Ayula + 20 Bears Tryhard EDH

Commander / EDH Combo Mono-Green Theme/Gimmick Tribal

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Creature (41)

• 1x Alpine Grizzly
• 1x Ashcoat Bear
• 1x Balduvian Bears
• 1x Bear Cub
• 1x Beast Whisperer
• 1x Birds of Paradise
• 1x Boreal Druid
• 1x Craterhoof Behemoth
• 1x Deep Forest Hermit
• 1x Dragon-Scarred Bear
• 1x Druid's Familiar
• 1x Elvish Mystic
• 1x Eternal Witness
• 1x Fauna Shaman
• 1x Forest Bear
• 1x Fyndhorn Elves
• 1x Golden Bear
• 1x Goreclaw, Terror of Qal Sisma
• 1x Grizzly Bears
• 1x Heritage Druid
• 1x Joraga Treespeaker
• 1x Llanowar Elves
• 1x Mother Bear
• 1x Pale Bears
• 1x Priest of Titania
• 1x Quirion Ranger
• 1x Razorclaw Bear
• 1x Reclamation Sage
• 1x Regal Force
• 1x River Bear
• 1x Runeclaw Bear
• 1x Shaman of Forgotten Ways
• 1x Skullwinder
• 1x Soul of the Harvest
• 1x Spectral Bears
• 1x Striped Bears
• 1x Ulvenwald Bear
• 1x Vivien's Grizzly
• 1x Vizier of the Menagerie
• 1x Voyaging Satyr
• 1x Werebear

Sorcery (11)

• 1x Eldritch Evolution
• 1x Finale of Devastation
• 1x Glimpse of Nature
• 1x Green Sun's Zenith
• 1x Harmonize
• 1x Life's Legacy
• 1x Natural Order
• 1x Reap and Sow
• 1x Shamanic Revelation
• 1x Tempt with Discovery
• 1x Tooth and Nail

Artifact (9)

• 1x Birthing Pod
• 1x Emerald Medallion
• 1x Mana Crypt
• 1x Memory Jar
• 1x Paradox Engine
• 1x Sensei's Divining Top
• 1x Sol Ring
• 1x Tangleroot
• 1x Winter Orb

Instant (3)

• 1x Benefactor's Draught
• 1x Chord of Calling
• 1x Crop Rotation

Commander (1)

Enchantment (7)

• 1x Beastmaster Ascension
• 1x Concordant Crossroads
• 1x Cryptolith Rite
• 1x Earthcraft
• 1x Survival of the Fittest
• 1x Sylvan Library
• 1x Wild Growth

Land (28)

• 1x Deserted Temple
• 24x Forest
• 1x Gaea's Cradle
• 1x Nykthos, Shrine to Nyx
• 1x Petrified Field

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Submitted fur your approval...

The Challenge!

Somehow run Ayula, Queen Among Bears as our commander, plus all 20 mono-green Bears, and still win lots of games.

Gameplan

Bears are like giant furry potatoes. They're bad cards. Like, truly abysmal wastes of paper. They're an albatross on the deck (as if being mono-green wasn't bad enough).

They're also bears, which is cool. We like bears.

Did you know an adult Grizzly bear can weigh up to 1,700 pounds? Because the bears are big meaty hunks of blank text, the rest of the deck is no-holds-barred to compensate. If it's legal in Commander, and helps carry these massive furballs to the finish line, it's going in the deck.

This deck tries to make the best possible use of the bears for turning them into fodder for, well, anything:

• Ramp: Gaea's Cradle, cards which search for Gaea's Cradle, Earthcraft, Cryptolith Rites, Tangleroot
• Draw: Beast Whisperer, Shamanic Revelation, Beast Whisperer, Regal Force
• Fodder: Survival of the Fittest, Eldritch Evolution, Birthing Pod,
• Win condition: Craterhoof Behemoth, Shaman of Forgotten Ways, Finale of Devastation

Some of the cards in this deck fulfill specific purposes. These include:

• Crop Rotation, Reap and Sow, Tempt With Discovery: These get Gaea's Cradle, Deserted Temple if you already have it, or Petrified Field if it's been destroyed
• Deep Forest Hermit drops a lot of bodies on the table at once, which can be useful for Earthcraft, Cryptolith Rites, or Craterhoof Behemoth. It also serves as the Birthing Pod chain to Soul of the Harvest, Regal Forge, and Craterhoof Behemoth
• Paradox Engine is absurd in general, but has particular synergy with Birthing Pod
• Voyaging Satyr untaps Gaea's Cradle, and multiple cards untap Voyaging Satyr
• Sensei's Divining Top works with Vizier of the Menagerie and all the deck's tutors

Lines of play in the deck include:

• Tutoring for Beast Whisperer when we need draw early
• Tutoring for Regal Force when we need draw later
• Tutoring for Shaman of Forgotten Ways or Craterhoof Behemoth to win the game
• Setting up cost-reducers like Emerald Medallion or Tangleroot plus a draw engine like Beast Whisperer or Vizier of the Menagerie

Mulligans: You need some sort of ramp. The longer the game goes on, the more board wipes will be available to your opponents, and it'd be sad if all our bears died. You don't need a lot of land. 1-2 is fine if you have other mana sources to back them up * Ideally, you have at least one source of card draw, including tutors which can get Beast Whisperer or Regal Force

Ferocious Fun

Winning with 20 bears will be no picnic. This certainly doesn't koala-fy as a CEDH deck. But with carefur play you'll maul your opponents beclaws this deck is all you need!

Date added	4 years
Last updated	4 years
Legality	This deck is not Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	7 - 0 Mythic Rares 34 - 0 Rares 12 - 0 Uncommons 23 - 0 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	2.75
Tokens	Bear 2/2 G, Squirrel 1/1 G