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Nezahal, Primal Tide · U · 100 cards · 38 lands
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Strategy
Nezahal, Primal Tide 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 12 ramp pieces, 9 pieces of targeted interaction, 6 board wipes and 14 sources of card draw, at an average mana value of 3.30.
Early: The early turns belong to ramp. High Tide and the other 12 ramp pieces exist to get Nezahal, Primal Tide out well before its printed cost of 7 would allow.
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. Counterspell is the first answer you will usually reach for, and Dragon Wings keeps the hand full while you do it.
Late: Hold Engulf the Shore for the turn the table gets ahead of you - with 6 in the deck you can afford to use one early and still have an answer later. At 3.30 average mana value the top end is middling, which means most turns hold two spells.
Win conditions: Wins by growing a threat past what the table can answer and connecting with it.
- Dragon Wings - Card draw
- Teferi's Ageless Insight - Card draw
- Wonder - Core to the plan
- Engulf the Shore - Board wipe
- Ominous Seas - Card draw
- Candlekeep Sage - Card draw
- Scourge of Fleets - Board wipe
- Chasm Skulker - Core to the plan
~$502.31
estimated to build this deck
Commander (1)
Nezahal, Primal Tide
Legendary Creature — Elder Dinosaur
This spell can't be countered.
You have no maximum hand size.
Whenever an opponent casts a noncreature spell, draw a card.
Discard three cards: Exile Nezahal. Return it to the battlefield tapped under its owner's control at the beginning of the next end step.
Creatures (38)
Wonder
Creature — Incarnation
$1.62
Flying
As long as this card is in your graveyard and you control an Island, creatures you control have flying.
Scourge of Fleets
Creature — Kraken
$0.46
When this creature enters, return each creature your opponents control with toughness X or less to its owner's hand, where X is the number of Islands you control.
Chasm Skulker
Creature — Squid Horror
$0.31
Whenever you draw a card, put a +1/+1 counter on this creature.
When this creature dies, create X 1/1 blue Squid creature tokens with islandwalk, where X is the number of +1/+1 counters on this creature. (They can't be blocked as long as defending player controls an Island.)
Psychosis Crawler
Artifact Creature — Phyrexian Horror
$0.77
Psychosis Crawler's power and toughness are each equal to the number of cards in your hand.
Whenever you draw a card, each opponent loses 1 life.
Hullbreaker Horror
Creature — Kraken Horror
$5.72
Flash
This spell can't be countered.
Whenever you cast a spell, choose up to one —
• Return target spell you don't control to its owner's hand.
• Return target nonland permanent to its owner's hand.
Consecrated Sphinx
Creature — Sphinx
$25.58
Flying
Whenever an opponent draws a card, you may draw two cards.
Laboratory Maniac
Creature — Human Wizard
$0.45
If you would draw a card while your library has no cards in it, you win the game instead.
Faerie Mastermind
Creature — Faerie Rogue
$11.47
Flash
Flying
Whenever an opponent draws their second card each turn, you draw a card.
{3}{U}: Each player draws a card.
Solemn Simulacrum
Artifact Creature — Golem
$0.27
When this creature enters, you may search your library for a basic land card, put that card onto the battlefield tapped, then shuffle.
When this creature dies, you may draw a card.
Thassa, God of the Sea
Legendary Enchantment Creature — God
$4.01
Indestructible
As long as your devotion to blue is less than five, Thassa isn't a creature. (Each {U} in the mana costs of permanents you control counts toward your devotion to blue.)
At the beginning of your upkeep, scry 1.
{1}{U}: Target creature you control can't be blocked this turn.
The Watcher in the Water
Legendary Creature — Kraken
$2.37
The Watcher in the Water enters tapped with nine stun counters on it. (If a permanent with a stun counter would become untapped, remove one from it instead.)
Whenever you draw a card during an opponent's turn, create a 1/1 blue Tentacle creature token.
Whenever a Tentacle you control dies, untap up to one target Kraken and put a stun counter on up to one target nonland permanent.
Nadir Kraken
Creature — Kraken
$0.32
Whenever you draw a card, you may pay {1}. If you do, put a +1/+1 counter on this creature and create a 1/1 blue Tentacle creature token.
Triskaidekaphile
Creature — Human Wizard
$0.68
You have no maximum hand size.
At the beginning of your upkeep, if you have exactly thirteen cards in your hand, you win the game.
{3}{U}: Draw a card.
Fog Bank
Creature — Wall
$0.16
Defender (This creature can't attack.)
Flying
Prevent all combat damage that would be dealt to and dealt by this creature.
Body of Knowledge
Creature — Avatar
$0.34
Body of Knowledge's power and toughness are each equal to the number of cards in your hand.
You have no maximum hand size.
Whenever this creature is dealt damage, draw that many cards.
Archaeomancer
Creature — Human Wizard
$0.28
When this creature enters, return target instant or sorcery card from your graveyard to your hand.
Phyrexian Metamorph
Artifact Creature — Phyrexian Shapeshifter
$2.1
({U/P} can be paid with either {U} or 2 life.)
You may have this creature enter as a copy of any artifact or creature on the battlefield, except it's an artifact in addition to its other types.
Ornithopter of Paradise
Artifact Creature — Thopter
$0.44
Flying
{T}: Add one mana of any color.
Eluge, the Shoreless Sea
Legendary Creature — Elemental Fish
$5.1
Eluge's power and toughness are each equal to the number of Islands you control.
Whenever Eluge enters or attacks, put a flood counter on target land. It's an Island in addition to its other types for as long as it has a flood counter on it.
The first instant or sorcery spell you cast each turn costs {U} (or {1}) less to cast for each land you control with a flood counter on it.
Stormtide Leviathan
Creature — Leviathan
$0.49
Islandwalk (This creature can't be blocked as long as defending player controls an Island.)
All lands are Islands in addition to their other types.
Creatures without flying or islandwalk can't attack.
Burnished Hart
Artifact Creature — Elk
$0.14
{3}, Sacrifice this creature: Search your library for up to two basic land cards, put them onto the battlefield tapped, then shuffle.
The Unagi of Kyoshi Island
Legendary Creature — Serpent
$1.43
Flash
Ward—Waterbend {4}. (Whenever this creature becomes the target of a spell or ability an opponent controls, counter it unless that player pays {4}. They can tap their artifacts and creatures to help. Each one pays for {1}.)
Whenever an opponent draws their second card each turn, you draw two cards.
Alandra, Sky Dreamer
Legendary Creature — Merfolk Wizard
$9.55
Whenever you draw your second card each turn, create a 2/2 blue Drake creature token with flying.
Whenever you draw your fifth card each turn, Alandra and Drakes you control each get +X/+X until end of turn, where X is the number of cards in your hand.
Archmage Emeritus
Creature — Human Wizard
$0.56
Magecraft — Whenever you cast or copy an instant or sorcery spell, draw a card.
Oneirophage
Creature — Squid Illusion
$0.14
Flying
Whenever you draw a card, put a +1/+1 counter on this creature.
Twenty-Toed Toad
Creature — Frog Wizard
$6.52
Your maximum hand size is twenty.
Whenever you attack with two or more creatures, put a +1/+1 counter on this creature and draw a card.
Whenever this creature attacks, you win the game if there are twenty or more counters on it or you have twenty or more cards in hand.
Wan Shi Tong, Librarian
Legendary Creature — Bird Spirit
$35.83
Flash
Flying, vigilance
When Wan Shi Tong enters, put X +1/+1 counters on him. Then draw half X cards, rounded down.
Whenever an opponent searches their library, put a +1/+1 counter on Wan Shi Tong and draw a card.
Emrakul's Messenger
Creature — Eldrazi Faerie Rogue
$0.29
Devoid (This card has no color.)
Flying
Whenever you draw your second card each turn, create a 0/1 colorless Eldrazi Spawn creature token with "Sacrifice this token: Add {C}."
Spark Double
Creature — Illusion
$4.49
You may have this creature enter as a copy of a creature or planeswalker you control, except it enters with an additional +1/+1 counter on it if it's a creature, it enters with an additional loyalty counter on it if it's a planeswalker, and it isn't legendary.
Homunculus Horde
Creature — Homunculus
$1.01
Whenever you draw your second card each turn, create a token that's a copy of this creature.
Thieving Skydiver
Creature — Merfolk Rogue
$0.24
Kicker {X}. X can't be 0. (You may pay an additional {X} as you cast this spell.)
Flying
When this creature enters, if it was kicked, gain control of target artifact with mana value X or less. If that artifact is an Equipment, attach it to this creature.
Arcanis the Omnipotent
Legendary Creature — Wizard
$0.17
{T}: Draw three cards.
{2}{U}{U}: Return Arcanis to its owner's hand.
Ledger Shredder
Creature — Bird Advisor
$9.41
Flying
Whenever a player casts their second spell each turn, this creature connives. (Draw a card, then discard a card. If you discarded a nonland card, put a +1/+1 counter on this creature.)
Baral, Chief of Compliance
Legendary Creature — Human Wizard
$3.24
Instant and sorcery spells you cast cost {1} less to cast.
Whenever a spell or ability you control counters a spell, you may draw a card. If you do, discard a card.
Talrand, Sky Summoner
Legendary Creature — Merfolk Wizard
$0.41
Whenever you cast an instant or sorcery spell, create a 2/2 blue Drake creature token with flying.
Instants (13)
Engulf the Shore
Instant
$0.44
Return to their owners' hands all creatures with toughness less than or equal to the number of Islands you control.
High Tide
Instant
$0.81
Until end of turn, whenever a player taps an Island for mana, that player adds an additional {U}.
Arcane Denial
Instant
$1.57
Counter target spell. Its controller may draw up to two cards at the beginning of the next turn's upkeep.
You draw a card at the beginning of the next turn's upkeep.
An Offer You Can't Refuse
Instant
$3.01
Counter target noncreature spell. Its controller creates two Treasure tokens. (They're artifacts with "{T}, Sacrifice this token: Add one mana of any color.")
Pongify
Instant
$2
Destroy target creature. It can't be regenerated. Its controller creates a 3/3 green Ape creature token.
Cyclonic Rift
Instant
$30.27
Return target nonland permanent you don't control to its owner's hand.
Overload {6}{U} (You may cast this spell for its overload cost. If you do, change "target" in its text to "each.")
Rapid Hybridization
Instant
$0.81
Destroy target creature. It can't be regenerated. That creature's controller creates a 3/3 green Frog Lizard creature token.
Reality Shift
Instant
$0.23
Exile target creature. Its controller manifests the top card of their library. (That player puts the top card of their library onto the battlefield face down as a 2/2 creature. If it's a creature card, it can be turned face up any time for its mana cost.)
Mana Drain
Instant
$51.22
Counter target spell. At the beginning of your next main phase, add an amount of {C} equal to that spell's mana value.
Swan Song
Instant
$9.85
Counter target enchantment, instant, or sorcery spell. Its controller creates a 2/2 blue Bird creature token with flying.
Sorceries (1)
Retraced Image
Sorcery
$8.7
Reveal a card in your hand, then put that card onto the battlefield if it has the same name as a permanent.
Artifacts (3)
Wayfarer's Bauble
Artifact
$0.3
{2}, {T}, Sacrifice this artifact: Search your library for a basic land card, put that card onto the battlefield tapped, then shuffle.
Monument to Endurance
Artifact
$19.57
Whenever you discard a card, choose one that hasn't been chosen this turn —
• Draw a card.
• Create a Treasure token.
• Each opponent loses 3 life.
Enchantments (6)
Dragon Wings
Enchantment — Aura
$0.15
Enchant creature
Enchanted creature has flying.
Cycling {1}{U} ({1}{U}, Discard this card: Draw a card.)
When a creature with mana value 6 or greater enters, you may return this card from your graveyard to the battlefield attached to that creature.
Teferi's Ageless Insight
Legendary Enchantment
$3.89
If you would draw a card except the first one you draw in each of your draw steps, draw two cards instead.
Ominous Seas
Enchantment
$1.42
Whenever you draw a card, put a foreshadow counter on this enchantment.
Remove eight foreshadow counters from this enchantment: Create an 8/8 blue Kraken creature token.
Cycling {2} ({2}, Discard this card: Draw a card.)
Candlekeep Sage
Legendary Enchantment — Background
$0.22
Commander creatures you own have "When this creature enters or leaves the battlefield, draw a card."
Propaganda
Enchantment
$1.83
Creatures can't attack you unless their controller pays {2} for each creature they control that's attacking you.
Rhystic Study
Enchantment
$67.53
Whenever an opponent casts a spell, you may draw a card unless that player pays {1}.
Lands (38)
Rogue's Passage
Land
$0.39
{T}: Add {C}.
{4}, {T}: Target creature can't be blocked this turn.
Mystic Sanctuary
Land — Island
$1.11
({T}: Add {U}.)
This land enters tapped unless you control three or more other Islands.
When this land enters untapped, you may put target instant or sorcery card from your graveyard on top of your library.
Otawara, Soaring City
Legendary Land
$26.49
{T}: Add {U}.
Channel — {3}{U}, Discard this card: Return target artifact, creature, enchantment, or planeswalker to its owner's hand. This ability costs {1} less to activate for each legendary creature you control.
Terrain Generator
Land
$1.29
{T}: Add {C}.
{2}, {T}: You may put a basic land card from your hand onto the battlefield tapped.
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.)
Temple of the False God
Land
$0.17
{T}: Add {C}{C}. Activate only if you control five or more lands.
Castle Vantress
Land
$0.35
This land enters tapped unless you control an Island.
{T}: Add {U}.
{2}{U}{U}, {T}: Scry 2.
Lonely Sandbar
Land
$0.17
This land enters tapped.
{T}: Add {U}.
Cycling {U} ({U}, Discard this card: Draw a card.)
Minamo, School at Water's Edge
Legendary Land
$58.63
{T}: Add {U}.
{U}, {T}: Untap target legendary permanent.
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.
Scavenger Grounds
Land — Desert
$0.29
{T}: Add {C}.
{2}, {T}, Sacrifice a Desert: Exile all graveyards.
Basic lands: 26 Island
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