Tough Love - A Group Hug Story

Commander / EDH* Forcefeed Four Color Group Hug RGWU

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Land (38)

• 1x Bountiful Promenade
• 1x Canopy Vista
• 1x Cinder Glade
• 1x Clifftop Retreat
• 1x Command Tower
• 1x Detection Tower
• 1x Evolving Wilds
• 1x Exotic Orchard
• 1x Forbidden Orchard
• 5x Forest
• 1x Frontier Bivouac
• 1x Glacial Fortress
• 1x Hinterland Harbor
• 6x Island
• 1x Jungle Shrine
• 1x Maze of Ith
• 2x Mountain
• 1x Mystic Monastery
• 2x Plains
• 1x Prairie Stream
• 1x Reflecting Pool
• 1x Reliquary Tower
• 1x Rootbound Crag
• 1x Seaside Citadel
• 1x Spires of Orazca  ^Flip
• 1x Sunpetal Grove
• 1x Terramorphic Expanse

Instant (3)

• 1x AEtherize
• 1x Cyclonic Rift
• 1x Reins of Power

Creature (17)

• 1x Baird, Steward of Argive
• 1x Blazing Archon
• 1x Clever Impersonator
• 1x Dryad of the Ilysian Grove
• 1x Edric, Spymaster of Trest
• 1x Gwafa Hazid, Profiteer
• 1x Heartwood Storyteller
• 1x Kami of the Crescent Moon
• 1x Laboratory Maniac
• 1x Magus of the Vineyard
• 1x Psychosis Crawler
• 1x Seedborn Muse
• 1x Shizuko, Caller of Autumn
• 1x Stormbreath Dragon
• 1x Veteran Explorer
• 1x Windborn Muse
• 1x Zhur-Taa Ancient

Sorcery (13)

• 1x Collective Voyage
• 1x Disrupt Decorum
• 1x Farseek
• 1x Insurrection
• 1x Minds Aglow
• 1x Molten Psyche
• 1x New Frontiers
• 1x Prosperity
• 1x Reverse the Sands
• 1x Tempt with Discovery
• 1x Three Visits
• 1x Treacherous Terrain
• 1x Windfall

Commander (1)

Enchantment (14)

• 1x Arcane Laboratory
• 1x Dictate of Kruphix
• 1x Forced Fruition
• 1x Ghostly Prison
• 1x Heartbeat of Spring
• 1x Leyline of Anticipation
• 1x Leyline of Sanctity
• 1x Mana Flare
• 1x Propaganda
• 1x Rites of Flourishing
• 1x Rule of Law
• 1x Smothering Tithe
• 1x Sphere of Safety
• 1x Well of Ideas

Artifact (14)

• 1x Anvil of Bogardan
• 2x Arcane Signet
• 1x Chromatic Lantern
• 1x Folio of Fancies
• 1x Font of Mythos
• 1x Horn of Greed
• 1x Howling Mine
• 1x Mirage Mirror
• 1x Sol Ring
• 1x Teferi's Puzzle Box
• 1x Temple Bell
• 1x Thaumatic Compass  ^Flip
• 1x Vedalken Orrery

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Artifact (6)

• 1x Commander's Sphere
• 1x Ghirapur Orrery
• 1x Norn's Annex
• 1x Orbs of Warding
• 1x Thought Vessel
• 1x Venser's Journal

Planeswalker (2)

• 1x Jace, Wielder of Mysteries
• 1x The Wanderer

Creature (6)

• 1x Angelic Arbiter
• 1x Archangel of Tithes
• 1x Braids, Conjurer Adept
• 1x Gahiji, Honored One
• 1x Jace's Archivist
• 1x Pramikon, Sky Rampart

Enchantment (1)

• 1x Collective Restraint

Instant (3)

• 1x Gaze of Adamaro
• 1x Mystical Tutor
• 1x Storm Seeker

Sorcery (2)

• 1x Approach of the Second Sun
• 1x Play of the Game

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With this deck I want to hug my opponents gently at first with extra card draw and mana to use as they wish, while simultaneously protecting myself with pillow fort cards like Propaganda and Ghostly Prison as well as using table politics. Who is gonna kill jthe guy giving them extra cards and the ability to play them?

Then mid to late game I want the opponents to realize that they are being hugged so tightly, they are starting to suffocate. All that card draw is mandatory, and with Folio of Fancies or Anvil of Bogardan out they cant get rid of the cards in their hand’s fast enough.

That is when I also drop Rule of Law or similar so all that extra mana is now useless. At that point I am free to burn them with Stormbreath Dragon. Other win-cons include the standard Laboratory Maniac, milling them out with card draws, or possibly burning them with Treacherous Terrain.

I am open to any suggestions others may have or if there is something I overlooked.

Date added	4 years
Last updated	4 years
Legality	This deck is not Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	4 - 0 Mythic Rares 56 - 0 Rares 19 - 0 Uncommons 6 - 0 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	3.44
Tokens	Spirit 1/1 C, Treasure