Had a fun one recently - two players left on the board. My last remaining opponent was playing Saheeli, the Gifted, I was playing my budget Animar, Soul of Elements. The game had been very swingy, and I found myself in a situation where I was at 16 life, with no flying blockers available. My opponent had Scuttling Doom Engine and Hoard-smelter Dragon. He activated his dragon, targeting the engine, but I had the one card in my deck that could save me in my hand - Alexi's Cloak, which I flashed onto his Scuttling Doom Engine in response to the Dragon's activation. He didn't have mana open for a second one.
Mythic cycle of aged versions of past popular creatures?
I hadn't even thought of that until you pointed it out, but between this and Seasoned Pyromancer you're probably on to something. Very cool idea for a cycle in both flavour and gameplay mechanics.
(Yes I know it’s not tournament viable, but I tend to even try to make my kitchen table casual jank decks modern compliant)
Kami of False Hope was already modern legal and even strictly better (incolor at gift) for this combo. I don't understand why people get so hyped for this card.
I can't speak for others, but I'm mostly happy with the Spore Frog reprint because of pauper (and, to a lesser extent, commander). It's currently a $2.50 common that has a lot of potential in Tortured Existence decks (which would also be a sweet reprint for this set, by the way).
So, play Morophon, choose Elemental, drop Horde of Notions, and laugh.
That doesn't work though. Horde of Notions has an activated ability. Morophon doesn't reduce that. ~edit: Of course Horde itself comes down for free... D'oh.
Those are all excellent suggestions. Land auras make it easier to combo out, and Merchant Scroll is a great tutor. I always thought it was uncommon for some reason. I'll also have to find room for Muddle the Mixture, as it's the only pauper legal card (as far as I know) that can tutor for one of the untap pieces in the combo by transmuting to Cloud of Faeries.
So yes, as the title suggests, this Tatyova PDH deck is a combo build that aims to generate infinite mana, followed by a victory through Capsize or Wildheart Invoker. Of these two Capsize is the easiest win, as you can just clear your opponent's board and repeat the combo as necessary.
The two infinite mana combos of this deck are as follows:
One very odd thing I've noticed about War of the Spark - lots of fun new legendary creatures, but very few that actually seem fun to build a commander deck around. When you look at the most popular commanders for the past week and month, only Feather, the Redeemed shows up - #1 most popular in the past week, #10 most popular in the past month.
Having it come down on turn three, ticking it down once and then keeping it on the board for a few turns is killer in EDH. One of the best uncommon walkers.
One card I think might be worth considering that I missed in this article is Gallant Cavalry. Two 2/2 bodies with Vigilance for 3W seems like a good deal.
1x Opal Palace
1x Warped Landscape
1x Walking Atlas
1x Growth Spiral
1x Explore
1x Sakura-Tribe Scout
1x Rush of Knowledge
1x Deep Analysis
1x Llanowar Scout
1x Wildheart Invoker
1x Mnemonic Wall
1x Cloudpost
1x Glimmerpost
1x Utopia Sprawl
1x Wild Growth
1x Merchant Scroll
1x Muddle the Mixture
1x Borrowing 100,000 Arrows
1x Frantic Search
1x Gush
1x High Tide
1x Salvager of Secrets
1x Tatyova, Benthic Druid
Land (38)
1x Bant Panorama
1x Cloudpost
1x Command Tower
1x Evolving Wilds
11x Forest
1x Glimmerpost
9x Island
1x Lonely Sandbar
1x Seat of the Synod
1x Simic Growth Chamber
1x Simic Guildgate
1x Slippery Karst
1x Terramorphic Expanse
1x Thornwood Falls
1x Tranquil Thicket
1x Tree of Tales
1x Urza's Mine
1x Urza's Power Plant
1x Urza's Tower
1x Woodland Stream
Tutor (7)
1x Crop Rotation
1x Drift of Phantasms
1x Expedition Map
1x Merchant Scroll
1x Reap and Sow
1x Trinket Mage
1x Vedalken AEthermage
1x Elven Cache
1x Reclaim
1x Salvage
Untap (2)
1x Cloud of Faeries
1x Peregrine Drake
Ramp (15)
1x Coiling Oracle
1x Cultivate
1x Elvish Mystic
1x Far Wanderings
1x Grow from the Ashes
1x Harrow
1x High Tide
1x Kodama's Reach
1x Llanowar Elves
1x Sakura-Tribe Elder
1x Search for Tomorrow
1x Thought Vessel
1x Utopia Sprawl
1x Wild Growth
1x Wood Elves
Control (8)
1x Abjure
1x Condescend
1x Counterspell
1x Deprive
1x Muddle the Mixture
1x Negate
1x Rewind
1x Unwind
1x Archaeomancer
1x Salvager of Secrets
1x Scrivener
Blink (2)
1x Displace
1x Ghostly Flicker
Draw (14)
1x Borrowing 100,000 Arrows
1x Brainstorm
1x Frantic Search
1x Gush
1x Mulldrifter
1x Mystic Remora
1x Opt
1x Ponder
1x Preordain
1x Rhystic Study
1x Sea Gate Oracle
1x Sleight of Hand
1x Treasure Cruise
1x Whispers of the Muse
Removal (5)
1x AEther Adept
1x Blink of an Eye
1x Broken Bond
1x Dissenter's Deliverance
1x Snap
Wincon (2)
1x Capsize
1x Sage's Row Denizen
So yes, as the title suggests, this Tatyova PDH deck is a combo build that aims to generate infinite mana, followed by a victory through Capsize or Wildheart Invoker. Of these two Capsize is the easiest win, as you can just clear your opponent's board and repeat the combo as necessary.
The two infinite mana combos of this deck are as follows:
1) Peregrine Drake + Ghostly Flicker/Displace + Archaeomancer/Salvager of Secrets/Scrivener = infinite mana.
2) Cloud of Faeries + Ghostly Flicker/Displace + Archaeomancer/Salvager of Secrets/Scrivener + any combination of two lands that tap for four mana total, one of which is blue* = infinite mana.
*Possible combinations: Simic Growth Chamber + any Urza land or any land that taps for blue + Urza's Tower.
Alternatively, I can win through Sage's Row Denizen if I get either of the combos online.