Maro Multani, the Elemental of Surprise | V-BLB

Commander / EDH Combo Ferocious Forest Group Hug Mono-Green Multiplayer Shroud Theme/Gimmick Voltron

Beebles

Lands (38)

• 1x Bala Ged Recovery  ^Flip
• 1x Bonders' Enclave
• 1x Boseiju, Who Endures
• 1x Castle Garenbrig
• 1x Disciple of Freyalise  ^Flip
• 1x Dryad Arbor
• 1x Hall of the Bandit Lord
• 1x Homeward Path
• 1x Khalni Ambush  ^Flip
• 1x Mikokoro, Center of the Sea
• 1x Miren, the Moaning Well
• 1x Mosswort Bridge
• 1x Myriad Landscape
• 1x Nykthos, Shrine to Nyx
• 1x Reliquary Tower
• 1x Scavenger Grounds
• 15x Snow-Covered Forest
• 1x Strip Mine
• 1x Tangled Florahedron  ^Flip
• 1x Temple of the False God
• 1x Tranquil Thicket
• 1x War Room
• 1x Yavimaya, Cradle of Growth
• 1x Yavimaya Hollow

Interaction (16)

• 1x Archdruid's Charm
• 1x Beast Within
• 1x Boseiju, Who Endures
• 1x Endurance
• 1x Force of Vigor
• 1x Inscription of Abundance
• 1x Kenrith's Transformation
• 1x Khalni Ambush  ^Flip
• 1x Kogla, the Titan Ape
• 1x Monstrous Onslaught
• 1x Pir's Whim
• 1x Questing Beast
• 1x Scavenger Grounds
• 1x Season of Gathering
• 1x Strip Mine
• 1x Ulamog, the Infinite Gyre

Protection (8)

• 1x Allosaurus Shepherd
• 1x Delighted Halfling
• 1x Heroic Intervention
• 1x Homeward Path
• 1x Kozilek, the Great Distortion
• 1x Lightning Greaves
• 1x Prowling Serpopard
• 1x Yavimaya Hollow

Big Mana (6)

• 1x Bighorner Rancher
• 1x Cultivator Colossus
• 1x Nykthos, Shrine to Nyx
• 1x Old Gnawbone
• 1x Selvala, Heart of the Wilds
• 1x Traverse the Outlands

Cheat (4)

• 1x Ghalta, Stampede Tyrant
• 1x Last March of the Ents
• 1x Mosswort Bridge
• 1x Natural Order

Recursion (3)

• 1x Bala Ged Recovery  ^Flip
• 1x Endurance
• 1x Ulamog, the Infinite Gyre

Ramp (22)

• 1x Avatar of Growth
• 1x Azusa, Lost but Seeking
• 1x Burgeoning
• 1x Castle Garenbrig
• 1x Decanter of Endless Water
• 1x Delighted Halfling
• 1x Emerald Medallion
• 1x Fanatic of Rhonas
• 1x Goreclaw, Terror of Qal Sisma
• 1x Green Sun's Zenith
• 1x Hulking Raptor
• 1x Ilysian Caryatid
• 1x Invasion of Ikoria  ^Flip
• 1x Myriad Landscape
• 1x Pir's Whim
• 1x Sol Ring
• 1x Tangled Florahedron  ^Flip
• 1x Temple of the False God
• 1x Thought Vessel
• 1x Topiary Stomper
• 1x Wayward Swordtooth
• 1x Whisperer of the Wilds

Big Power (17)

• 1x Avatar of Growth
• 1x Cultivator Colossus
• 1x Ghalta, Primal Hunger
• 1x Ghalta, Stampede Tyrant
• 1x Goreclaw, Terror of Qal Sisma
• 1x Grothama, All-Devouring
• 1x Hulking Raptor
• 1x Kogla, the Titan Ape
• 1x Kozilek, the Great Distortion
• 1x Old Gnawbone
• 1x Prowling Serpopard
• 1x Psychosis Crawler
• 1x Questing Beast
• 1x Surrak and Goreclaw
• 1x Topiary Stomper
• 1x Ulamog, the Infinite Gyre
• 1x Wayward Swordtooth

Evasion (8)

• 1x Akroma's Memorial
• 1x Garruk's Uprising
• 1x Goreclaw, Terror of Qal Sisma
• 1x Invasion of Ikoria  ^Flip
• 1x Overwhelming Stampede
• 1x Questing Beast
• 1x Season of Gathering
• 1x Surrak and Goreclaw

We Draw (7)

• 1x Grothama, All-Devouring
• 1x Heartwood Storyteller
• 1x Howling Mine
• 1x Mikokoro, Center of the Sea
• 1x Selvala, Heart of the Wilds
• 1x Temple Bell
• 1x Zenith Chronicler

Hand Size (3)

• 1x Decanter of Endless Water
• 1x Reliquary Tower
• 1x Thought Vessel

Commander (1)

Power Matters (18)

• 1x Bighorner Rancher
• 1x Fanatic of Rhonas
• 1x Ghalta, Primal Hunger
• 1x Goreclaw, Terror of Qal Sisma
• 1x Greater Good
• 1x Grothama, All-Devouring
• 1x Ilysian Caryatid
• 1x Inscription of Abundance
• 1x Last March of the Ents
• 1x Old Gnawbone
• 1x Overwhelming Stampede
• 1x Return of the Wildspeaker
• 1x Rishkar's Expertise
• 1x Season of Gathering
• 1x Selvala, Heart of the Wilds
• 1x The Great Henge
• 1x Traverse the Outlands
• 1x Whisperer of the Wilds

I Draw (13)

• 1x Bonders' Enclave
• 1x Cultivator Colossus
• 1x Disciple of Freyalise  ^Flip
• 1x Garruk's Uprising
• 1x Greater Good
• 1x Kenrith's Transformation
• 1x Kozilek, the Great Distortion
• 1x Last March of the Ents
• 1x Return of the Wildspeaker
• 1x Rishkar's Expertise
• 1x Season of Gathering
• 1x The Great Henge
• 1x War Room

Tutors (7)

• 1x Archdruid's Charm
• 1x Crop Rotation
• 1x Green Sun's Zenith
• 1x Invasion of Ikoria  ^Flip
• 1x Natural Order
• 1x Pir's Whim
• 1x Worldly Tutor

Haste (6)

• 1x Akroma's Memorial
• 1x Concordant Crossroads
• 1x Crashing Drawbridge
• 1x Hall of the Bandit Lord
• 1x Lightning Greaves
• 1x Surrak and Goreclaw

More Lands (3)

• 1x Azusa, Lost but Seeking
• 1x Burgeoning
• 1x Wayward Swordtooth

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Maybeboard

Interaction (14)

• 1x Bane of Progress
• 1x Barrier Breach
• 1x Blast Zone
• 1x Bouncer's Beatdown
• 1x Manglehorn
• 1x Nylea's Intervention
• 1x Oblivion Stone
• 1x Perilous Vault
• 1x Primal Order
• 1x Reclamation Sage
• 1x Scavenging Ooze
• 1x Song of the Dryads
• 1x Thrashing Brontodon
• 1x Whiptongue Hydra

Lands (8)

• 1x Ancient Tomb
• 1x Blast Zone
• 1x Jungle Basin
• 1x Khalni Garden
• 1x Mouth of Ronom
• 1x Scrying Sheets
• 1x Winding Canyons
• 1x Wirewood Lodge

Buff (3)

• 1x Triumph of the Hordes
• 1x Ulvenwald Hydra
• 1x Void Winnower

Evasion (3)

• 1x Bellowing Tanglewurm
• 1x Nylea, God of the Hunt
• 1x Pathbreaker Ibex

Recursion (3)

• 1x Eternal Witness
• 1x Genesis
• 1x Praetor's Counsel

Big Power (2)

• 1x Bane of Progress
• 1x Kura, the Boundless Sky

Cheat (2)

• 1x Defense of the Heart
• 1x Selvala's Stampede

Flash (1)

• 1x Vedalken Orrery

Tutors (13)

• 1x Chord of Calling
• 1x Defense of the Heart
• 1x Fierce Empath
• 1x Finale of Devastation
• 1x Kura, the Boundless Sky
• 1x Nylea's Intervention
• 1x Shared Summons
• 1x Sylvan Scrying
• 1x Sylvan Tutor
• 1x Time of Need
• 1x Ulvenwald Hydra
• 1x Uncage the Menagerie
• 1x Vivien, Monsters' Advocate

Big Mana (8)

• 1x Caged Sun
• 1x Extraplanar Lens
• 1x Karametra's Acolyte
• 1x Mana Reflection
• 1x Nissa, Who Shakes the World
• 1x Nyxbloom Ancient
• 1x Regal Behemoth
• 1x Vorinclex, Voice of Hunger

Power Matters (6)

• 1x Fungal Sprouting
• 1x Garruk, Primal Hunter
• 1x Gyre Sage
• 1x Life's Legacy
• 1x Momentous Fall
• 1x Pathbreaker Ibex

Protection (3)

• 1x Dosan the Falling Leaf
• 1x Tajuru Preserver
• 1x Veil of Summer

Tokens (3)

• 1x Fungal Sprouting
• 1x Tendershoot Dryad
• 1x Wolfcaller's Howl

More Lands (2)

• 1x Exploration
• 1x Rites of Flourishing

Ramp (12)

• 1x Ancient Tomb
• 1x Cultivate
• 1x Finale of Devastation
• 1x Gyre Sage
• 1x Kodama's Reach
• 1x Kodama's Reach
• 1x Mana Crypt
• 1x Nissa, Vastwood Seer  ^Flip
• 1x Nissa's Pilgrimage
• 1x Nyx Lotus
• 1x Sakura-Tribe Elder
• 1x Skyshroud Claim

I Draw (9)

• 1x Augur of Autumn
• 1x Garruk, Primal Hunter
• 1x Genesis Wave
• 1x Life's Legacy
• 1x Momentous Fall
• 1x Nissa, Vastwood Seer  ^Flip
• 1x Regal Force
• 1x Runic Armasaur
• 1x Vivien, Monsters' Advocate

We Draw (4)

• 1x Font of Mythos
• 1x Horn of Greed
• 1x Regal Behemoth
• 1x Rites of Flourishing

Other (3)

• 1x Multani, Yavimaya's Avatar
• 1x Rhonas the Indomitable
• 1x Yeva, Nature's Herald

Slow Down (3)

• 1x Manglehorn
• 1x Root Maze
• 1x Vorinclex, Voice of Hunger

Hand Size (2)

• 1x Anvil of Bogardan
• 1x Praetor's Counsel

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Origin

When I started playing Magic, it was at the time of the Urza Block. Me and my friends, naive and noobs to the game as we were, all thought green was the obvious best color (while it definitly was blue at the time): Look at all these big green creatures! Surely bigger is better! We would all run mono-green big ramp big creature decks. I still have many of the creatures I used to play at that time, like Rhox, Thorn Elemental, Weatherseed Treefolk, Beast of Burden, Carnassid and of course Multani, Maro-Sorcerer, one of my favorite MTG characters. I also remember most of us bought the "Crusher" precon from Urza's Legacy, for it contained the pinnacle of this style: Defense of the Heart (which btw is also featuring the maro-sorcerer in the artwork). I have very fond memories of that time, playing the game at high school or on the floor at a friends place.

When brewing this deck I saw more and more mono-green commander decks pop up which inspired me to consider a mono-green deck as well. I also noticed my collection of green EDH staples has been growing a bit out of proportion ^_^'. It felt like it was time to build a deck as an homage to those early days of magic for me, taking one of those nostalgic green creatures as the commander and embracing the POWER of mono-green magic.

Bigger ís better

This is a Power Matters deck and has been built taking cues from Selvala, Grothama and other Multani lists. I want to make the power of Multani as big as possible, and then turn that power into explosive value: a lot of mana (e.g. Selvala, Heart of the Wilds, Traverse the Outlands or Old Gnawbone), a lot of cards (e.g. Rishkar's Expertise and Grothama, All-Devouring), or a lot of damage (by attacking or with Monstrous Onslaught). To make Multani a threatening attacker, we need to give him some evasion, so cards like Akroma's Memorial and Garruk's Uprising are here to provide that.

The fact that we are a multiplayer format makes Multani rather big without us interfering, but we can help Multani grow by letting everyone draw some cards (with cards like Howling Mine and Horn of Greed), or by slowing down opponents’ ability to empty their hands (with cards like Manglehorn). Those carddraw spells give a bit of a group hug sub-theme to the deck.

Feeling Blue

During the game we are trying to get off at least one draw spell that draws equal to the power of Multani, leading to crazy hands and turns. With all that card draw, we want to make sure we don't have to discard any, so cards like Reliquary Tower and Thought Vessel are an easy include. Cheap Land tutors, such as Sylvan Scrying are great in the situation we are drawing 20+ cards without a Reliquary Tower type of card yet in play. If we play the draw spell with some mana open and with an unused land-drop available, we should get such an effect most of the time. Ulamog, the Infinite Gyre is here to ensure we at least get our massive hand back from the graveyard into our library if we whiff and have to discard back to 7.

We also want to be able to empty our hands faster with all those cards in hand: cards like Azusa, Lost but Seeking help to dump our lands, and mana doublers like Extraplanar Lens or a card like Last March of the Ents help us dump our hand to the board.

How to win

This deck should end up in swift commander damage KO’s, or into an overwhelming attack of smaller creatures using some of the buff spells like Overwhelming Stampede. Psychosis Crawler offers a nice alternative wincon every now and then.

Intended Power Level

This deck can really get out of hand and create crazy board states between turns 6 and 8, so it fits in the high category in my evaluation.

Category (Jank - Low - Mid - High - Competitive)

High

Closing Thoughts

Normally I have around 10 carddraw and 10 ramp spells, but I dialed up on both categories considerably for this deck. I just want to be growing everything all the time with this deck: growing Multani by growing our hand and then growing our ability to dump that hand onto the board. Also, I noticed that in this deck, the 6-drop slot has a lot of candidates! However, since Multani is also a 6-drop, I want to keep that slot low in numbers.

I'm also collecting non-foil full art and extended art versions of the cards in this deck. So far the tally is at:

• Alters: 1
• Alter Sleeve: 1
• Full Art: 30
• Full Art Basic Lands: 16
• Extended Art: 15
• Mystical Archives: 2

Total: 65/100

Please let me know if you have tips to make this deck better! Also, feel free to upvote the deck if you enjoyed this build.

GL & HF

Beebles

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Date added	5 years
Last updated	2 months
Legality	This deck is Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	17 - 0 Mythic Rares 47 - 0 Rares 17 - 0 Uncommons 4 - 0 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	3.92
Tokens	Beast 3/3 G, City's Blessing, Fanatic of Rhonas 4/4 B, Treasure
Folders	Multani Maro Commander, Interesting Decks, Decks I Like, Spannende Decks