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ukyo_rulz
09-26-2013, 05:07 AM
Hello. I have been playing MtG for more than a decade but honestly I have never really had a chance to play EDH. Recently I learned of an EDH playgroup that I could join from time to time. To do this, however, I need a deck. I'm really only looking to fulfill a few basic criteria:

1. I want to have Reya Dawnbringer in my deck, because I got one from a pack way back at the Invasion prerelease and I've always wanted to put it in a deck.
2. I want the deck to be reasonably good. Not degenerate, but something that will put up a fight.
3. I want the deck to be reasonably costed. I am willing to spend a bit of money on this, but I'd rather not break the bank.

Based on the above, I have mocked up this list:

General: Teneb

Creatures (29)
1 Nezumi Graverobber
1 Scavenging Ooze
1 Fauna Shaman
1 Wall of Blossoms
1 Wall of Omens
1 Gatecreeper Vine
1 Eternal Witness
1 Carven Caryatid
1 Spike Weaver
1 Obzedat, Ghost Council
1 Thragtusk
1 Bloodgift Demon
1 Genesis
1 Ink-Eyes, Servant of Oni
1 Desolation Angel
1 Visara the Dreadful
1 Hythonia the Cruel
1 Sheoldred, Whispering One
1 Avatar of Woe
1 Reya Dawnbringer
1 Mephidross Vampire
1 Triskelion
1 Corpsejack Menace
1 Multani, Maro-Sorcerer
1 Verdant Force
1 Luminate Primordial
1 Sepulchral Primordial
1 Sylvan Primordial
1 Ghave, Guru of Spores

Other spells (32)
1 Golgari Cluestone
1 Selesnya Cluestone
1 Orzhov Cluestone
1 Darksteel Ingot
1 Chromatic Lantern
1 Diabolic Tutor
1 Jarad's Orders
1 Buried Alive
1 Unburial Rites
1 Oversold Cemetery
1 Deadbridge Chant
1 Debtors' Knell
1 Greater Good
1 Victimize
1 Rescue from the Underworld
1 Attrition
1 Dread Return
1 Obzedat's Aid
1 Beacon of Unrest
1 Miraculous Recovery
1 Marshal's Anthem
1 Vigor Mortis
1 Betrayal of Flesh
1 Selesnya Charm
1 Golgari Charm
1 Mortify
1 Putrefy
1 Condemn
1 Planar Cleansing
1 Merciless Eviction
1 Plague Wind
1 Grave Pact

Lands (38)
1 Godless Shrine
1 Temple Garden
1 Overgrown Tomb
1 Fetid Heath
1 Wooded Bastion
1 Twilight Mire
1 Orzhov Guildgate
1 Selesnya Guildgate
1 Golgari Guildgate
1 Orzhov Basilica
1 Selesnya Sanctuary
1 Golgari Rot Farm
1 Terramorphic Expanse
1 Evolving Wilds
1 Krosan Verge
1 Gilt-Leaf Palace
1 Stirring Wildwood
1 Graypelt Refuge
1 Razorverge Thicket
1 Saltcrusted Steppe
1 Command Tower
1 Murmuring Bosk
1 Gavony Township
1 Vault of the Archangel
1 Grove of the Guardian
1 Vitu-Ghazi, the City-Tree
4 Swamp
4 Forest
4 Plains

I would really like some advice on the above. It's just a list I made up based on what I heard about the format, with no real first-hand knowledge on it. No idea on whether any of the cards are really good or if the numbers and ratios are off. I would love to get some advice, especially if there are any powerful options I could bring in that don't cost very much.

HammafistRoob
09-27-2013, 01:57 AM
//General\\
1 Teneb, the Harvester

//Creatures (29)
1 Nezumi Graverobber
1 Scavenging Ooze
1 Fauna Shaman
1 Wall of Blossoms
1 Wall of Omens
1 Gatecreeper Vine
1 Eternal Witness
1 Carven Caryatid
1 Spike Weaver
1 Obzedat, Ghost Council
1 Thragtusk
1 Bloodgift Demon
1 Genesis
1 Ink-Eyes, Servant of Oni
1 Desolation Angel
1 Visara the Dreadful
1 Hythonia the Cruel
1 Sheoldred, Whispering One
1 Avatar of Woe
1 Reya Dawnbringer
1 Mephidross Vampire
1 Triskelion
1 Corpsejack Menace
1 Multani, Maro-Sorcerer
1 Verdant Force
1 Luminate Primordial
1 Sepulchral Primordial
1 Sylvan Primordial
1 Ghave, Guru of Spores

//Other spells (32)
1 Golgari Cluestone
1 Selesnya Cluestone
1 Orzhov Cluestone
1 Darksteel Ingot
1 Chromatic Lantern
1 Diabolic Tutor
1 Jarad's Orders
1 Buried Alive
1 Unburial Rites
1 Oversold Cemetery
1 Deadbridge Chant
1 Debtors' Knell
1 Greater Good
1 Victimize
1 Rescue from the Underworld
1 Attrition
1 Dread Return
1 Obzedat's Aid
1 Beacon of Unrest
1 Miraculous Recovery
1 Marshal's Anthem
1 Vigor Mortis
1 Betrayal of Flesh
1 Selesnya Charm
1 Golgari Charm
1 Mortify
1 Putrefy
1 Condemn
1 Planar Cleansing
1 Merciless Eviction
1 Plague Wind
1 Grave Pact

//Lands (38)
1 Godless Shrine
1 Temple Garden
1 Overgrown Tomb
1 Fetid Heath
1 Wooded Bastion
1 Twilight Mire
1 Orzhov Guildgate
1 Selesnya Guildgate
1 Golgari Guildgate
1 Orzhov Basilica
1 Selesnya Sanctuary
1 Golgari Rot Farm
1 Terramorphic Expanse
1 Evolving Wilds
1 Krosan Verge
1 Gilt-Leaf Palace
1 Stirring Wildwood
1 Graypelt Refuge
1 Razorverge Thicket
1 Saltcrusted Steppe
1 Command Tower
1 Murmuring Bosk
1 Gavony Township
1 Vault of the Archangel
1 Grove of the Guardian
1 Vitu-Ghazi, the City-Tree
4 Swamp
4 Forest
4 Plains



To add card tags, just put before your list and [/CARDS.] (without the .) after it.

The most important part of an EDH deck the manabase and mana ramp in general. You'll probably come to notice that most lands that come into play tapped have to do more than just fix mana to really be worth it. The bounce lands are an exception if you don't expect to run into Wasteland, Strip Mine and the like, since you can just bounce one of your already tapped lands. Also, in a format of all singletons, any tutor effect should be heavily considered. Card Advantage is also very key in EDH so you definitely need more of that. Some relatively cheap cards to add are below, a few are a bit above 10 bucks
[CARDS]
Woodland Cemetery
Sol Ring
Gilded Lotus
Volrath's Stronghold
Skyshroud Claim
Nature's Lore
Crop Rotation
Karador, Ghost Chieftain
Tortured Existence
Shizo, Death's Storehouse
Eiganjo Castle
Okina, Temple to the Grandfathers
Farseek
Cultivate
Rampant Growth
Sunpetal Grove
Makeshift Mannequin
Solemn Simulacrum
Golgari Signet
Orzhov Signet
Regrowth
Selesnya Signet
Ghoultree
Qasali Pridemage
Eladamri's Call
Increasing Ambition
Demonic Tutor
Mind's Eye
Green Sun's Zenith
Dryad Arbor
Maelstrom Pulse
Beast Within
Reanimate
Animate Dead
Tooth and Nail
Heartwood Storyteller
Read the Bones
Harmonize
Phyrexian Arena
Underworld Connections
Skeletal Scrying
Mind Twist

Tooth and Nail is just instant win. Dryad Arbor goes with Green Sun's to basically act as a mana dork if you need it to (keep in mind it has summoning sickness). The Signets are better than the cluestones. Beast Within and Pulse are for pesky planeswalkers and other permanents. I don't really play creatures in EDH so I'm pretty limited in suggestions there lol. Good luck, have fun.

ukyo_rulz
09-27-2013, 04:04 AM
Thanks for the advice. I will definitely look over that list before finalizing the deck.