Azusa goes Turbo(land)

Commander / EDH Combo Dark Depths Landfall Mono-Green Ramp

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Land (49)

• 1x Ancient TombGC
• 1x Arena
• 1x Arid Archway
• 1x Boseiju, Who Endures
• 1x Cavern of Souls
• 1x Dark Depths
• 1x Deserted Temple
• 1x Dryad Arbor
• 1x Dust Bowl
• 1x Emergence Zone
• 1x Evendo, Waking Haven
• 1x Fabled Passage
• 1x Field of the DeadGC
• 7x Forest
• 1x Hickory Woodlot
• 1x Homeward Path
• 1x Horizon of Progress
• 1x Lazotep Quarry
• 1x Lotus Field
• 1x Misty Rainforest
• 1x Mosswort Bridge
• 1x Nykthos, Shrine to Nyx
• 1x Pit of Offerings
• 1x Shifting Woodland
• 8x Snow-Covered Forest
• 1x Talon Gates of Madara
• 1x Thespian's Stage
• 1x Tranquil Thicket
• 1x Untaidake, the Cloud Keeper
• 1x Urza's Cave
• 1x Verdant Catacombs
• 1x War Room
• 1x Windswept Heath
• 1x Wooded Foothills
• 1x Yavimaya, Cradle of Growth
• 1x Zanarkand, Ancient Metropolis

Creature (27)

• 1x Magus of the Candelabra
• 1x Quirion Ranger
• 1x Sylvan Safekeeper
• 1x Aftermath Analyst
• 1x Collector Ouphe
• 1x Lotus Cobra
• 1x Shigeki, Jukai Visionary
• 1x Springheart Nantuko
• 1x Augur of Autumn
• 1x Endurance
• 1x Eternal Witness
• 1x Mossborn Hydra
• 1x Ramunap Excavator
• 1x Yeva, Nature's Herald
• 1x Ashaya, Soul of the Wild
• 1x Seedborn MuseGC
• 1x Titania, Protector of Argoth
• 1x Bane of Progress
• 1x Disciple of Freyalise  ^Flip
• 1x Generous Ent
• 1x Spinewoods Armadillo
• 1x Avenger of Zendikar
• 1x Panglacial Wurm
• 1x Protean Hulk
• 1x Craterhoof Behemoth
• 1x Apex Altisaur
• 1x Kozilek, Butcher of Truth

Enchantment (5)

• 1x Wild Growth
• 1x Survival of the FittestGC
• 1x Sylvan Library
• 1x Greater Good
• 1x Walk-In Closet / Forgotten Cellar

Commander (1)

Sorcery (9)

• 1x Green Sun's Zenith
• 1x Finale of Devastation
• 1x Life's Legacy
• 1x Sylvan Scrying
• 1x Eldritch Evolution
• 1x Flare of Cultivation
• 1x Harmonize
• 1x Natural OrderGC
• 1x Tooth and Nail

Instant (8)

• 1x Summoner's Pact
• 1x Crop RotationGC
• 1x Smuggler's Surprise
• 1x Constant Mists
• 1x Archdruid's Charm
• 1x Beast Within
• 1x Chord of Calling
• 1x Lifestream's Blessing

Artifact (1)

• 1x Horn of Greed

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Creature (12)

• 1x Defiler of Vigor
• 1x Ohran Frostfang
• 1x Somberwald Stag
• 1x Ancient Greenwarden
• 1x Kogla, the Titan Ape
• 1x Chancellor of the Tangle
• 1x Regal Force
• 1x Thorn Mammoth
• 1x Artisan of Kozilek
• 1x Kozilek, the Great Distortion
• 1x Ulamog, the Ceaseless Hunger
• 1x Ulamog, the Infinite Gyre

Land (6)

• 1x Blasted Landscape
• 1x Castle Garenbrig
• 1x Cryptic Caves
• 1x Gemstone Caverns
• 1x Mikokoro, Center of the Sea
• 1x Tyrite Sanctum

Instant (3)

• 1x Nature's Claim
• 1x Momentous Fall
• 1x Return of the Wildspeaker

Planeswalker (2)

• 1x Vivien, Champion of the Wilds
• 1x Nissa, Vital Force

Artifact (4)

• 1x Sensei's Divining Top
• 1x Thaumatic Compass  ^Flip
• 1x Oblivion Stone
• 1x Birthing Pod

Sorcery (4)

• 1x Life from the Loam
• 1x Genesis Wave
• 1x Scapeshift
• 1x Reshape the Earth

Enchantment (2)

• 1x Carpet of Flowers
• 1x Song of the Dryads

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My Azusa is OLD. It was my second Commander (EDH at that time) deck I constructed and the only one that lasted from 2006 to this day. Why? Well because playing Azusa is not only extremely fun but she also wins games. My deck is not a battlecruiser style though but more of Turbo-land archetype with creature finishers and some control elements. Lands in this deck can do everything - draw cards, kill permanents (creatures included), enable flash and uncounterability, prevent damage and gain life, search library, produce armies and more. Sure there are some Eldrazis to wreck havok as well as infamous Avenger of Zendikar + Craterhoof Behemoth "combo" but the focus is to put as many lands with cool abilities as possible and make people jaws drop.

The key to success is to play Azusa as a tempo deck. The deck should focus on casting Azusa, Lost but Seeking Turn 2 or prepare ground on that turn for casting her T3.

Speeding Azusa T2 Show

• double-mana lands: Ancient TombGC, Hickory Woodlot, Untaidake, the Cloud Keeper and Crop RotationGC for finding them

• casting Green Sun's Zenith for Dryad Arbor

• exiling Elvish Spirit Guide on T2 with 2 mana out

• casting T1 Arboreal Grazer

Some other options are available, like Crystal Vein, Gemstone Caverns or City of Traitors but they put us into land-disadvantage when used. I don't use any artifact ramp not only because of Bane of Progress and Collector Ouphe but also it is worse than lands (no landfall or any bonus abilities) at any turn except for T1.

There is also Chancellor of the Tangle and Carpet of Flowers but these cards depend too much on luck and meta in my opinion. They are worth testing at least though.

T3 Azusa with T2 support Show

• Lotus Cobra - gives huge boost in mana on Turn 3/4 allowing for playing threats few turns earlier

• Shigeki, Jukai Visionary - casted T2 ramps T3 and becomes recursion engine later. Swiss army knife.

• Life from the Loam + fetches (5) - it can be cast T2 even on empty graveyard to dredge next turn and hit at least one land to keep consistent land drops T4+

• Sylvan Scrying - allows to find any land important to current gameplan. Usually goes for Ancient TombGC if cast T2

• Finale of Devastation for Dryad Arbor - yes it can be used T2 as a ramp spell if we need extra mana next turns

• Sylvan Library - most powerful draw engine in green, nuff said

• Survival of the FittestGC - when cast T2 allows for searching for any utility creature after casting Azusa

• Desert of the Indomitable, Slippery Karst, Tranquil Thicket - cycling a land is also an action. Cycled lands can be retrieved (Loam) or played (Crucible, Ramunap, Greenwarden) from graveyard later.

After Azusa is out and extra lands were played (starting hand should have a minimum of 4 lands) the next turn or two should focus on further ramping and after that we should be able to make attempt to win.

Win conditions Show

Tooth and Nail or Defense of the Heart for the pairs:

• Avenger of Zendikar + Craterhoof Behemoth + any board presence of support creatures to go into red zone

• Surrak, the Hunt Caller + Ulamog, the Infinite Gyre = cripple most dangerous player with Ulamog and finish others next turn

• Bane of Progress + Apex Altisaur = clear a table off most non-land permanents

• Seedborn MuseGC + Yeva, Nature's Herald = give yourself extra turns for playing stuff at instant speed

Finale of Devastation (X=10+) + Apex Altisaur - huge Altisaur eats competition and hits for 20+

Emrakul, the Promised End - usually takes out one player and applies pressure for the other

Reshape the Earth + Field of the DeadGC + any other 9 lands = produce 10 2/2 zombies (20 if Ancient Greenwarden is out)

Dark Depths + Thespian's Stage = create 20/20 indestructible flying beater

There is also assortment of silver bullets that makes a game more unpredictable for opponents as well as allows for some cheesy plays.

Silver bullets Show

• Panglacial Wurm - this card allows for threatening opponents with an empty board (only lands are out) as flashing 9/5 trampler out of nowhere (by cracking a fetch) can mess with their gameplans. 9 power almost fulfills requirements for Mosswort Bridge (Azusa or Dryad Arbor helps), gives solid card draw off Greater Good or Return of the Wildspeaker and 7 CMC allows for changing it into Apex Altisaur with Eldritch Evolution or Craterhoof Behemoth with Birthing Pod (if they are used - see Maybeboard).

• Song of the Dryads - used to shut down Commander-dependant strategies or any key cards that irritates us (I once shut down Sensei's Top)

• Seedborn MuseGC - it's a single best card in this deck as it allows to use any repeatable land abilities (Eye of Ugin, Dust Bowl, Arena, War Room as many additional times as many opponents I have. With Winding Canyons or Yeva it gives literally extra turns for casting creatures.

• Arena - repeatable removal in a land form. It dodges Hexproof (opponent has to choose a target) and can be used after attackers declaration step. With proper setup (Muse + beefy dork to fight) it sometimes prevents opponents from playing creatures at all.

• Thought-Knot Seer - great for casting to scout opponent's hand before our big play (to remove a counterspell, removal or their winning condition) and 4/4 is nothing to sneeze at.

A note about Mana doublers. I don't use any as their effect is not immediate (unless I already have a lot of mana in which case doubler is more or less irrelevant) and waiting for a turn in more competitive meta can be met with removal, steal effect or just winning. If a meta is slower or light on removal then Natural OrderGC for Nyxbloom Ancient or Vorinclex, Voice of HungerGC can just blow out competition. Anyway Azusa is about playing more and more lands so doubler is not needed in most situations.

A note about optional cards. A Maybeboard is fully interchangable with main board and which card goes into main depends more on personal preference and meta than individual card power. For example a theoreticaly more powerful Natural OrderGC is less functional than Eldritch Evolution if there is no Apex Altisaur or mana doubler in a main or one of opponents plays stax with Gaddock Teeg. Reshape the Earth and Nylea's Intervention is a choise between sheer power (at the high cost) of the former and speed + flexibility of the latter. All is Dust competes with Oblivion Stone on a ground of needing less or more ways to deal with artifacts and interaction with Collector Ouphe.

Date added	3 years
Last updated	4 weeks
Legality	This deck is Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	12 - 0 Mythic Rares 53 - 0 Rares 15 - 0 Uncommons 5 - 0 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	3.71
Tokens	Ashaya, the Awoken World, Beast 3/3 G, Beast 3/3 G, Copy Clone, Elemental 5/3 G, Elemental 5/3 G, Food, Hero 1/1 C, Insect 1/1 G, Marit Lage, Marit Lage, On an Adventure, Plant 0/1 G, Plant 0/1 G, Zombie 2/2 B, Zombie 2/2 B