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Competitive Najeela Hulk/Druid

Commander / EDH Competitive Five Color Infinite Combo Reanimator

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Enchantment (6)

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Sorcery (10)

Commander (1)

Commander: Najeela, the Blade-Blossom

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Artifact (6)

This is still the same idea of a Najeela combo list with Breakfast Hulk into infinite mana with protection as the main game plan. Necrotic Ooze with Devoted Druid and Morselhoarder is an effective way to generate infinite mana of every color to win by activating Najeela as much as necessary.

This deck has a few pros and cons.

Pros: Fast and resilient, your combo only needs two cards in hand and one spell at 2 mana to win. Your standard pile gets Abolisher for protection and Breakfast (Cephalid Illusionist and Nomads en-Kor to dump our entire library), and Dread Return as an outlet does not require additionnal mana.

Redundant. Najeela can win with other sources of infinite mana, namely Derevi triggers fueled into extra combats and Phyrexian Altar whilst generating enough tokens. You should then always have a combo to fall back on if your main lines are getting disrupted.

Agrressive. You can easily build a board to pressure your opponents if they are struggling. If no one is able to end the game you are likely to pull ahead either with a source of card advantage or raw damage, which is a main attribute of Najeela as a one-card army.

Cons:

Prone to hate. Graveyard synergies are at their most oppressive in the format at the moment and you should expect a lot of prison elements from midrange and stax decks.

Combo needs some dead cards. It is a Hulk deck after all so there is a tradeoff of versatility versus speed. A lot of very talented players have devised more tempo-oriented lists and you should take a look at them to contrast.

Cannot efficiently run a lot of one-sided card draw. You are not playing cards that contribute to big turns of nonsense. It is unlikely you will cast more than three spells in a turn as your combo does not interact with storm or generating a lot of incidental card advantage. Our consolation prizes for not leveraging Ad Nauseam and wheels are cards like Mindblade Render, Edric, Tymna and Derevi, which are more situational but effective nonetheless.

I am open to any suggestions. This is an interim write-up until the list is fully tested and optimised. A lot of people on reddit and Discord have been tinkering with similar ideas so feel free to reach out to us if you have questions.

Things to look forward to: - Specific card discussions - Lengthy combo explanations - Specific matchups and how to approach them (mostly from actual playtest data) - Good typesetting and formatting (oh gosh... don't expect too much please) - Links to other authors of similar Flash Hulk Najeela lists - Suggestions discussion - A lot of fun!

See you all in the comments and thanks a lot. Don't forget to upvote if you like the deck!!

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