Reaper King / Jegantha - Changeling Tribal

Commander / EDH Changeling Jegantha, the Wellspring

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Land (38)

• 1x Adarkar Wastes
• 1x Arid Mesa
• 1x Battlefield Forge
• 1x Blood Crypt
• 1x Bloodstained Mire
• 1x Breeding Pool
• 1x Brushland
• 1x Caves of Koilos
• 1x City of Brass
• 1x Command Tower
• 1x Exotic Orchard
• 1x Flooded Strand
• 1x Godless Shrine
• 1x Hallowed Fountain
• 1x Karplusan Forest
• 1x Llanowar Wastes
• 1x Mana Confluence
• 1x Marsh Flats
• 1x Misty Rainforest
• 1x Overgrown Tomb
• 1x Plaza of Heroes
• 1x Polluted Delta
• 1x Reflecting Pool
• 1x Sacred Foundry
• 1x Scalding Tarn
• 1x Shivan Reef
• 1x Steam Vents
• 1x Stomping Ground
• 1x Sulfurous Springs
• 1x Tarnished Citadel
• 1x Temple Garden
• 1x The World Tree
• 1x Underground River
• 1x Verdant Catacombs
• 1x Watery Grave
• 1x Windswept Heath
• 1x Wooded Foothills
• 1x Yavimaya Coast

Enchantment (2)

• 1x Cryptolith Rite
• 1x Aura Shards

Changelings (28)

• 1x Changeling Outcast
• 1x Mothdust Changeling
• 1x Universal Automaton
• 1x Amoeboid Changeling
• 1x Fire-Belly Changeling
• 1x Guardian Gladewalker
• 1x Impostor of the Sixth Pride
• 1x Masked Vandal
• 1x Shapesharer
• 1x Skeletal Changeling
• 1x Unsettled Mariner
• 1x Woodland Changeling
• 1x Avian Changeling
• 1x Bloodline Pretender
• 1x Ghostly Changeling
• 1x Gladewalker Ritualist
• 1x Mirror Entity
• 1x Mistwalker
• 1x Moonglove Changeling
• 1x Realmwalker
• 1x Taurean Mauler
• 1x The Bears of Littjara
• 1x Venomous Changeling
• 1x Changeling Berserker
• 1x Graveshifter
• 1x Changeling Hero
• 1x Changeling Titan
• 1x Morophon, the Boundless

Artifact (9)

• 1x Mana Crypt
• 1x Sol Ring
• 1x Arcane Signet
• 1x Fellwar Stone
• 1x Pyre of Heroes
• 1x Clock of Omens
• 1x Maskwood Nexus
• 1x Chromatic Orrery
• 1x Legacy Weapon

Sorcery (2)

• 1x Demonic Tutor
• 1x Exterminate!

Commander (1)

Companion (1)

Tribal (13)

• 1x Ramosian Sergeant
• 1x Cloudshredder Sliver
• 1x Defiant Falcon
• 1x Gemhide Sliver
• 1x Harabaz Druid
• 1x Hibernation Sliver
• 1x Magda, Brazen Outlaw
• 1x Manaweft Sliver
• 1x Scarecrone
• 1x Atla Palani, Nest Tender
• 1x Bala Ged Thief
• 1x Roaming Throne
• 1x Sliver Hivelord

Other Creatures (4)

• 1x Birds of Paradise
• 1x Bloom Tender
• 1x Faeburrow Elder
• 1x Vizier of the Menagerie

Instant (3)

• 1x Eerie Interlude
• 1x Ghostway
• 1x Lae'zel's Acrobatics

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Sideboard

Other (1)

• 1x Jegantha, the Wellspring

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Maybeboard

Other (45)

• 1x Heap Doll
• 1x Jawbone Skulkin
• 1x Ayula, Queen Among Bears
• 1x Blade of Selves
• 1x Chief Engineer
• 1x Naban, Dean of Iteration
• 1x Painter's Servant
• 1x Phantasmal Image
• 1x Arcane Adaptation
• 1x Birthing Boughs
• 1x Cloudstone Curio
• 1x Drogskol Captain
• 1x Risen Reef
• 1x Scuttlemutt
• 1x Yuriko, the Tiger's Shadow
• 1x Brago, King Eternal
• 1x Changeling Berserker
• 1x Flameshadow Conjuring
• 1x Graveshifter
• 1x Helm of the Host
• 1x Master Transmuter
• 1x Merchant Raiders
• 1x Padeem, Consul of Innovation
• 1x Panharmonicon
• 1x Sakashima of a Thousand Faces
• 1x Spark Double
• 1x Vedalken Orrery
• 1x Vizier of the Menagerie
• 1x Changeling Hero
• 1x Changeling Titan
• 1x Coercive Recruiter
• 1x Elesh Norn, Mother of Machines
• 1x Gilt-Leaf Archdruid
• 1x Greatbow Doyen
• 1x Hagra Diabolist
• 1x Prismatic Geoscope
• 1x Reflections of Littjara
• 1x Sen Triplets
• 1x Timber Protector
• 1x Timeless Lotus
• 1x Vanquisher's Banner
• 1x Archon of Valor's Reach
• 1x Legacy Weapon
• 1x Magister Sphinx
• 1x Morophon, the Boundless

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Anyone who's been tempted to build a Scarecrow deck knows that, although it's fun to blow something up sometimes, scarecrows suck. Well, I was tempted once. This deck used to be full of scarecrows and the few changelings that existed around the time of Lorwyn. Eventually, I started putting in Slivers to boost the changelings, and realized that it would just be better to make a real Sliver deck, which became deck:first-sliverjegantha-tribalfcintruder-alarm. The shell of this deck remained however, and over the years I'd thought about using allies and other tribes to support the changelings. None of these really worked out that well, but after Modern Horizons 1, and then Kaldheim, there are more options to make this deck viable.

It's a pretty straight forward deck. Get Reaper King out, play changelings to destroy things, then swing at opponents with creatures and Reaper King. I've opted to include only the changlings with mana-value 3 or less. If you can start blowing up opponent's lands early enough, it stops them from presenting more threats and interacting, then your opponents will never be able to look in the mirror again, knowing that they lost to scarecrows.

It's best to cast Reaper King with enough mana left to be able to cast another changeling or two that same turn, as Reaper King often gets removed by opponents as soon as possible. Reaper King getting removed is the deck's biggest weakness. By casting Jegantha before casting Reaper King, Reaper King can be cast with Jegantha's mana and then have plenty of mana left to cast changelings on the same turn.

Combos Show

Magda, Brazen Outlaw combos with Cryptolith Rite or mana slivers and changelings to generate treasures and tutor for key artifacts.

Panharmonicon will double Reaper Kings ability, and with Atla Palani, Nest Tender in play, an egg or changeling can be targeted with with one of Reaper Kings triggers while still targeting something else with the other. This will trigger Atla Palani again, and will continue as long as a changeling is revealed off of Atla's trigger. With Maskwood Nexus in play as well, every creature will be an egg and will trigger Atla Palani again.

Scarecrone is the only remaining true scarecrow, and can be used to draw cards, or to recur Reaper King from the graveyard if you choose to send it there instead of the command zone upon dying.

Sakashima of a Thousand Faces and Spark Double are for copying Reaper King.

There is a goofy combo with Changeling Berserker, Changeling Hero, and Changeling Titan, which can blow everything up via a champion loop, but I have not included it as these cards cost too much to cast, and otherwise are not really worth including on their own?

Note that the Tribal section of the deck is flexible, in that many of these creatures could be replaced with more tribe specific ones in order to boost a specific tribe, and the deck would still work more or less the same. They could also be replaced with more higher mana-value changelings.

Date added	3 years
Last updated	1 month
Legality	This deck is Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	6 - 0 Mythic Rares 59 - 1 Rares 16 - 0 Uncommons 19 - 0 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	2.95
Tokens	Egg 0/1 G, Shapeshifter 2/2 U, Treasure
Folders	Decks