MTG Salvation

Due to the oddly high numbers of quality green foils I've been pulling, I decided to try out a new color and build a mono-G EDH deck. I wanted to separate this at least slightly from the standard ramp like mad then drop a threat plan (though I've definitely got that in here too), so I went with one of my old favorites, Multani, Maro-Sorcerer. The other thing I wanted to do with this deck was run both Hibernation's End, which means the deck is also built to take advantage of Birthing Pod, and Wild Pair.

Note: F, M, and T on the decklist refer to “Foil,” “Foil in the mail,” and "Planned trade," respectively, and are there to help me keep track more than anything.




What I could really use some help on is figuring out the creatures I missed when browsing through and the best setup to take advantage of Hibernation's End, Birthing Pod, and Wild Pair, as well as the ones that look overly weak or out of place.

I don't see the Stampeding twins as so hot, if you want to re-use CITP try Cloudstone Curio.

My favorite G drop is Spore Frog

Hibernation's End/Birthing Pod looks interesting on paper, but it just seems like too much math for my taste, not to mention, all the card draw you are getting (and sharing) may hose your Hibernation/Birthing engines.

Halls of Gemstone is sick in mono green.

Your General's power is based on cards in hand, so Harmonize and Soul's Majesty will give you cards, and not your opponents.

Crop Rotation will get your Reliquary Tower out faster.

I'd run solemn simulacrum....and wall of blossoms instead of elvish visionary...same cmc but the 4 total in p/t is more useful IMO

Agree on dropping the stampeding twins. You could run erratic portal as another option.

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I don't see the Stampeding twins as so hot, if you want to re-use CITP try Cloudstone Curio.

My favorite G drop is Spore Frog

Hibernation's End/Birthing Pod looks interesting on paper, but it just seems like too much math for my taste, not to mention, all the card draw you are getting (and sharing) may hose your Hibernation/Birthing engines.

Halls of Gemstone is sick in mono green.

Your General's power is based on cards in hand, so Harmonize and Soul's Majesty will give you cards, and not your opponents.

Crop Rotation will get your Reliquary Tower out faster.

Curio is a good call. I think that will work it's way in over at least one of the stampeders. I kind of like having an antelope in the deck, though, so that one might stick around for this round of cuts.

Spore Frog is a favorite of mine, but it's more or less a one-shot effect here. I'm pretty unlikely to use any recursion that isn't Counsel getting it back, so I'm not going to try too hard to make room for it. I will test it, though, as I need some more early drops.

I'm about 3 days of work away from a Physics BS, so math is right up my alley. I'm willing to chance the draw occasionally leaving me without a target on Hibernation's End and Birthing Pod, because I like the idea of them.

I'm going to include Dosan before Hall of Gemstone because they fill similar roles, sit at the same spot on the curve, and I can tutor for Dosan. I'm also looking to make room for Concordant Crossroads, which can't coexist with Hall.

Multani's power is not just my hand, which is why there's so much symmetric draw in here. I'll test both Harmonize and Majesty, but I suspect Majesty won't make the cut. The most consistent/would-be best target for it is Multani, who has shroud. I'd need to see how often it draws a meaningful number of cards.

Crop Rotation is in as soon as I find a cut. It is also a fairly expensive foil. Urza's, yessss.

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I'd run solemn simulacrum....and wall of blossoms instead of elvish visionary...same cmc but the 4 total in p/t is more useful IMO

Agree on dropping the stampeding twins. You could run erratic portal as another option.

Blossoms is in, replacing Visionary. That's a good call. Simulacrum finds his way in when I get one, as I somehow still have none of them, and decide on a cut. I'm thinking Krosan Tusker, who really has no synergy with the rest of the deck.

Portal I'll try, but I might keep Serow for ease of tutoring, free effect, and the fact that it's an antelope.


Thanks for the suggestions so far! Keep them coming!

You should also play Woodfall Primus, since he is an excellent creature all around, and a great creature to play with birthing pod.

Akroma's Memorial? I used to play Multani, and he alone made the memorial worthwhile.

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You should also play Woodfall Primus, since he is an excellent creature all around, and a great creature to play with birthing pod.

He actually doesn't do anything special with Pod, because he's already at the top of the curve. He's definitely powerful, but I like Terastodon filling that role more. If I find that I'd like another one, Primus is the short list right now.

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Akroma's Memorial? I used to play Multani, and he alone made the memorial worthwhile.

I like Memorial, but it becomes a question of what to cut. I'd probably go for Overwhelming Stampede, but that turns all of my creatures into Multani for a turn, which I like more than the other abilities. Being an expensive artifact (no way to reliably find it) hurts it here.

On an unrelated note, I was testing this against Savra (among others) and Birthing Pod with a Lifeline on the field is just dirty.

EDIT: Made a couple changes. Krosan Grip is in for the moment. I'll figure out what to cut for Simulacrum when I come to it. Quirion Ranger is being tested over Elvish Pioneer for being more useful later in the game, though I'm not sure there are enough tap abilities to matter.

Ancient Stirrings is a good card, and makes Memorial show up more often.

That is true, but, if you really needed to kill a non creature permanent again, and Woodfall Primus hasn't persisted yet, you can always sac him to the pod and fail to find.

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Ancient Stirrings is a good card, and makes Memorial show up more often.

But I'm then cutting two cards, which presumably both support some part of my gameplan, for one card that does and one that occasionally helps to find it. If I was running more than 9 non-land colorless cards, Ancient Stirrings would be an easier include. As it is, I'll test Memorial at some point, but I like having creature support and creature tutors over an artifact and limited filtering.

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That is true, but, if you really needed to kill a non creature permanent again, and Woodfall Primus hasn't persisted yet, you can always sac him to the pod and fail to find.

I can also Curio/Serow/Umbilicus/Blood Clock Terastodon/Acidic Slime/Brutalizer Exarch back to my hand and replay them. I know that Primus is powerful, but he's not my first choice for this deck. If I find that I want more targeted destruction of noncreature permanents, he'll find a spot.

I've been looking for a deck that just straight abuses Birthing Pod and Wild Pair and stumbled upon this one. I'm going to try it out and see how it works. I think I'll make a few tweaks, removing some of the creature ramp and see how it goes... Thanks for posting your list.