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Art: Nemata, Primeval Warden
by Andrew Mar
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Welcome to another installment of Brewed EDH:
Todays Featured Commander is:
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!
Why Nemata, Primeval Warden?
When looking for Golgari commander Nemata may not be your first choice, most peoples is Slimefoot, the Stowaway
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 Sporecrown Thallid
which is a lord for our saprolings. In addition we have cards that can get out of hand quickly like Grismold, the Dreadsower
which through our mass token generation can get out huge in just a short amount of time. In addition we have Jaheira, Friend of the Forest
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 Blood Artist
and Poison-Tip Archer
As well as Slimefoot, the Stowaway. This can help assist with lifegain and wittling down our opponents. Since we have so many cards that put counters on our creatures Doubling Season
, Parallel Lives
and Primal Vigor
to boost our token creation, more saprolings dying is key to our strategy. Beastmaster Ascension
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 Skullclamp
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 Overwhelming Stampede
, Overcome
or Craterhoof Behemoth
. We also have some infinite combos like Slimefoot, the Stowaway +Ashnod's Altar
+ Parallel Lives and Sporemound
+ Life and Limb
.
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 Craterhoof Behemoth we also have some infinite combos:
Slimefoot, the Stowaway +Ashnod's Altar + Parallel Lives
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 Propaganda
or Ghostly Prison
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!