Mayael the Anima - Naya EDH

Commander / EDH

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Instant (5)

• 1x Beast Within
• 1x Harrow
• 1x Hunter's Insight
• 1x Path to Exile
• 1x Swords to Plowshares

Sorcery (10)

• 1x Cultivate
• 1x Day of Judgment
• 1x Farseek
• 1x Flowstone Slide
• 1x Green Sun's Zenith
• 1x Hallowed Burial
• 1x Nature's Lore
• 1x Rampant Growth
• 1x Titanic Ultimatum
• 1x Wrath of God

Enchantment (3)

• 1x Aura Shards
• 1x Awakening Zone
• 1x Sylvan Library

Artifact (8)

• 1x Chromatic Lantern
• 1x Crystal Ball
• 1x Darksteel Ingot
• 1x Darksteel Plate
• 1x Illusionist's Bracers
• 1x Lightning Greaves
• 1x Sol Ring
• 1x Swiftfoot Boots

Planeswalker (1)

• 1x Garruk Wildspeaker

Creature (33)

• 1x Angel of Serenity
• 1x Armada Wurm
• 1x Aurelia, the Warleader
• 1x Avenger of Zendikar
• 1x Balefire Dragon
• 1x Baneslayer Angel
• 1x Birds of Paradise
• 1x Bogardan Hellkite
• 1x Deathless Angel
• 1x Engulfing Slagwurm
• 1x Flameblast Dragon
• 1x Gahiji, Honored One
• 1x Gisela, Blade of Goldnight
• 1x Godsire
• 1x Inferno Titan
• 1x Karametra, God of Harvests
• 1x Knotvine Mystic
• 1x Meglonoth
• 1x Nylea, God of the Hunt
• 1x Pelakka Wurm
• 1x Rith, the Awakener
• 1x Ruric Thar, the Unbowed
• 1x Scourge of Kher Ridges
• 1x Seedborn Muse
• 1x Sigarda, Host of Herons
• 1x Spearbreaker Behemoth
• 1x Steel Hellkite
• 1x Sun Titan
• 1x Terastodon
• 1x Vorapede
• 1x Wurmcoil Engine
• 1x Xenagos, God of Revels
• 1x Yosei, the Morning Star

Land (39)

• 1x Arid Mesa
• 1x Brushland
• 1x City of Brass
• 1x Clifftop Retreat
• 1x Command Tower
• 1x Copperline Gorge
• 7x Forest
• 1x Jungle Shrine
• 1x Kessig Wolf Run
• 6x Mountain
• 6x Plains
• 1x Raging Ravine
• 1x Reflecting Pool
• 1x Rootbound Crag
• 1x Sacred Foundry
• 1x Stomping Ground
• 1x Sunpetal Grove
• 1x Temple Garden
• 1x Temple of Plenty
• 1x Temple of Triumph
• 1x Windswept Heath
• 1x Wooded Foothills
• 1x Yavimaya Hollow

Commander (1)

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This is a power 5+ Naya midrange/control deck. Your priority is to get Mayael on the board one turn before you will have 6 mana. You want to mulligan to find: Birds of Paradise, Sol Ring, Rampant Growth, Cultivate, Harrow, Skyshroud Elf, etc. (mana ramping), combined with 3 or 4 lands (even 5 lands is acceptable). Your first turns are spent dropping tapped-on-entrance lands and casting the ramp cards as efficiently as possible. Be sure to leave open mana for protection and control spells/abilities as you play through your mana curve (ie. Spearbreaker's indestructibility, Asceticism's regenerate, Plow & Path, etc.) It is essential to play defensively as to protect your few, yet powerful creatures to preserve your board presence. However, make sure to play offense when you can. You are trying to build card advantage through use of Mayael's ability. Stockpile your cards drawn in draw step for the late game (post board clears, obstacles, etc.) and use Mayael liberally. Do not be tempted to slam down power cards in your hand if you have the option to use Mayael & are not in immediate heavy danger. The odds are in your favor for there being at least one power 5 or greater creature to put directly into the field. This chance is improved if you mulligan &/or drawn well and have thinned your deck with the Cultivate, Rampant Growth, Harrow, Nature's Lore, Farseek, etc. (those five cards alone thin your deck 7 lands - making Mayael's activation much more reliable).

Date added	8 years
Last updated	8 years
Legality	This deck is Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	20 - 0 Mythic Rares 42 - 0 Rares 14 - 0 Uncommons 5 - 0 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	4.51
Tokens	Beast 3/3 G, Beast 8/8 RGW, Eldrazi Spawn 0/1 C, Elephant 3-3 G, Plant 0/1 G, Saproling 1/1 G, Wurm 3/3 C w/ Deathtouch, Wurm 3/3 C w/ Lifelink, Wurm 5/5 G w/ Trample