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Secrets of Strixhaven
released on April 24, 2026!

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Secrets of Strixhaven
released on April 24, 2026!

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Main Deck - 100 cards, 90 distinct
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Name  Ed. Price Type Cost P
Rarity Color
Commander
1 Tifa, Martial Artist
$3.09
Legendary Creature - Human Monk
4
Creature (32)
1 Adriana, Captain of the Guard
$0.41
Legendary Creature - Human Knight
4
1 Aurelia, the Warleader
$6.81
Legendary Creature - Angel
3
1 Avacyn, Angel of Hope
$30.41
Legendary Creature - Angel
8
1 Birds of Paradise
$12.06
Creature - Bird
0
1 Brion Stoutarm
$0.71
Legendary Creature - Giant Warrior
4
1 Bugenhagen, Wise Elder
$0.58
Legendary Creature - Human Shaman
1
1 Elvish Piper
$1.08
Creature - Elf Shaman
1
1 Fiendish Duo
$1.67
Creature - Devil
5
1 Ghalta, Primal Hunger
$0.70
Legendary Creature - Elder Dinosaur
12
1 Godsire
$3.55
Creature - Beast
8
1 Hamletback Goliath
$0.21
Creature - Giant Warrior
6
1 Hellkite Tyrant
$1.72
Creature - Dragon
6
1 Hydra Omnivore
$0.51
Creature - Hydra
8
1 Mayael the Anima
$1.74
Legendary Creature - Elf Shaman
2
1 Mossbridge Troll
$1.66
Creature - Troll
5
1 Myojin of Life's Web
$2.30
Legendary Creature - Spirit
8
1 Nyxbloom Ancient
$30.39
Enchantment Creature - Elemental
5
1 Paleoloth
$7.24
Creature - Beast
5
1 Scourge of the Throne
$0.36
Creature - Dragon
5
1 Selvala, Heart of the Wilds
$2.71
Legendary Creature - Elf Scout
2
1 Soul of the Harvest
$1.20
Creature - Elemental
6
1 Spearbreaker Behemoth
$0.70
Creature - Beast
5
1 Spellbreaker Behemoth
$0.80
Creature - Beast
5
1 Stalking Vengeance
$0.42
Creature - Avatar
5
1 Stonehoof Chieftain
$2.09
Creature - Centaur Warrior
8
1 Summon: Bahamut
$19.90
Enchantment Creature - Saga Dragon
9
1 Terastodon
$0.53
Creature - Elephant
9
1 Vigor
$2.14
Creature - Elemental Incarnation
6
1 Vincent, Vengeful Atoner
$0.40
Legendary Creature - Assassin
3
1 Worldspine Wurm
$1.43
Creature - Wurm
15
1 Xenagos, God of Revels
$7.30
Legendary Enchantment Creature - God
6
1 Zacama, Primal Calamity
$1.65
Legendary Creature - Elder Dinosaur
9
Instant (6)
1 Beast Within
$0.57
Instant
1 Boros Charm
$3.92
Instant
1 Dawn Charm
$1.18
Instant
1 Momentous Fall
$4.04
Instant
1 Naya Charm
$0.36
Instant
1 Return of the Wildspeaker
$0.73
Instant
Sorcery (4)
1 Farseek
$0.90
Sorcery
1 Nature's Lore
$2.10
Sorcery
1 Selvala's Stampede
$0.37
Sorcery
1 Tooth and Nail
$3.05
Sorcery
Artifact (9)
1 Aether Vial
$3.08
Artifact
1 Arcane Signet
$0.66
Artifact
1 Deathrender
$5.66
Artifact - Equipment
1 Herd Heirloom
$3.39
Artifact
1 Lightning Greaves
$3.86
Artifact - Equipment
1 Monster Manual // Zoological Study
$8.82
Artifact - Book // Sorcery - Adventure
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1 Quicksilver Amulet
$1.75
Artifact
1 Sol Ring
$1.23
Artifact
1 Trailblazer's Boots
$1.09
Artifact - Equipment
Enchantment (12)
1 Annie Joins Up
$4.97
Legendary Enchantment
1 Cream of the Crop
$0.48
Enchantment
1 Defense of the Heart
$25.60
Enchantment
1 Elemental Bond
$6.18
Enchantment
1 Garruk's Uprising
$0.40
Enchantment
1 Hunting Grounds
$1.01
Enchantment
1 Lurking Predators
$16.59
Enchantment
1 Mayael's Aria
$1.94
Enchantment
1 Privileged Position
$5.13
Enchantment
1 Rancor
$0.87
Enchantment - Aura
1 Rhythm of the Wild
$4.75
Enchantment
1 Unnatural Growth
$2.80
Enchantment
Land (36)
1 Ancient Ziggurat
$0.34
Land
1 Bonders' Enclave
$0.75
Land
1 Canopy Vista
$0.48
Land - Forest Plains
1 Cinder Glade
$0.33
Land - Mountain Forest
1 Clifftop Retreat
$0.42
Land
1 Command Tower
$0.40
Land
1 Contested Cliffs
$0.75
Land
1 Exotic Orchard
$0.31
Land
1 Fabled Passage
$1.00
Land
1 Fire-Lit Thicket
$1.54
Land
9 Forest
$0.10
Basic Land - Forest
1 Kessig Wolf Run
$0.48
Land
1 Mosswort Bridge
$0.36
Land
2 Mountain
$0.12
Basic Land - Mountain
1 Needleverge Pathway // Pillarverge Pathway
$3.79
Land // Land
2 Plains
$0.12
Basic Land - Plains
1 Rootbound Crag
$0.36
Land
1 Rugged Prairie
$0.31
Land
1 Skarrg, the Rage Pits
$1.53
Land
1 Slayers' Stronghold
$0.30
Land
1 Spinerock Knoll
$4.19
Land
1 Sungrass Prairie
$0.27
Land
1 Sunhome, Fortress of the Legion
$0.40
Land
1 Sunpetal Grove
$0.47
Land
1 Sunscorched Divide
$0.30
Land
1 Windbrisk Heights
$0.29
Land
Sideboard - 8 cards, 8 distinct
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Name  Ed. Price Type Cost P
Rarity Color
Instant (1)
1 Akroma's Will
$16.74
Instant
Sorcery (1)
1 Three Visits
$5.19
Sorcery
Artifact (1)
1 Embercleave
$9.40
Legendary Artifact - Equipment
Enchantment (2)
1 Aggravated Assault
$31.74
Enchantment
1 Sneak Attack
$11.46
Enchantment
Land (3)
1 Sacred Foundry
$10.74
Land - Mountain Plains
1 Stomping Ground
$7.80
Land - Mountain Forest
1 Temple Garden
$7.30
Land - Forest Plains

Notes
 
This Naya combat engine is built around turning oversized creatures into chained battle phases and overwhelming momentum. Tifa, Martial Artist rewards the deck for doing what it already wants to do: slam massive threats onto the battlefield and send them crashing into combat. Once a creature with power 7 or greater connects, Tifa untaps the entire board and launches an additional combat phase, allowing the deck to snowball from a single successful attack into a lethal avalanche of consecutive swings.

The deck ramps aggressively into enormous creatures through Nature’s Lore, Farseek, Selvala, Heart of the Wilds, and traditional mana acceleration, while cheat effects like Elvish Piper, Monster Manual, Quicksilver Amulet, Hunting Grounds, Selvala’s Stampede, and Tooth and Nail bypass mana costs entirely to flood the battlefield with giant threats ahead of schedule. Cards like Xenagos, God of Revels, Unnatural Growth, Kessig Wolf Run, Stonehoof Chieftain, and Aurelia, the Warleader ensure those creatures immediately hit the critical 7-power threshold needed to trigger Tifa’s extra combats.

The deck wins primarily through overwhelming combat damage and cascading attack steps. A single successful attack can spiral into multiple combat phases, repeatedly untapping creatures and forcing opponents to survive wave after wave of gigantic trampling threats. Hydra Omnivore, Worldspine Wurm, Zacama, Primal Calamity, and Godsire become especially devastating once combat chains begin. Secondary win conditions come from Stalking Vengeance burn triggers, Brion Stoutarm fling kills, and explosive battlefield swings generated by cards like Selvala’s Stampede and Myojin of Life’s Web. The result is a deck that feels less like traditional combat and more like a runaway avalanche that becomes harder to stop with every attack.

Exchange List:

Aether Vial -- Three Visits
Deathrender -- Sneak Attack
Dawn Charm -- Akroma's Will
Rancor -- Embercleave
Mossfire Valley -- Stomping Ground
Sungrass Prairie -- Temple Garden
Rugged Prairie -- Sacred Foundry
Mayael's Aria -- Aggravated Assault
Comments
  • woodmster123 | 25-Jul-2013 00:56
    i feel like this is slow in EDH. I get that big creatures can hit hard but there isnt very many low cost creatures in here and playing three colors works but you need the early blockers. If there isn't the quicksilver amulet out then playing the creatures without the mana is difficult. Even if Maya gets out she's a sitting target with no blockers against an aggro deck. I would put some smaller elves or creatures that tap for different manas i think this would take this deck to a whole new level
  • Sean | Edited 23-Jun-2012 23:18
    Had some ideas for the deck.  Not sure how well they'll work, but worth thinking about.  Avatar of Slaughter; Vorinclex; Novablast Wurm; Balefire Dragon; Mayael's Aria; Divine Reckoning (board wipe with flashback); and Rancor (especially when reprinted in M13).  



    EDIT: Oh and Retaliator Griffin.  The right colors, flies, and grows big in a pinch.
    • Ryan Hallows | 24-Jun-2012 01:03
      Great suggestions. Mayael's Aria and Balefire Dragon are definitely on the "to acquire" list, though have been pretty elusive in the trades andMayael's Aria is more expensive than I want to pay for buying it outright.Rancor, and Vorinclex would be awesome, I just got 2 Divine Reckonings in the mail today, I'm a little scared of Avatar of Slaughter and Novablast Wurm since it would wipe my commander as well, I don't know if the payoff is worth it.  I just put Mossbridge Troll and Purity in today and pulled some of the "placeholder" stuff that I had in. I also want to put aGodsire and Aether Vial in here at some point. I do need to incorporate some removal stuff though especially if I continue to play against Momir :). I do already have a retaliator griffin in the deck. He is nasty.  
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