MTG Salvation

This is my take on Ramos, Dragon Engine where most of the spells are multicolored. The deck is a psuedo voltron. Since the multicolored spells are to boost Ramos. There's also a lot of removal in order to make way for it to get through with damage. I'm pretty sure I can make this deck more efficient than is. I probably went overboard with the multicolored spells but part of the challenge I want for this deck is for most of the spells to be multicolored. Ramos still gets a boost from monocolored spells, but I want to keep the multicolored theme. I put some creatures that are pretty broken in and of themselves but have the added pro of boosting Ramos. So going in for an alpha attack is also a good way to victory.

There are currently 1,692 multicolored spells that are legal for commander. So it follows that there are probably some great gems that I've overlooked. So if there's any multicolored suggestions I'm more than open to them! Anywho, on to the deck!



I also realize that there are many cards to take advantage of Ramos's mana output like Door to Nothingness and Legacy Weapon (ironic since the bones of Ramos are parts of the Legacy Weapon) so these are cards I'm considering, as well. However, I fear that I'll become the archenemy once they hit the battlefield.


Ideally, the first thing you want to cast is Ramos, so there are a lot of mana rocks in order to facilitate a relatively early casting. That being said, things should be cast as needed. Ramos is easy to cast considering that it's just 6. Once it's out, cast multiple colored spells as needed. If you're tapped out for mana, sometimes opponents don't keep track of the fact that you could use Ramos as an instant speed mana generator, which can be used for a removal spell. However, again, the purpose of the +1/+1 counters is to smash face. Still, it's great to have as a plan B.



Here's the rundown of why each card is included:

Artifacts:

• Fellwar Stone - Since the deck is 5C this will always provide mana of any color you could need.
• Sol Ring - Standard EDH mana rock.

Creatures:

• Anafenza, the Foremost - Helps give an additional +1/+1 counter to Ramos if it's attacking. Additionally, it exiles any opponent's creature destroyed.
• Atraxa, Praetors' Voice - A busted creature with an excellent combination of keywords plus it proliferates at end of turn.
• Azorius Guildmage - Great for hindering planeswalkers and other activated abilities. Can also tap down problematic attackers.
• Bloom Tender - Almost always taps for a large amount of mana.
• Captain Sisay - Most of the creatures in the deck are legendary, so she's a great tutor.
• Chromanticore - When cast with bestow, it gives a ridiculous boon to Ramos (as well as 5 +1/+1 counters).
• Damia, Sage of Stone - Great to fill my hand at the beginning of my turn. Oh, it's also a great blocker.
• Dragonlord Dromoka - Helps keep my turn free of disruption while also being uncounterable and having a great body with great keywords.
• Jhoira, Weatherlight Captain - With so many cards that can trigger Jhoira, it's a no-brainer.
• Jodah, Archmage Eternal - Allows me to cast 2 cards after activating Ramos's mana ability.
• Maelstrom Angel - Gives Ramos 5 +1/+1 counters when cast and will allow me to cast any card in my hand for free when it connects.
• Magister Sphinx - Casting this when Ramos already has a couple of +1/+1 counters means I can easily snipe an opponent.
• Marchesa, the Black Rose - Deathrone is a relevant ability in multiplayer EDH. Not only that, but if Ramos is destroyed while having a +1/+1 counter, it returns to the battlefield at end of turn.
• Merieke Ri Berit - Able to steal away commanders while being cheap to cast (and giving Ramos 3 +1/+1 counters when she's cast).
• Muldrotha, the Gravetide - Being able to reanimate from the graveyard while having a solid body and 3 colors makes this a great card for the deck.
• Nicol Bolas, the Ravager - Great flyer that disrupts opponents. Transforming into Nicol Bolas, the Arisen is nothing to scoff at, either.
• Odric, Lunarch Marshal - With plenty of creatures with multiple keywords, he makes all of your creatures broken each combat step (kudos for having Atraxa in play along with him).
• Raff Capashen, Ship's Mage - Since most cards in the deck are historic, being able to flash them is important since Ramos's ability can only be used once each turn.
• Reki, the History of Kamigawa - Most cards in the deck are legendary, so it's great to draw a card for free.
• Saskia the Unyielding - Being able to hit the unprotected opponent with a bunch of fatties helps me to also hurt the opponent with lots of defenses.
• Sen Triplets - A great multicolored card to disrupt an opponent.
• Surrak Dragonclaw - The deck runs 25 creatures (excluding Ramos) so making them uncounterable and giving them trample is a pretty big deal. Additionally, he has flash so he can be cast on an opponent's turn with Ramos's mana ability.
• Vorel of the Hull Clade - Doubles the +1/+ counters on Ramos.
• Yidris, Maelstrom Wielder - Cascade is a broken ability and Yidris gives it to all of your spells.
• Yore-Tiller Nephilim - Able to reanimate any creature in your graveyard.

Enchantments:

• Aura Shards - With so many creatures entering the battlefield, it's easy to trigger this enchantment and be disruptive.
• Detention Sphere - Great way to get rid of swarm decks with tokens.
• Mayael's Aria - Great alternate wincon that also does other useful things.
• Mirari's Wake - Pumps creatures while also doubling mana from lands.

Instants:

• Abzan Charm - For 3 mana you can give Ramos 5 +1/+1 counters which basically translates into WWUUBBRRGG.
• Anguished Unmaking - Excellent targeted removal spell.
• Boros Charm - Protects your permanents from a wrath spell, essentially making it one-sided in your favor.
• Crackling Doom - Usually gets rid of the biggest threat (or pesky voltron commanders).
• Jund Charm - For 3 mana you can give Ramos 5 +1/+1 counters which basically translates into WWUUBBRRGG.
• Mortify - Great targeted removal spell.
• Putrefy - Great targeted removal spell.
• Sphinx's Revelation - One of the best draw spells ever printed.
• Sundering Growth - Great targeted removal spell.
• Terminate - Spot removal for creatures without any clauses or stipulations.
• Utter End - Excellent targeted removal spell.

Planeswalkers:

• Nicol Bolas, God-Pharaoh - All abilities are relevant and amazing. Very easy to cheat into play with cards like Jodah, Archmage Eternal and Maelstrom Angel.

Sorceries:

• Conflux - Always tutors for 5 different cards. My targets are usually Captain Sisay, Atraxa, Praetors' Voice, Jodah, Archmage Eternal, Jhoira, Weatherlight Captain, and Bloom Tender. Captain Sisay can then tutor for Odric, Lunarch Marshal.
• Decimate - Great removal spell as long as you have 4 legal targets, so it is a difficult spell to pull off.
• Dreadbore - Great spot removal spell.
• Duneblast - Blow up all creatures except for Ramos. Usually helps snipe an opponent afterwards.
• Farseek - Excellent ramp spell.
• Hull Breach - Great removal spell.
• Hunting Wilds - Tutors for 2 forests which can enter the battlefield untapped.
• Last One Standing - Sort of a gambit, but if any creature you don't control is the last one standing, you can always just spot removal it later.
• Maelstrom Pulse - Excellent removal against token swarms decks.
• Nature's Lore - Excellent ramp spell.
• Obzedat's Aid - Good reanimation spell (used because it's multicolored).
• Primevals' Glorious Rebirth - Triggers Reki and Sisay while also being flashable thanks to Raff Capashen. With most of the cards in the deck being legendary, this spell is great for recovering from a board wipe.
• Reborn Hope - Great recovery spell.
• Skyshroud Claim - Tutors for 2 forests which can enter the battlefield untapped.
• Supply // Demand - Supply is not usually used but Demand is an amazing tutor for the deck. Granted, Demonic Tutor (and others) would be better, but this gives 2 +1/+1 counters to Ramos.
• Supreme Verdict - Excellent wrath since it can't be countered.
• Treasured Find - Great recovery spell.
• Vindicate - Excellent removal spell.

Any comments, ideas, suggestions, recommendations are welcomed and solicited! As always, thanks for reading my stuff!

Cascade would seem good since you are still casting those spells. So Bloodbraid Elf, Maelstrom Wanderer, Yidris, Maelstrom Wielder.

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Cascade would seem good since you are still casting those spells. So Bloodbraid Elf, Maelstrom Wanderer, Yidris, Maelstrom Wielder.

Those are actually great suggestions since I could try and chain some spells together since most of my spells are pretty expensive. Cascade also triggers Ramos. However, what cuts do you suggest I make?

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Cascade would seem good since you are still casting those spells. So Bloodbraid Elf, Maelstrom Wanderer, Yidris, Maelstrom Wielder.

Those are actually great suggestions since I could try and chain some spells together since most of my spells are pretty expensive. Cascade also triggers Ramos. However, what cuts do you suggest I make?

Man, I'm looking forward to when Ramos is released as well.

Maelstrom Nexus for more fun stuff. Not sure what to cut but nexus seems like must have

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Cascade would seem good since you are still casting those spells. So Bloodbraid Elf, Maelstrom Wanderer, Yidris, Maelstrom Wielder.

Those are actually great suggestions since I could try and chain some spells together since most of my spells are pretty expensive. Cascade also triggers Ramos. However, what cuts do you suggest I make?

Man, I'm looking forward to when Ramos is released as well.

Maelstrom Nexus for more fun stuff. Not sure what to cut but nexus seems like must have

Yeah, Maelstrom Nexus would be insane, as wel.

Totally stoked for the dragons deck! That's probably the one I'm getting so far. Depends on what else is revealed. Still pretty bummed that there are only gonna be 4 decks. Wizards could've very easily made 5 5-colored tribal decks. Oh well... WotC loves dropping the ball every now and again.

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Cascade would seem good since you are still casting those spells. So Bloodbraid Elf, Maelstrom Wanderer, Yidris, Maelstrom Wielder.

Those are actually great suggestions since I could try and chain some spells together since most of my spells are pretty expensive. Cascade also triggers Ramos. However, what cuts do you suggest I make?

I think you have a pretty high number of single target removal spells, which generally isn't that good in EDH as it's a one for one when there are two other opponents. You'll want some of course, but you can probably afford to remove some of them. I'm also not sure what your two planeswalkers are bringing to the table aside from just being generally good. They don't have too much synergy though. You could probably take them out too.

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Cascade would seem good since you are still casting those spells. So Bloodbraid Elf, Maelstrom Wanderer, Yidris, Maelstrom Wielder.

Those are actually great suggestions since I could try and chain some spells together since most of my spells are pretty expensive. Cascade also triggers Ramos. However, what cuts do you suggest I make?

I think you have a pretty high number of single target removal spells, which generally isn't that good in EDH as it's a one for one when there are two other opponents. You'll want some of course, but you can probably afford to remove some of them. I'm also not sure what your two planeswalkers are bringing to the table aside from just being generally good. They don't have too much synergy though. You could probably take them out too.

Thanks for pointing that out! You do have a point on the single-target removal; I guess I'll have to try and find some mass removal that's multicolored. Although I'm only running 2 of them, the planeswalkers here have been incredibly broken. Using Tamiyo's first ability almost always draws me 2 cards and getting her emblem in play is just too brutal. While testing, God Bolas alone practically won me the match with its first ability alone. So they'll probably stay.

Supreme Verdict and Merciless Execution are good ones, also Pernicious Deed.

Jund Charm and Abzan Charm put 5 counters on Ramos all by themselves.

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Supreme Verdict and Merciless Execution are good ones, also Pernicious Deed.

I had considered Merciless Eviction but I'm a bit worried about exiling my own stuff. However Pernicious Deed and Supreme Verdict can definitely go in.

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Jund Charm and Abzan Charm put 5 counters on Ramos all by themselves.

One vision I had for the deck was to include lots of multicolored charms being as they are a toolbox in an of themselves. However, adding those just to give Ramos 5 +1/+1 counters isn't really enough for me. I would like the cards to do more than just grant it counters. Which is why I'm also considering cascade cards. The problems with these would be cascading into a manarock...

It's your boat, but 3 mana to add 10 mana to your pool to then cast your bonkers cascade spells seems pretty alright. Don't play mana rocks if that's a concern; just play ramp spells. Preferably multi-colored as possible.

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It's your boat, but 3 mana to add 10 mana to your pool to then cast your bonkers cascade spells seems pretty alright. Don't play mana rocks if that's a concern; just play ramp spells. Preferably multi-colored as possible.

Hm, when you put it that way, those charms become rituals capable of producing WWUUBBRRGG...

As for the rocks, you're definitely right. I'll have to see what ramp spells I could use. However, I'm not running any basics. I wouldn't like to run many basics because pretty much all spells require multiple colors to cast. But I will check up to see what ramping I'd be able to do. Thanks for the pointers!

EDIT:
Only 2 multicolored cards can ramp for land: Safewright Quest and Wargate. So I'll probably add monocolored ramp spells being as they'd at least give one +1/+1 counter to Ramos versus the mana rocks that don't give any counters when cast later on.

It seems it's not possible to effectively ramp using only multicolored spells.

As far as ramp/rocks go, I am planning to use the five Borderposts for my Ramos build, along with ways to drop a second land each turn (budgety ways like Urban Evolution, Mina and Denn, Wildborn, and Explore). Anywhere else these borderposts would not be as good as the Signets, but I think they fit better here in the Ramos build.

Fieldmist Borderpost
Firewild Borderpost
Mistvein Borderpost
Veinfire Borderpost
Wildfield Borderpost

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As far as ramp/rocks go, I am planning to use the five Borderposts for my Ramos build, along with ways to drop a second land each turn (budgety ways like Urban Evolution, Mina and Denn, Wildborn, and Explore). Anywhere else these borderposts would not be as good as the Signets, but I think they fit better here in the Ramos build.

Fieldmist Borderpost
Firewild Borderpost
Mistvein Borderpost
Veinfire Borderpost
Wildfield Borderpost

That's actually a pretty good idea. I don't think I'll run any basic lands in order to take advantage of the first ability, though. Running basic lands in a 5C deck that runs only multicolored spells is a bit trying... That being said, it's definitely worth considering.

UPDATE:
The list has been updated but the OP is still a work in progress. I would still like to receive more suggestions to make the deck better. I like how it runs so far but maybe it could be better. I have to test it more.