Nemata, Primeval Warden

Legendary Creature — Treefolk

Reach

If a creature an opponent controls would die, exile it instead. When you do, create a 1/1 green Saproling token.

{G}, Sacrifice a Saproling: Nemata, Primeval Warden gets +2/+2 until end of turn.

{1}{B}, Sacrifice two Saprolings: Draw a card.

Tokens

• Saproling 1/1 G

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
Vanguard	Legal
Vintage	Legal

Discussion (11)

Tippycat on Ode to the Old Commanders: Ta-ta-ta Tokens!

2 weeks ago

Thanks again, hyalopterouslemur! More good suggestions. I've added Nemata, Primeval Warden, Silklash Spider and March of Souls as well.

hyalopterouslemur on Ode to the Old Commanders: Ta-ta-ta Tokens!

3 weeks ago

Nemata, Primeval Warden is nice. Grave hate, can stop fliers, makes saprolings, and even pumps himself and draws cards with said saprolings.

Another great card for dealing with flying is Silklash Spider.

I also like three board wipes. My favorite, one of my pet cards, is March of Souls. The key here is it's actually an upgrade for your saprolings, but it's a serious downgrade for everything else. It also has synergy with Doubling Season and friends, Cathars' Crusade, and Grave Pact.

Second is Sunblast Angel. The key here is to play her on your first main phase (and not use any mana dorks to do so, if you can). I've actually played her without damaging my own creatures.

Third is Phyrexian Rebirth. This is a lot like March of Souls, but you, and only you, get a token, but it's a biggie.

DarkKiridon on Slimefoot, the Stowaway

8 months ago

Plumb the Forbidden

Syr Konrad, the Grim would do work.

Village Rites

Nemata, Primeval Warden is kinda cool

Brightcap Badger Maybe? It's a new-ish card. Might be too slow?

Cankerbloom

Nadier's Nightblade for more life drain.

hyalopterouslemur on Beta Brackets Update Today

9 months ago

DemonDragonJ: Yeah, my loathing of five-color goodstuff mostly comes from how this is supposed to be the color-restricted format: I have a Ghave, Guru of Spores deck, but if I want to make a Rith, the Awakener or Marath, Will of the Wild *f-etch* deck, I have to lose the black cards (and probably the entire Aristocrats theme). So, no more Grave Pact or Dictate of Erebos. No more Pitiless Plunderer. No more Diabolic Intent. No more Blood Artist or Bastion of Remembrance. I do gain red, though, so say hello to Purphoros, God of the Forge. Rhys the Redeemed or Nemata, Primeval Warden would be even more restricted, as token decks go.

My removal also suffers, since red removal is surprisingly bad in this format. (Seriously, I'd argue white has the best removal, followed closely by black. Green's a distant third, and red and blue are tied for fourth: Red has more removal, blue has better removal.)

And it happens between Oloro, Ageless Ascetic, Betor, Ancestor's Voice, Ayli, Eternal Pilgrim, Beledros Witherbloom, and Licia, Sanguine Tribune too. All are lifegain, but only Oloro can use Absorb and Drogskol Reaver. Only Licia can use Lightning Helix and Searing Meditation. Only Betor can use Beledros Witherbloom. Ayli and Witherbloom are even more restricted, especially since Witherbloom can't use the color that's best at lifegain.

But that's the whole point. When I choose a Commander, I make a lot of choices regarding deck construction. I can't say "Cathars' Crusade would be good in my Animar, Soul of Elements deck." because, well, it wouldn't; it would be illegal. That forces me to pick, I don't know, Ivy Lane Denizen or Forgotten Ancient instead. Corpsejack Menace? You mean Branching Evolution? (Aside from the name, why is Corpsejack Menace {B} anyway? I actually wouldn't mind if it were {G}{U} just because that's Simic's thing.) And so on down the line.

Five-color goodstuff opts to ignore all of this. And right now, there are more five-color decks in EDH than in Legacy.

Eh, I can always just hate them out with Primal Order.

That's my rant about how too much five-color goodstuff is bad for the game.

Anyway, I play Aura Shards and Seedborn Muse in a lot of decks too. Aura Shards is really oppressive in a token build, or even a reanimator build. Seedborn Muse is interesting because she's either overpowered (anything {G}{U}, token builds, Yeva, Nature's Herald) or just a fancy Village Bell-Ringer without the Splinter Twin combo. I have to go through my decks now and see which ones have four or more game changers.

doc_frank_18 on

1 year ago

Also, add Camellia, the Seedmiser maybe Creakwood Liege maybe Lathril, Blade of the Elves maybe Nemata, Primeval Warden maybe?

wallisface on Myrkul Tokens Exiled to Itself …

2 years ago

Nemata, Primeval Warden is replacing the ability for a creature to die with it being exiled instead. As such, no death triggers ever happen (because nothing actually dies, its getting exiled), so Myrkul, Lord of Bones ability never gets a chance to trigger.

CoryDean on Myrkul Tokens Exiled to Itself …

2 years ago

Hello. Just showed up to game night with my Myrkul, Lord of Bones deck and my buddy has a new Nemata, Primeval Warden. If a creature of mine dies, ehich effect takes precedence? Do i lose the creature to exile or can I make an enchantment token?

Dromar39 on saporlings rise

3 years ago

Nemata, Primeval Warden would fit nicely in your deck I think.