I’ve been running a very similar deck for about a year now. It’s great to see someone else who has realized how massively awesome this general is! I only recently put my decklist on tapped-out, here it is http://tappedout.net/mtg-decks/13-11-14-patron-of-the-orochi-edh/
I think I’m going to have to try out some of the cards you include like Reito Lantern (recursion + graveyard hate!) and Diviner’s Wand. Here are some of my favorites that you might like:
Hydra Broodmaster – One-card win-con with the Patron out. When it’s your diagonal opponent’s turn, untap your forests but don’t use them, and then when it’s the next guys turn right before yours, you can use all your forests twice and throw down 12 12/12 Hydras right before your turn. Can get pretty silly with mana doublers and such.
Skyshroud Poacher – I run a few more elves than you, but I still think you could get value out of him. With the patron you can tutor up all your elves in a single game turn and get massive card value. I usually get Wood Elves then Wren’s Run Packmaster, champion Wood Elves (get another ETB trigger if Wren dies), and start pooping out wolves while the Poacher keeps fetching utility cards like Reclamation Sage and Yeva, Nature’s Herald.
Magus of the Library – Early game mana dork (the colorless should never matter with our mana base), and then once the patron is out, if you play your cards right, she can draw you multiple cards a turn.
Silklash Spider – Good mana dump for the Patron. Shuts down a lot of decks. Has saved my butt on multiple occasions.
Momentous Fall – I see you mentioned this earlier. One of my favorite cards, I’m always happy to see it in my hand. I’m sure you’ve lost a few games because your patron has been killed a few times in a short time, without you getting any value out of him, it’s hard to recover from that. With Momentous Fall in my hand, I know that once I start going off, if anyone tries to kill the Patron, I can just draw 7 cards and gain 7 life, and really turn the tables.
Good luck to you! I love that you’ve also noticed the “scare rating” advantage. Whenever I’m at a table with new players, they look at my general like “Oh that’s cute.” And then once I start going off, someone inevitably says “Wait. Let me read your general again??” IMO, Patron of the Orochi is immensely more powerful than Omnath, Locus of Mana , and I don’t know why we’re two of the only people who realize that.
I think I’m going to have to try out some of the cards you include like Reito Lantern (recursion + graveyard hate!) and Diviner’s Wand. Here are some of my favorites that you might like:
Hydra Broodmaster – One-card win-con with the Patron out. When it’s your diagonal opponent’s turn, untap your forests but don’t use them, and then when it’s the next guys turn right before yours, you can use all your forests twice and throw down 12 12/12 Hydras right before your turn. Can get pretty silly with mana doublers and such.
Skyshroud Poacher – I run a few more elves than you, but I still think you could get value out of him. With the patron you can tutor up all your elves in a single game turn and get massive card value. I usually get Wood Elves then Wren’s Run Packmaster, champion Wood Elves (get another ETB trigger if Wren dies), and start pooping out wolves while the Poacher keeps fetching utility cards like Reclamation Sage and Yeva, Nature’s Herald.
Yisan, the Wanderer Bard – Like Skyshroud Poacher he has massive potential with the Patron, you can tutor up to 5 creatures out on a game turn. I will get Ulvenwald Tracker then Sakura-Tribe Elder and then on to all the juicy stuff. Awesome card advantage, and like Skyshroud Poacher, will win you the game if left alone.
Magus of the Library – Early game mana dork (the colorless should never matter with our mana base), and then once the patron is out, if you play your cards right, she can draw you multiple cards a turn.
Silklash Spider – Good mana dump for the Patron. Shuts down a lot of decks. Has saved my butt on multiple occasions.
Momentous Fall – I see you mentioned this earlier. One of my favorite cards, I’m always happy to see it in my hand. I’m sure you’ve lost a few games because your patron has been killed a few times in a short time, without you getting any value out of him, it’s hard to recover from that. With Momentous Fall in my hand, I know that once I start going off, if anyone tries to kill the Patron, I can just draw 7 cards and gain 7 life, and really turn the tables.
Good luck to you! I love that you’ve also noticed the “scare rating” advantage. Whenever I’m at a table with new players, they look at my general like “Oh that’s cute.” And then once I start going off, someone inevitably says “Wait. Let me read your general again??” IMO, Patron of the Orochi is immensely more powerful than Omnath, Locus of Mana , and I don’t know why we’re two of the only people who realize that.