Shell Ya! - Tough, Turtle Tribal

Commander / EDH BUG (Sultai) Turtle

Emerson685

Creature (23)

• 1x Abzan Beastmaster
• 1x Aegis Turtle
• 1x Angler Turtle
• 1x Calcite Snapper
• 1x Charix, the Raging Isle
• 1x Cold-Water Snapper
• 1x Gamekeeper
• 1x Giant Turtle
• 1x Horned Turtle
• 1x Ikra Shidiqi, the Usurper
• 1x Loam Dryad
• 1x Meandering Towershell
• 1x Mistford River Turtle
• 1x Profaner of the Dead
• 1x Progenitor Mimic
• 1x Riptide Turtle
• 1x Saruli Caretaker
• 1x Scuttlegator
• 1x Silburlind Snapper
• 1x Steelbane Hydra
• 1x Thunderous Snapper
• 1x Turtleshell Changeling
• 1x Wandering Tombshell

Artifact (9)

• 1x Arcane Signet
• 1x Shell of the Last Kappa
• 1x Silent Submersible
• 1x Simic Signet
• 1x Slagwurm Armor
• 1x Smuggler's Copter
• 1x Sol Ring
• 1x Springleaf Drum
• 1x Swiftfoot Boots

Land (36)

• 1x Command Tower
• 1x Dimir Guildgate
• 1x Dismal Backwater
• 1x Drowned Catacomb
• 1x Evolving Wilds
• 1x Exotic Orchard
• 9x Forest
• 1x Golgari Rot Farm
• 1x Holdout Settlement
• 9x Island
• 1x Simic Growth Chamber
• 1x Survivors' Encampment
• 2x Swamp
• 1x Terramorphic Expanse
• 1x Thornwood Falls
• 1x Watery Grave
• 1x Woodland Stream
• 1x Yavimaya Coast
• 1x Zagoth Triome

Enchantment (9)

• 1x Assault Formation
• 1x Freed from the Real
• 1x Karametra's Favor
• 1x Multani's Harmony
• 1x Mystic Remora
• 1x Opposition
• 1x Pattern of Rebirth
• 1x Propaganda
• 1x Treefolk Umbra

Commander (1)

Instant (14)

• 1x Abrupt Decay
• 1x Arcane Denial
• 1x Counterspell
• 1x Cyclonic Rift
• 1x Dispel
• 1x Foul Renewal
• 1x Grim Contest
• 1x Muddle the Mixture
• 1x Mystical Tutor
• 1x Shared Summons
• 1x Shell Shield
• 1x Standardize
• 1x Tortoise Formation
• 1x Vampiric Tutor

Sorcery (8)

• 1x Boundless Realms
• 1x Cultivate
• 1x Explosive Vegetation
• 1x Farseek
• 1x Feed the Swarm
• 1x Grim Tutor
• 1x Kin-Tree Invocation
• 1x Peer Pressure

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Maybeboard

Instant (3)

• 1x Plasm Capture
• 1x Tower Defense
• 1x Voidslime

Creature (1)

• 1x Vintara Snapper

Artifact (3)

• 1x Colfenor's Urn
• 1x Fleetwheel Cruiser
• 1x Meekstone

Enchantment (2)

• 1x Fruit of the First Tree
• 1x Sight of the Scalelords

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I wanted to make a strictly turtle deck, but unfortunately Wizards has let me down with the amount of good turtle creatures. They partially redeemed themselves with Archelos, but I think we can all agree MTG needs more turtles. So it's generally a turtle deck, but it also has some big ol' crabs, cause you know what? They both have shells! There's the theme... it sort of works.

This is a toughness matters deck in Sultai. It's got some other interaction to try to tap Archelos to slow down my opponents. For example, there are some vehicles, enchantments, and lands in this deck that aim to tap Archelos by the end of my turn, so everyone else's stuff is coming in tapped. Plus, imagining a turtle operating a helicopter is just awesome.

There are a few cards that aren't shelled, but have turtle artwork, work with the toughness theme, or kind of look like a turtle.

What is the win-con? I'm not really sure yet. Assault Formation with some beefed up turtles? Progenitor Mimic your way to infinite turtles? Potentially you can add a Peer Pressure + Standardize to make everything turtles and then take all the turtles? All options are available here!

Date added	3 years
Last updated	3 years
Key combos	Peer Pressure + Standardize
Legality	This deck is Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	3 - 0 Mythic Rares 26 - 0 Rares 13 - 0 Uncommons 36 - 0 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	2.97
Tokens	Copy Clone, Spirit Warrior */* BG