Game-testing Wednesday! Things went REALLY well for Omnath, Locus of Rage! I went 4-0!!! The more I play this deck the more I learn how freaken crazy it is!

I'll go into more detail!

Game One:

Versus a Niv-Mizzet, the Firemind 'draw to death' control deck and a The Mimeoplasm Eldrazi/processor deck. Got Om_rath out by turn 5 and just started dishing out tokens! They could not keep up with the overwhelming numbers. Once Parallel Lives hit the field it was pretty much game over. Ended up winning by swinging in the air thanks to Akroma's Memorial.

Game Two:

Same two guys. This time I took over the game with Primal Vigor and Warstorm Surge. The game didn't last to long.

Game Three:

These last couple game were five players, but that did not change a thing!!! Niv-Mizzet, the Firemind and The Mimeoplasm stayed while Numot, the Devastator and Heartless Hidetsugu joined the party. I had a turn one Forest into Exploration into Jund Panorama into Sol Ring. I won in 5 turns, lol. It ended with a Scapeshift into Craterhoof Behemoth! Fun times!

Game Four:

Now this game was epic! The only changes in players was that the Numot, the Devastator player took out his more competitive Prossh, Skyraider of Kher deck. Needless to say, all eyes were on me at this point. Heartless Hidetsugu brought everyone's life down really low while maintaining his own life with Glacial Chasm. I was able to eventually get Crucible of Worlds, Doubling Season, Exploration, and Greater Good in play. What really won me the game was Greater Good along side Crucible of Worlds. The Prossh, Skyraider of Kher player cast his commander while Xenagos, God of Revels was in play. I just sacked two elementals to Greater Good to burn it to the ground. Then the Niv-Mizzet, the Firemind player cast Curiosity, which I responded to by burning Niv-Mizzet, the Firemind to the ground.

When it got back to my turn I cast Parallel Lives and proceeded to make 16 more tokens. I then cast Shamanic Revelation to gain life and draw up Strip Mine to deal with the Glacial Chasm. Once all barriers were out of the way I cast Hammer of Purphoros. I killed the other 3 players easily with my elemental army, and then sacked more elementals to finish off the Heartless Hidetsugu player.

Things are going really well! 4-0 is pretty sweet! The crazy thing was that all four games were finished within 3 hours! That is pretty fast if you ask me!

Please let me know what you guys think, and if you have any questions. Also, fill free to share any experiences that you all are having!

Awesome primer dude. Its great that you go through every card in the deck. Idk anything about this site and how it works, but you should see about gettting this put on the front page for a bit.

I'm very new to the format so forgive me if this sounds stupid, but I was under the impression that you could only have a 10 card SB in Commander?

jagcat: Thank you for the support! I am glad you are liking the Primer! I am going to make some formatting changes tonight, let me know what you think!

plantlord98: You are likely right, i don't play with the side board at all, they are more like cards I have been thinking about adding. I am going to make a "possible additions" section in the next couple weeks, and that will go in there. Sorry for the confusion!

Wow, this looks like a crazy deck. The second I saw new Omnath I thought he looked fun. have you seen Elemental Mastery? It makes elementals, so it might be good here. I might try and make a budget version of this :)

Lazarouslive: Now Elemental Mastery is a hard card to put my finger on... I am just going to way the pros and cons, then go from there:

Pro:

• If this is in play with a sack-outlet things are going to get crazy pretty fast!
• If you use the ability when someone attacks you, you can just laugh in their face. But most of the time it will just keep people from attacking you at all.
• Most of the time this will make five 1/1 haters, that if blocked turn into lightning bolts. Pretty good for just tapping.

Cons:

• It is an Aura.Removal is not a scarce thing, in my meta at least. I have already cast Omnath, Locus of Rage for 19 and I have only played the deck 7 times! I don't need more hate for him. Plus you should always expect to get 2-for-oned when you cast a powerful Aura on one of your creatures.

• It EXILES the tokens at the end of the turn. If it just destroyed them this card would be fantastic.

If you are running a ton of sack-outlets then this card might be more of a fit. I might be missing something important about this card, and if that is the case, please let me know! I'm still on the fence about adding it.. and then there is the question on what i would take out for it...

How would you feel about Blasphemous Act? If you're falling behind it can help you stabilize by slowing down your opponents. If the board is stalled, you can use it to reset the board, probably killing someone in the process. If you're ahead, you can use is as basically a second combat if you feel that you have a chance of dying on the back swing.

themindxyz: You sir are a genius! I honestly don't know why this card never came to my mind before!now that I am thinking about it, there are so many scenarios were Blasphemous Act would be fantastic, just like you said. If you are behind, it often cost 1-3 to cast. I just find it hilarious and that I am looking forward to the day that I will boarding myself while I have 20+ elementals in play! All just for .

I think this is going in for Beast Within's spot.

Thoughts?

Also, PLEASE don't forget to upvote!

Ironically, my deck list has been getting hardly any votes ever since I put up the Primer... Is there something wrong with it??

Lazarouslive: I almost forgot! I put together a budget (under $100) deck list for Omnath, Locus of Rage. I was going to post it but I was not sure if anyone would be interested. I can if you want me to!

Personally, I would go with Krosan Grip. Yes it can't be countered, but Beast Within can hit creatures, planeswalkers, even lands if needed. The drawback of giving them a 3/3 isn't as bad as normal, since you would gladly trade your 3/3s for theirs. I just prefer versatility over resilience, but it could easily go either way without it being a wrong choice.

I feel that primers help. The only thing I can think of is that most of the people that are interested in an Omnath commander already saw it before you put up the primer. Or they're like me and completely forget to do so.

themindxyz: You are likely right, but the only thing is that Omnath, Locus of Rage can't burn artifacts and enchantments. I have found myself VERY glad to draw Krosan Grip, while Beast Within always seemed to stay in my hand. I do think it is an AMAZING card, but i think it is the inferior one in this particular deck.

Your totally right about the voting. It was weird though, I was ranked #3 last night, and then I came on an hour later and I was completely off the list. Maybe there is a time limit (I was in the top 25 for a week).

In my opinion Beast Within is better cause it gets anything, lands creatures and walkers ext

griffstick: your right... I was not thinking last night lol

Elemental Mastery combo with Descent of the Dragons =wtf so many bolts then an army of dragons

Teraxzaryrik: In MY deck, Descent of the Dragons, Evolutionary Leap, or Perilous Forays are the only cards that would make Elemental Mastery go from good to GREAT. I don't think my deck has room for a card that is only conditionally good. But please prove me wrong! I might get the card and play test it in a few week. I still have only played this deck 7 times...

I just wish the cards destroyed the dang tokens, not exiled them...

Its conditionally a game winner. At the least its only good at the beat its a game winner. If you had cards like Ashnod's Altar, Goblin Bombardment, and Altar of Dementia then that is an auto include but your not running those cards so its not an auto include. But its still a power house card in this deck

griffstick: You are exactly right, if I was running more sack-outlets the card would be much more tempting to include in my deck. I don't see me altering my deck to add more outlets, unless it stops performing. I have been thinking about adding Goblin Bombardment.

Goblin Bombardment would be great for this deck.

Also, Dictate of the Twin Gods + Furnace of Rath would be good ways to quickly finish off your opponents.

JimboRich: Dictate of the Twin Gods and Furnace of Rath seem pretty sweet! I almost want to build a SECOND deck that is heavy red, and make it 100% focused on burn. I honestly think it could be pretty good. I honestly don't know if it is a good thing or not that my build is half burn half token overrun. I might end up focusing on one thing after I play test a bit more.

Don't forget to upvote if you like the Primer!

Ghost Town?

cirion: I actually just bought Ghost Town! I will likely be taking out a Mountain.

This list looks freaking awesome and I'm glad to hear that it's over performing. I'm working on a very similar list, albeit slightly more budget. I've play tested about 4 games and I'm not entirely sure how to fix it, but the problem is that I either explode and the deck is an absolute monster; being able to take off by turn 4. Or I'm kind of just dead in the water and don't get rolling till turn 7/8ish. Been thinking of adding in more interactive cards like Wild Ricochet and some more draw power like Harmonize and/or Fecundity for some much needed card draw (can't get a hold of Greater Good so I can smooth out my game play.

Any tips or recommendations? Is Greater Good really that good and is absolutely necessary?

Massive_Banana: I might even say that Greater Good is the BEST card in the deck! If it is not removed quickly it means I win the game! It does not just allow me to blowup my elementals at will, but it allows me to dig down 5 cards each time! I played it last week while I had Crucible of Worlds and Exploration in play, so I just discarded lands and then played them all each turn lol. Overall, it is the best 8 bucks you can spend for this deck, and I would include it even on my budget list.

The problem I think a lot of people are having with this deck is playing certain cards because they 'might be good' or 'work really well' in certain situations. The beauty of this deck is that it can go nuts no matter who you face! I played against two control decks and still came out on top. You just need to make them waist there counters or removal, then blow up in there face when they run out of answers.

I don't think cards like Wild Ricochet deserve a spot. I also think I am taking Zendikar's Roil out of my deck. It just doesn't do enough for its cost.

I'm glad you are enjoying the Primer! Don't forget to upvote!