The Island Awakened [[Primer]]
Commander / EDH
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Consistency Changes —Dec. 8, 2022
Changes to help make the deck more consistent/able to cycle through the deck quicker
Suggestions by @king-saproling and TheOfficialCreator
+1 Perilous Forays, -1 Zendikar's Roil
+1Sylvan Scrying, -1 Far Wanderings
TheoryCrafter says... #2
I get it with cutting cards. I often have the same problem myself. Your reasons were understandable. I concur with Profet93* about Song of the Dryads. Normally I'd cringe about the idea of giving an opponent another land, but the way you have your deck built you're likely to win any mana/arms race you get into. Which is why I think replacing Jaheira's Respite with it may be worth considering. Happy Hunting!
*Thank you, by the way, for elaborating on the angel.
December 4, 2022 7:22 a.m.
king-saproling says... #3
Thoughts on these? Perilous Forays, Concordant Crossroads, Crashing Drawbridge, Akroma's Memorial, Null Brooch, Stone-Seeder Hierophant, Animist's Awakening, Kamahl's Druidic Vow, Traverse the Outlands, Boundless Realms, Reshape the Earth, Pir's Whim, Dryad's Revival
December 7, 2022 4:22 p.m.
Perilous Forays is GAS! Wish I thought of it earlier. It acts as a sac outlet to prevent theft + exile, triggers your commander's ability by saccing the elemental token to mill lands, bringing in forests to creature more elementals. If you had an amulet of vigor (not a serious suggestion), then you could effectively get all your basics out and create a large elemental army.
December 7, 2022 4:48 p.m.
Perilous Forays: Definitely a card I need to slot in, I'm just wondering what it should be slot in for? There doesn't seem to be an easy answer, I'm wondered what your thoughts on it are.
Concordant Crossroads: Undoubtably a very powerful card, I'm just not sure if haste makes enough of a difference in this deck to justify slotting this in.
Crashing Drawbridge: If I am going to slot in haste, its going to be through Concordant Crossroads
Akroma's Memorial: Definitely an interesting suggestion and a possible card to help close out games. It being removed can be a problem though, and I'm wondering what would be swapped out for it
Null Brooch: Having lands into my graveyard is good, but its very hard to get useful creatures or spell backs from the graveyard and I'm not sure if my entire hand is a good trade for one noncreature spell
Stone-Seeder Hierophant: Definitely synergistic, but it works similar to Lotus Cobra, but slower
Animist's Awakening: A very risky card, its possible to hit almost nothing for a very large mana investment, cutting down on some risks has been a point of upgrading this list.
Kamahl's Druidic Vow: Same reasoning as above, but less likely to miss
Traverse the Outlands: Most of the time, it hits about 5-6, which is a decent 1-1 payoff, but it costs more than cards such as Roiling Regrowth and there are other cards I would rather play with 5 CMC
Boundless Realms: If a game goes long, you will probably have more cards on the field than you can search up with this. It's a powerful card, but it doesn't have the speed that this list runs.
Reshape the Earth: Powerful card, great for finding certain lands like Yavimaya, Cradle of Growth, or Lotus Vale, but it is just too expensive CMC wise.
Pir's Whim: I will find a land card, but not everyone else will have an artifact/enchantment to sacrifice, especially in my pod. Its good, don't get me wrong, but there are more efficient cards imo.
Dryad's Revival: This is simply Timeless Witness, but Witness has a body that cards such as Ashaya, Soul of the Wild can use, or that I can sac to Greater Good, etc
Profet93 says... #1
Catpocolypse - Fair enough, I enjoy the long replies but they are not always necessary :)
I actually meant to suggest Kenrtih's transforms for a swap. Kenriths is one cheaper, replaces itself and provides them with a blocker than can get destroyed. Song costs one more, doesn't replace itself, ramps them but allows for everything described above. Beast within is definitely the best green removal, instant speed is key.
Cutting Wren for Adundance is a good test swap, I think it might prove useful.
For Nkythos, I get it, I personall am not even a huge fan of the card myself. Just wanted to make sure it wasn't overlooked.
December 4, 2022 12:27 a.m.