Selvala, Heart of the Beatdown

Commander / EDH Battlecruiser Casual Mono-Green Multiplayer

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Creature (33)

• 1x Acidic Slime
• 1x Archetype of Endurance
• 1x Artisan of Kozilek
• 1x Bane of Bala Ged
• 1x Colossus of Akros
• 1x Elvish Archdruid
• 1x Elvish Mystic
• 1x Eternal Witness
• 1x Farhaven Elf
• 1x Genesis Hydra
• 1x Heroes' Bane
• 1x Hydra Broodmaster
• 1x Lifeblood Hydra
• 1x Llanowar Elves
• 1x Myojin of Life's Web
• 1x Oblivion Sower
• 1x Pathbreaker Ibex
• 1x Polukranos, World Eater
• 1x Priest of Titania
• 1x Primordial Sage
• 1x Reclamation Sage
• 1x Sakura-Tribe Elder
• 1x Scryb Ranger
• 1x Soul of the Harvest
• 1x Spearbreaker Behemoth
• 1x Stonehoof Chieftain
• 1x Temur Sabertooth
• 1x Terastodon
• 1x Thunderfoot Baloth
• 1x Void Winnower
• 1x Wirewood Symbiote
• 1x Wood Elves
• 1x Worldspine Wurm

Sorcery (10)

• 1x Cultivate
• 1x Genesis Wave
• 1x Harmonize
• 1x Kodama's Reach
• 1x Nissa's Pilgrimage
• 1x Overwhelming Stampede
• 1x Rishkar's Expertise
• 1x See the Unwritten
• 1x Selvala's Stampede
• 1x Soul's Majesty

Land (36)

• 28x Forest
• 1x Homeward Path
• 1x Mosswort Bridge
• 1x Mystifying Maze
• 1x Nykthos, Shrine to Nyx
• 1x Oran-Rief, the Vastwood
• 1x Reliquary Tower
• 1x Temple of the False God
• 1x Wirewood Lodge

Instant (4)

• 1x Beast Within
• 1x Heroic Intervention
• 1x Krosan Grip
• 1x Momentous Fall

Planeswalker (3)

• 1x Freyalise, Llanowar's Fury
• 1x Garruk, Primal Hunter
• 1x Garruk Wildspeaker

Commander (1)

Artifact (7)

• 1x Caged Sun
• 1x Lifecrafter's Bestiary
• 1x Nevinyrral's Disk
• 1x Planar Bridge
• 1x Sol Ring
• 1x Swiftfoot Boots
• 1x Thousand-Year Elixir

Enchantment (6)

• 1x Elemental Bond
• 1x Instill Energy
• 1x Lurking Predators
• 1x Song of the Dryads
• 1x Triumph of Ferocity
• 1x Zendikar Resurgent

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Creature (3)

• 1x Fierce Empath
• 1x Kozilek, the Great Distortion
• 1x Ulvenwald Hydra

Enchantment (1)

• 1x Asceticism

Sorcery (1)

• 1x Tempt with Discovery

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Hello! And welcome to my Selvala, Heart of the Wilds deck.

This deck is quite unlike other decks I've made. Usually I find a legendary creature and then build a strategy around them. For this one I decided what kind of deck I wanted and then found a Commander to match.

I asked myself:What do I want to do? - Well, I want to play big things and win through combat damage.

How do you want to do that? - Either by ramp or by cheating them into play. Some of my favorite cards are Lurking Predators, See the Unwritten, and Selvala's Stampede, so probably in green.

Ok, what are some weaknesses or barriers to that type of deck? - Running out of gas, so I should probably have numerous ways to draw cards.

What commanders fo that? - If you type ("to your mana pool" or ("land" and "onto the battlefield")) and "draw" into magic cards.info and restrict it to legendary creatures you get 5 choices:

Kydele, Chosen of Kruphix - she rewards drawing cards with mana, but I want rewards for playing big things.

Kynaios and Tiro of Meletis - group hug! This hugs a little too hard, I don't want to share.

Thrasios, Triton Hero - takes too long to get going. I don't want to spend 4 mana to generate possibly 1 land.

Selvala, Explorer Returned - again, this one hugs a little too hard.

Selvala, Heart of the Wilds - YES! This does everything I want! Power = mana, check! Big thing = card draw, check! Sure it's mono-green, but that means we get to play all those sweet green fatties that don't fit anywhere else!

Now, the main thing I see wrong with Selvala is how easily she goes infinite. That's not what I want. I want to beat my opponents to a pulp. That means NO: Umbral Mantle, Sword of the Paruns, Paradox Engine, or Cloudstone Curio. This deck ain't about that life.

This deck is to get me back to my EDH Timmy roots, and I'm looking for the funnest suggestions you can think of. If you've ever opened a booster pack and found a fatty amd gone "AWWW YISSSSSSS" I want to know about it. Let's get away from winning, and get back to gaming.

Date added	8 years
Last updated	7 years
Exclude colors	WUBR
Legality	This deck is Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	9 - 0 Mythic Rares 34 - 0 Rares 21 - 0 Uncommons 8 - 0 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	4.50
Tokens	Beast 3/3 G, Elephant 3-3 G, Elf Druid 1/1 G, Hydra X/X G, Wurm 5/5 G w/ Trample, Wurm 6/6 G
Folders	edh, Retired