The Great Henge

Legendary Artifact

This spell costs {X} less to cast, where X is the greatest power among creature you control.

{T}: Add {G}{G}. You gain 2 life.

Whenever a nontoken creature enters under your control, put a +1/+1 counter on it and draw a card.

Combos

• Goblin Bombardment + The Great Henge + Woodfall Primus
• Greater Good + The Great Henge + Woodfall Primus

Legality

Format	Legality
1v1 Commander	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
Quest Magic	Legal
Vanguard	Legal
Vintage	Legal

Discussion (50)

plakjekaas on Thinking about how we evaluate …

2 weeks ago

You can't Chord of Calling or Green Sun's Zenith for a Regrowth. Most green decks are built to leverage The Great Henge more than, say, Whirlwind of Thought. That's why Eternal Witness has become massively more popular in EDH than Regrowth ever could. You can Ephemerate, Reanimate, Heat Shimmer or Clone your Eternal Witness, while Regrowth has a lot less ubiquitous synergy pieces.

Weirdly enough, Snapcaster Mage never became as popular, even though the utility is very similar; a 2/1 human creature that grabs something from your graveyard to reuse. I think if Snapcaster were more popular, Regrowth would be as well.

clayperce on Shalai and Hallar

2 months ago

I dug into this a little more, bc I was wondering how I was SO far off :-D

I missed Goblin Anarchomancer and Ruby, Daring Tracker, and I should TOTALLY know better on those. And I consciously did not count Herd Heirloom, Domri, Anarch of Bolas, or The Great Henge (all great ramp and support ... just not for a Turn 3 Boo).

But that still leaves me off by a bunch of cards. What am I still missing?

Thanks tons!

NeoLegacy on Toski's Squirrel Army

11 months ago

Latest round of updating!

Skullclamp for Leyline Axe; Arcane Signet for The Great Henge; Thunderfoot Baloth for Archdruid's Charm; Pariah's Shield for Throne of Eldraine; Forest for Myriad Landscape; Forest for Opal Palace; Rancor for Scurry of Squirrels; Nevinyrral's Disk for All is Dust

Craeter on EDH Jorn, God of Winter

1 year ago

Your list looks very well optimized, nice work! Do you own it in paper? I'd love to play against it with my Isu deck via Spelltable. That would be a Snowy battle for the ages.

Isu works best with as many Snow permanents as possible for his top deck dig ability, but I also built mine for Control and Landfall. I'm going to see if I can tweak it a bit though to get a few more Snow permanents in it.

Jorn seems more flexible since he's not as locked to the number of Snow permanents in the deck. He doesn't have the built in Draw that Isu has, so I see you're getting that elsewhere.

Since you're concerned about Jorn getting his attacks through, I could recommend Curious Obsession / Curiosity / Aqueous Form. Not Snow cards, since TBH the Snow card pool is pretty limited. But those are highly useful Dimir style Unblockable / Draw Auras. And I'd imagine you're keen for as much Draw as possible since Jorn lacks that.

The Great Henge is also a possibility, it's not hard to get a Snow creature with 7+ power. Then it provides mana, life, buff, draw, seems like it could be great for both our lists. My deck is based off Icewind Dale so it could represent the great tree of Kuldahar. I know you've got Tribute to the World Tree which is also a great card, but perhaps this one is even better?

Goldberserkerdragon on Robots in the Grass

1 year ago

Yes KongMing but that card doesn't reduce, it produces mana, so why not say Gaea's Cradle or The Great Henge, etc. for curiosity's sake?

Mortlocke on The Predator of Predators

1 year ago

Poly_raptor,

Correction - Elemental Bond triggers off of all but 5 creatures in the deck. But I'm still moving forward with it. The Great Henge is big and flashy but I feel like it's a Red Herring or a false positive in the context of this deck. It's too high risk high reward when all I want is a nice flat consistent draw effect. Only time will tell if it's the right choice.

Separately, I've finally found an artist who could build the deck box of my dreams for this deck. As it comes closer to getting finished I'll share photos. Do you have any custom deck boxes?

Poly_raptor on The Predator of Predators

1 year ago

I would definitely opt for Elemental Bond over The Great Henge based on your comment. Sounds like it ticks every box.

I can’t really think of a better option, you could alternatively look at “when you attack with” triggers draw but that doesn’t sound as consistent. Would only net 1-2 draw a turn but if Elemental Bond could get a lot more.

Mortlocke on The Predator of Predators

1 year ago

Poly_raptor,

Thanks for the feedback, I really appreciate it. That last guy on the forum didn't even look at my deck page let alone give feedback. My goal is to try and address some gaps I see with the deck which come from a lack of consistent draw. At the moment I'm considering Elemental Bond vs. The Great Henge. Bond triggers off of 100% of the creatures in and produced by the deck namely tokens that can be produced by Huatli, Warrior Poet and your namesake Polyraptor. Henge on the other hand seems a little less consistent. It doesn't trigger off tokens, and if I don't have a big enough creature on the field then it's effectively a dead card. Please remind me why this card is so good? I have one, but feel hesitant to include it. The overall CMC for the deck is pretty high...