Who's afraid of the big bad Hydra?

Commander / EDH BG (Golgari)

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Creature (31)

• 1x Acolyte of Affliction
• 1x Catacomb Sifter
• 1x Chameleon Colossus
• 1x Deathcap Cultivator
• 1x Deathrite Shaman
• 1x Destiny Spinner
• 1x Elvish Mystic
• 1x Eternal Witness
• 1x Ghalta, Primal Hunger
• 1x Glissa, the Traitor
• 1x Gravebreaker Lamia
• 1x Honored Hierarch
• 1x Hornet Nest
• 1x Llanowar Elves
• 1x Mirri the Cursed
• 1x Nessian Hornbeetle
• 1x Nylea, God of the Hunt
• 1x Nylea, Keen-Eyed
• 1x Oran-Rief Hydra
• 1x Outland Colossus
• 1x Paragon of Eternal Wilds
• 1x Prowling Serpopard
• 1x Satyr Wayfinder
• 1x Scavenging Ooze
• 1x Shaman of Forgotten Ways
• 1x Sidisi, Undead Vizier
• 1x Soulflayer
• 1x Thragtusk
• 1x Tuskguard Captain
• 1x Woodfall Primus
• 1x Woodland Bellower

Land (34)

• 1x Blighted Fen
• 1x Blighted Woodland
• 1x Evolving Wilds
• 1x Field of Ruin
• 12x Forest
• 1x Foul Orchard
• 1x Geier Reach Sanitarium
• 1x Golgari Guildgate
• 1x Hissing Quagmire
• 1x Jungle Hollow
• 1x Llanowar Wastes
• 1x Memorial to Folly
• 1x Overgrown Tomb
• 1x Polluted Delta
• 5x Swamp
• 1x Temple of Malady
• 1x Temple of the False God
• 1x Wooded Foothills
• 1x Woodland Cemetery

Enchantment (9)

• 1x Font of Fertility
• 1x Hardened Scales
• 1x Hydra's Growth
• 1x Leyline of Abundance
• 1x Omen of the Dead
• 1x Omen of the Hunt
• 1x Seal of Doom
• 1x Seal of Primordium
• 1x The First Iroan Games

Instant (7)

• 1x Abrupt Decay
• 1x Force of Vigor
• 1x Krosan Grip
• 1x Mortal's Resolve
• 1x Putrefy
• 1x Sudden Reclamation
• 1x Ultimate Price

Commander (1)

Sorcery (10)

• 1x Commune with the Gods
• 1x Diabolic Tutor
• 1x Explosive Vegetation
• 1x Find / Finality
• 1x Kodama's Reach
• 1x Maelstrom Pulse
• 1x Nissa's Pilgrimage
• 1x Overwhelming Stampede
• 1x Search for Tomorrow
• 1x Unearth

Artifact (8)

• 1x Bow of Nylea
• 1x Forebear's Blade
• 1x Golgari Locket
• 1x Golgari Signet
• 1x Nihil Spellbomb
• 1x Shadowspear
• 1x Sol Ring
• 1x Talisman of Resilience

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It's big. It's nasty. It's Polukranos. Let's do what Golgari do best and play with our own graveyard.

I had the "skeleton" for this deck with a Ishkanah, Grafwidow-deck. Problam was, (and this was a rather serious problem) spiders, as a tribal, sucks old fermented donkey ass. But no need to waste a sweet Golgari skeleton is there?

Commander

Polukranos, Unchained is our commander for this deck. What's sweet about her is that she comes in as a 6/6 from the command zone, then we are trying to kill her, and get her in the graveyard and return her as a whooping 12/12. We can in theory kill her over and over, get her back and avoid getting commander-tax. (Given we have cards in the graveyard to pay her Exile cost with.)

Our strategy will be to make her huge, give her evasion, and pair her up with other green fatties that can take advantage of the same spell and support as Polukranos.

I don't know if Polukranos is a he or she (maybe it's a "it"), but I imagine it as a her. A gigant 12/12 shebeast. Oh mama. Where was I?

Creatures

Woodland Bellower

Big green bear dude that gets a small green dude. Utility!

Shaman of Forgotten Ways

Biorhythm is banned. This card isn't. A mana-dork that can give a win con out of left field. Yay.

Glissa, the Traitor

A good creature, can get some artifacts back. Good enough.

Nylea, Keen-Eyed

A big green indestructible beater.

Gravebreaker Lamia

Serves as two types for delirium, gives us a missing card type in the grave, lifelink. Good stuff.

Deathcap Cultivator

Mana-dork with deathtouch that taps for black mana.

Thragtusk

5 life, 5 power and replenishes itself.

Llanowar Elves

Mana-dork.

Eternal Witness

Returns whatever we lost in our graveyard.

Satyr Wayfinder

Stacks our graveyard while i serves as a chump-blocker.

Soulflayer

Makes use of our creatures in our graveyard. Can be really good.

Nessian Hornbeetle

A little 2/2 that grows with counters by itself (Granted we have a power 4 creature). We have synergies for counters.

Mirri the Cursed

Keywords, counters... I'm sure you see the synergies.

Deathrite Shaman

Everyones favorite one mana planeswalker.

Chameleon Colossus

A Mana sink.

Elvish Mystic

Mana-dork.

Scavenging Ooze

Graveyard-hate.

Destiny Spinner

Counterspell protection.

Tuskguard Captain

Gives creatures with counters trample... Wonder why this is in here.

Ghalta, Primal Hunger

You can't say no to a 12/12 with Trample for 2 green mana. Which it's likeley to be.

Catacomb Sifter

Mana-ramp, and if creatures die, we get to scry. Sure. Why not.

Hornet Nest

Our commander can fight creatures. Getting 12 deathtouch fliers on instant speed seems good.

Acolyte of Affliction

Fills our graveyard AND gets us back a permanent.

Paragon of Eternal Wilds

Acts as a green lord and give a green creature evasion.

Prowling Serpopard

It's a cat snake. Oh. And it gives us counterspell-hate.

Sidisi, Undead Vizier

A tutor, big body and deathtouch.

Oran-Rief Hydra

A hydra-dude that works well with counters.

Woodfall Primus

A big green dude that kills something non-dudey and stays behind after he gets killed.

Honored Hierarch

The other Hierarch isn't legal in this deck. :(

Outland Colossus

A 6/6 that gets to be a 12/12, with counters, and can only be blocked by one dude. Yes.

Nylea, God of the Hunt

Big Green beater that can act as a mana sink and give everything trample. Schweet.

Sorcery

Maelstrom Pulse

Problem fixer.

Commune with the Gods

Fills our graveyard as we dig five cards deep.

Kodama's Reach

Ramp.

Explosive Vegetation

Explosive Veggies. Ramp.

Search for Tomorrow

Ramp.

Unearth

Lets us get back some small utility dude.

Find / Finality

Both halfs works well, one lets us get two creatures back from the graveyard, the other half works as a mass removal.

Diabolic Tutor

A tutor. Pretty self explanatory.

Nissa's Pilgrimage

Ramp.

Overwhelming Stampede

End game-card. Give every creature +12/+12 and trample is often GG. (Or even +6/+6 and trample).

Instants

Sudden Reclamation

Stacks our graveyards as it returns a creature and land card.

Ultimate Price

Some removal. Had it as FNM-promo. Love the art. Had to use it.

Force of Vigor

Free destruction of twwo artifacts/enchantments on instant speed? Yes.

Mortal's Resolve

Utility Card. Nice to be able to make something indestructible.

Putrefy

Removes bothersome creatures or artifacts through regeneration.

Krosan Grip

"Uncountrable" artifact/enchantment removal.

Abrupt Decay

Uncountrable removal for small things.

Enchantments

Omen of the Hunt

Ramp that gets us an enchantment card in the graveyard. Also devotion.

Hydra's Growth

Splendid synergy with our big counter dudes.

Seal of Doom

Removal that gets us an enchantment card in the graveyard.

The First Iroan Games

Nice Synergy with counters on big dueds and card draw. Gets us an enchantment into the graveyard.

Font of Fertility

Ramp that gets us an enchantment into the graveyard.

Hardened Scales

Great Synergy with counters.

Omen of the Dead

Give us something back and the lets us scry.

Leyline of Abundance

Mana-sink with upsides.

Seal of Primordium

Enchantment and artifact destruction that gives us enchantments into the graveyard. Also devotion.

Artifacts

Talisman of Resilience

Mana Rock.

Shadowspear

Gives evasion and lifelink. Also can get rid of pesky indestructibility and hexproof.

Bow of Nylea

Gives deathtouch to our attacking creatures while it has sweet counter applying synergy. Also the ability to snipe small fliers is nice.

Sol Ring

Simply because Sol Ring is not banned in our playgroup.

Golgari Locket

Mana rock with card drawing (once) abilities.

Nihil Spellbomb

Graveyard hate.

Golgari Signet

Mana rock.

Forebear's Blade

Evasion equipment with auto-equip.

Date added	4 years
Last updated	3 years
Legality	This deck is Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	6 - 0 Mythic Rares 36 - 0 Rares 22 - 0 Uncommons 18 - 0 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	3.24
Tokens	Beast 3/3 G, Eldrazi Scion 1/1 C, Gold, Human Soldier 1/1 W, Insect 1/1 G w/ Flying, Deathtouch