Kuma
10-12-2009, 06:02 PM
In my quest for an underplayed general who doesn't suck in multiplayer games, I came across Nath of the Gilt-Leaf. It wasn't so much his discard ability that drew me in, but his token generating ability. I started bulding the deck as a sort of Rock/Board control deck that would use Nath's token-making with strong board control elements based around gaining advantage from sacrificing/destroying tokens instead of permanents. Not only can the deck beat with an army of tokens, it can lock multiple players out of the game and it even has a combo finish that can kill all your opponents, making it a powerful choice in multiplayer and one-on-one EDH.
Full List:
Nath of the Gilt-Leaf
Lands: (37)
Gilt-Leaf Palace
Twilight Mire
Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth
Terramorphic Expanse
Tainted Wood
Volrath's Stronghold
Forest
Overgrown Tomb
Golgari Rot Farm
Gaea's Cradle
Jund Panorama
Llanowar Wastes
3 Swamp
Bayou
Verdant Catacombs
Wooded Foothills
Marsh Flats
Misty Rainforest
Windswept Heath
Polluted Delta
Bloodstained Mire
Shizo, Death's Storehouse
Strip Mine
Wasteland
4 Snow-Covered Forest
3 Snow-Covered Swamp
Cabal Coffers
Pendelhaven
Bojuka Bog
Dryad Arbor
Acceleration: (9)
Elvish Archdruid
Rofellos, Llanowar Emissary
Priest of Titania
Joraga Treespeaker
Elves of Deep Shadow
Primeval Titan
Garruk Wildspeaker
Sol Ring
Mana Crypt
Token Generators: (6)
Creakwood Liege
Spawnwrithe
Verdant Force
Grave Titan
Bitterblossom
Squirrel Nest
Board Control/Removal: (10)
Braids, Cabal Minion
Grave Pact
Smokestack
Vorinclex, Voice of Hunger
Sheoldred, Whispering One
Nullmage Shepherd
Maelstrom Pulse
Beast Within
Gleeful Sabotage
Putrefy
Discard: (3)
Sadistic Hypnotist
Myojin of Night's Reach
Painful Quandary
Card Draw/Selection: (9)
Graveborn Muse
Skullclamp
Anvil of Bogardan
Sensei's Divining Top
Memory Jar
Phyrexian Arena
Necropotence
Geth's Grimoire
Scroll Rack
Tutors: (13)
Demonic Tutor
Diabolic Tutor
Liliana Vess
Vampiric Tutor
Grim Tutor
Diabolic Intent
Worldly Tutor
Crop Rotation
Sylvan Tutor
Defense of the Heart
Beseech the Queen
Green Sun's Zenith
Praetor's Grasp
Graveyard Recursion: (5)
Eternal Witness
Recollect
Regrowth
Yawgmoth's Will
Crucible of Worlds
Misc/Combo Pieces: (7)
Earthcraft
Eldrazi Monument
Exsanguinate
Leyline of the Void
Helm of Obedience
Bloodchief Ascension
Mindcrank
Key Combos:
Nath of the Gilt-Leaf + Sadistic Hypnotist = Your opponents discard their hands and you get lots of Elf Warrior tokens.
Earthcraft + Squirrel Nest = Infinite Squirrel tokens.
Nath of the Gilt-Leaf + Memory Jar = You get seven new cards to play with and seven Elf Warrior tokens for each opponent at the end of your turn.
Mindcrank + Bloodchief Ascension = Whenever an opponent puts a card in their graveyard or takes damage they lose their library.
Helm of Obedience + Leyline of the Void = :1:, tap: Exile target player's library.
The basic strategy is to get out Nath of the Gilt Leaf and Sadistic Hypnotist as fast as you can. It's pretty hard to lose when your opponents have no cards in hand and you have ten or so elves. Alternatively you want to get a token generator and a lock piece and shut out your opponents. There are numerous combinations of cards that can accomplish this.
Take one of these...
Creakwood Liege
Grave Titan
Spawnwrithe
Verdant Force
Bitterblossom
Squirrel Nest
Garruk Wildspeaker
Nath of the Gilt-Leaf
...and add one of these
Braids, Cabal Minion
Sheoldred, Whispering One
Smokestack
What do I tutor for?
On the first few turns of the game, you usually want to tutor for acceleration. Mana Crypt, Sol Ring, and Gaea's Cradle are the usual suspects. Once you have Nath of the Gilt Leaf, you're probably going to want Sadistic Hypnotist. Otherwise, it's pretty self explanatory; if you need mana get Gaea's Cradle or Priest of Titania, if you have half a combo, find the other half.
Full List:
Nath of the Gilt-Leaf
Lands: (37)
Gilt-Leaf Palace
Twilight Mire
Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth
Terramorphic Expanse
Tainted Wood
Volrath's Stronghold
Forest
Overgrown Tomb
Golgari Rot Farm
Gaea's Cradle
Jund Panorama
Llanowar Wastes
3 Swamp
Bayou
Verdant Catacombs
Wooded Foothills
Marsh Flats
Misty Rainforest
Windswept Heath
Polluted Delta
Bloodstained Mire
Shizo, Death's Storehouse
Strip Mine
Wasteland
4 Snow-Covered Forest
3 Snow-Covered Swamp
Cabal Coffers
Pendelhaven
Bojuka Bog
Dryad Arbor
Acceleration: (9)
Elvish Archdruid
Rofellos, Llanowar Emissary
Priest of Titania
Joraga Treespeaker
Elves of Deep Shadow
Primeval Titan
Garruk Wildspeaker
Sol Ring
Mana Crypt
Token Generators: (6)
Creakwood Liege
Spawnwrithe
Verdant Force
Grave Titan
Bitterblossom
Squirrel Nest
Board Control/Removal: (10)
Braids, Cabal Minion
Grave Pact
Smokestack
Vorinclex, Voice of Hunger
Sheoldred, Whispering One
Nullmage Shepherd
Maelstrom Pulse
Beast Within
Gleeful Sabotage
Putrefy
Discard: (3)
Sadistic Hypnotist
Myojin of Night's Reach
Painful Quandary
Card Draw/Selection: (9)
Graveborn Muse
Skullclamp
Anvil of Bogardan
Sensei's Divining Top
Memory Jar
Phyrexian Arena
Necropotence
Geth's Grimoire
Scroll Rack
Tutors: (13)
Demonic Tutor
Diabolic Tutor
Liliana Vess
Vampiric Tutor
Grim Tutor
Diabolic Intent
Worldly Tutor
Crop Rotation
Sylvan Tutor
Defense of the Heart
Beseech the Queen
Green Sun's Zenith
Praetor's Grasp
Graveyard Recursion: (5)
Eternal Witness
Recollect
Regrowth
Yawgmoth's Will
Crucible of Worlds
Misc/Combo Pieces: (7)
Earthcraft
Eldrazi Monument
Exsanguinate
Leyline of the Void
Helm of Obedience
Bloodchief Ascension
Mindcrank
Key Combos:
Nath of the Gilt-Leaf + Sadistic Hypnotist = Your opponents discard their hands and you get lots of Elf Warrior tokens.
Earthcraft + Squirrel Nest = Infinite Squirrel tokens.
Nath of the Gilt-Leaf + Memory Jar = You get seven new cards to play with and seven Elf Warrior tokens for each opponent at the end of your turn.
Mindcrank + Bloodchief Ascension = Whenever an opponent puts a card in their graveyard or takes damage they lose their library.
Helm of Obedience + Leyline of the Void = :1:, tap: Exile target player's library.
The basic strategy is to get out Nath of the Gilt Leaf and Sadistic Hypnotist as fast as you can. It's pretty hard to lose when your opponents have no cards in hand and you have ten or so elves. Alternatively you want to get a token generator and a lock piece and shut out your opponents. There are numerous combinations of cards that can accomplish this.
Take one of these...
Creakwood Liege
Grave Titan
Spawnwrithe
Verdant Force
Bitterblossom
Squirrel Nest
Garruk Wildspeaker
Nath of the Gilt-Leaf
...and add one of these
Braids, Cabal Minion
Sheoldred, Whispering One
Smokestack
What do I tutor for?
On the first few turns of the game, you usually want to tutor for acceleration. Mana Crypt, Sol Ring, and Gaea's Cradle are the usual suspects. Once you have Nath of the Gilt Leaf, you're probably going to want Sadistic Hypnotist. Otherwise, it's pretty self explanatory; if you need mana get Gaea's Cradle or Priest of Titania, if you have half a combo, find the other half.