Hi all. New to the forum and need some help brewing Kodama of the East Tree. I want to pair it with either Kraum, Ludevic's Opus or Tymna the Weaver, but leaning toward Kraum. Given those color possibilities, how would you take to brewing these partners?
Context: My meta is non-infinite combo. We play with powerful cards, but mainly just for value. 7-8 power level.
Initial thoughts: I've always wanted to brew around Aluren, but don't know if there's enough value 3 cmc and below creatures to make it work. I like the idea of Teferi's Veil in this deck. Phase creatures out and reap the Kodama rewards when they phase in. Other than that, I don't really know where to go.
Phased out creatures haven't left the battlefield, they're still on the battlefield, but card effects treat them as if they were not. They don't exile and return or something like that; they just become "phased."
Phased out creatures haven't left the battlefield, they're still on the battlefield, but card effects treat them as if they were not. They don't exile and return or something like that; they just become "phased."
I’d personally brew around with kodama and the new sakashima to get two triggers whenever something enters the battlefield.
With that said, things I’d look for include:
1. Cards that reduce their own cost like Ghalta, Avatar of Growth, or The Great Henge (imagine slamming down henge for 3 with kodama out and playing a free 7- or 8-drop.
2. Cards with Flash. Playing venser and tacking on a reclamation sage is good stuff.
3. Self-Bounce to keep the engine going. Temur Sabertooth, Crystal Wand, Erratic Portal, cloudstone curio... all of them will repeatedly let you reuse your value cards.
4. Card draw engines (library, rhystic, guardian project, etc).
5. Copying spells to take advantage of sakashima’s text. Getting multiple copies of Kodama with rite of replication is a bit evil.
Sorry for lack of tags. On a phone and don’t have a ton of time.
Kodama is a powerful effect, so you'll have to be careful to not go infinite, or even simply powerful levels of value (Dead-eye Navigator) but there's bound to be a lot you can do with it, especially with instant speed shenanigans to drop out surprises on other turns.
I have played Alurenin Commander in a 1-drop tribal Karador deck. In the general scheme of things though, its uses do tend to lean more towards the combo side of things. Even that Karador deck was upgraded to include a combo that uses Aluren, though that was a response to another combo player joining the group.
Kraum gives you some good draw to balance out Kodama's hand emptying ability. While Teferi's Veil won't work the way you want, it's still a great card to protect you from wrath effects and sorcery speed removal, though it will turn off Kodama on opponents' turns if you phase her out. To play with these kinds of combat tricks, you could look at blink shenanigans instead, such as ghostly flicker. A blink style deck would be very potent with Kodama at the helm.
I’d personally brew around with kodama and the new sakashima to get two triggers whenever something enters the battlefield.
You would get potentially infinite triggers.
When you put in something from Kodama's ability, it was not Sakashima's ability, so Saka will trigger. When you put something in from Saka's trigger, it was not Kodama's ability, so Kodama will trigger. Repeat until hand empty.
With the multitude of mass card draw creatures (Zegana, Keruga, the Macrosage), green etb draw effects (Elemental Bond), and clones, people have already brewed instant wins off of it where you can draw and play your entire deck in one turn.
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Context: My meta is non-infinite combo. We play with powerful cards, but mainly just for value. 7-8 power level.
Initial thoughts: I've always wanted to brew around Aluren, but don't know if there's enough value 3 cmc and below creatures to make it work. I like the idea of Teferi's Veil in this deck. Phase creatures out and reap the Kodama rewards when they phase in. Other than that, I don't really know where to go.
Thanks in advance.
-Joe
oh okay, thanks.
Turns out the Aluren route is not great either.
With that said, things I’d look for include:
1. Cards that reduce their own cost like Ghalta, Avatar of Growth, or The Great Henge (imagine slamming down henge for 3 with kodama out and playing a free 7- or 8-drop.
2. Cards with Flash. Playing venser and tacking on a reclamation sage is good stuff.
3. Self-Bounce to keep the engine going. Temur Sabertooth, Crystal Wand, Erratic Portal, cloudstone curio... all of them will repeatedly let you reuse your value cards.
4. Card draw engines (library, rhystic, guardian project, etc).
5. Copying spells to take advantage of sakashima’s text. Getting multiple copies of Kodama with rite of replication is a bit evil.
Sorry for lack of tags. On a phone and don’t have a ton of time.
I have played Alurenin Commander in a 1-drop tribal Karador deck. In the general scheme of things though, its uses do tend to lean more towards the combo side of things. Even that Karador deck was upgraded to include a combo that uses Aluren, though that was a response to another combo player joining the group.
Kraum gives you some good draw to balance out Kodama's hand emptying ability. While Teferi's Veil won't work the way you want, it's still a great card to protect you from wrath effects and sorcery speed removal, though it will turn off Kodama on opponents' turns if you phase her out. To play with these kinds of combat tricks, you could look at blink shenanigans instead, such as ghostly flicker. A blink style deck would be very potent with Kodama at the helm.
You would get potentially infinite triggers.
When you put in something from Kodama's ability, it was not Sakashima's ability, so Saka will trigger. When you put something in from Saka's trigger, it was not Kodama's ability, so Kodama will trigger. Repeat until hand empty.
With the multitude of mass card draw creatures (Zegana, Keruga, the Macrosage), green etb draw effects (Elemental Bond), and clones, people have already brewed instant wins off of it where you can draw and play your entire deck in one turn.
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"Restriction breeds creativity." - Sheldon Menery on EDH / Commander in Magic: The Gathering
"Cancel Culture is the real reason why everyone's not allowed to have nice things anymore." - Anonymous
"For what will it profit a man if he gains the whole world, and loses his own soul?" - Mark 8:36
"Most men and women will grow up to love their servitude and will never dream of revolution." - Aldous Huxley, Brave New World
"Every life decision is always a risk / reward proposition." - Sanjay Gupta