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When Life Gives You Snow...

Commander / EDH BUG (Sultai) Counterspell Enchant Tap/Untap

Tzellora

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Creature (21)

Planeswalker (1)

Land (37)

Enchantment (4)

Artifact (13)

Instant (10)

Sorcery (13)

Commander (1)

Commander: Jorn, God of Winter  Flip

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Creature (6)

Land (1)

Enchantment (9)

Artifact (2)

Instant (3)

Sorcery (1)

Overview

At its core, this is a big fat green deck with enough blue and black interaction to adequately protect itself. Most of the wins I've had with When Life Gives You Snow... (WLGYS) have involved big beefy creatures stomping the board. My husband is tired of losing to this deck, so I feel pretty good about it!

Primary Engine

WLGYS takes advantage of the second main phase by untapping all snow permanents when the commander attacks, effectively doubling the amount of mana available to you on a given turn. Because of this, the core strat involves buffing Jorn, God of Winter   with shroud, indestructible, double strike and counters. In many scenarios, WLGYS will operate with a Voltron play style. Stack equipment like Blackblade Reforged, Genji Glove and Sword of the Animist to turn Jorn into a formidable threat, and protect him with Whispersilk Cloak while also paving the way for unblockable commander damage.

Secondary Engine

A more work-intensive play style that introduces lots of room for variety and intra-deck synergies is Go Wide. WLGYS is fully capable of operating and winning without its commander, and creatures like Abominable Treefolk, Icebreaker Kraken and Spirit of the Aldergard will help you do so. Make a copy of anything scary using Moritte of the Frost. There are two paths you can choose to bring out Marit Lage and multiple ways to tutor the relevant cards, including the classic combo Dark Depths and Thespian's Stage.

Tertiary Engine

WLGYS also has the potential to utilize a Landfall strategy. With plenty of fetch lands, tutors and Jorn's untap snow permanents ability, float excess mana over multiple turns using Kruphix, God of Horizons or Horizon Stone and cast Exsanguinate to whittle down the entire table's life total at once. Creatures such as Abominable Treefolk, Chilling Shade, Conifer Wurm, Hailstorm Valkyrie, Rimefeather Owl, and Spirit of the Aldergard all become unstoppable forces when you have the power of a deck full of snow lands behind them. Even a few of your lands will deal some damage to opponents if the conditions are right.

In Conclusion

WLGYS is such a great deck because it has so much versatility, good recovery after a board wipe, and a silly amount of counters to keep interruptions at a minimum. I've spent many fun yet agonizing hours creating, playing and modifying this deck and I hope you enjoy playing it as much as I do! There are a lot of interesting substitution options on the Maybeboard - and feel free to comment any further considerations you may have. :)

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