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Saryth, the Viper's Fang · G · 100 cards · 38 lands
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Bracket 3 - UpgradedCommander 1Creatures 49Instants 7Sorceries 2Artifacts 2Enchantments 1Lands 38
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Strategy
Saryth, the Viper's Fang leads a deck built from the cards players most often run with it, putting +1/+1 counters on things and growing them out of range. The list holds 15 ramp pieces, 9 pieces of targeted interaction, 2 board wipes and 9 sources of card draw, at an average mana value of 3.67.
Early: Use the early turns on mana. Llanowar Elves and the rest of the 15 ramp pieces are what let the deck cast Saryth, the Viper's Fang on curve and keep casting after it.
Mid: Once the commander is down, the deck wants to be doing two things at once: advancing its own board and answering everyone else's. Viridian Longbow is the first answer you will usually reach for, and Toski, Bearer of Secrets keeps the hand full while you do it.
Late: Hold Scattershot Archer for the turn the table gets ahead of you - with 2 in the deck you can afford to use one early and still have an answer later. At 3.67 average mana value the top end is genuinely expensive - land drops matter.
Win conditions: Wins by growing a threat past what the table can answer and connecting with it.
- Fynn, the Fangbearer - Core to the plan
- Giant Adephage - Core to the plan
- Toski, Bearer of Secrets - Card draw
- Ohran Frostfang - Card draw
- Viridian Longbow - Interaction
- Scattershot Archer - Board wipe
- Managorger Hydra - Core to the plan
- Froghemoth - Core to the plan
~$373.64
estimated to build this deck
Commander (1)
Saryth, the Viper's Fang
Legendary Creature — Human Warlock
Other tapped creatures you control have deathtouch.
Other untapped creatures you control have hexproof.
{1}, {T}: Untap another target creature or land you control.
Creatures (49)
Fynn, the Fangbearer
Legendary Creature — Human Warrior
$0.2
Deathtouch (Any amount of damage this deals to a creature is enough to destroy it.)
Whenever a creature you control with deathtouch deals combat damage to a player, that player gets two poison counters. (A player with ten or more poison counters loses the game.)
Giant Adephage
Creature — Insect
$0.41
Trample
Whenever this creature deals combat damage to a player, create a token that's a copy of this creature.
Toski, Bearer of Secrets
Legendary Creature — Squirrel
$6.54
This spell can't be countered.
Indestructible
Toski attacks each combat if able.
Whenever a creature you control deals combat damage to a player, draw a card.
Ohran Frostfang
Snow Creature — Snake
$7.45
Attacking creatures you control have deathtouch.
Whenever a creature you control deals combat damage to a player, draw a card.
Scattershot Archer
Creature — Elf Archer
$1.4
{T}: This creature deals 1 damage to each creature with flying.
Managorger Hydra
Creature — Hydra
$0.92
Trample
Whenever a player casts a spell, put a +1/+1 counter on this creature.
Froghemoth
Creature — Frog Horror
$0.39
Trample, haste
Whenever this creature deals combat damage to a player, exile up to that many target cards from their graveyard. Put a +1/+1 counter on this creature for each creature card exiled this way. You gain 1 life for each noncreature card exiled this way.
Oak Street Innkeeper
Creature — Elf
$0.15
During turns other than yours, tapped creatures you control have hexproof.
Ghalta, Primal Hunger
Legendary Creature — Elder Dinosaur
$1.09
This spell costs {X} less to cast, where X is the total power of creatures you control.
Trample (This creature can deal excess combat damage to the player or planeswalker it's attacking.)
Beast Whisperer
Creature — Elf Druid
$7.61
Whenever you cast a creature spell, draw a card.
Seedborn Muse
Creature — Spirit
$15.44
Untap all permanents you control during each other player's untap step.
Defiler of Vigor
Creature — Phyrexian Wurm
$3.71
Trample
As an additional cost to cast green permanent spells, you may pay 2 life. Those spells cost {G} less to cast if you paid life this way. This effect reduces only the amount of green mana you pay.
Whenever you cast a green permanent spell, put a +1/+1 counter on each creature you control.
Soul of the Harvest
Creature — Elemental
$1.39
Trample
Whenever another nontoken creature you control enters, you may draw a card.
Eternal Witness
Creature — Human Shaman
$0.72
When this creature enters, you may return target card from your graveyard to your hand.
Sakura-Tribe Elder
Creature — Snake Shaman
$0.34
Sacrifice this creature: Search your library for a basic land card, put that card onto the battlefield tapped, then shuffle.
Karametra's Acolyte
Creature — Human Druid
$0.36
{T}: Add an amount of {G} equal to your devotion to green. (Each {G} in the mana costs of permanents you control counts toward your devotion to green.)
Fanatic of Rhonas
Creature — Snake Druid
$15.89
{T}: Add {G}.
Ferocious — {T}: Add {G}{G}{G}{G}. Activate only if you control a creature with power 4 or greater.
Eternalize {2}{G}{G} ({2}{G}{G}, Exile this card from your graveyard: Create a token that's a copy of it, except it's a 4/4 black Zombie Snake Druid with no mana cost. Eternalize only as a sorcery.)
Reclamation Sage
Creature — Elf Shaman
$0.19
When this creature enters, you may destroy target artifact or enchantment.
Goreclaw, Terror of Qal Sisma
Legendary Creature — Bear
$2.84
Creature spells you cast with power 4 or greater cost {2} less to cast.
Whenever Goreclaw attacks, each creature you control with power 4 or greater gets +1/+1 and gains trample until end of turn.
Circle of Dreams Druid
Creature — Elf Druid
$17.5
{T}: Add {G} for each creature you control.
Selvala, Heart of the Wilds
Legendary Creature — Elf Scout
$5.3
Whenever another creature enters, its controller may draw a card if its power is greater than each other creature's power.
{G}, {T}: Add X mana in any combination of colors, where X is the greatest power among creatures you control.
Vigor
Creature — Elemental Incarnation
$2.49
Trample
If damage would be dealt to another creature you control, prevent that damage. Put a +1/+1 counter on that creature for each 1 damage prevented this way.
When Vigor is put into a graveyard from anywhere, shuffle it into its owner's library.
Frenzied Baloth
Creature — Beast
$1.81
This spell can't be countered.
Trample, haste
Creature spells you control can't be countered.
Combat damage can't be prevented.
Thunderfoot Baloth
Creature — Beast
$0.43
Trample
Lieutenant — As long as you control your commander, this creature gets +2/+2 and other creatures you control get +2/+2 and have trample.
Kogla, the Titan Ape
Legendary Creature — Ape
$2.82
When Kogla enters, it fights up to one target creature you don't control.
Whenever Kogla attacks, destroy target artifact or enchantment defending player controls.
{1}{G}: Return target Human you control to its owner's hand. Kogla gains indestructible until end of turn.
Craterhoof Behemoth
Creature — Beast
$22.57
Haste
When this creature enters, creatures you control gain trample and get +X/+X until end of turn, where X is the number of creatures you control.
Endbringer
Creature — Eldrazi
$0.34
Untap this creature during each other player's untap step.
{T}: This creature deals 1 damage to any target.
{C}, {T}: Target creature can't attack or block this turn.
{C}{C}, {T}: Draw a card.
Quilled Greatwurm
Creature — Wurm
$3.21
Trample
Whenever a creature you control deals combat damage during your turn, put that many +1/+1 counters on it. (It must survive to get the counters.)
You may cast this card from your graveyard by removing six counters from among creatures you control in addition to paying its other costs.
Elder Gargaroth
Creature — Beast
$1.59
Reach, vigilance, trample
Whenever this creature attacks or blocks, choose one —
• Create a 3/3 green Beast creature token.
• You gain 3 life.
• Draw a card.
Questing Beast
Legendary Creature — Beast
$2.77
Vigilance, deathtouch, haste
Questing Beast can't be blocked by creatures with power 2 or less.
Combat damage that would be dealt by creatures you control can't be prevented.
Whenever Questing Beast deals combat damage to an opponent, it deals that much damage to target planeswalker that player controls.
Ulvenwald Tracker
Creature — Human Shaman
$5.35
{1}{G}, {T}: Target creature you control fights another target creature.
Surrak and Goreclaw
Legendary Creature — Human Bear
$21.52
Trample
Other creatures you control have trample.
Whenever another nontoken creature you control enters, put a +1/+1 counter on it. It gains haste until end of turn.
Rampaging Baloths
Creature — Beast
$0.28
Trample
Landfall — Whenever a land you control enters, create a 4/4 green Beast creature token.
Augur of Autumn
Creature — Human Druid
$0.34
You may look at the top card of your library any time.
You may play lands from the top of your library.
Coven — As long as you control three or more creatures with different powers, you may cast creature spells from the top of your library.
Aggressive Mammoth
Creature — Elephant
$0.37
Trample (This creature can deal excess combat damage to the player or planeswalker it's attacking.)
Other creatures you control have trample.
Silverback Elder
Creature — Ape Shaman
$7.48
Whenever you cast a creature spell, choose one —
• Destroy target artifact or enchantment.
• Look at the top five cards of your library. You may put a land card from among them onto the battlefield tapped. Put the rest on the bottom of your library in a random order.
• You gain 4 life.
Scavenging Ooze
Creature — Ooze
$0.19
{G}: Exile target card from a graveyard. If it was a creature card, put a +1/+1 counter on this creature and you gain 1 life.
Nylea, God of the Hunt
Legendary Enchantment Creature — God
$9.48
Indestructible
As long as your devotion to green is less than five, Nylea isn't a creature. (Each {G} in the mana costs of permanents you control counts toward your devotion to green.)
Other creatures you control have trample.
{3}{G}: Target creature gets +2/+2 until end of turn.
Quirion Ranger
Creature — Elf Ranger
$1.23
Return a Forest you control to its owner's hand: Untap target creature. Activate only once each turn.
Keeper of Fables
Creature — Cat
$0.33
Whenever one or more non-Human creatures you control deal combat damage to a player, draw a card.
Agonasaur Rex
Creature — Dinosaur
$0.45
Trample
Cycling {2}{G} ({2}{G}, Discard this card: Draw a card.)
When you cycle this card, put two +1/+1 counters on up to one target creature or Vehicle. It gains trample and indestructible until end of turn.
Instants (7)
Beast Within
Instant
$0.61
Destroy target permanent. Its controller creates a 3/3 green Beast creature token.
Heroic Intervention
Instant
$9.16
Permanents you control gain hexproof and indestructible until end of turn.
Ram Through
Instant
$0.37
Target creature you control deals damage equal to its power to target creature you don't control. If the creature you control has trample, excess damage is dealt to that creature's controller instead.
Return of the Wildspeaker
Instant
$1.43
Choose one —
• Draw cards equal to the greatest power among non-Human creatures you control.
• Non-Human creatures you control get +3/+3 until end of turn.
Worldly Tutor
Instant
$26.28
Search your library for a creature card, reveal it, then shuffle and put the card on top.
Crop Rotation
Instant
$3.45
As an additional cost to cast this spell, sacrifice a land.
Search your library for a land card, put that card onto the battlefield, then shuffle.
Bite Down
Instant
$0.21
Target creature you control deals damage equal to its power to target creature or planeswalker you don't control.
Sorceries (2)
Cultivate
Sorcery
$0.36
Search your library for up to two basic land cards, reveal those cards, put one onto the battlefield tapped and the other into your hand, then shuffle.
Ezuri's Predation
Sorcery
$2.91
For each creature your opponents control, create a 4/4 green Phyrexian Beast creature token. Each of those tokens fights a different one of those creatures.
Artifacts (2)
Viridian Longbow
Artifact — Equipment
$0.66
Equipped creature has "{T}: This creature deals 1 damage to any target."
Equip {3} ({3}: Attach to target creature you control. Equip only as a sorcery.)
Swiftfoot Boots
Artifact — Equipment
$1.93
Equipped creature has hexproof and haste. (It can't be the target of spells or abilities your opponents control. It can attack and {T} no matter when it came under your control.)
Equip {1} ({1}: Attach to target creature you control. Equip only as a sorcery.)
Enchantments (1)
Garruk's Uprising
Enchantment
$0.51
When this enchantment enters, if you control a creature with power 4 or greater, draw a card.
Creatures you control have trample. (Each of those creatures can deal excess combat damage to the player or planeswalker it's attacking.)
Whenever a creature you control with power 4 or greater enters, draw a card.
Lands (38)
Mosswort Bridge
Land
$0.3
Hideaway 4 (When this land enters, look at the top four cards of your library, exile one face down, then put the rest on the bottom in a random order.)
This land enters tapped.
{T}: Add {G}.
{G}, {T}: You may play the exiled card without paying its mana cost if creatures you control have total power 10 or greater.
Rogue's Passage
Land
$0.39
{T}: Add {C}.
{4}, {T}: Target creature can't be blocked this turn.
Castle Garenbrig
Land
$8.92
This land enters tapped unless you control a Forest.
{T}: Add {G}.
{2}{G}{G}, {T}: Add six {G}. Spend this mana only to cast creature spells or activate abilities of creatures.
Nykthos, Shrine to Nyx
Legendary Land
$53.08
{T}: Add {C}.
{2}, {T}: Choose a color. Add an amount of mana of that color equal to your devotion to that color. (Your devotion to a color is the number of mana symbols of that color in the mana costs of permanents you control.)
War Room
Land
$5.32
{T}: Add {C}.
{3}, {T}, Pay life equal to the number of colors in your commanders' color identity: Draw a card.
Oran-Rief, the Vastwood
Land
$0.37
This land enters tapped.
{T}: Add {G}.
{T}: Put a +1/+1 counter on each green creature that entered this turn.
Boseiju, Who Endures
Legendary Land
$48.29
{T}: Add {G}.
Channel — {1}{G}, Discard this card: Destroy target artifact, enchantment, or nonbasic land an opponent controls. That player may search their library for a land card with a basic land type, put it onto the battlefield, then shuffle. This ability costs {1} less to activate for each legendary creature you control.
Bonders' Enclave
Land
$0.36
{T}: Add {C}.
{3}, {T}: Draw a card. Activate only if you control a creature with power 4 or greater.
Temple of the False God
Land
$0.17
{T}: Add {C}{C}. Activate only if you control five or more lands.
Scavenger Grounds
Land — Desert
$0.29
{T}: Add {C}.
{2}, {T}, Sacrifice a Desert: Exile all graveyards.
Yavimaya, Cradle of Growth
Legendary Land
$17.03
Each land is a Forest in addition to its other land types.
Basic lands: 26 Forest
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