This is a creature based ramp deck using a ton of creatures to abuse Karametra, God of Harvests ability. It is more or less a GW good stuff deck. It is made to function without Karametra, but the acceleration she provides can be insane. The deck is built with a slight budget in mind, but there are a few expensive cards in the list, so I didn't want to consider it a budget deck. I originally built this and then turned it into a Teneb, the Harvester deck, but I decided to rebuild it to help introduce my mom back into my EDH playgroup. She only has a great Kaalia of the Vast deck, but it immediately gets hated on due to its power. I figured this would be a powerful deck to build for her without any complicated interactions.
META NOTE: My playgroup heavily frowns upon playing combos, poison, and mass land destruction. Every deck we build, we try to prevent the possibility of it going infinite, winning with infect damage, or destroying a ton of lands. I know a lot of players who do enjoy these strategies, but I believe that excluding them provides for more interesting games.
I don't know how I feel about new Nissa. There's too many board wipes in my meta and I'd rather not lose the lands I'm grabbing. With such a high curve, I feel like losing any lands would be a real pain for me.
I don't know how I feel about new Nissa. There's too many board wipes in my meta and I'd rather not lose the lands I'm grabbing. With such a high curve, I feel like losing any lands would be a real pain for me.
My only problem with using Nissa for ramp is her card type. I'd prefer to have creature based ramp in this deck so that if Karametra is out I can get a 2-for-1 ramp spell.
META NOTE: My playgroup heavily frowns upon playing combos, poison, and mass land destruction. Every deck we build, we try to prevent the possibility of it going infinite, winning with infect damage, or destroying a ton of lands. I know a lot of players who do enjoy these strategies, but I believe that excluding them provides for more interesting games.
5 Karametra, God of Harvests
Creatures - 37
1 Birds of Paradise
2 Dawntreader Elk
2 Fauna Shaman
2 Qasali Pridemage
2 Sakura-Tribe Elder
2 Scavenging Ooze
2 Saffi Eriksdotter
3 Dauntless Escort
3 Eternal Witness
3 Farhaven Elf
3 Fierce Empath
3 Knight of the Reliquary
3 Reclamation Sage
3 Somberwald Sage
3 Wood Elves
3 Yavimaya Dryad
4 Angel of Finality
4 Oracle of Mul Daya
4 Solemn Simulacrum
4 Surrak, the Hunt Caller
5 Acidic Slime
5 Genesis
5 Karmic Guide
5 Reveillark
5 Sigarda, Host of Herons
6 Bane of Progress
6 Dragonlord Dromoka
6 Duplicant
6 Kamahl, Fist of Krosa
6 Primordial Sage
6 Soul of the Harvest
6 Sun Titan
7 Avenger of Zendikar
7 Elesh Norn, Grand Cenobite
8 Archetype of Endurance
8 Avacyn, Angel of Hope
8 Craterhoof Behemoth
0 Tormod's Crypt
1 Sensei's Divining Top
1 Skullclamp
1 Sol Ring
3 Oblivion Stone
4 Birthing Pod
4 Vedalken Orrery
5 Mind's Eye
Enchantments - 4
2 Sylvan Library
4 Greater Good
5 Asceticism
6 Lurking Predators
Instants - 7
1 Path to Exile
1 Swords to Plowshares
1 Worldly Tutor
2 Eladamri's Call
3 Beast Within
3 Chord of Calling
4 Return to Dust
Sorceries - 6
1 Green Sun's Zenith
3 Genesis Wave
4 Wrath of God
5 Rout
5 Shamanic Revelation
6 Austere Command
Lands - 37
0 Boseiju, Who Shelters All
0 Brushland
0 Command Tower
0 Dryad Arbor
0 Emeria, the Sky Ruin
0 Horizon Canopy
0 Kor Haven
0 Krosan Verge
0 Reliquary Tower
0 Strip Mine
0 Sunpetal Grove
0 Temple Garden
0 Wooded Bastion
12 Forest
12 Plains
5 Karametra, God of Harvests
Ramp - 10
1 Birds of Paradise
1 Sol Ring
2 Dawntreader Elk
2 Sakura-Tribe Elder
3 Farhaven Elf
3 Somberwald Sage
3 Wood Elves
3 Yavimaya Dryad
4 Oracle of Mul Daya
4 Solemn Simulacrum
Draw/Topdeck Manipulation - 10
0 Horizon Canopy
1 Sensei's Divining Top
1 Skullclamp
2 Sylvan Library
4 Greater Good
5 Mind's Eye
5 Shamanic Revelation
6 Lurking Predators
6 Primordial Sage
6 Soul of the Harvest
Removal - 10
0 Strip Mine
1 Path to Exile
1 Swords to Plowshares
2 Qasali Pridemage
3 Beast Within
3 Reclamation Sage
4 Return to Dust
5 Acidic Slime
6 Bane of Progress
6 Duplicant
1 Green Sun's Zenith
1 Worldly Tutor
2 Eladamri's Call
2 Fauna Shaman
3 Chord of Calling
3 Fierce Empath
3 Knight of the Reliquary
4 Birthing Pod
Recursion - 7
0 Emeria, the Sky Ruin
2 Saffi Eriksdotter
3 Eternal Witness
5 Genesis
5 Karmic Guide
5 Reveillark
6 Sun Titan
Protection - 8
0 Boseiju, Who Shelters All
0 Kor Haven
3 Dauntless Escort
5 Asceticism
5 Sigarda, Host of Herons
6 Dragonlord Dromoka
8 Archetype of Endurance
8 Avacyn, Angel of Hope
Mass Removal - 4
3 Oblivion Stone
4 Wrath of God
5 Rout
6 Austere Command
0 Tormod's Crypt
2 Scavenging Ooze
4 Angel of Finality
Bombs/Good-Stuff - 7
3 Genesis Wave
4 Surrak, the Hunt Caller
4 Vedalken Orrery
6 Kamahl, Fist of Krosa
7 Avenger of Zendikar
7 Elesh Norn, Grand Cenobite
8 Craterhoof Behemoth
Other Lands - 32
0 Brushland
0 Command Tower
0 Dryad Arbor
0 Krosan Verge
0 Reliquary Tower
0 Sunpetal Grove
0 Temple Garden
0 Wooded Bastion
12 Forest
12 Plains
GWUJenara, Asura of War (Bant Good-Stuff)GWU
UBRNekusar, the Mindrazer (Wheel and Deal)UBR
UBRMarchesa, the Black Rose (Grixis Recursion)UBR
BGWKarador, Ghost Chieftain (Abzan Recursion)BGW
GWKarametra, God of Harvests (Ramp Good-Stuff)GW
WWWKemba, Kha Regent (Equipment Voltron) WWW
BBB Sidisi, Undead Vizier (Mono-Black Control)BBB
RRRDaretti, Scrap Savant (Artifact Control)RRR
GGGEzuri, Renegade Leader (Elf Tribal)GGG
WUBRGScion of the Ur-Dragon (Dragon Tribal)WUBRG
GWUJenara, Asura of War (Bant Good-Stuff)GWU
UBRNekusar, the Mindrazer (Wheel and Deal)UBR
UBRMarchesa, the Black Rose (Grixis Recursion)UBR
BGWKarador, Ghost Chieftain (Abzan Recursion)BGW
GWKarametra, God of Harvests (Ramp Good-Stuff)GW
WWWKemba, Kha Regent (Equipment Voltron) WWW
BBB Sidisi, Undead Vizier (Mono-Black Control)BBB
RRRDaretti, Scrap Savant (Artifact Control)RRR
GGGEzuri, Renegade Leader (Elf Tribal)GGG
WUBRGScion of the Ur-Dragon (Dragon Tribal)WUBRG
The other +1 untapping forests doesn't hurt.
GWUJenara, Asura of War (Bant Good-Stuff)GWU
UBRNekusar, the Mindrazer (Wheel and Deal)UBR
UBRMarchesa, the Black Rose (Grixis Recursion)UBR
BGWKarador, Ghost Chieftain (Abzan Recursion)BGW
GWKarametra, God of Harvests (Ramp Good-Stuff)GW
WWWKemba, Kha Regent (Equipment Voltron) WWW
BBB Sidisi, Undead Vizier (Mono-Black Control)BBB
RRRDaretti, Scrap Savant (Artifact Control)RRR
GGGEzuri, Renegade Leader (Elf Tribal)GGG
WUBRGScion of the Ur-Dragon (Dragon Tribal)WUBRG