Zacama, Primal Calamity Ramp

Commander / EDH Klapmeyer94

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Land and Enchantment —June 29, 2020

I’ve taken out Reliquary Tower, Mossfire Valley, Sungrass Prairie, and a few mountains/plains. And I added Evolving Wilds, Ash Barrens, Brushland, Karplusan Forest, Cinder Glade, Gruul Turf, Naya Panorama, Rootbound Crag, Scattered Groves, and Selesnya Sanctuary.

I’m thinking of switching out Mana Reflection with Mana Flare due to the fact that Mana Flare is the cheaper and will do practically the same thing as Mana Reflection.

multimedia says... #1

Hey, nice combos, everything looks good, except the manabase.

The manabase looks like an afterthought and the biggest problem with it is you need green much more than the other colors. Green in this case gives you the best access to the other colors therefore 11x Mountain is not helping the consistency of having a green source. My advice is cut many basic lands especially Mountains for dual lands especially ones that can ETB untapped turn one to make green mana for a mana dork.

Lands to consider adding:

I see Farseek, Nature's Lore and Skyshroud Claim all good land ramp spells, but not taking advantage of them. These spells can search for a dual land that's two or more different land types, but there's not a dual land like that in the manabase. Temple Garden/Stomping Ground/Sacred Foundry/Canopy Vista/Cinder Glade/Scattered Groves/Sheltered Thicket these are dual lands that the land ramp spells can search for. If budget is a concern then Vista/Glade/Groves/Thicket give you this effect and I would include all these lands especially Glade/Vista to improve the land ramp.

June 21, 2020 4:48 p.m.

Klapmeyer94 says... #2

multimedia I really appreciate the feedback. I was so focused on utility lands and improving the sorcery/enchantment part of this deck that I neglected the mana base portion. I really do like the bounce lands the most since they do tap for two. Do you think cutting the basic forest/mountain cards down to about 5 each would be sufficient? I originally had multiple dual lands in the deck and still do since a few cards have not come in just yet. Again, your feedback is greatly appreciated!

June 22, 2020 8:03 p.m.

multimedia says... #3

Hey, you're welcome.

When looking at the color requirements of the cards in your deck green is overall most important therefore Forests should be the most basic lands in the manabase. A basic Forest will do a lot more for you than a basic Mountain or Plains. Can cast land ramp spells with green and they get you the other colors especially Farseek, Lore and Skyshroud if you add some dual lands that are two different land types.

My advice is rely more on dual lands for white and red than basic lands. Lantern and Dryad help a lot for color fixing, but don't want to count on having one of them every game therefore make the manabase function without them and have them as a bonus. Grand Abolisher sticks out in white. Other than him white is the least important color here and green has many sources that can help to get you white mana.

The ratio of basic lands to use really depends on what kind of manabase you want to make. You want most lands in the manabase to be able to make green mana and on a budget this means lots of Forests. A budget manabase of Check lands, Battle lands, Pain lands, Bounce lands will have more basic lands. Compare this to a more expensive manabase of more Rainbow lands, Fetch lands, Shock lands, Battlebond lands, Pain lands, Bounce lands will have less basic lands. The expensive manabase would replace some basic lands with more lands that can make more than one color.


Budget 36 land manabase example (27 green sources, 17 red, 17 white):

More expensive 36 land manabase example with less basic lands:

June 26, 2020 10:09 p.m.

Klapmeyer94 says... #4

multimedia

I have definitely taken your advise into consideration! I do own quite a few of the other dual lands and will be sure to keep them in my deck. I will be purchasing Brushland, Karplusan Forest, and Ash Barrens + Naya Panorama with my next set of cards.

I have purchased: Cinder Glade Canopy Vista Gruul Turf Selesnya Sanctuary

June 28, 2020 10:14 a.m.