[Selvala, Explorer Returned] - Lowlands

Commander / EDH Dark Depths Enchantment GW (Selesnya) Lands Ramp

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Land (40)

• 1x Brushland
• 1x Canopy Vista
• 1x Command Tower
• 1x Dark Depths
• 1x Deserted Temple
• 1x Flagstones of Trokair
• 1x Flooded Strand
• 1x Glacial Chasm
• 1x Hall of Heliod's Generosity
• 1x Horizon Canopy
• 1x Inkmoth Nexus
• 1x Lotus Vale
• 1x Maze of Ith
• 1x Riftstone Portal
• 1x Savannah
• 1x Scorched Ruins
• 1x Serra's Sanctum
• 9x Snow-Covered Forest
• 6x Snow-Covered Plains
• 1x Strip Mine
• 1x Sunpetal Grove
• 1x Temple Garden
• 1x Thespian's Stage
• 1x Wasteland
• 1x Windswept Heath
• 1x Wooded Bastion
• 1x Wooded Foothills

Instant (5)

• 1x Crop Rotation
• 1x Eladamri's Call
• 1x Harrow
• 1x Krosan Grip
• 1x Noxious Revival

Enchantment (25)

• 1x Banishing Light
• 1x Carpet of Flowers
• 1x Concordant Crossroads
• 1x Elephant Grass
• 1x Enchantress's Presence
• 1x Exploration
• 1x Greater Auramancy
• 1x Ground Seal
• 1x Instill Energy
• 1x Luminarch Ascension
• 1x Mana Reflection
• 1x Mirri's Guile
• 1x Oblivion Ring
• 1x Pursuit of Knowledge
• 1x Sacred Mesa
• 1x Seal of Cleansing
• 1x Seal of Primordium
• 1x Solitary Confinement
• 1x Stasis Snare
• 1x Sterling Grove
• 1x Stony Silence
• 1x Sylvan Library
• 1x Terra Eternal
• 1x Wheel of Sun and Moon
• 1x Wild Growth

Sorcery (10)

• 1x Cultivate
• 1x Day of Judgment
• 1x Idyllic Tutor
• 1x Into the North
• 1x Kodama's Reach
• 1x Nature's Lore
• 1x Rampant Growth
• 1x Rude Awakening
• 1x Sylvan Scrying
• 1x Wrath of God

Commander (1)

Creature (17)

• 1x Argothian Enchantress
• 1x Auramancer
• 1x Azusa, Lost but Seeking
• 1x Courser of Kruphix
• 1x Destiny Spinner
• 1x Dryad of the Ilysian Grove
• 1x Eidolon of Blossoms
• 1x Eternal Witness
• 1x Knight of the Reliquary
• 1x Mesa Enchantress
• 1x Nyxbloom Ancient
• 1x Oracle of Mul Daya
• 1x Ramunap Excavator
• 1x Recruiter of the Guard
• 1x Satyr Enchanter
• 1x Setessan Champion
• 1x Verduran Enchantress

Artifact (1)

• 1x Crucible of Worlds

Planeswalker (1)

• 1x Garruk Wildspeaker

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Lowlands is a mashup of the Enchantress and Lands archetypes, taking inspiration from many of the lists seen in the legacy format. The deck uses the Enchantress shell to gain card advantage, while the Lands theme is used as ramp and a route to win conditions with combos like Dark Depths + Thespian's Stage or Inkmoth Nexus + Destiny Spinner.

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DESCRIPTION

Lowlands leans on its Enchantress theme to create value and card advantage rather than focusing on a more heavily land based approach. That being said, the deck can still benefit from some of the hard to disrupt aspects of the Lands strategy, giving access to many different paths to victory that often involve play patterns which are each in many ways similar to either of the two legacy decks this list was inspired by.

With this versatility in mind, the most common play pattern for this deck includes getting out enchantress effects early, ramping into a strong mana base, and churning through the deck with various enchantments until you get to a game state where you are far enough ahead that you can easily go wide or go tall depending on the situation in order to end the game. Additionally, cards like Solitary Confinement and Glacial Chasm allow you to survive well into the late game if you are set back early on, giving you time to rebuild and get your engine rolling again.

INTERACTIONS

Win Cons:

Go Tall:

• Dark Depths + Thespian's Stage

• Inkmoth Nexus + Destiny Spinner

Go Wide:

• Sacred Mesa + (Serra's Sanctum / Scorched Ruins / Lotus Vale) + (Nyxbloom Ancient / Mana Reflection)

• Luminarch Ascension + (Glacial Chasm / Solitary Confinement) + (Serra's Sanctum / Scorched Ruins / Lotus Vale) + (Nyxbloom Ancient / Mana Reflection)

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Minor Combos:

• Terra Eternal + (Inkmoth Nexus / Destiny Spinner)

• (Flagstones of Trokair / Riftstone Portal) + (Lotus Vale / Scorched Ruins / Crop Rotation)

• Pursuit of Knowledge + Sylvan Library

• Crop Rotation + Glacial Chasm

• Into the North + Dark Depths

• (Deserted Temple / Garruk Wildspeaker / Rude Awakening) + (Serra's Sanctum / Scorched Ruins / Lotus Vale)

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Top Ranked	Achieved #1 position in Commander / EDH Enchantment 3 years ago Achieved #1 position in Commander / EDH Goodstuff 4 years ago Achieved #1 position in Commander / EDH GW (Selesnya) 4 years ago Achieved #1 position in Commander / EDH Lands 4 years ago
Date added	4 years
Last updated	8 months
Exclude colors	UBR
Legality	This deck is Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	5 - 0 Mythic Rares 57 - 0 Rares 12 - 0 Uncommons 11 - 0 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	2.68
Tokens	Angel 4/4 W, Beast 3/3 G, Marit Lage, Pegasus 1/1 W
Folders	EDH Deck Ideas, Selesnya Inspiration