Magic: The Gathering Legends Reap The Tides (100 Card Ready-to-Play Deck, 1 Foil Commander, Blue-Green)

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Although the combo can be clunky, it has many interchangeable parts. I will separate it into 4 categories: Play Land But which one would be more fun? It really depends on your play style. If you want to go wide with a bunch of creatures, go with Aesi. If you want to be a more aggressive, go with Wyleth. Reap the Tides had the right idea already. There are a lot of big creatures and a lot of ramp spells. However, any of them can be upgraded to any of the aforementioned ideas I presented in this section. 3) Combo Leviathan is stylish but overcosted and most of our creatures don't fly or have islandwalk. Kogla is insane value removal plus threat.

The precon includes a few landfall cards like Avenger of Zendikar and Rampaging Baloths, but it is missing a few other powerful cards. These are some of them: Targeted Removal.There's a high amount of targeted removal and most of it is really good. Allstars include Terastodon, Reclamation Sage, and Acidic Slime, being good on their own but particularly strong when paired with the mass bounce spells in the precon to re-use their powerful ETB triggers. There's some less appealing options here but it's a great start. As mentioned earlier, these new precons seem to mimic some of the mechanics that we’ve seen with Zendikar Rising. Specifically, landfall and equipment. If you’ve already opened up a bunch of sealed ZNR, you might have some easy upgrades for these precons on hand. There aren’t too many reprints that have dramatically influenced price or availability, though Commander 2020 has helped to keep the price of many staples down, like Skullclamp and Lightning Greaves. Commander Legends continued this trend, with cards like Avenger of Zendikar in Reap the Tides and Sigarda’s Aid in Arm for Battle helping to keep the costs low. Aesi, Tyrant of Gyre Strait from Reap the Tides is a Simic commander following up on Zendikar Rising’s landfall theme. You get to play extra lands and draw extra cards for doing so! Definitely two things we love doing in Magic: getting ahead in mana, and having more cards.Sphinx of the Second Sun is another high-costed creature that would be fun to spend all of your mana on. Plus, it untaps your lands and draws you an extra card in the second half of your turn, giving you even more resources to use.

Explorers of the Deep" Precon Upgrade Guide | Merfolk +1/+1 Counters | Lost Caverns of Ixalan Commander, The final main Landfall card is Zendikar’s Roil, and there’s actually a little hidden combo here. Risen Reef’s ability triggers when Elementals enter the battlefield, and Zendikar’s Roil creates Elementals on Landfall. So as long as you’re hitting lands with Risen Reef’s triggers, you’re making more tokens (and drawing more cards with Aesi)! This is a simple way to build a threatening board out of nowhere, and will command respect from unsuspecting opponents. Ramp & Lands Matter While Boros does continue to lean into its combat roots, I think WotC has done interesting work in expanding the color combination's potential for staying power and card advantage. I'm really pleased with the versatility of Boros Equipment and Aura support we've gotten of late. Feeling more aggressive? Maybe Rograkh, Son of Rohgahh and Ardenn, Intrepid Archaeologist (cliffside excavations? #lifegoals). Want to be more resilient and reactive? Maybe Akiri, Fearless Voyager this game. Or maybe 'more smash = more cash'? Wyleth, Soul of Steel can provide some of the Voltron feel while also snowballing into more card advantage. Plus, all of these cards synergize well together in the 99, smoothing out Equip costs, adding resiliency, and granting card advantage in colors that have historically struggled with them in a four-player free-for-all. Brinelin the Moon Kraken is another way to draw a lot of cards if you are casting a lot of big creatures. What to Take OutJustin Likes Big Snakes Ayaya uwu Justin Likes Big Snakes Ayaya uwu Justin Likes Big Snakes Ayaya uwu Other than that, you could clean out all of the creatures and fill them with your favorite Serpents from Magic’s history. Conclusion Ruin Crab and Hedron Crab if you decide you want to mill your opponents to death or fill your own graveyard in Hedron Crab‘s case. If you have another idea about how to do it, I would love to hear about it in the comments. Otherwise, let’s get right into which cards I would include for these different upgrade pathways. Power Level The only real difference is that Aesi is a Serpent with a bigger body and it can let you play an additional land on each of your turns. These differences are the ones that we are going to accentuate for this section and the rest of the article.

lands and Aesi, Tyrant of Gyre Strait, Coiling Oracle, Explore, Growth Spiral, Rampant Growth, Cultivate, Kodama's Reach, Urban Evolution, Sol Ring, Simic Signet, Khalni Heart Expedition, Search for Tomorrowcard draw; Aesi, Tyrant of Gyre Strait, Fathom Mage, Mulldrifter, Nezahal, Primal Tide, Sphinx of Uthuun, Compulsive Research, Fact or Fiction, Harmonize, Urban Evolution, Seer's Sundial, Ior Ruin Expedition Wyleth, Soul of Steel from Arm for Battle is a very Boros commander, to no surprise, and is going to be a very combat-focused play style. ZNR also had a warrior and equipment theme, so this seems to continue that idea and encourages a Voltron strategy (making one beefed-up creature with a bunch of auras/equipment). Commander Legends vs. Other Commander Precons As with Tatyova, there is huge potential to combo off with Aesi, Tyrant of the Gyre Strait. In this section, I will explain some combo lines that you might be able to build in to. Commander precons are always good value when they first release. You typically get several Commander staples in them, which add up to what you paid for it. They’re also good fun and a nice place to start for new players.

The most expensive part of this upgrade is Roil Elemental, but it’s easily one of the most powerful Landfall payoffs. Just one or two turns of ramping with this on board will completely decimate any advantage your opponents have, making it a must-answer threat.

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Primary goal is to protect our value engine aka Aesi and the difference between 1cmc and 2cmc is huge. Finally, Sylvan Awakening is perhaps the most literal way to “win with your lands.” It thankfully gives your lands indestructible, which really minimizes the risk in animating your lands. They also gain reach until your next turn, so you could use the card defensively if absolutely necessary. Value Engines This isn’t the only combination available, either; there are a number of ways to go infinite, all requiring Retreat to Coralhelm and one of your land summoners. Here are a few other combinations: In a similar vein to Akiri, Fearless Voyager (a.k.a Akiri 2.0), Wyleth, Soul of Steel rewards you with actual card draw for leaning into Equipment and Auras. While Akiri 2.0 and Wyleth, Soul of Steel both grant card draw in a color combination typically not associated with retaining a large hand size, their differences are noteworthy. Several of the other new cards show up in more niche strategies, though these are the most impactful from Commander 2020.