Ixalan Park

Commander / EDH CardTyrant

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Deck Upgrade —July 4, 2020

I did not make my 300 goal before I go back to work (this Monday) but I am wanting to upgrade the deck since it has not seen any major love in a long time.

Territorial Allosaurus < Apex Altisaur

Oblivion Ring < Vivien Reid - This one was a hard one as I really like Oblivion Ring for removal, but since it itself can be destroyed bringing back whatever it removed, I took it out.

Fountain of Ichor < Arcane Signet

Zendikar Resurgent < Heroic Intervention - This one was hard one as I like Resurgent for it is both draw and ramp, something this deck needs; but the 7 CMC is a bit harsh. So I cut it but might add it back later.

Mortlocke says... #1

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I jest - obviously. Very cool deck. I too am a big fan of the Dinos, but A giant 3 headed tyrannosaurs rex is way cooler than 1 beefy gurl t-rex who brings her friends to the party - if they can manage to show up - in my opinion. Honestly, I think your could utilize a little bit more top deck manipulation to fully take advantage of her ability. Congregation at Dawn and Worldly Tutor are an excellent start, but maybe a Mirri's Guile, Sensei's Divining Top, and/or a Scroll Rack (actually I see you're already considering it - awesome) are worth testing. The previously mentioned can help you dig deep and make more informed decisions on if you should swing with Gishath - or if you have a dino in hand you could have it positioned perfectly for a free play after your commander swings and gets some damage in. Also separately - Sword of Feast and Famine is just really good in an archetype where you want to always have access to big mana. Not required, but i've had alot of success with that card in my Zacama deck The Predator of Predators. Maybe you could take a look and clap back with some dino flavored graffiti/vandalism of your own? :) +1 from me. I hope you get to your 300 upvotes during this weird time of quarantine.

May 12, 2020 8:52 p.m. Edited.

CardTyrant says... #2

Thanks Mortlocke! Loved the Zacama gang vandalism! Made me laugh. I hope that was MSPaint and you used the spray can for that!

I love the suggestions. I honestly wanted to run Mirri's Guile, Sensei's Divining Top AND Scroll Rack in this deck; but the price of Guile and Rack really stopped me from buying them (YES I know I have Cavern of Souls, but I really hate control decks). Ask for SDT, I actually have one, BUT..... My wife refuses to let me have it out of her planeswalker deck (Thought about liberating it since she never plays the deck though). I don't run any swords in the deck for I have never really been interested in them. I know having one or two of them would most likely push the power level of this deck up, but I would rather buy them for my Mardu Knights deck where they will be better used (I'm a weird person who hates shifting cards around).

Thank you for the suggestions. I'll re-add Guile and SDT to my maybe list.

May 14, 2020 1:26 a.m.

kgmf says... #3

Mortlocke & CardTyrant - Mirri's Guile is a great one! I added Kaheera, the Orphanguard as a companion and had to take out all the human dino ramp cards, so I put in Sylvan Library. May need to add in Mirri's Guile as well though. Here's my dino list here: Clever Girl

May 14, 2020 1:43 a.m.

Aesatr says... #4

Hey, I've been playing my Gishath deck for a while, you can check my deck if you feel like it: EDH Dinosaurs

Some card suggestions I would give are:

Elemental Bond, its just like your Guardian Project

Apex Altisaur, big Dinosaur from a recent Commander Set

Time of Need, it's cheap to buy and can tutor you Ghalta, Etali etc

Mosswort Bridge, super easy to activate

Rishkar's Expertise, it's greedy, but it feels awesome when you play it

Hope this helps, feel free to give me any feedback on my list as well.

May 14, 2020 6:09 p.m.

WUBRG97 says... #5

Is Mirri's Guile and Sensei's Divining Top really that good in this deck? They can only reorganize the top of the library, to fix the draw, they can't shuffle non Dinos away, and can't put them on the bottom. Scroll Rack can cheat dinos from ones hand into play when responding to gishaths trigger, so that one is definetly worth considering. But i don't see the big fuss over the other 2 :)

May 14, 2020 6:34 p.m.

Jacksonp says... #6

I wonder why you didn't put Alta Palani, Nest Tender as the commander. She allows , the only drawback is that you have to use her tap ability and then chump block with the egg and have her stay alive, but then you could hit say, Gishath, Sun's Avatar and then have Aggravated Assault out and win!

May 22, 2020 10:25 p.m.

CardTyrant says... #7

Jacksonp I actually HIGHLY considered it, but I just couldn't switch out Gishath. I even bought the precon just for her, but I just couldn't do it.

May 23, 2020 9:09 p.m.

CardTyrant says... #8

Aesatr I use to run Elemental Bond, and for the life of me, I don't remember why I took it out. Rishkar's Expertise looks fun, but it could end up being a dead card if I don't have any creatures on the field. Apex Altisaur is on the watch list, and I have a copy, but have yet the energy to put it in. Time of Need would be a nice card, but Gishath is really good at digging into my deck for her comrades. Ask for Mosswort Bridge it could be useful, but I am very against lands that enter tapped, also it is a bit risky. Only looking at the top 4. Gishath could easily do that for me.

May 24, 2020 2:31 p.m.