Rosheen - Hydra

Commander / EDH Aggro Battlecruiser Primer Ramp RG (Gruul) Theme/Gimmick

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Creature (26)

• 1x Anger
• 1x Apocalypse Hydra
• 1x Beast Whisperer
• 1x Brawn
• 1x Eternal Witness
• 1x Gargos, Vicious Watcher
• 1x Genesis Hydra
• 1x Greenwarden of Murasa
• 1x Hooded Hydra
• 1x Imperial Recruiter
• 1x Lifeblood Hydra
• 1x Mistcutter Hydra
• 1x Nylea, God of the Hunt
• 1x Nyxbloom Ancient
• 1x Primordial Hydra
• 1x Sakura-Tribe Elder
• 1x Savageborn Hydra
• 1x Selvala, Heart of the Wilds
• 1x Solemn Simulacrum
• 1x Somberwald Sage
• 1x Urabrask the Hidden
• 1x Vastwood Hydra
• 1x Voracious Hydra
• 1x Walking Ballista
• 1x Xenagos, God of Revels
• 1x Yeva, Nature's Herald

Planeswalker (1)

• 1x Garruk, Primal Hunter

Sorcery (14)

• 1x Cultivate
• 1x Finale of Devastation
• 1x Finale of Promise
• 1x Kodama's Reach
• 1x Nylea's Intervention
• 1x Rampant Growth
• 1x Reap the Past
• 1x Rishkar's Expertise
• 1x Soul's Majesty
• 1x Stream of Life
• 1x Sylvan Scrying
• 1x Traverse the Outlands
• 1x Wildest Dreams
• 1x Wurmcalling

Instant (8)

• 1x Beast Within
• 1x Chaos Warp
• 1x Chord of Calling
• 1x Electrodominance
• 1x Fling
• 1x Momentous Fall
• 1x Soulblast
• 1x Worldly Tutor

Enchantment (7)

• 1x Elemental Bond
• 1x Guardian Project
• 1x Primal Rage
• 1x Rhythm of the Wild
• 1x Sylvan Library
• 1x Unbound Flourishing
• 1x Zendikar Resurgent

Commander (1)

Land (36)

• 1x Command Tower
• 1x Diamond Valley
• 16x Forest
• 1x Kessig Wolf Run
• 10x Mountain
• 1x Reliquary Tower
• 1x Rogue's Passage
• 1x Skarrg, the Rage Pits
• 1x Stomping Ground
• 1x Taiga
• 1x Temple of the False God
• 1x Wooded Foothills

Artifact (7)

• 1x Endless Atlas
• 1x Gruul Signet
• 1x Lifecrafter's Bestiary
• 1x Sensei's Divining Top
• 1x Sol Ring
• 1x The Great Henge
• 1x The Immortal Sun

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Maybeboard

Enchantment (9)

• 1x Bitter Feud
• 1x Cream of the Crop
• 1x Death's Presence
• 1x Dictate of the Twin Gods
• 1x Furnace of Rath
• 1x Mana Reflection
• 1x Mirri's Guile
• 1x Stranglehold
• 1x Warstorm Surge

Artifact (2)

• 1x Mage Slayer
• 1x The Ozolith

Instant (8)

• 1x Berserk
• 1x Comet Storm
• 1x Fork
• 1x Heroic Intervention
• 1x Increasing Vengeance
• 1x Krosan Grip
• 1x Reiterate
• 1x Reverberate

Sorcery (5)

• 1x Channel
• 1x Disrupt Decorum
• 1x Fireball
• 1x Gamble
• 1x Regrowth

Creature (4)

• 1x Archetype of Aggression
• 1x Kalonian Hydra
• 1x Managorger Hydra
• 1x Thunderfoot Baloth

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Intro

Please upvote and comment! All suggestions are welcome!

This deck uses Rosheen and some combo cards for dropping big Hydras. While it makes use of most types of X spells, it specifically avoids burn spells with the exception of Electrodominance. Because this deck relies on a lot of X spells, specifically X creature spells, it specifically does not run the typical Genesis style cards. Finally, the deck relies on making creatures unblockable or giving them trample to get damage through.

Setting Up

Use typical ramp to get Rosheen Meanderer out early. The earlier you can get Unbound Flourishing and/or Gargos, Vicious Watcher out the better, so save Worldly Tutor for Gargos or possibly Nyxbloom Ancient.

Use Imperial Recruiter to get Selvala, Heart of the Wilds or Somberwald Sage. These will help amplify dropping your Hydras.

Use Sylvan Scrying to grab Diamond Valley, Kessig Wolf Run or Skarrg, the Rage Pits.

This decks wants Rhythm of the Wild or Urabrask the Hidden on the battlefield early or Anger into the graveyard.

For ensuring your creatures get trample, there's Nylea, God of the Hunt, Brawn, and Primal Rage.

Combos

The only real combos in this deck are taking advantage of having creatures with big power and toughness:

• Selvala, Heart of the Wilds
• Soul's Majesty
• Rishkar's Expertise
• Momentous Fall
• Garruk, Primal Hunter
• Traverse the Outlands
• Fling
• Soulblast
• Rogue's Passage
• Diamond Valley

Finishing

With Zendikar Resurgent out you can finish at least one player with Electrodominance.

Having Xenagos, God of Revels out is great when you already have at least one big beatstick out: attack at least one player with one/two big creatures and sneak in another kill with Fling or Soulblast.

Weaknesses

This deck can be slow and is susceptible to removal. The one consistent issue I run into is I find myself wanting to use all my mana to drop one big creature a turn. I find it's best to avoid this and instead to drop at least two. It's also vulnerable to flying creature.

Finally, this deck works focusing down one player at a time but has difficulty finishing multiple players at once. See below for ideas on how to improve that.

Maybeboard

To help kill more players at once:

• Dictate of the Twin Gods
• Bitter Feud
• Furnace of Rath

and the following cards could be used to combo with Electrodominance:

• Fork
• Reverberate
• Reiterate

or we can add more X burn spells, although most Rosheen decks seem to rely on burn:

• Comet Storm
• Fireball

There's always Disrupt Decorum to open up swinging at multiple players.

Warstorm Surge might seem like an obvious choice but seems like it would be slow.

Date added	4 years
Last updated	4 years
Legality	This deck is Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	15 - 0 Mythic Rares 34 - 0 Rares 18 - 0 Uncommons 7 - 0 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	3.17
Tokens	Beast 3/3 G, Morph 2/2 C, Snake 1/1 G, Wurm 6/6 G, Wurm */* G