UG Chain
The idea here stemmed from previous Treasure Keeper / emerge combo ideas I brewed a few months ago. They all attempted to emerge off TK into something cool. I tried Nissa, Voice of Zendikar, Rhonas the Indomitable, and even things like Solemn Recruit and Fairgrounds Warden. Cool concept but nothing seemed that exciting. Here's a link to my Treasure Emerge attempt from January/Feb 2016.
Amonkhet brought me some new pieces to try and so far I'm liking the action of this current list. Not sure if I'll take it to FNM. Test it out. It's pretty fun. Let me know what you think.
How it Works
Here's the idea: Ramp into Treasure Keeper and enough mana to emerge. Emerge off of Treasure Keeper which kills it. Cascade into another spell that digs for more eldrazi. Once you have an eldrazi on the battlefield it becomes easier to just keep emerging more off of those. Ideally you get to essentially hit a Decimator of the Provinces two or three turns in a row.
Another cool thing to do is ramp into Aid from the Cowl. It's sort of a lame card by itself. But if you can ramp into it on turn four, then emerge gets bonkers. You can actually emerge off of Treasure Keeper to get a cascade death trigger, and also trigger Aid from the Cowl in the same turn. Aid from the Cowl can actually flip another decimator of the provices and Treasure Keeper can flip another
Benefaction of Rhonas
to get another eldrazi!
Nissa, Steward of Elements is somewhat similar. If you can ramp into her, her 0 loyalty might well put an eldrazi on the battlefield for you.
All in all I think it's pretty fun action that might get out of hand for the opponent quickly!
Combo pieces
Benefaction of Rhonas
isn't as good as Collected Company but it does dig five cards deep. It gets hit off of Treasure Keeper's death trigger, and you can pick up an "enchantment and/or creature".
Treasure Keeper is a good emerge outlet once you have Decimator of the Provinces or Elder Deep-Fiend in hand. Treasure Keeper cascades nicely into
Benefaction of Rhonas
and/or Oath of Nissa, which you get to cast for free. This is the action that sets up chaining eldrazi creatures.
Oath of Nissa lets you dig a little. Like a mini
Benefaction of Rhonas
. Can be cascaded into off of treasure keeper but can also be picked up with
Benefaction of Rhonas
.
Aid from the Cowl is pretty good also with emerge. Ramping into five mana for it isn't too hard. Emerge guarantees a trigger. And there's a high likelihood it'll flip a huge eldrazi creature! Plus, Aid from the Cowl is hittable with
Benefaction of Rhonas
.
Sanctum of Ugin has been around for some time of course. What we want to do with it here is just keep our hand stocked with eldrazi.
Sideboard
I can see cards like Manglehorn or the new cycling artifact destruction instant (?). But other than that I'm not sure.
