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Commander: foil Progenitus

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A Greek (Theros) themed deck that is i tried to add as many of the mythological monster of the mythos but not every card is from theros sadly. I tried to use the cards that are made in direct refence to the monsters but not every monster was made or was a good reference

Progenitus is not theros but it is a hydra and is 5 colored so it's the creature that represents the hydra (Ik that Polukranos exist but i didn't have room for him)

Apex Devistator is the chimera it's the best chimera for an non specialized deck (ik he's also a hydra oh well)

Vortex Elemental and Kraken of the Straits are both Scylla and Charybdis and the kraken even though kraken is norse not greek, only reason most people think kraken is greek is from the Clash of the Titans movie

Archetype of Finality, Hythonia the Cruel and Xathrid Gorgon are Medusa and her sisters

Archetype of Endurance is the Caladonian Boar and Decimator of the Provinces is the Erymanthian Boar

Charix, the Raging Isle is Carcinus the giant crab that attacked Heracles while he was fighting the hydra

Chromanticore is the manticore while more often a persian monster there are a few stories in greece as well

Colossus of Akros is both the Colossus of Rhodes and Talos the giant metal giant that guards the shore that the Golden Ram is found

Dryad of the Ilysian Grove is for dyrads

Eligeth, Crossroads Augur is for the sphinx

Fleecemane Lion is the Nemean Lion and the golden fleece

Fleshmad Steed is one of the Mares of Diomedes flesh eating horses, cleaning their stable was a labor of Heracles

Hundred-Handed One is the Hecatonchires three Hundred-Handed Fifty Headed Giants that helped Zeus defeat the titans

Insatiable Harpy are well harpies there most famous story was them punishing King Phineus a bind seerer by Zeus for revealing divine secrets eating his food before he could eat it

Karador, Ghost Chieftain is both Centaurs in general but also Chiron the only truly civilized centaur most were wild violent barbarians

Maeve, Insidious Singerfoil as the sirens since most sirens the magic have wings and while there are some versions that do have wings most had a fish lower body exactly like mermaids and this card is the closest to that

Nemesis of Mortals is python a monstrous snake that guarded the Oracle of Delphi until it was slain by apollo so he claim the oracle as is own

Nimbus Naiad is for the Naiads beautiful immortal or semi-immortal fresh water spirits often the daughters lake and river gods

Nyx-Fleece Ram is the gold ram whom Jason had to slay and skin to gain the golden fleece

Pegasus Guardian is the pegasus that was born after Perseus beheaded Medusa from her blood that helped perseus fly to andromeda and save her as we as being tamed by Bellerophon that than slayed the Chimera

Polis Crusher- Represents cyclopes

Skophos Maze-Warden- The Minotaur

Snake of the Golden Grove- Ladon a snake or dragon depending and version of the story guards Golden Apples of Hesperides was killed by Heracles during his final labor

Stormbreath Dragon- Typhon the father of all monsters

Swarmborn Giant as the giants which were birthed from gaia after zeus broke promises to her to depose him and the other gods in a war that some stories say was more destructive that the war with the titans

Sythis, Harvest's Hand for the representative for Nymphs

Two-Headed Cerberus as Orthrus brother of Cerberus who was kill by Heracles during one of his labors

Underworld Cerberus or Kunoros, Hound of Athreos for cerberus himself haven't decided which one yet

Vulpine Goliath is the Teumessian fox which was a monstrous fox, also known as the Cadmean Vixen, that was fated to never be caught and terrorized the city of Thebes by eating it's children. To stop it, the Thebans employed Amphitryon, who borrowed Laelaps, a dog destined to always catch its prey. This created a paradox, leading the gods to turn both creatures into stone, which became the constellations Canis Major (Laelaps) and Canis Minor (the Teumessian Fox), eternally chasing each other in the sky.

Wavebreak Hippocamp is a Hippocamp sea creatures that pull Poseidon's chariot underwater

Zeriam, Golden Wind as Griffins who pulled Apollos sun chariot across the sky and guarded Olympus itself and were also known as the Hounds of Zeus

Xenagos, the Reveler for satyrs

Uro, Titan of Nature's Wrath for the titans

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+1 Dryad of the Ilysian Grove main
+1 Eligeth, Crossroads Augur main
+1 Hythonia the Cruel main
+1 Uro, Titan of Nature's Wrath main
+1 Xathrid Gorgon main