The Hated Tokens of Ulasht

Commander / EDH Counters Multiplayer RG (Gruul) Tokens Voltron

MrHighscore

Land (32)

• 1x Cinder Glade
• 1x Command Tower
• 1x Dryad Arbor
• 1x Fire-Lit Thicket
• 11x Forest
• 1x Gruul Turf
• 1x Homeward Path
• 1x Karplusan Forest
• 1x Kessig Wolf Run
• 1x Khalni Garden
• 1x Mossfire Valley
• 1x Mountain
• 1x Opal Palace
• 1x Oran-Rief, the Vastwood
• 1x Rogue's Passage
• 1x Rootbound Crag
• 1x Skarrg, the Rage Pits
• 1x Stomping Ground
• 1x Strip Mine
• 1x Taiga
• 1x Wooded Foothills
• 1x Yavimaya Hollow

Other (7)

• 1x Anger
• 1x Boartusk Liege
• 1x Brawn
• 1x Khenra Charioteer
• 1x Purphoros, God of the Forge
• 1x Vexing Shusher
• 1x Xenagos, the Reveler

Utility (5)

• 1x Asceticism
• 1x Beastmaster Ascension
• 1x Eternal Witness
• 1x Mage Slayer
• 1x Sylvan Library

Tokens (17)

• 1x Ant Queen
• 1x Arlinn Kord  ^Flip
• 1x Artifact Mutation
• 1x Avenger of Zendikar
• 1x Awakening Zone
• 1x Dragon Broodmother
• 1x Dragonlair Spider
• 1x Dragonmaster Outcast
• 1x Fresh Meat
• 1x From Beyond
• 1x Hooded Hydra
• 1x Hornet Queen
• 1x Mycoloth
• 1x Primeval Bounty
• 1x Sylvan Offering
• 1x Tana, the Bloodsower *f-etch*
• 1x Wolfbriar Elemental

Card Advantage (8)

• 1x Evolutionary Leap
• 1x Garruk, Primal Hunter
• 1x Harmonize
• 1x Lifecrafter's Bestiary
• 1x Psychotrope Thallid
• 1x Shamanic Revelation
• 1x Skullclamp
• 1x Slate of Ancestry

+1 Counters (6)

• 1x Bloodspore Thrinax
• 1x Bow of Nylea
• 1x Ivy Lane Denizen
• 1x Rubblebelt Raiders
• 1x Savageborn Hydra
• 1x Vigor

Doublers (3)

• 1x Doubling Season
• 1x Parallel Lives
• 1x Primal Vigor

Commander (1)

Ramp (15)

• 1x Bloom Tender
• 1x Collective Voyage
• 1x Cryptolith Rite
• 1x Cultivate
• 1x Earthcraft
• 1x Far Wanderings
• 1x Gruul Signet
• 1x Kodama's Reach
• 1x Mina and Denn, Wildborn
• 1x Radha, Heir to Keld
• 1x Rampant Growth
• 1x Sakura-Tribe Elder
• 1x Sol Ring
• 1x Talisman of Impulse
• 1x Zhur-Taa Druid

Control (5)

• 1x Beast Within
• 1x Decimate
• 1x Hull Breach
• 1x Krosan Grip
• 1x Price of Glory

Tutor (1)

• 1x Defense of the Heart

---

Maybeboard

Other (10)

• 1x Apocalypse Hydra
• 1x Chancellor of the Forge
• 1x Clan Defiance
• 1x Conjurer's Closet
• 1x Fecundity
• 1x Life's Legacy
• 1x Predatory Advantage
• 1x Soul-Scar Mage
• 1x Thromok the Insatiable
• 1x Verdant Force

Tokens (1)

• 1x Night Soil

Utility (1)

• 1x Basilisk Collar

---

Ulasht, the Hate Seed is a unique and versatile commander that can become a very large beat-stick, but also allows for excellent board control and has build in "evasion" (e.g., can turn into many Saprolings) that will make it even stronger on it's next casting.

Ulasht get a +1 counter for each other read and for each other green creature that you control, and + creatures are counted twice, so they have a preference in the build.

+1 counters like doublers, so Doubling Season and Primal Vigor are a best friends of Ulasht. And since they also double tokens, why not include Parallel Lives and go for a token strategy? The more tokens, the more counters on Ulasht. And wait a minute... other creatures with +1 counters can also benefit.

What else like double counters? Let me see think... oh yeah: Planeswalkers! Since it is only Doubling Season that effect these, I'll keep them as a side theme.

Highlights and synergies

• Manadorks and cheap ramp helps on a fairly high curve. Xenagos, the Reveler is a rock star together with tokens.
• Speaking of rock stars; Purphoros, God of the Forge is the rock star when it comes to tokens.
• Cryptolith Rite almost feels like cheating when doing tokens
• Earthcraft: Very nice with tokens and Ulasht: Lots of mana
• Trample enablers are included to allow for Ulasht, the Hate Seed damage to get through (one shots are very likely). Mina and Denn, Wildborn, Khenra Charioteer, Brawn, and Arlinn Kord   provides Trample for our hydra champion. Mage Slayer also does the trick (I know it is not amazing, but I always wanted to play it). Rogue's Passage can also cheat in a killshot with Ulasht :)
• Tokens like to be buffed with +1 counters, so Bloodspore Thrinax, Bow of Nylea, Rubblebelt Raiders , Vigor, Primeval Bounty and Oran-Rief, the Vastwood are included.
• Lots of tokens also like lots of anthems so Boartusk Liege, Anger, Brawn, Bow of Nylea, and Beastmaster Ascension (yes, it feels like cheating)
• A lot of cards help create many, many tokens. Like a lot. See the Tokens category and be amazed.
• Some of the token generators are downright retarded good. I'm looking at Dragon Broodmother (will clean the table very fast if there is a doubler in play), Dragonlair Spider and Mycoloth.
• With all this good stuff on the field it is sort of required to bring in Asceticism because people will want to shoot all my good stuff.
• Yavimaya Hollow also helps regenerate my important creatures
• Defense of the Heart: Lets fetch whatever crazy stuff we need from the deck.
• Fresh Meat: Awesome response to board wipes (we all know that tokens go to the graveyard, if only just momentarily)
• Evolutionary Leap: Pretty cheap way to generate some advantage from the tokens.
• Shamanic Revelation: Insane draw.
• Skullclamp: Best friend with tokens
• Ulasht, the Haate Seed + Ivy Lane Denizen: Make a token, add a counter to Ulasht. Continue until you run out of mana. A 3 card infinite combo if you have Earthcraft on the field.
• Gruul good-stuff: Decimate, Hull Breach, Vexing Shusher (crazy good)
• Doublers deserves a second mention: Doubling Season, Parallel Lives, and Primal Vigor. If I get to keep one on the field, you will be in double trouble. Two quaduple trouble. Three octadouble trouble (is that even a word)? In summary: More tokens, more counters, badder Planeswalkers.

Weaknesses

• Not enough draw power
• Can be a slow starter (don't be afraidt to use the mana-dorks as blockers
• Elesh Norn, Grand Cenobite and her like
• Indestructible creatures

Notes

• This is obviously not meant as a competitive deck, but as a fun and interesting deck that can hold it's ground in a medium powered game
• All suggestions and critique is most welcome. Please also suggest cuts

Top Ranked	Achieved #3 position overall 8 years ago
Date added	8 years
Last updated	8 years
Legality	This deck is Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	12 - 0 Mythic Rares 47 - 0 Rares 16 - 0 Uncommons 13 - 0 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	3.41
Tokens	Beast 3/3 G, Dragon 1/1 RG, Dragon 5/5 R, Eldrazi Scion 1/1 C, Eldrazi Spawn 0/1 C, Elf Warrior 1/1 G, Emblem Arlinn, Embraced by the Moon, Human 2/2 G, Insect 1/1 G, Insect 1/1 G w/ Flying, Deathtouch, Morph 2/2 C, Plant 0/1 G, Saproling 1/1 G, Satyr 2/2 GR, Snake 1/1 G, Treefolk X/X G, Wolf 2/2 G, Wurm 6/6 G
Folders	X-tra Cool Decks, decks, EDH fun, EDH Decks, Other Peoples Decks, ideas, potential deck ideas, Awesome Decks, Modern, Liked Decks