Hello, and welcome to DigitalFire's rendition of Thrasios / Tymna, a simple mana denial deck. It uses the MTGO Commander banlist, updated as of 10 May 2017.
The main strategy is to accelerate your mana base in the early game using mana dorks. Play Tymna to use your mana dorks for card advantage. Control the mid-game with hatebears and occasional removal until you tutor or draw into win conditions and protection. A common win condition is to generate infinitemana and play Thrasios to draw your library. Craterhoof Behemoth also makes for a quick win.
If you want to learn more about this deck, check out:
If you want a presently viable 4-color Legendary Creature go for Reaper King. A "4-color" EDH general you can cast with 2RGWU and actually be able to use. Add Xenograft to your deck and watch as every creature that's blinked is a scarecrow blowing stuff up. No need for B in the whole deck.
My YouTube Channel: The Commander Tavern - a channel I just started where I'll post deck techs and gameplays. Please support by checking it out. Maybe you'll like its content and subscribe! Thanks!
If you want a presently viable 4-color Legendary Creature go for Reaper King. A "4-color" EDH general you can cast with 2RGWU and actually be able to use. Add Xenograft to your deck and watch as every creature that's blinked is a scarecrow blowing stuff up. No need for B in the whole deck.
Not a bad idea! But it's also not entirely necessary as this deck performs very well without it. Definitely something for me to playtest, thanks for the suggestion!
My YouTube Channel: The Commander Tavern - a channel I just started where I'll post deck techs and gameplays. Please support by checking it out. Maybe you'll like its content and subscribe! Thanks!
Update 15 Nov 2016
The focus of this update is to ease the curve. Reduce unnecessary high-costs and empower early turns
Cuts: Liliana's Specter - Efficient disruption, especially if recurred, but still probably the worst in the deck. Brago, King Eternal - He's slow and thus very susceptible to removal. Ulvenwald Hydra - I wanted a creature that could fetch lands, but the high cost and ETB tapped makes it not worth. Primeval Titan he is not. Angel of Serenity - Redundant creature removal and recursion for high cost, even though I hate to see this go. Craterhoof Behemoth - Good finisher, but I have plenty other finishers and this one is high cost and has no other utility. Paradoxical Outcome - I actually really like this card, it's a fantastic response to wrath that saves our creatures, draws us cards, and lets us reuse their ETB abilities. Unfortunately it's redundant with Temur Sabertooth and Eerie Interlude. Cloudstone Curio - Definitely the hardest cut, but it's a non-creature which doesn't do anything if we don't have the mana to cast creatures right then.
Hello, and welcome to DigitalFire's rendition of Thrasios / Tymna, a simple mana denial deck. It uses the MTGO Commander banlist, updated as of 10 May 2017.
The main strategy is to accelerate your mana base in the early game using mana dorks. Play Tymna to use your mana dorks for card advantage. Control the mid-game with hatebears and occasional removal until you tutor or draw into win conditions and protection. A common win condition is to generate infinite mana and play Thrasios to draw your library. Craterhoof Behemoth also makes for a quick win.
If you want to learn more about this deck, check out:
2 Thrasios, Triton Hero
3 Tymna the Weaver
Creature (36)
1 Avacyn's Pilgrim
1 Birds of Paradise
1 Deathrite Shaman
1 Elves of Deep Shadow
1 Noble Hierarch
2 Bloom Tender
2 Dark Confidant
2 Ethersworn Canonist
2 Gaddock Teeg
2 Gilded Drake
2 Grand Abolisher
2 Lotus Cobra
2 Kataki, War's Wage
2 Scavenging Ooze
2 Spirit of the Labyrinth
2 Thalia, Guardian of Thraben
3 Aven Mindcensor
3 Eidolon of Rhetoric
3 Eldrazi Displacer
3 Eternal Witness
3 Hushwing Gryff
3 Mentor of the Meek
3 Recruiter of the Guard
3 Sanctum Prelate
3 Trinket Mage
3 Vryn Wingmare
3 Wood Elves
4 Grand Arbiter Augustin IV
4 Linvala, Keeper of Silence
4 Meren of Clan Nel Toth
4 Notion Thief
4 Oracle of Mul Daya
5 Peregrine Drake
6 Primeval Titan
6 Sun Titan
8 Craterhoof Behemoth
1 Skullclamp
2 Sphere of Resistance
2 Thorn of Amethyst
4 Birthing Pod
Enchantment (4)
2 Stony Silence
2 Sylvan Library
3 Aura of Silence
6 Mana Reflection
Sorcery (8)
1 Imperial Seal
2 Demonic Tutor
3 Grim Tutor
3 Toxic Deluge
3 Yawgmoth's Will
4 Diabolic Tutor
5 Time Warp
7 Tooth and Nail
Instant (7)
1 Mystical Tutor
1 Vampiric Tutor
1 Worldly Tutor
2 Lim-Dul's Vault
2 Unexpectedly Absent
3 Anguished Unmaking
3 Beast Within
Planeswalker (3)
4 Garruk Wildspeaker
4 Kiora, Master of the Depths
5 Tezzeret the Seeker
Land (36)
1x Command Tower
1x City of Brass
1x Mana Confluence
1x Flooded Strand
1x Polluted Delta
1x Bloodstained Mire
1x Wooded Foothills
1x Windswept Heath
1x Marsh Flats
1x Scalding Tarn
1x Verdant Catacombs
1x Arid Mesa
1x Misty Rainforest
1x Tundra
1x Underground Sea
1x Tropical Island
1x Scrubland
1x Bayou
1x Temple Garden
1x Hallowed Fountain
1x Watery Grave
1x Breeding Pool
1x Godless Shrine
1x Overgrown Tomb
1x Horizon Canopy
1x Nimbus Maze
1x Underground River
1x Llanowar Wastes
1x Sunpetal Grove
1x Glacial Fortress
1x Drowned Catacomb
1x Woodland Cemetery
1x Alchemist's Refuge
1x Mirrorpool
1x Volrath's Stronghold
cEDH: [G(U/R) Animar] - [(U/B)(G/W) Redless Wheels] - [(G/U)(W/B) Redless Pod] - [(B/G)W Ghave Metapod]
Infinite Turns
Eternal Witness + Time Warp + Recur effect
Infinite Mana
Eldrazi Displacer + Peregrine Drake
Temur Sabertooth + Peregrine Drake + Gaea's Cradle @ 3+
With infinite mana, Thrasios draws your deck. Then:
Bounce opponents permanents with Venser, Shaper Savant
Discard opponents hands with Liliana's Specter
Exile opponents libraries with Gonti, Lord of Luxury
Take infinite turns with Eternal Witness + Time Warp
Win with combat damage
Win with 1 card
Tooth and Nail entwined -> Peregrine Drake + Eldrazi Displacer. This costs 7GG; or
Survival of the Fittest -> Peregrine Drake -> Eldrazi Displacer -> Karmic Guide. This costs 1G + GGG + 3WW + 2C and can be done over several turns or used to tutor up protection first.
cEDH: [G(U/R) Animar] - [(U/B)(G/W) Redless Wheels] - [(G/U)(W/B) Redless Pod] - [(B/G)W Ghave Metapod]
BGU [Primer] Sidisi, Brood Tyrant BGU | BG [Primer] Mazirek, Kraul Death Priest BG | G [Primer] Polukranos, World Eater G
My YouTube Channel:
The Commander Tavern - a channel I just started where I'll post deck techs and gameplays. Please support by checking it out. Maybe you'll like its content and subscribe! Thanks!
cEDH: [G(U/R) Animar] - [(U/B)(G/W) Redless Wheels] - [(G/U)(W/B) Redless Pod] - [(B/G)W Ghave Metapod]
cEDH: [G(U/R) Animar] - [(U/B)(G/W) Redless Wheels] - [(G/U)(W/B) Redless Pod] - [(B/G)W Ghave Metapod]
BGU [Primer] Sidisi, Brood Tyrant BGU | BG [Primer] Mazirek, Kraul Death Priest BG | G [Primer] Polukranos, World Eater G
My YouTube Channel:
The Commander Tavern - a channel I just started where I'll post deck techs and gameplays. Please support by checking it out. Maybe you'll like its content and subscribe! Thanks!
cEDH: [G(U/R) Animar] - [(U/B)(G/W) Redless Wheels] - [(G/U)(W/B) Redless Pod] - [(B/G)W Ghave Metapod]
The focus of this update is to ease the curve. Reduce unnecessary high-costs and empower early turns
Cuts:
Liliana's Specter - Efficient disruption, especially if recurred, but still probably the worst in the deck.
Brago, King Eternal - He's slow and thus very susceptible to removal.
Ulvenwald Hydra - I wanted a creature that could fetch lands, but the high cost and ETB tapped makes it not worth. Primeval Titan he is not.
Angel of Serenity - Redundant creature removal and recursion for high cost, even though I hate to see this go.
Craterhoof Behemoth - Good finisher, but I have plenty other finishers and this one is high cost and has no other utility.
Paradoxical Outcome - I actually really like this card, it's a fantastic response to wrath that saves our creatures, draws us cards, and lets us reuse their ETB abilities. Unfortunately it's redundant with Temur Sabertooth and Eerie Interlude.
Cloudstone Curio - Definitely the hardest cut, but it's a non-creature which doesn't do anything if we don't have the mana to cast creatures right then.
Replacements:
Skullclamp - We have so many 1 toughness creatures, this card is amazing
5 mana dorks - Faster starts, pitch to Skullclamp / Survival of the Fittest, power up Gaea's Cradle, pair with Tymna / Derevi / Edric, etc.
Foul Emissary - Digs 4 cards, has 1 toughness
Considering:
Equipments - With Skullclamp already in the deck, Stoneforge Mystic could be a powerful addition with just 2 more equipments. Possibly Swiftfoot Boots, Nim Deathmantle, and/or Blade of Selves
Green Sun's Zenith - Gets a lot of things, not sure if I would also run Dryad Arbor.
Ranger of Eos - We have 1cmc creatures now
Selvala's Stampede - Neat
cEDH: [G(U/R) Animar] - [(U/B)(G/W) Redless Wheels] - [(G/U)(W/B) Redless Pod] - [(B/G)W Ghave Metapod]