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Brewed EDH:Nemata, Primeval Warden’s Saproling

And even the smallest seed of an idea can grow. It can grow to define or destroy you, and in this case it will destroy!

Art: Card not found by Andrew Mar

Welcome to another installment of Brewed EDH:

Nemata, Primeval Warden is a very fun Golgari Saproling commander. We are a golgari deck so of course our opponents as well as our creatures dying is a great thing. Luckily our saprolings are expandable and can be used and created frequently. Nemata is great against graveyard strategys, with our mass of tokens we can end the game with a well-timed craterhoof behemoth as well as some infinite combos as well!

The Deck:

Nemata, Primeval Warden's Saprolings!

Commander (1)
Nemata, Primeval Warden

Creatures (35)
Utopia Mycon
Blood Artist
Cankerbloom
Deathspore Thallid
Jade Mage
Priest of Forgotten Gods
Spore Flower
Sporecrown Thallid
Thelon of Havenwood
Vitaspore Thallid
Winding Constrictor
Deathbloom Thallid
Fleshbag Marauder
Grismold, the Dreadsower
Jaheira, Friend of the Forest
Merciless Executioner
Psychotrope Thallid
Slimefoot, the Stowaway
Sporeweb Weaver
Thallid Germinator
Undercellar Myconid
Yavimaya Sapherd
Poison-Tip Archer
Species Specialist
Sporesower Thallid
Thelonite Hermit
Drivnod, Carnage Dominus
Savage Thallid
Sporemound
Sporoloth Ancient
Tendershoot Dryad
Nemata, Grove Guardian
Verdeloth the Ancient
Butcher of Malakir
Verdant Force

Spells (11)
Sprout Swarm
Cultivate
Fungal Rebirth
Kodama’s Reach
Primal Growth
Natural Order
Saproling Symbiosis
Spontaneous Generation
Overcome
Overwhelming Stampede
Scatter the Seeds

Artifacts (4)
Skullclamp
Sol Ring
Ashnod’s Altar
Druidic Satchel

Enchantments (15)
Fungal Plots
Necrogenesis
Sylvan Anthem
Beastmaster Ascension
Bow of Nylea
Golgari Germination
The Weatherseed Treaty
Tribute to the World Tree
Life and Limb
Parallel Lives
Dictate of Erebos
Doubling Season
Primal Vigor
Verdant Embrace
Death’s Presence
Lands (35)
Castle Locthwain
Evolving Wilds
13 Forest
Haunted Mire
Jungle Hollow
Llanowar Wastes
Necroblossom Snarl
Overgrown Tomb
Pendelhaven
11 Swamp
Temple of Malady
Verdant Catacombs
Woodland Cemetery

Why Nemata, Primeval Warden?

When looking for Golgari commander Nemata may not be your first choice, most peoples is Card not found Nemata’s Synergies with Saprolings give Nemata the edge. Nemata allowing us to draw as well as create saprolings when opponents creatures die. Nemata is also a built in piece of graveyard hate which can be strong depending. I think Slimefoot is an auto-include in the 99 but I personally like Nemata better.

Deck Overview:

Since we are a saproling tribal deck, our main goal is to create saprolings we have plenty of ways to do that, some of the highlights are Card not found which is a lord for our saprolings. In addition we have cards that can get out of hand quickly like Card not found which through our mass token generation can get out huge in just a short amount of time. In addition we have Card not found which is great for turning our saprolings into mana dorks for huge payoffs. In addition to our combat plan since our saprolings will die often we have Card not found and Card not found As well as Card not found. This can help assist with lifegain and wittling down our opponents. Since we have so many cards that put counters on our creatures Card not found, Card not found and Card not found to boost our token creation, more saprolings dying is key to our strategy. Card not found is another great card because it makes our saprolings a threat and is very easy to trigger in this deck. We are in Golgari so drawing is not our strong suit, but Card not found helps a ton with this allowing us to gain the benefits from our saprolings dying and drawing two cards for only 1 mana. Our main way to end the game with combat is Card not found, Card not found or Card not found. We also have some infinite combos like Card not found +Card not found + Card not found and Card not found + Card not found.

Strengths of the Deck:

  • Easy to mob the board with creatures
  • Strong against graveyard strategies
  • Strong Ramp Package

Weaknesses of the Deck:

  • Weak against token hate
  • Weak against Propaganda effects
  • Can be slow to generate a lot of saprolings

Deck Stats:

Sample hands:

Main Win Conditions:

In addition to a big win through combat utilizing cards like Card not found we also have some infinite combos:

Card not found +Card not found + Card not found

Card not found + Card not found

Conclusion:

Nemata is a very fun saproling tribal deck, with some easy token generation crazy card draw and explosive wins. Being able to infinite combo is great as well as it winning through something like a Card not found or Card not found can be very tough. This deck is very fun in a more relaxed Meta where the decks are not too powerful but make no mistake Nemata can hold their own!

Thanks for reading to the end!