Thrasios Vial Smasher X Spells Matter

Commander / EDH Four Color Midrange Stompy Theme/Gimmick UBRG

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Ramp (24)

• 1x Arcane Signet
• 1x Bloom Tender
• 1x Cultivate
• 1x Deathrite Shaman
• 1x Dryad of the Ilysian Grove
• 1x Farseek
• 1x Kodama's Reach
• 1x Kruphix, God of Horizons
• 1x Mana Reflection
• 1x Nissa, Steward of Elements
• 1x Nyxbloom Ancient
• 1x Rampant Growth
• 1x Rosheen Meanderer
• 1x Sakura-Tribe Elder
• 1x Search for Tomorrow
• 1x Seedborn Muse
• 1x Selvala, Heart of the Wilds
• 1x Skyshroud Claim
• 1x Sol Ring
• 1x Uro, Titan of Nature's Wrath
• 1x Vorinclex, Voice of Hunger
• 1x Wayfarer's Bauble
• 1x Wilderness Reclamation
• 1x Zaxara, the Exemplary

Protection Control (10)

• 1x Boseiju, Who Shelters All
• 1x Deflecting Swat
• 1x Fierce Guardianship
• 1x Heroic Intervention
• 1x Mindswipe
• 1x Mistcutter Hydra
• 1x Rhythm of the Wild
• 1x Swan Song
• 1x Swiftfoot Boots
• 1x Vorinclex, Voice of Hunger

Card Draw (9)

• 1x Castle Locthwain
• 1x Cultivate
• 1x Finale of Revelation
• 1x Hydroid Krasis
• 1x Kodama's Reach
• 1x Mind Spring
• 1x Rhystic Study
• 1x Sylvan Library
• 1x Uro, Titan of Nature's Wrath

Evasion (7)

• 1x Alchemist's Refuge
• 1x Kessig Wolf Run
• 1x Leyline of Anticipation
• 1x Managorger Hydra
• 1x Mistcutter Hydra
• 1x Rhythm of the Wild
• 1x Swiftfoot Boots

Board Wipe (3)

• 1x Cyclonic Rift
• 1x Gaze of Granite
• 1x Lavalanche

Problem Solving (2)

• 1x Expedition Map
• 1x Shadowspear

X Spell (23)

• 1x Apocalypse Hydra
• 1x Electrodominance
• 1x Exsanguinate
• 1x Finale of Devastation
• 1x Finale of Revelation
• 1x Genesis Hydra
• 1x Hydroid Krasis
• 1x Kessig Wolf Run
• 1x Mind Spring
• 1x Mindswipe
• 1x Mistcutter Hydra
• 1x Nissa, Steward of Elements
• 1x Primordial Hydra
• 1x Protean Hydra
• 1x Rosheen Meanderer
• 1x Savageborn Hydra
• 1x Steelbane Hydra
• 1x Torment of Hailfire
• 1x Unbound Flourishing
• 1x Villainous Wealth
• 1x Voracious Hydra
• 1x Walking Ballista
• 1x Zaxara, the Exemplary

Other (16)

• 1x Blood Crypt
• 1x Breeding Pool
• 1x Command Tower
• 6x Forest
• 1x Island
• 1x Mountain
• 1x Overgrown Tomb
• 1x Steam Vents
• 1x Stomping Ground
• 1x Swamp
• 1x Watery Grave

Targeted Removal (9)

• 1x Apocalypse Hydra
• 1x Assassin's Trophy
• 1x Cyclonic Rift
• 1x Deadly Rollick
• 1x Electrodominance
• 1x Lavalanche
• 1x Steelbane Hydra
• 1x Voracious Hydra
• 1x Walking Ballista

Cheat Costs (6)

• 1x Electrodominance
• 1x Finale of Devastation
• 1x Genesis Hydra
• 1x Nissa, Steward of Elements
• 1x Unbound Flourishing
• 1x Villainous Wealth

Graveyard Hate (2)

• 1x Bojuka Bog
• 1x Deathrite Shaman

Graveyard Recursion (2)

• 1x Eternal Witness
• 1x Mystic Sanctuary

Commanders (2)

Fixing (15)

• 1x Bloodstained Mire
• 1x Cultivate
• 1x Dryad of the Ilysian Grove
• 1x Expedition Map
• 1x Fabled Passage
• 1x Kodama's Reach
• 1x Misty Rainforest
• 1x Polluted Delta
• 1x Prismatic Vista
• 1x Sakura-Tribe Elder
• 1x Scalding Tarn
• 1x Skyshroud Claim
• 1x Verdant Catacombs
• 1x Wayfarer's Bauble
• 1x Wooded Foothills

Power Up (8)

• 1x Finale of Devastation
• 1x Kessig Wolf Run
• 1x Managorger Hydra
• 1x Primordial Hydra
• 1x Rhythm of the Wild
• 1x Shadowspear
• 1x Unbound Flourishing
• 1x Voracious Hydra

Filter (4)

• 1x Castle Vantress
• 1x Ketria Triome
• 1x Nissa, Steward of Elements
• 1x Zagoth Triome

Tutor (4)

• 1x Demonic Tutor
• 1x Diabolic Tutor
• 1x Imperial Recruiter
• 1x Worldly Tutor

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None of my Commander decks focused on greens ramping ability, or all of the mana doubling/tripling that is out there, and my collection was building up with all of the Green ramp mana doubling/tripling cards so I decided I wanted to use them. Building a green based stompy/lands matter deck using Crater Hoof or Triumph of the hordes as win cons did not appeal to me. However, looking around for different themes that takes advantage of copious amounts of mana I landed on X Spells. The profound impact they can have on a game when enough mana is put into them sort of got me pretty excited. So with that decision made I started looking around for commanders, and apparently I'm fairly competitive because I ended up with the partner Commanders Thrasios and Vial Smasher. I liked that Vial Smasher would allow me to "smash" face even if my X spell was countered, and Thrasios added the 2 other colors that are important for access to some of the more powerful X-spells out there, and of course Green so I could use all those cards I'd been saving up. Just a FYI - I came to this decision near the end of a Commander League I'm in back near the end of 2019 before Covid. I didn't know what Commander 2020 was going to bring, specifically Zaxara. I did think about switching directions, but I liked what red had to offer for this build, and I still wanted Vial Smasher's ability, so I stuck with my original direction.

Date added	3 years
Last updated	3 years
Legality	This deck is Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	16 - 0 Mythic Rares 51 - 0 Rares 11 - 0 Uncommons 13 - 0 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	2.63
Tokens	Bird 2/2 U, Hydra 0/0 G