Kodama of the East Tree Aluren cEDH

Commander / EDH* BUG (Sultai) Combo Competitive Infinite Combo Primer

Rell

Creature (28)

• 1x Allosaurus Shepherd
• 1x Arbor Elf
• 1x Arctic Merfolk
• 1x Baleful Strix
• 1x Barrin, Tolarian Archmage
• 1x Birds of Paradise
• 1x Bloom Tender
• 1x Cavern Harpy
• 1x Cloudkin Seer
• 1x Coiling Oracle
• 1x Collector Ouphe
• 1x Dark Confidant
• 1x Deathrite Shaman
• 1x Eternal Witness
• 1x Fblthp, the Lost
• 1x Gilded Drake
• 1x Ice-Fang Coatl
• 1x Noble Hierarch
• 1x Notion ThiefGC
• 1x Opposition AgentGC
• 1x Parasitic Strix
• 1x Rishadan Cutpurse
• 1x Shrieking Drake
• 1x Spellseeker
• 1x Temur Sabertooth
• 1x Thassa's OracleGC
• 1x Uro, Titan of Nature's Wrath
• 1x Wall of Blossoms

Enchantment (9)

• 1x Aluren
• 1x Carpet of Flowers
• 1x Earthcraft
• 1x Mystic Remora
• 1x Rhystic StudyGC
• 1x Survival of the FittestGC
• 1x Sylvan Library
• 1x Utopia Sprawl
• 1x Wild Growth

Planeswalker (2)

• 1x Ashiok, Dream Render
• 1x Oko, Thief of Crowns

Land (28)

• 1x Bayou
• 1x Breeding Pool
• 1x City of Brass
• 1x Command Tower
• 1x Forbidden Orchard
• 1x Gaea's CradleGC
• 1x Mana Confluence
• 1x Misty Rainforest
• 1x Nurturing Peatland
• 1x Overgrown Tomb
• 1x Polluted Delta
• 4x Snow-Covered Forest
• 4x Snow-Covered Island
• 3x Snow-Covered Swamp
• 1x Tropical Island
• 1x Underground Sea
• 1x Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth
• 1x Verdant Catacombs
• 1x Waterlogged Grove
• 1x Watery Grave

Instant (16)

• 1x Abrupt Decay
• 1x Ad NauseamGC
• 1x Assassin's Trophy
• 1x Cyclonic RiftGC
• 1x Flusterstorm
• 1x Force of Negation
• 1x Force of WillGC
• 1x Lim-Dul's Vault
• 1x Mana Drain
• 1x Mental Misstep
• 1x Mystical TutorGC
• 1x Nature's Claim
• 1x Swan Song
• 1x Vampiric TutorGC
• 1x Veil of Summer
• 1x Worldly TutorGC

Commanders (2)

Sorcery (10)

• 1x Demonic TutorGC
• 1x Diabolic Intent
• 1x Eldritch Evolution
• 1x Finale of Devastation
• 1x Green Sun's Zenith
• 1x Imperial SealGC
• 1x Ponder
• 1x Reanimate
• 1x Timetwister
• 1x Unearth

Artifact (5)

• 1x Chrome MoxGC
• 1x Cloudstone Curio
• 1x Mana Crypt
• 1x Mox DiamondGC
• 1x Sol Ring

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Maybeboard

Planeswalker (1)

• 1x Narset, Parter of VeilsGC

Enchantment (1)

• 1x Compost

Instant (1)

• 1x Delay

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Preface

In case you aren't aware of the spoilers yet, as this decklist is being made before tapped out has been updated to include Kodama of the east tree, the card is 4GG, a 6/6 partner commander with "Whenever a permanent enters the battlefield under your control that did not enter the battlefield with this ability, you may put a permanent card with equal or lesser mana cost from your hand into play."
This is obviously very powerful. Our primary use for this is in making cards uncounterable by cheating them into play, it also lets us dump lands from our hand later in the combo.
We are playing Silas Renn, Seeker Adept for his colors, if a more efficient or better U/B partner legend is printed, we will be playing that instead.
The goal of this deck is to execute an Aluren loop, or to assemble an infinite combo.
Combos Include:
- Aluren+Cloud of Faeries+Any Recurrent Bounce
- Aluren+Cavern Harpy+Parasitic Strix
- Shrieking Drake+Cloud of Faeries+Earthcraft/any of our land enchantments to produce infinite mana
Once we manage to produce infinite mana, our lines for victory are very simple
- Thassa's Oracle
- The existence of Jace, Wielder of Mysteries
- Eternal Witness and any recurrent flicker to cast any spell in our deck forever, I would recommend Assassin's Trophy or maybe Swan Song on one of our own spells. - Flickering Rishadan Cutpurse to just clean up the board a bit.
- Finale of Devastation

Recurrent Flicker

- Temur Sabertooth
- Cloudstone Curio
- Cavern Harpy
- Shrieking Drake
- Barrin, Tolarian Archmage

Gameplan

We generally want to attempt to combo quickly, and if that fails to fall back onto our value engines with a more controlling presence.
We are of course playing a decent countermagic suite, with some powerful interactive planeswalkers like Oko, Thief of Crowns and Ashiok, Dream Render.
If we can manage to stick a decent recurrent draw effect like an escaped Uro, Titan of Nature's Wrath or Dark Confidant we can do quite well. The average CMC of a card in our deck is very low, so go through Ad Nauseam with confidence, stopping reasonably around 5, or higher if you need life to flicker Cavern Harpy.
Aluren is probably our single most valuable card. If we can get it into play, our combo becomes INFINITELY easier. Protect it at nearly all cost, with few exceptions.

Notable/Unusual Inclusions

- Lim-Dul's Vault let's us dig to any card we want, specifically, Aluren. It isn't the most efficient tutor, but consistency is king.
- Timetwister, while not expressly needed for this deck, is very powerful with effects like Notion Thief, and is a solid recursion effect to pull valuable pieces of the yard if our recursion is out of reach. It is tremendously disruptive to graveyard based strategies, and can be a nice refill if we run out of steam (which we tend to do quickly). That being said, if you are trying to make the list a bit more budget, it would be one of my first cuts.

Date added	5 years
Last updated	5 years
Exclude colors	WR
Legality	This deck is not Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	10 - 0 Mythic Rares 51 - 0 Rares 14 - 0 Uncommons 14 - 0 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	2.03
Tokens	Bird 2/2 U, Elk 3/3 G, Food, Spirit 1/1 C
Folders	Cedh