So I'm back again thinking up of terrible Tribal deck ideas for EDH. I've enjoyed my Green White Humans lists from the past, but I want to spice it up. I was thinking going the full five colors in order to show off the various humans we've received in Magic. Karona, False God would be the most natural pick as a general. I probably wouldn't play her too much barring the occasional alpha; she'd mostly be there for colors.
I guess I'm wondering what kind of direction I should take this deck? Should I go full-on aggro, run Angel of Glory's Rise combo, or just stick to goodstuff/Birthing Pod/ETB Value? Do I add in some Angels for flavor reasons, or just stick with humans? I guess I'm just a little overwhelmed with all the options in front of me.
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You can do the Angel combo if you want, but then I wouldn't call it a tribal human deck as you might as well go for the instant win.
Goodstuff / birthing Pod - doesn't make sense as tribal humans. How many humans lend themselves to this? If you are trying to grind people out with card advantage, human tribal will just narrow your power level for now reason.
Aggro, to me, is the best use of humans. You can have some disruption, and even make some good Birthing Pod chains, and maybe play Angel for value... but keep the deck aggressive.
Aggro does seem like the most interesting option. You can run a few of the angels that have human-specific interactions, flavorfully they'd fall under "Karona-sent shepherds of the human race" so it works, with both Sigarda 2.0 and Angelic Overseer as interesting options.
From there on just cherrypick the humans with the best effects. Don't forget some tokens and Kessig Malcontents!
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My Commander decks:
Chandra, Torch of Defiance - Oops! All Chandras.
Prime Speaker Zegana - Draw for Power.
Pir & Toothy - Counterpalooza.
Arcades, the Strategist - Another Brick in the Wall.
Zacama, Primal Calamity - Calamity of Double Mana.
Edgar Markov - Vampires Don't Die.
Child of Alara - Dreamcrusher.
Yeah just go ham on the tokens and use that big buff off the general to get maximum value, humans are pretty good at that strat anyway - Secure the Wastes and Martial Coup are easy picks, but I think what would be the biggest challenge would be not making a 60% white decks, considering that's where most cool humans are parked. I have my suspicions that a lot of cards were humans in R&D but get stolen by other tribes - elves usually.
Aside from that, it would be cool to see a Guild subtheme with a bunch of the more useful Guildmages
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I guess I'm wondering what kind of direction I should take this deck? Should I go full-on aggro, run Angel of Glory's Rise combo, or just stick to goodstuff/Birthing Pod/ETB Value? Do I add in some Angels for flavor reasons, or just stick with humans? I guess I'm just a little overwhelmed with all the options in front of me.
GWSelvala and the Return to HumanityGW
UWDragonlord Ojutai, Control's Elder DragonUW
UBGTasigur, the God-Pharaoh's Gift to EDHUBG
UBRNicol Bolas and his Super
friendsPawnsUBRModern
UWUW Control/Midrange/Bad JundUW
WUBRGHumansWUBRG
BGMidrangeBG
Goodstuff / birthing Pod - doesn't make sense as tribal humans. How many humans lend themselves to this? If you are trying to grind people out with card advantage, human tribal will just narrow your power level for now reason.
Aggro, to me, is the best use of humans. You can have some disruption, and even make some good Birthing Pod chains, and maybe play Angel for value... but keep the deck aggressive.
8.RG Green Devotion Ramp/Combo 9.UR Draw Triggers 10.WUR Group stalling 11.WUR Voltron Spellslinger 12.WB Sacrificial Shenanigans
13.BR Creatureless Panharmonicon 14.BR Pingers and Eldrazi 15.URG Untapped Cascading
16.Reyhan, last of the Abzan's WUBG +1/+1 Counter Craziness 17.WUBRG Dragons aka Why did I make this?
Building: The Gitrog Monster lands, Glissa the Traitor stax, Muldrotha, the Gravetide Planeswalker Combo, Kydele, Chosen of Kruphix + Sidar Kondo of Jamuraa Clues, and Tribal Scarecrow Planeswalkers
From there on just cherrypick the humans with the best effects. Don't forget some tokens and Kessig Malcontents!
Chandra, Torch of Defiance - Oops! All Chandras.
Prime Speaker Zegana - Draw for Power.
Pir & Toothy - Counterpalooza.
Arcades, the Strategist - Another Brick in the Wall.
Zacama, Primal Calamity - Calamity of Double Mana.
Edgar Markov - Vampires Don't Die.
Child of Alara - Dreamcrusher.
Aside from that, it would be cool to see a Guild subtheme with a bunch of the more useful Guildmages