefit in your deck are

• Exploration

• Burgeoning
• Emerald Medallion, Sapphire Medallion, and Jet Medallion
• Birds of Paradise
• Lotus Petal
• Bloom Tender (More on this later)
• Selvala, Heart of the Wilds
• Oracle of Mul Daya
• Arcane Signet

Anyways enough about mana! There are a couple cards that might do very well in your deck, and I can't name them all, so I would recommend checking out my deck: The X Files EDH! However I will try to mention as much as I can!

• First off, did you know that there are two cards that can give you infinite mana with your commander? Yup! Pemmin's Aura and Freed from the Real, both give you infinite mana when you enchant your commander with them. Zaxara adds two mana, you use one of that mana to activate the enchantment and untap Zaxara, and then you can tap her again to add two, and then untap, and do that again and again as much as you want to get INFINITE mana! If you have an X spell in your hand you can cast X for literally infinity and pretty much win! Its cool. Because of these cards I would recommend tutors like Demonic Tutor. If you get the tutor you can search for one of these enchantments and then get infinite mana. These enchantments also give you infinite mana with Bloom Tender and Selvala, Heart of the Wilds which i mentioned before, using the same infinite process as your commander.

Some other fun cards are:

• Parallel Lives and Doubling Season! You can get double the tokens Zaxara makes and put DOUBLE counters on them! Very fun!
• Sylvan Library, Rhystic Study, Necropotence for card draw
• Unbound Flourishing for obvious reasons.

• and many more which you can find under my decklist here

• Anyways though, sorry to make you read all this, I hope it was helpful, and if you don't want/like any of the cards feel free to completely ignore this! If it does help though, be sure to check out and support my main deck, Double Trouble EDH, I would appreciate it! Any suggestions are also welcome. If you have any questions about the cards I mentioned or want more help with a deck feel free to post on my wall, I'd love to help! Anyways though, Hope this helps, good luck on your deck, and have a great day!

DemMeowsephs on Sultai_Sir

1 month ago

Hey there! No problem, and you have definitely come to the right place! Here are some types of lands that I personally think should have a spot in every deck, and some multi-colored lands that work anywhere and everywhere! I hope this helps you throughout your journey in the world of magic.

• Types of Lands:

• Shock Lands

• These lands say when [cardname] enters the battlefield you either take two, or have it enter tapped, which I am sure you are familiar with.

• Watery Grave, Blood Crypt, Temple Garden, Breeding Pool, Hallowed Fountain, Stomping Ground, Sacred Foundry, Overgrown Tomb, Steam Vents and Godless Shrine

• Check Lands

• These are lands that say, [cardname] enters the battlefield tapped unless you control a [land type] or [land type]. These aren't always that good in my opinion, but if you need a cheaper option they are MUCH better than guildgates, etc.

• Glacial Fortress, Drowned Catacomb, Woodland Cemetery, Dragonskull Summit, Isolated Chapel, Rootbound Crag, Sunpetal Grove, Hinterland Harbor, Sulfur Falls, and Clifftop Retreat

• Filter Lands

• Similar to the signets, these lands can be extremely useful when you have one color, and need the other. They are also a lot cheaper as they just got reprinted in Double Masters

• Wooded Bastion, Sunken Ruins, Mystic Gate, Flooded Grove, Rugged Prairie, Graven Cairns, Fire-Lit Thicket, Fetid Heath, Twilight Mire, Cascade Bluffs

• Fast Lands

• Some of my personal favorites, these lands can be untapped unless you have 4+ lands, and are very helpful at the start of the game

• Seachrome Coast, Razorverge Thicket, Botanical Sanctum, Copperline Gorge, Blackcleave Cliffs, Darkslick Shores, Blooming Marsh, Concealed Courtyard, Spirebluff Canal, Inspiring Vantage

• Pain Lands

• These are by far some of the best, as you always know you can get mana from them, without worrying they might be tapped, or untapped, or something like that.

• Adarkar Wastes, Underground River, Sulfurous Springs, Karplusan Forest, Brushland, Caves of Koilos, Llanowar Wastes, Yavimaya Coast, Shivan Reef, Battlefield Forge

• Horizon Lands

• The better version of pain lands- but they are not printed in every color combination. However when you can, cut your pain lands for these!

• Horizon Canopy, Silent Clearing, Nurturing Peatland, Waterlogged Grove, Fiery Islet, Sunbaked Canyon

• Fetch Lands

• There are also the beloved fetch lands, which can even search for shock lands, proving to be very useful in many situations!

• Flooded Strand, Bloodstained Mire, Windswept Heath, Wooded Foothills, Polluted Delta, Misty Rainforest, Marsh Flats, Verdant Catacombs, Arid Mesa, Scalding Tarn

• Battlebond Lands

• These are EXTREMELY useful if you have multiple opponents, as they come at no extra cost. However like the Horizon lands, they are not available in every color.
• Sea of Clouds, Morphic Pool, Luxury Suite, Spire Garden, Bountiful Promenade

These dual lands are some of the best, and my favorites, though there are many more people enjoy playing, such as bounce ladnds (Dimir Aqueduct), Battle Lands (Sunken Hollow), Reveal Lands, (Port Town), Cycle Lands (Irrigated Farmland), Storage Lands (Calciform Pools) and many others, but usually you don't have this many spaces in your deck, and so the ones I named first are usually better. However, I'm not done! There are many multicolor lands that fit in any deck, that are extremely powerful! Some of them are listed below.

• City of Brass
• Mana Confluence
• Prismatic Vista
• Fabled Passage
• Ancient Tomb
• Exotic Orchard
• Command Tower
• Forbidden Orchard
• Gemstone Mine
• Gemstone Caverns
• Command Tower
• Maze of Ith
• Strip Mine
• Wasteland
• Tarnished Citadel

• Meteor Crater

• Etc. There are many more like this but as before, the ones above are definitely the best, and most of them deserve a spot in every deck! Some specific deck themes have their own versions of these lands, like for Artifact decks you might play Glimmervoid and for Creature decks you might play Ancient Ziggurat. Usually, when I deckbuild i go to EDHREC, which has amazing suggestions and synergies for EVERY commander, and even for specific archetypes and colors- lands among them! For these speciifc themes you can find the lands you need there (along with many other cards too) but everything I named above I recommend playing in the meantime! I hope this helps you in your future decks, thanks for reaching out, good luck, and have a great day!

DemMeowsephs on More testing

1 month ago

If your getting upgrades, I would consider a huge upgrade for your land section. There are many more simic and multi-color lands I would recommend adding, including the following:

• Botanical Sanctum
• Misty Rainforest
• Breeding Pool
• Tropical Island
• Prismatic Vista
• Fabled Passage
• City of Brass
• Mana Confluence
• Ancient Tomb
• Exotic Orchard
• Forbidden Orchard
• Reflecting Pool
• Wasteland
• Gemstone Mine
• Nykthos, Shrine to Nyx
• Gemstone Caverns

• Tarnished Citadel

• Some of these are rather expensive but they can make SO much easier, not to mention your deck is based around lands anyway! So I would definitely consider adding some of these in the coming time. If this does help be sure to check out and upvote my main deck, Double Trouble EDH! Suggestions also welcome! Anyways though, good luck on your deck, hope this helps, and have great day!