Extreme Dinosaurs Gishath EDH (+RIVALS OF IXALAN)

Commander / EDH* Multiplayer Ramp RGW (Naya) Tribal

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Creature (38)

• 1x Apex Altisaur
• 1x Burning Sun's Avatar
• 1x Carnage Tyrant
• 1x Chameleon Colossus
• 1x Charging Monstrosaur
• 1x Charging Tuskodon
• 1x Colossal Dreadmaw
• 1x Crested Herdcaller
• 1x Deathgorge Scavenger
• 1x Etali, Primal Storm
• 1x Forerunner of the Empire
• 1x Ghalta, Primal Hunger
• 1x Goring Ceratops
• 1x Kinjalli's Sunwing
• 1x Magmasaur
• 1x Marauding Raptor
• 1x Otepec Huntmaster
• 1x Polyraptor
• 1x Raging Regisaur
• 1x Raging Swordtooth
• 1x Rampaging Brontodon
• 1x Ranging Raptors
• 1x Regisaur Alpha
• 1x Ripjaw Raptor
• 1x Runic Armasaur
• 1x Sakura-Tribe Elder
• 1x Shifting Ceratops
• 1x Siegehorn Ceratops
• 1x Silverclad Ferocidons
• 1x Taurean Mauler
• 1x Temple Altisaur
• 1x Territorial Hammerskull
• 1x Thrashing Brontodon
• 1x Wakening Sun's Avatar
• 1x Wayward Swordtooth
• 1x Xenagos, God of Revels
• 1x Zacama, Primal Calamity
• 1x Zetalpa, Primal Dawn

Land (37)

• 1x Ash Barrens
• 1x Canopy Vista
• 1x Cinder Glade
• 1x Command Tower
• 1x Desert
• 1x Evolving Wilds
• 11x Forest
• 1x Jungle Shrine
• 4x Mountain
• 1x Naya Panorama
• 1x Okina, Temple to the Grandfathers
• 1x Path of Ancestry
• 2x Plains
• 1x Rootbound Crag
• 1x Strip Mine
• 1x Sunhome, Fortress of the Legion
• 1x Sunpetal Grove
• 1x Tectonic Edge
• 1x Temple of Abandon
• 1x Temple of Plenty
• 1x Temple of the False God
• 1x Temple of Triumph
• 1x Windswept Heath

Instant (5)

• 1x Beast Within
• 1x Congregation at Dawn
• 1x Enlightened Tutor
• 1x Sylvan Reclamation
• 1x Volcanic Offering

Planeswalker (1)

• 1x Garruk Wildspeaker

Commander (1)

Artifact (7)

• 1x Commander's Sphere
• 1x Mind Stone
• 1x Relic of Progenitus
• 1x Scroll Rack
• 1x Skullclamp
• 1x Sol Ring
• 1x Urza's Incubator

Enchantment (6)

• 1x Duelist's Heritage
• 1x Elemental Bond
• 1x Pandemonium
• 1x Rhythm of the Wild
• 1x Sylvan Library
• 1x Warstorm Surge

Sorcery (5)

• 1x Cultivate
• 1x Farseek
• 1x Harmonize
• 1x Kodama's Reach
• 1x Pir's Whim

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Sideboard

Creature (39)

• 1x Alpha Tyrranax
• 1x Ancient Brontodon
• 1x Belligerent Brontodon
• 1x Bonded Horncrest
• 1x Changeling Berserker
• 1x Changeling Hero
• 1x Changeling Titan
• 1x Deathmist Raptor
• 1x Dromosaur
• 1x Frenetic Raptor
• 1x Frenzied Raptor
• 1x Fungusaur
• 1x Game-Trail Changeling
• 1x Grazing Whiptail
• 1x Huatli's Snubhorn
• 1x Imperial Aerosaur
• 1x Imperiosaur
• 1x Looming Altisaur
• 1x Majestic Heliopterus
• 1x Nest Robber
• 1x Pangosaur
• 1x Pygmy Allosaurus
• 1x Rampaging Ferocidon
• 1x Raptor Companion
• 1x Raptor Hatchling
• 1x Ravenous Daggertooth
• 1x Ridgetop Raptor
• 1x Shining Aerosaur
• 1x Shivan Raptor
• 1x Sky Terror
• 1x Snapping Sailback
• 1x Spike-Tailed Ceratops
• 1x Steadfast Armasaur
• 1x Sun-Crowned Hunters
• 1x Thrash of Raptors
• 1x Thundering Spineback
• 1x Trapjaw Tyrant
• 1x Tyrranax
• 1x Verdant Sun's Avatar

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Maybeboard

Enchantment (22)

• 1x AEther Flash
• 1x Aggravated Assault
• 1x Aura Shards
• 1x Beastmaster Ascension
• 1x Berserkers' Onslaught
• 1x Blood Mist
• 1x Breath of Fury
• 1x Call of the Wild
• 1x Cathars' Crusade
• 1x City of Solitude
• 1x Dual Nature
• 1x Game Preserve
• 1x Gratuitous Violence
• 1x Kavu Lair
• 1x Mirari's Wake
• 1x Mirri's Guile
• 1x Penance
• 1x Rest in Peace
• 1x Rite of Passage
• 1x Shared Animosity
• 1x Stranglehold
• 1x Where Ancients Tread

Creature (9)

• 1x Gishath, Sun's Avatar
• 1x Hua Tuo, Honored Physician
• 1x Karametra, God of Harvests
• 1x Krosan Drover
• 1x Mother of Runes
• 1x Mwonvuli Beast Tracker
• 1x Priest of the Wakening Sun
• 1x Shaman en-Kor
• 1x Zoologist

Sorcery (6)

• 1x Austere Command
• 1x Breath of Darigaaz
• 1x Fiery Confluence
• 1x Hour of Promise
• 1x Mwonvuli Acid-Moss
• 1x Nissa's Revelation

Land (1)

• 1x Rogue's Passage

Instant (8)

• 1x Boros Charm
• 1x Burn Away
• 1x Chaos Warp
• 1x Noxious Revival
• 1x Reinforcements
• 1x Return to Dust
• 1x Swords to Plowshares
• 1x Worldly Tutor

Artifact (5)

• 1x Coat of Arms
• 1x Cryptic Gateway
• 1x Lifecrafter's Bestiary
• 1x Sensei's Divining Top
• 1x Strionic Resonator

Planeswalker (1)

• 1x Huatli, Warrior Poet

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Welcome to my Extreme Dinosaurs EDH deck built around the triggered ability of Gishath, Sun's Avatar!

Feel free to playtest the deck to see whether you can handle those Extreme Dinosaurs!

Deck Idea Show

The decks main goal is to get Gishath, Sun's Avatar into play very fast (e.g. Urza's Incubator, Explosive Vegetation) and then swarm the board with a horde of Extreme Dinosaurs through her triggered ability.

This is supported by cards that grant double strike (e.g. Duelist's Heritage) and pump effects (e.g. Xenagos, God of Revels). This deck does not make use of additional combat steps or giving all creatures haste (still I included Regisaur Alpha and Otepec Huntmaster besides Xenagos), as I think that this would take up too many card slots for something that would not work that often.

A subtheme is the manipulation of the top of the library with cards like Scroll Rack, Sylvan Library or Oracle of Mul Daya as they support the main goal of this deck to get the most out of the triggered ability of Gishath while being great cards on their own.

Currently I also think that cards which give creatures indestructible, protection or regeneration aren't really needed in my deck, because with a good ramp package I should simply be able to recast Gishath and swarm the board with dinosaurs again after a boardwipe. I do not want to waste card slots for cards like Asceticism or Eldrazi Monument.

My manabase right now is pretty budget and represents what I found in my folder. Of course it could be upgraded with more expensive lands at any time (but Temple of Abandon, Temple of Plenty and Temple of Triumph are tech :D).

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Card Evaluation Show

Dinosaurs

Almost all dinosaurs are simply bad cards you normally wouldn't consider for EDH. But because this is a tribal deck we throw them in anyways. I favored the big dinosaurs over the small ones, while still putting in some small ones for a better mana curve. Subsequently I will only cover those dinosaurs whose inclusion may seem strange at first glance.

• Magmasaur: Pro: is a dinosaur AND some kind of boardwipe, efficient cost, enrage-trigger Con: shrinks

• Pangosaur: Pro: efficient cost, good when has haste, comboes with Warstorm Surge, Elemental Bond and Verdant Sun's Avatar (imagine having Oracle of Mul Daya on the board as well!!!) Con: will be bounced to hand regularly

• Territorial Hammerskull: It's good for the curve and can tap a blocker at least.

Draw

• Elemental Bond: Pro: can draw a lot of cards in combination with Gishath Con: does not draw immediately

• Harmonize: Pro: efficient cost for a green draw spell, draws immediately Con: none

• Scroll Rack: Pro: lets you put your dinosaurs on top of the library, can give you a lot of fresh cards, it really helps to get your land drops in the early game, gets better with a lot of shuffle effects Con: not technically carddraw, no real card advantage

• Skullclamp: Is it possible to build a deck without including skullclamp? I cannot imagine. Admittedly there aren't many 1-toughness creatures in this deck. But otherwise equipping skullclamp would disincentivize the opponent to use boardwipes. Also, it makes Gishath's trigger bigger. And there's some syngergy with Pyrohemia and the other enrage-enablers.

• Sylvan Library: Pro: draws two extra per turn theoretically, manages the top so you don't draw dinosaurs, it, too, really helps to get your land drops in the early game, gets better with a lot of shuffle effects Con: does not draw immediately, the lifeloss can hurt sometimes

Ramp

• Cultivate, Kodama's Reach: Pro: card advantage, colorfixing, thin library Con: none

• Commander's Sphere: Pro: draw in the lategame, colorfixing Con: does not thin library

• Explosive Vegetation: Pro: card advantage, colorfixing, thins library Con: rather high cmc

• Farseek: Pro: colorfixing, low cmc, lets you search for Canopy Vista and Cinder Glade, thins library Con: no card advantage

• Garruk Wildspeaker: Pro: ramps big, can sometimes fix colors for cards that cost two red for example, creates token, planeswalker Con: does not thin library, no card advantage

• Mind Stone: Pro: draw in the lategame, low cmc Con: no colorfixing, does not thin the library

• Oracle of Mul Daya: Pro: can generate a lot of card advantage, comboes with Gishath's trigger, can block Con can be killed easily, no colofixing

• Otepec Huntmaster: Pro: low cmc, can give haste, flavor Con: can be killed easily, no colofixing, no card advantage, does not thin library

• Sakura-Tribe Elder: Pro: low cmc, colorfixing, thins library, potential blocker Con: no card advantage

• Sol Ring: Just Sol Ring

• Urza's Incubator: Pro: ramps big Con: does only ramp dinosaurs, no colorfixing, no card advantage, does not thin library

Utility

• Ash Barrens: Pro: untapped, colorfixing Con: colorless

• Congregation at Dawn: Lets you search for dinosaurs to cheat into play with Gishath. It does not make this deck a toolbox because the dinosaurs do not offer many special abilities, but at least you can search for the three biggest bodies in the deck or Raging Swordtooth against tokens or Regisaur Alpha for haste.

• Desert: Pro: enrage-trigger, does not waste a card-slot Con: strains the manabase

• Enlightened Tutor: this is like another copy of Warstorm Surge, Elemental Bond, Sylvan Library, Scroll Rack or Skullclamp

• Sylvan Reclamation: Pro: card advantage, colorfixing Con: high cmc

• Strip Mine, Tectonic Edge and Volcanic Offering: It feels good to have them in this deck, because cards like Glacial Chasm and Maze of Ith are backbreaking against combatdamage-trigger-commanders. They also stop all the stupid shenanigans with Cabal Coffers and you can cut off the opponent from a certain color if you expect him to have sweepers of that color in hand.

• Warstorm Surge: Pro: removal, finisher, enrage-trigger, can deal massive damage in combination with Gishath Con: high cmc

Cards that might get into the deck

Berserkers' Onslaught: I might put in another double strike enabler. This one ist better than Rage Reflection because you only need double strike on offense and its one mana cheaper. Another option would be Blood Mist. True Conviction, Gratuitous Violence and Furnace of Rath would be all putting too much stress on the mana base. Wakening Sun's Avatar and Burning Sun's Avatar are already enough in this regard.

Changeling Berserker, Changeling Hero and Changeling Titan: I like the idea of giving the deck some resiliency against boardwipes by exiling a dinosaur so that it comes back into play after a boardwipe. Additionaly, there's the possibility to trigger etb-effects twice. But exiling a creature will sometimes also be a big downside, so I will have to playtest this first.

City of Solitude: Great hate card against blue-based control. They won't be countering your Gishath anytime soon! This is especially important for this deck because you're investing so much mana into your spells.

Game-Trail Changeling: A dinosaur with a reasonable body and trample. Might replace Spike-Tailed Ceratops or something like that.

Naya Charm: This one is really versatile. It can tap blockers to get Gishath's damage through. Or it brings a card from our graveyard to our hand. If everything goes wrong it can even tap the opponents creatures before they get to attack you.

Rest in Peace: Against some playgroups with a lot of graveyard shenanigans this is an auto-include.

Rishkar's Expertise: The deck might need a bit more card draw. I like this better than Soul's Majesty because it doesn't target. But if all creatures get bounced or killed in response, both cards are bad. Additionaly, Rishkar's is kind of a tempo play. You could cast a dinosaur or a Volcanic Offering for free while drawing cards.

Stranglehold: A great preemptive card that protects your Achilles' heel against decks that tutor a lot. For example it prevents the opponent from searching for boardwipes. It also stops most combo decks. In general it fixes a lot of problems that naya decks have. I've experienced this as a really great card! The extraturn-part is not that important.

Outlook Show

So far I have only goldfished with this deck. This often has the effect that my decks lack the right amount of hate and utility cards in this stadium, because those cards are pretty useless while goldfishing. When I get the chance to actually play the deck with my playgroup, I will probably cut 2-3 dinosaurs or other cards for additional hate (e.g. Rest in Peace, City of Solitude) and utility (e.g. Chaos Warp).

Feedback

This is the first deck that I made public here on Tappedout, so if you like it or have any recommendations I would be happy if you left a comment.

Top Ranked	Achieved #6 position overall 6 years ago
Date added	6 years
Last updated	4 years
Legality	This deck is Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	6 - 2 Mythic Rares 40 - 5 Rares 26 - 16 Uncommons 11 - 16 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	4.29
Tokens	Beast 3/3 G, City's Blessing, Copy Clone, Dinosaur 3/3 G w/ Trample, Morph 2/2 C
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