Prossh, Lord of the Food Chain

Commander / EDH Combo Competitive Infinite Combo Tokens

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Land (29)

• 1x Ancient Tomb
• 1x Arid Mesa
• 1x Badlands
• 1x Bayou
• 1x Blood Crypt
• 1x Bloodstained Mire
• 1x Blooming Marsh
• 1x City of Brass
• 1x Command Tower
• 1x Forbidden Orchard
• 1x Forest
• 1x Gaea's Cradle
• 1x Grove of the Burnwillows
• 1x Llanowar Wastes
• 1x Mana Confluence
• 1x Marsh Flats
• 1x Misty Rainforest
• 1x Overgrown Tomb
• 1x Polluted Delta
• 1x Scalding Tarn
• 1x Stomping Ground
• 1x Sulfurous Springs
• 1x Swamp
• 1x Taiga
• 1x Tarnished Citadel
• 1x Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth
• 1x Verdant Catacombs
• 1x Windswept Heath
• 1x Wooded Foothills

Finisher (7)

• 1x Blood Artist
• 1x Goblin Bombardment
• 1x Goblin Bushwhacker
• 1x Purphoros, God of the Forge
• 1x Reckless Bushwhacker
• 1x Walking Ballista
• 1x Zulaport Cutthroat

ComboPiece (1)

• 1x Mikaeus, the Unhallowed

Ramp (24)

• 1x Arbor Elf
• 1x Birds of Paradise
• 1x Boreal Druid
• 1x Burning-Tree Emissary
• 1x Carpet of Flowers
• 1x Chrome Mox
• 1x Crop Rotation
• 1x Dark Ritual
• 1x Deathrite Shaman
• 1x Dryad Arbor
• 1x Elves of Deep Shadow
• 1x Elvish Mystic
• 1x Elvish Spirit Guide
• 1x Fyndhorn Elves
• 1x Llanowar Elves
• 1x Lotus Cobra
• 1x Lotus Petal
• 1x Mana Crypt
• 1x Mana Vault
• 1x Mox Diamond
• 1x Orcish Lumberjack
• 1x Simian Spirit Guide
• 1x Sol Ring
• 1x Wall of Roots

Utility (9)

• 1x Dark Confidant
• 1x Eternal Witness
• 1x Necropotence
• 1x Noxious Revival
• 1x Plunge into Darkness
• 1x Regrowth
• 1x Sylvan Library
• 1x Sylvan Ranger
• 1x Wheel of Fortune SL

FinisherTutor (4)

• 1x Fierce Empath
• 1x Goblin Matron
• 1x Imperial Recruiter
• 1x Summoner's Pact

Commander (1)

Tutor (12)

• 1x Beseech the Queen
• 1x Cruel Tutor
• 1x Demonic Tutor
• 1x Diabolic Intent
• 1x Diabolic Tutor
• 1x Dimir Machinations
• 1x Green Sun's Zenith
• 1x Imperial Seal
• 1x Rhystic Tutor
• 1x Tainted Pact
• 1x Vampiric Tutor
• 1x Worldly Tutor

Interaction (11)

• 1x Abrupt Decay
• 1x Autumn's Veil
• 1x Defense Grid
• 1x Dosan the Falling Leaf
• 1x Guttural Response
• 1x Nature's Claim
• 1x Pyroblast
• 1x Reclamation Sage
• 1x Red Elemental Blast
• 1x Snuff Out
• 1x Vexing Shusher

WinCon (2)

• 1x Food Chain
• 1x Protean Hulk

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Sideboard

Other (5)

• 1x Final Fortune
• 1x Gatecreeper Vine
• 1x Last Chance
• 1x Snow-Covered Forest
• 1x Snow-Covered Swamp

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Maybeboard

Other (13)

• 1x Birthing Pod
• 1x Blasphemous Act
• 1x Chord of Calling
• 1x City of Solitude
• 1x Earthcraft
• 1x Mountain
• 1x Phyrexian Altar
• 1x Priest of Titania
• 1x Selvala, Heart of the Wilds
• 1x Shred Memory
• 1x Skullmulcher
• 1x Snow-Covered Mountain
• 1x Survival of the Fittest

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From upon his fiery throne, he observes his thralls with a disdainful pleasure. This lord finds often indulges himself by toying with those he deems lower than himself and feasts upon the decadent roasted flesh of his victims. Yes, it is a truly horrifying sight to behold. But, all the same, it must be beholden by those unlucky enough to find themselves within roasting distance of this vicious tyrant.

If you enjoy being able to tear through your enemies with disregard for which they have, then Prossh is an excellent ally to have on your side. However, if you like to fiddle around with complicated stack interactions and lengthy, boring turns, then look aside as the king of the food chain goes on by.

Introduction Show

Prossh wins or loses based on his speed or redundancy. If you choose to go all in combo, then the deck hinges on aggressive mulligans and actively good hands. If your meta is inundated with Blue/Control decks, it may be wise to plan to either sit back and wait for a couple turns or pack one or more viable backup plans. In both cases, Prossh does not need to commit anything other than ramp to the board for him to win. This means, for your opponents, a losing hand and a winning hand look exactly the same. This means that you can often bluff into a win by simply waiting for your interaction. This separates Prossh from other the combo decks of the format. The big daddy dragon can hide behind a veil of secrecy by only playing necessities. Letting the control players fight among themselves and play kingmaker for you will lead Prossh to victory.

Combos & Win Conditions Show

This deck's main selling point is the fast interactions between cards like Food Chain & (to a lesser extent) Phyrexian Altar along with the solid backup plan of a 5/5 flying commander. The Food Chain (FC) combo can win as early as turn 2 (turn 1 with the nuts and consistently on 3) and can do so a lot of redundancy. However, even in cEDH, games can run long. This means that, in those situations, Prossh can win with stats alone.

Combos

Food Chain Combo Show

Food Chain + a finisher

The Combo:

1. Cast Food Chain
2. Exile your mana dorks to get to 6 mana (With in the pool)
3. Cast Prossh
4. Exile Prossh for 7, and all of the dorks for 6 (Remember, FC exiles for X+1 mana) making 13 mana
5. Re-cast Prossh for 8 (netting ) and then exile for
6. Repeat the minimum number of times needed, netting each time

This it the big combo of the deck. It is blazing fast, and very compact. The only downside to this combo is that because of its compactness it's easily disrupted. This means if you find yourself in a pod with 2 or more control decks holding up mana, you will need to wait for one of them to play Kingmaker for you.

Protean Hulk Show

Protean Hulk + a sac outlet (with Mikaeus, the Unhallowed & Walking Ballista in deck)

The Combo

1. Get Protean Hulk into play
2. Sac Hulk to a Sac Outlet (Like Prossh)
3. Grab Mikaeus, the Unhallowed + Walking Ballista
4. Sac the Ballista (it is a 1/1 due to Mikaeus)
5. Let the undying trigger resolve bringing back the ballista
6. Remove the counter, dealing 1 to an oppnent
7. Repeat until your opponents are dead

This is the main backup of the deck as it uses only one extra slot of the deck to have the backup. Overall, this combo is easily assembled, can be part of the main FC combo, and synergizes with almost every aspect of the deck overall.

Finishers

As the combos above suggest, this deck needs a way to abuse the infinite mana and tokens generated by Prossh and wring out a win. The cards below are but a few ways to do that. Other win conditions can be found in the appendix.

Win Conditions

• Goblin Bushwhacker
• Reckless Bushwhacker
• Purphoros, God of the Forge
• Blood Artist
• Zulaport Cutthroat
• Walking Ballista
• *Goblin Bombardment

Tutors

• Fierce Empath
• Goblin Matron
• Imperial Recruiter
• Protean Hulk
• Summoner's Pact

Explanations

The first group of three above (Goblin Bushwhacker, Reckless Bushwhacker, Purphoros, God of the Forge, Blood Artist, Zulaport Cutthroat, & Walking Ballista) are all of the win conditions that can actually Win the game. Purphoros makes infinite ETB triggers for damage on a Prossh cast, both of the whackers make infinite hasty doods, and finally the artists give infinite sac damage for when Prossh needs to feed himself. Goblin Bombardment is included as another win condition that can also double as a sac outlet for Hulk. The second group of cards find those win conditions without interrupting the combo.

Tutors Show

Universal Tutors

• Vampiric Tutor
• Imperial Seal
• Demonic Tutor
• Diabolic Intent
• Tainted Pact
• Cruel Tutor
• Rhystic Tutor
• Dimir Machinations
• Diabolic Tutor (Grim Tutor in a perfect world)

Creature Tutors

• Worldly Tutor
• Green Sun's Zenith

Sudo Tutors

• Necropotence
• Plunge into Darkness

Explanations

In order to increase consistency of any cEDH deck, you need tutors. As such, this deck runs nearly every tutor at or below as they all enable a turn 3 or earlier kill. All of the tutors in the universal tutor section are staples of the deck and should be included in nearly every version of Prossh looking to be competitive. As for the creature tutors, they usually grab utility to force through the combo, but can also grab the win conditions. The sudo tutors usually cost 10 or more life to be useful, but can be used as utility if the game runs long.

Protection Show

Single Turn

• Pyroblast
• Red Elemental Blast
• Guttural Response
• Autumn's Veil

Permanent Protection

• Vexing Shusher
• Defense Grid
• Dosan the Falling Leaf

Explanation

Because this deck needs to compete with competitive control decks, you will need to include protection for the combo. The single target countermagic is good for pushing the combo through, and is also the best interaction when you are going fast. The permanents are better when you are looking to slow down by a turn or two as they can force interaction on the wrong things.

Ramp Show

The ramp section is divided into three distinct areas: dorks, rocks, and rituals.

Mana Dorks

• Elvish Mystic
• Llanowar Elves
• Fyndhorn Elves
• Elves of Deep Shadow
• Boreal Druid
• Arbor Elf
• Birds of Paradise
• Orcish Lumberjack
• Deathrite Shaman
• Lotus Cobra
• Wall of Roots
• Green Sun's Zenith (For grabbing Dryad Arbor)

Mana Rocks

• Carpet of Flowers (an enchantment rock)
• Mana Crypt
• Lotus Petal
• Mox Diamond
• Chrome Mox
• Sol Ring
• Mana Vault

Rituals

• Crop Rotation (for either Gaea's Cradle or Ancient Tomb)
• Dark Ritual
• Simian Spirit Guide
• Elvish Spirit Guide
• Burning-Tree Emissary

Ramp is another necessity of cEDH (or regular EDH) as it allows us to break the curve and win faster. Our dorks include all playable dorks at cmc or less that increases our mana production the turn after they come down (sorry Joraga Treespeaker). The other dorks on the list can make mana the turn they come into play, thus mitigating the fact that they cost more than. This deck also runs the obligatory fast mana rocks that are too nutty not to run as well as the rituals that either grab nutty cards (Crop Rotation), make too much mana to be fair (Dark Ritual), cannot be interacted with (The 2 Spirit Guides), or enable otherwise impossible wins (Burning-Tree Emissary).

Appendix Show

More Win Conditions:

• Chancellor of the Forge - Useful for first turn bonus and empath
• Hissing Iguanar - The worst of the artist effects
• Goblin Bombardment - useful as another sac outlet (Currently Included for Hulk)
• Smothering Abomination - Can be useful, especially in a more mid-range build
• Selvala, Heart of the Wilds - Loses to any green deck, but also is a dork
• Genesis Hydra - Kinda useful as utility, but a "bad" win condition
• Any 2 of: Ashnod's Altar/Phyrexian Altar/Earthcraft + a finisher

This combo is nearly identical to the Food Chain (FC) combo. If you choose to run this, then it is worth noting that this backup takes a lot of slots in the deck. I have won a lot of games with this combo, but at the same time it is really only good in the most controlling metagames. As such it will significantly decrease the speed of the deck. Use at your own risk.

More Tutors:

• Gamble - Only useful if you are all in combo
• Demonic Consultation - see above, but the better of the two
• Praetor's Grasp - Can be good, but really a meta call
• Grim Tutor - Not included only for availability, should be included if available

More Utility:

• Shriekmaw - Meta call, can be used as pseudo ritual
• Beast Within - Meta call

Niche Picks:

• Riftsweeper - The last card in all in combo, gives an out to exiled FC
• Blood Moon - Meta call, can be very powerful
• Magus of the Moon - See above
• Grave Pact - Needs the right meta

Date added	10 years
Last updated	6 years
Splash colors	R
Legality	This deck is Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	18 - 0 Mythic Rares 44 - 2 Rares 20 - 0 Uncommons 16 - 1 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	2.01
Tokens	Kobolds of Kher Keep 0/1 R, Spirit 1/1 C
Folders	prossh, Cedh, z. Fun Decks