Growing Rites of Itlimoc

Legendary Enchantment

When this enters the battlefield, look at the top four cards of your library. You may reveal a creature card from among them and put it into your hand. Put the rest on the bottom of your library in any order.

At the beginning of your end step, if you control four or more creatures, transform this.

Legality

Format	Legality
1v1 Commander	Legal
Alchemy	Legal
Archenemy	Legal
Arena	Legal
Block Constructed	Legal
Canadian Highlander	Legal
Casual	Legal
Commander / EDH	Legal
Commander: Rule 0	Legal
Custom	Legal
Duel Commander	Legal
Freeform	Legal
Gladiator	Legal
Highlander	Legal
Historic	Legal
Historic Brawl	Legal
Legacy	Legal
Leviathan	Legal
Limited	Legal
Modern	Legal
Modern Beyond Horizons	Legal
Oathbreaker	Legal
Pioneer	Legal
Planar Constructed	Legal
Planechase	Legal
Pre-release	Legal
Quest Magic	Legal
Standard	Legal
Standard Brawl	Legal
Tiny Leaders	Legal
Vanguard	Legal
Vintage	Legal

Discussion (50)

indieinside on Beast Deck

1 week ago

I am making these suggestions unaware of the budget.

Urza's Incubator – picking beasts.

Ramp suggestions

Exploration

Farseek

Growing Rites of Itlimoc  ^Flip

Rampant Growth

Three Visits

Deck Consistency

Crop RotationGC

Sylvan Tutor

Worldly TutorGC

Strong Mana Dorks

Elvish Piper

Mina and Denn, Wildborn

Oracle of Mul Daya

Sakura-Tribe Elder

Solemn Simulacrum

Vorinclex, Voice of HungerGC

Wood Elves

Yavimaya Elder

Orcish Lumberjack – super strong.

Doombeard1984 on Mean Golgari elves machine

1 month ago

Thanks for the upvote Lucky_Dutch

I think to be honest, if I had a Gaea's CradleGC I would probably sell it too hahaha. There are a lot of other lands that can give you same effect but at a minimal hoop to jump through. You already have Growing Rites of Itlimoc  ^Flip, and Three Tree City which all really help. If you want more then could include:

• Nykthos, Shrine to Nyx or;
• Evendo, Waking Haven - Not tried this one yet as the "comes into play tapped" stings a little, but Elves should be fine with this.
• Susur Secundi, Void Altar - I am contemplating this for myself as a card draw mechanic. Because a lot of your Elves going to get big, sacrificing a token and drawing 5-10 cards seems real good. Should also mean "stationing" the land should be fine.

I use both the Tyvars, as one is an "ability haste" static effect with untap ability and recursion from graveyard. OG Tyvar also turns all your Elves in {B} mana dorks, and also gives you an untap effect. Mayes your Priest of Titania, Elvish Archdruid et all, all that more mana efficient. Like to just roll the dice on a big old Genesis Wave and see where we end up lol.

I am also a big fan of Nullmage Shepherd as will give you some repeatable Artifact/Enchantment removal. You should have a wide enough board to make this work.

Have fun, and will swing back and see how this evolves :)

Kjacobson6800 on Mo' Counters, Mo' Mana, Mo' Monsters! *Help

4 months ago

Looks like a fun budget build, I like what Belfore has to say. That being said, Greens original lifeblood is mana production. I would focus on that a bit more. Cards like Llanowar Elves Elvish Mystic Arbor Elf Wood Elves etc. Assuming you can make Rishkar huge with counters, Rogue's Passage may come in handy for lethal swings with Commander damage. I also really like Growing Rites of Itlimoc  ^Flip these days. More proliferate and doubling could really make this thing go off. Maybe take a look at what cards you're willing to squeeze in /spend money on that can double your counters. Chord of Calling is affordable and may be a nice addition. Id definitely grab a Genesis Hydra.... Seems like it would fit the flavor.

lhetrick13 on Gishath Spared No Expense!!!

6 months ago

Mortlocke - "Interesting philosphy regarding your commander getting combat damage - instead of trying to sneak by, you just hit them harder." Yes, that summarizes my play style very well, lol. I am not to much for gimmicks or shenanigans...I just love a good ol' beatdown!

In terms of card draw/tutoring, ya, the Naya colors are not great at it and I could definitely add in things like Trouble in PairsGC to get more draw or Smothering TitheGC for arguable some of the best ramp out there, but nominally, I am not playing to much from my hand once I get Gishath out as she is tutoring creatures for me. The deck is kinda centered around having 50+ either lands, ramp, or cards I deem an accelerate like Hunting Velociraptor so pretty much every other card in the deck helps get Gishath out fast. From that point on, it is more focused on protection of my boardstate. I am running Forerunner of the Empire, Savage Order, and Congregation at Dawn for creature tutors. So they are in there but jsut not some of the classic ones you would expect. I like the flexability those provide over Worldly Tutor. Finale of Devastation is a beast of a card but since I am not running Ghalta, Primal Hunger, the card kinda loses some of its flair with this decklist. Growing Rites of Itlimoc  ^Flip I actually dropped for Welcome to ...  ^Flip! Very similar cards and I just like the Jurassic Park cards soooo much. Hard not to add those in!

I am working on the Gaea's CradleGC! Hard to justify dropping pretty much 6 months of my monthly MTG budget on a single card but hoping some of my side hustles this summer will let me pick that up. It is not phenominal in this deck like it would be in something like Chatterfang, but it would still be more effective than some of the other lands/cards I have in the decklist!

Thanks for all the thoughts you are posting, I do greatly appreciate the questions and recommendations! It has been about 5 months since I played this deck so I need to sit down and take a look at it again and ask some of the hard questions about why I included some things and why I dropped others.

Mortlocke on Gishath Spared No Expense!!!

6 months ago

Oh! and I can't believe I didn't say this, but thank you for they very nice compliment regarding my own take on Dino Tribal. I appreciate the nice words. I was half-joking about Gaea's CradleGC, by the way. I full well understand that it's often a prohibitively expensive card and to some can feel a bit "win more", but in my eyes it significantly lowers the bar for hitting "critical mass" with your mana. As you build your board with creatures - something your deck wants to do, Cradle simply rewards you for "free" effectively. It helps keep the deck explosive - Growing Rites of Itlimoc  ^Flip is a considerably less over powered viable alternative, but why not have both?

Mortlocke on Gishath Spared No Expense!!!

6 months ago

Ah! You're right about that Roaming Throne! I missed that. Sorry for the wasted suggestion. Interesting philosophy regarding your commander getting combat damage - instead of trying to sneak by, you just hit them harder. Well i'm glad you're considering Finale of Devastation as it fits this ethos quite nicely. I do wonder about your deck's consistency though - have you ever found yourself needing to tutor for creatures? I see you're considering Worldly Tutor, what about Sylvan Tutor? Both place creatures on top of your library, so it synchronizes perfectly with your Commander's triggers. What maybe more ramp? There's Kodama's Reach, the sibling to Cultivate that you could also include.

Now lastly, this suggestion is very expensive - but why settle for Three Tree City when you could go for Gaea's CradleGC? Gishath Spared No Expense, so why should you? Just hear me out - this card is indeed a game changer, and a very splashy one. You don't have purchase it, as you can proxy. But if that's not your style, I won't slight you. On the other hand if you have a full trade binder with some pricey goodies you could go to an LGS you trust and work out a deal. I've done something like this before and it's worked out for me. But again, this is a very subjective thing. If that doesn't seem appealing, you could also try Growing Rites of Itlimoc  ^Flip. It can help you get another creature in hand/filter the top of your library. What're your thoughts?

Belfore on Marwyn Elfs

1 year ago

Well you seem to be lacking in flying defense. You could also use some recursion since your token production is only 8 cards I would personally drop the Arboreal Alliance since you are not producing that many tokens. And I know it is a way to use all the mana you can produce but you need some more reusable uses for the mana.

I spent most of this weekend testing your deck against some of mine which are also go wide strategies. And what I kept running into was that your ability to get damage through was struggling. I think you need to get some more sources of trample or bypassing defenders. Another problem I was having was you would be top decking to quickly.I felt it just kept running out of steam.

I personally would drop Arbor Elf for Argothian Elder. It may cost more mana but it would let you untap Nykthos without Yavimaya in play, drop Quirion Ranger for Seeker of Skybreak just a bit less hassle for untapping a creature. even though she gets an interesting trick when you have Ashaya out. I would also drop Woodland Bellower for the Skyshroud Poacher just because it is easier to reuse. Elvish Guidance can have its uses but I think Growing Rites of Itlimoc  ^Flip is still a bit more useful, for your mana outlet I would absolutely keep Staff of Domination over Thousand-Year Elixir. I am surprised you dropped both Dwynen, Gilt-Leaf Daen and Jagged-Scar Archers since those were your only real answers to flying maybe consider Raking Canopy or Gravity Well to help against flying heavy decks. Mobilize and Vitalize are a little too weak for the card slots I think. I think a couple of more useful options would actually be Taunting Elf, Nemesis Mask, and/or Tempting Licid of those 3 taunting elf is weakest. But what those would allow you to do is get your pumped up elves through with minimal losses and minimal investment for the finishing blow.

I do have more thoughts if you want but as always feedback on what you are aiming for always helps (EG: Going tall, going wide, elf ball, kill through combat, or focusing on I win effects (I don't like I win effects))

fableberserker on flowers for grandma

1 year ago

After seeing it play a few times, I think Mirri's Guile, Threefold Signal, and Radiant Grove should come out for some lands, consider Gaea's Cradle, Castle Garenbrig, Growing Rites of Itlimoc  ^Flip or even just some forests.