edhseer Commander synergy, explained

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Tricky Terrain

Commander precon · Modern Horizons 3 Commander · 2024 · led by Omo, Queen of Vesuva

Main theme: Landfall · Synergy 4.4/5 (tight) · Bracket 1–2 · Omo, Queen of Vesuva works with 65 of its cards

Upgrades at bracket 1–2

No Game Changers and no infinite combos: the level of an unchanged precon. Game Changers are cards on WotC's official list of cards that make a deck much stronger.

13 swaps, and after them the report reads the deck at bracket 1–2.

Its cards work together a little more: synergy 4.4 → 4.5 of 5, still tight. It is a little more consistent: Build 4.6 → 4.9 of 5, still on target; no longer short on interaction. That is what this page measures: how well the deck holds together, not how strong it is.

Lands

  1. Take out Simic Growth Chamber: Simic Growth Chamber enters tapped. Put in Breeding Pool: Breeding Pool never enters tapped and makes blue or green.
  2. Take out Simic Guildgate: Simic Guildgate enters tapped. Put in Rejuvenating Springs: Rejuvenating Springs never enters tapped and makes blue or green.
  3. Take out Temple of Mystery: Temple of Mystery enters tapped. Put in Tropical Island: Tropical Island never enters tapped and makes blue or green.
  4. Take out Thornwood Falls: Thornwood Falls enters tapped. Put in Botanical Sanctum: Botanical Sanctum enters tapped less often and makes blue or green.
  5. Take out Vineglimmer Snarl: Vineglimmer Snarl enters tapped. Put in Hinterland Harbor: Hinterland Harbor enters tapped less often and makes blue or green.

Interaction

  1. Take out Mana Reflection: Mana Reflection is next on the report's cut list. Works with nothing else in this deck. Put in Claim the Kingdom: Interaction: you were 4 short; Claim the Kingdom counts as interaction.
  2. Take out March from Velis Vel: March from Velis Vel is next on the report's cut list. Works with nothing else in this deck. Put in Ignis Scientia: Interaction: you were 4 short; Ignis Scientia counts as interaction. When a land enters thanks to Ignis Scientia, Avenger of Zendikar puts a counter on a Plant.
  3. Take out Mirage Mirror: Mirage Mirror is next on the report's cut list. Works with nothing else in this deck. Put in Sowing Mycospawn: Interaction: you were 4 short; Sowing Mycospawn counts as interaction.
  4. Take out Sylvan Scrying: Sylvan Scrying is next on the report's cut list. Works with nothing else in this deck. Put in Barrin, Master Wizard: Interaction: you were 4 short; Barrin, Master Wizard counts as interaction. Avenger of Zendikar makes fodder for Barrin, Master Wizard.
  5. Take out Pongify: Pongify gives the opponent something back. Put in Rapid Hybridization: Rapid Hybridization is the same removal gives the opponent nothing back.

Cards that work together

  1. Take out Expedition Map: Expedition Map works with 2 cards in this deck, none of them on its theme. Put in Nissa, Vastwood Seer // Nissa, Sage Animist: When a land enters thanks to Nissa, Sage Animist, Avenger of Zendikar puts a counter on a Plant
  2. Take out Apex Devastator: Apex Devastator works with 1 card in this deck, 1 of it on its theme; Mole Man, Moloid Master works with 15 cards, 12 of them on it. Put in Mole Man, Moloid Master: Omo, Queen of Vesuva gives Mole Man, Moloid Master an extra creature type
  3. Take out Hydra Broodmaster: Hydra Broodmaster works with 1 card in this deck, 1 of it on its theme; Thranduil, Sindarin Liege // Silvan Rally works with 16 cards, 12 of them on it. Put in Thranduil, Sindarin Liege // Silvan Rally: Omo, Queen of Vesuva gives Thranduil, Sindarin Liege an extra creature type

Upgrades at bracket 3

Up to three Game Changers, and no two-card infinite combo that costs 6 or less.

16 swaps, and after them the report reads the deck at bracket 3.

Its cards work together a little more: synergy 4.4 → 4.5 of 5, still tight. It is a little more consistent: Build 4.6 → 4.9 of 5, still on target; no longer short on interaction. That is what this page measures: how well the deck holds together, not how strong it is.

Lands

  1. Take out Simic Growth Chamber: Simic Growth Chamber enters tapped. Put in Breeding Pool: Breeding Pool never enters tapped and makes blue or green.
  2. Take out Simic Guildgate: Simic Guildgate enters tapped. Put in Rejuvenating Springs: Rejuvenating Springs never enters tapped and makes blue or green.
  3. Take out Temple of Mystery: Temple of Mystery enters tapped. Put in Tropical Island: Tropical Island never enters tapped and makes blue or green.
  4. Take out Thornwood Falls: Thornwood Falls enters tapped. Put in Botanical Sanctum: Botanical Sanctum enters tapped less often and makes blue or green.
  5. Take out Vineglimmer Snarl: Vineglimmer Snarl enters tapped. Put in Hinterland Harbor: Hinterland Harbor enters tapped less often and makes blue or green.

Ramp

  1. Take out Arcane Signet: Arcane Signet is weaker ramp than Chrome Mox. Put in Chrome Mox: Chrome Mox is ramp too, and one of the strongest cards in Commander: a Game Changer, which this bracket allows.

Card advantage

  1. Take out Finale of Revelation: Finale of Revelation is weaker card draw than Rhystic Study. Put in Rhystic Study: Rhystic Study is card draw too, and one of the strongest cards in Commander: a Game Changer, which this bracket allows.
  2. Take out Harmonize: Harmonize is weaker card draw than The One Ring. Put in The One Ring: The One Ring is card draw too, and one of the strongest cards in Commander: a Game Changer, which this bracket allows.

Interaction

  1. Take out Mana Reflection: Mana Reflection is next on the report's cut list. Works with nothing else in this deck. Put in Claim the Kingdom: Interaction: you were 4 short; Claim the Kingdom counts as interaction.
  2. Take out March from Velis Vel: March from Velis Vel is next on the report's cut list. Works with nothing else in this deck. Put in Ignis Scientia: Interaction: you were 4 short; Ignis Scientia counts as interaction. When a land enters thanks to Ignis Scientia, Avenger of Zendikar puts a counter on a Plant.
  3. Take out Mirage Mirror: Mirage Mirror is next on the report's cut list. Works with nothing else in this deck. Put in Sowing Mycospawn: Interaction: you were 4 short; Sowing Mycospawn counts as interaction.
  4. Take out Sylvan Scrying: Sylvan Scrying is next on the report's cut list. Works with nothing else in this deck. Put in Barrin, Master Wizard: Interaction: you were 4 short; Barrin, Master Wizard counts as interaction. Avenger of Zendikar makes fodder for Barrin, Master Wizard.
  5. Take out Pongify: Pongify gives the opponent something back. Put in Rapid Hybridization: Rapid Hybridization is the same removal gives the opponent nothing back.

Cards that work together

  1. Take out Expedition Map: Expedition Map works with 2 cards in this deck, none of them on its theme. Put in Nissa, Vastwood Seer // Nissa, Sage Animist: When a land enters thanks to Nissa, Sage Animist, Avenger of Zendikar puts a counter on a Plant
  2. Take out Apex Devastator: Apex Devastator works with 1 card in this deck, 1 of it on its theme; Mole Man, Moloid Master works with 15 cards, 12 of them on it. Put in Mole Man, Moloid Master: Omo, Queen of Vesuva gives Mole Man, Moloid Master an extra creature type
  3. Take out Hydra Broodmaster: Hydra Broodmaster works with 1 card in this deck, 1 of it on its theme; Thranduil, Sindarin Liege // Silvan Rally works with 16 cards, 12 of them on it. Put in Thranduil, Sindarin Liege // Silvan Rally: Omo, Queen of Vesuva gives Thranduil, Sindarin Liege an extra creature type

Upgrades at bracket 4–5

No limits on Game Changers or combos.

17 swaps, and after them the report reads the deck at bracket 4–5.

Its cards work together a little more: synergy 4.4 → 4.5 of 5, still tight. It is a little more consistent: Build 4.6 → 4.9 of 5, still on target; no longer short on interaction. That is what this page measures: how well the deck holds together, not how strong it is.

Lands

  1. Take out Simic Growth Chamber: Simic Growth Chamber enters tapped. Put in Breeding Pool: Breeding Pool never enters tapped and makes blue or green.
  2. Take out Simic Guildgate: Simic Guildgate enters tapped. Put in Rejuvenating Springs: Rejuvenating Springs never enters tapped and makes blue or green.
  3. Take out Temple of Mystery: Temple of Mystery enters tapped. Put in Tropical Island: Tropical Island never enters tapped and makes blue or green.
  4. Take out Thornwood Falls: Thornwood Falls enters tapped. Put in Botanical Sanctum: Botanical Sanctum enters tapped less often and makes blue or green.
  5. Take out Vineglimmer Snarl: Vineglimmer Snarl enters tapped. Put in Hinterland Harbor: Hinterland Harbor enters tapped less often and makes blue or green.

Ramp

  1. Take out Arcane Signet: Arcane Signet is weaker ramp than Chrome Mox. Put in Chrome Mox: Chrome Mox is ramp too, and one of the strongest cards in Commander: a Game Changer, which this bracket allows.

Card advantage

  1. Take out Finale of Revelation: Finale of Revelation is weaker card draw than Rhystic Study. Put in Rhystic Study: Rhystic Study is card draw too, and one of the strongest cards in Commander: a Game Changer, which this bracket allows.
  2. Take out Harmonize: Harmonize is weaker card draw than The One Ring. Put in The One Ring: The One Ring is card draw too, and one of the strongest cards in Commander: a Game Changer, which this bracket allows.

Interaction

  1. Take out Mana Reflection: Mana Reflection is next on the report's cut list. Works with nothing else in this deck. Put in Claim the Kingdom: Interaction: you were 4 short; Claim the Kingdom counts as interaction.
  2. Take out March from Velis Vel: March from Velis Vel is next on the report's cut list. Works with nothing else in this deck. Put in Ignis Scientia: Interaction: you were 4 short; Ignis Scientia counts as interaction. When a land enters thanks to Ignis Scientia, Avenger of Zendikar puts a counter on a Plant.
  3. Take out Mirage Mirror: Mirage Mirror is next on the report's cut list. Works with nothing else in this deck. Put in Sowing Mycospawn: Interaction: you were 4 short; Sowing Mycospawn counts as interaction.
  4. Take out Sylvan Scrying: Sylvan Scrying is next on the report's cut list. Works with nothing else in this deck. Put in Barrin, Master Wizard: Interaction: you were 4 short; Barrin, Master Wizard counts as interaction. Avenger of Zendikar makes fodder for Barrin, Master Wizard.
  5. Take out Pongify: Pongify gives the opponent something back. Put in Rapid Hybridization: Rapid Hybridization is the same removal gives the opponent nothing back.

Board wipes

  1. Take out Evacuation: Evacuation is weaker board wipe than Cyclonic Rift. Put in Cyclonic Rift: Cyclonic Rift is board wipe too, and one of the strongest cards in Commander: a Game Changer, which this bracket allows.

Cards that work together

  1. Take out Expedition Map: Expedition Map works with 2 cards in this deck, none of them on its theme. Put in Nissa, Vastwood Seer // Nissa, Sage Animist: When a land enters thanks to Nissa, Sage Animist, Avenger of Zendikar puts a counter on a Plant
  2. Take out Apex Devastator: Apex Devastator works with 1 card in this deck, 1 of it on its theme; Mole Man, Moloid Master works with 15 cards, 12 of them on it. Put in Mole Man, Moloid Master: Omo, Queen of Vesuva gives Mole Man, Moloid Master an extra creature type
  3. Take out Hydra Broodmaster: Hydra Broodmaster works with 1 card in this deck, 1 of it on its theme; Thranduil, Sindarin Liege // Silvan Rally works with 16 cards, 12 of them on it. Put in Thranduil, Sindarin Liege // Silvan Rally: Omo, Queen of Vesuva gives Thranduil, Sindarin Liege an extra creature type

Also short, against a typical Commander deck: interaction 8 of 12.

The decklist

Creatures

Acidic Slime · Apex Devastator · Avenger of Zendikar · Dryad of the Ilysian Grove · Elvish Rejuvenator · Floriferous Vinewall · Fog Bank · Hydra Broodmaster · Hydroid Krasis · Jyoti, Moag Ancient · Magus of the Candelabra · Poison Dart Frog · Rampaging Baloths · Rampant Frogantua · Ramunap Excavator · Sage of the Maze · Satyr Wayfinder · Scute Swarm · Skullwinder · Tatyova, Benthic Druid · Terastodon · Ulvenwald Hydra · Uro, Titan of Nature's Wrath · Wonderscape Sage

Planeswalkers

Nissa, Steward of Elements · Vivien Reid

Instants and sorceries

Aggressive Biomancy · Arcane Denial · Beast Within · Curse of the Swine · Drown in Dreams · Eureka Moment · Evacuation · Finale of Revelation · Growth Spiral · Harmonize · Hour of Promise · March from Velis Vel · Pongify · Replication Technique · Summary Dismissal · Sylvan Scrying · Treasure Cruise · Urban Evolution

Artifacts and enchantments

Arcane Signet · Chromatic Lantern · Copy Land · Desert Warfare · Expedition Map · Mana Reflection · Mirage Mirror · Oblivion Stone · Propaganda · Seer's Sundial · Sol Ring

Lands

Basilisk Gate · Blast Zone · Cloudpost · Command Tower · Dark Depths · Desert of the Indomitable · Desert of the Mindful · Dreamroot Cascade · Flooded Grove · 4 Forest · Glimmerpost · Hashep Oasis · Hidden Cataract · Hidden Nursery · Horizon of Progress · 3 Island · Lair of the Hydra · Lazotep Quarry · Lumbering Falls · Lush Oasis · Overflowing Basin · Planar Nexus · Quandrix Campus · Simic Growth Chamber · Simic Guildgate · Sunken Palace · Talon Gates of Madara · Temple of Mystery · Thespian's Stage · Thornwood Falls · Trenchpost · Urza's Mine · Urza's Power Plant · Urza's Tower · Vesuva · Vineglimmer Snarl · Volatile Fault · Yavimaya Coast · Yavimaya, Cradle of Growth

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