Only 42 likes? This video deserves waaay better. It was the clearest, most comprehensive video on green ramp that I’ve seen. Well done - keep up the good work!
Nice video.. I only got hold of your channel this week and honestly am learning a lot from it.. For 4 mana Ramp you can include Bear Umbra and Nature's Will. They will double your lands and in conjunction with Ashaya, Soul of the Wild they are a free untap tech for your creatures as well
It's harder to purely ramp than with Elder, but Viridian Emissary is another 2 CMC rampant growth stapled to a creature. It has the advantage that it can combat trade or be used in an Alter or other sac outlet without missing it's ramp.
I completely forgot about Viridian Emissary, even though I got into Commander around the Scars of Mirrodin block in the first place, and it found its way into a lot of my early green-inclusive decks
Very well done. I'm used to the typical "ranking" videos, and I think this is a fresh take allowing the individual to rank his own with the best information available.
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I specifically tech against green ramp in any deck that doesn't have it. In a format where land destruction is off the table, Landfall mechanics are too ripe for abuse. Polluted Bonds and Ankh of Mishra go in every deck that can and only plays one land a turn. Players have gotten so greedy over the "no touchies" aspect that whole decks revolve around them playing 8+ lands a turn and shuffling each time.
More counterplay is always awesome. I remember being really excited for Confounding Conundrum until I started walking through the lines with Alex and he's just grinning from ear to ear. "So I get more lands back into my hand to play with my landfall deck? Don't threaten me with a good time."
You can also play Zo Zu the punisher in red to let them ramp watch them kill themselves from the damage they take for each land they put down. The same thing applies for that black elf that has a simular effect to polluted bonds only it gets a +1 counters for each land they play as they take damage at the same time. I run that elf in my Liesa taxes deck for that specific reason.
Great video! Thanks for the content. I have some Noble and Ignoble Hierarchs but didn't realize Ignoble is a green goblin until you mentioned it. Is it the first? I can't think of another. :)
Green had a bunch of goblins during the Shadowmoor / Eventide block as well, I believe. Wort, the Raidmother was a commander I built a long time ago in gruul that was a ton of fun.
How about reshape the earth though. It is clearly an endgame finisher type of card for its high cmc but getting any ten lands into play tapped. It can be a big deal especially if you draw cards when lands enter the battlefield and you didn't get what you needed ahead of time to win the game. If you have amulet of vigor it gets better because those 10 lands enter untapped giving you 10 mana to work with as the spell resolves. I like using it for my gates deck because it can get me all of my gates or maze's end as well if it isn't out yet since it can get any 10 lands from your deck and you would end the game with 10 gates and maze's end if you have at least one gate or maze's end on the battlefield already.
Reshape is definitely another finisher for landfall decks. It got cut from the video because I already had a behemoth to try to edit and cut down to size :D
What do you think about Edge of Autumn, Tangled Florahedron, Diligent Farmhand/Neverwinter Dryad and Font of Fertility/Wayfarer's Bauble? I also like the flexibility of Journey of Discovery, 2 additional land drops or armillary sphere effect for 2G. I heard using both is bad but I kinda like it in my Tatyova.
