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GROTHAMA!
Deck Size: 100
Commander / EDH
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Est deck cost: $683.12
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Commander

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Grothama, All-Devouring

Other creatures have "Whenever this creature attacks, you may have it fight Grothama, All-Devouring." When Grothama leaves the battlefield, each player draws cards equal to the amount of damage dealt to Grothama this turn by sources they controlled.

Creature
Grothama, All-Devouring (bbd) 71
1

Artifact

Quantity: 6Price: $126.60
Barrow-Blade

Equipped creature gets +1/+1. Whenever equipped creature blocks or becomes blocked by a creature, that creature loses all abilities until end of turn. Equip {1} ({1}: Attach to target creature you control. Equip only as a sorcery.)

Artifact
Barrow-Blade (ltr) 237
1
Liquimetal Torque

{T}: Add {C}. {T}: Target nonland permanent becomes an artifact in addition to its other types until end of turn.

Artifact
Liquimetal Torque (mh2) 228
1
Shadowspear

Equipped creature gets +1/+1 and has trample and lifelink. {1}: Permanents your opponents control lose hexproof and indestructible until end of turn. Equip {2}

Artifact
Shadowspear (thb) 236
1
Skullclamp

Equipped creature gets +1/-1. Whenever equipped creature dies, draw two cards. Equip {1}

Artifact
Skullclamp (plst) CMD-260
1
Sol Ring

{T}: Add {C}{C}.

Artifact
Sol Ring (cc1) 7
1
The Great Henge

This spell costs {X} less to cast, where X is the greatest power among creatures you control. {T}: Add {G}{G}. You gain 2 life. Whenever a nontoken creature enters the battlefield under your control, put a +1/+1 counter on it and draw a card.

Artifact
The Great Henge (eld) 161
1

Creature

Quantity: 32Price: $98.60
Augur of Autumn

You may look at the top card of your library any time. You may play lands from the top of your library. Coven — As long as you control three or more creatures with different powers, you may cast creature spells from the top of your library.

Creature
Augur of Autumn (mid) 168
1
Battle Mammoth

Trample Whenever a permanent you control becomes the target of a spell or ability an opponent controls, you may draw a card. Foretell {2}{G}{G} (During your turn, you may pay {2} and exile this card from your hand face down. Cast it on a later turn for its foretell cost.)

Creature
Battle Mammoth (khm) 298
1
Broodhatch Nantuko

Whenever Broodhatch Nantuko is dealt damage, you may create that many 1/1 green Insect creature tokens. Morph {2}{G} (You may cast this card face down as a 2/2 creature for {3}. Turn it face up any time for its morph cost.)

Creature
Broodhatch Nantuko (a25) 162
1
Cankerbloom

{1}, Sacrifice Cankerbloom: Choose one — • Destroy target artifact. • Destroy target enchantment. • Proliferate. (Choose any number of permanents and/or players, then give each another counter of each kind already there.)

Creature
Cankerbloom (one) 161
1
Doomskar Warrior

Backup 1 Trample Whenever this creature deals combat damage to a player or battle, look at that many cards from the top of your library. You may reveal a creature or land card from among them and put it into your hand. Put the rest on the bottom of your library in a random order.

Creature
Doomskar Warrior (mom) 185
1
Elvish Visionary

When Elvish Visionary enters the battlefield, draw a card.

Creature
Elvish Visionary (m10) 178
1
Glissa Sunseeker

First strike {T}: Destroy target artifact if its mana value is equal to the amount of unspent mana you have.

Creature
Glissa Sunseeker (mrd) 120
1
Goreclaw, Terror of Qal Sisma

Creature spells you cast with power 4 or greater cost {2} less to cast. Whenever Goreclaw, Terror of Qal Sisma attacks, each creature you control with power 4 or greater gets +1/+1 and gains trample until end of turn.

Creature
Goreclaw, Terror of Qal Sisma (m19) 186
1
Haywire Mite

When Haywire Mite dies, you gain 2 life. {G}, Sacrifice Haywire Mite: Exile target noncreature artifact or noncreature enchantment.

Creature Artifact
Haywire Mite (bro) 199
1
Joraga Treespeaker

Level up {1}{G} ({1}{G}: Put a level counter on this. Level up only as a sorcery.) LEVEL 1-4 1/2 {T}: Add {G}{G}. LEVEL 5+ 1/4 Elves you control have "{T}: Add {G}{G}."

Creature
Joraga Treespeaker (roe) 190
1
Kogla, the Titan Ape

When Kogla, the Titan Ape enters the battlefield, it fights up to one target creature you don't control. Whenever Kogla attacks, destroy target artifact or enchantment defending player controls. {1}{G}: Return target Human you control to its owner's hand. Kogla gains indestructible until end of turn.

Creature
Kogla, the Titan Ape (iko) 162
1
Llanowar Visionary

When Llanowar Visionary enters the battlefield, draw a card. {T}: Add {G}.

Creature
Llanowar Visionary (m21) 193
1
Mossbridge Troll

If Mossbridge Troll would be destroyed, regenerate it. Tap any number of untapped creatures you control other than Mossbridge Troll with total power 10 or greater: Mossbridge Troll gets +20/+20 until end of turn.

Creature
Mossbridge Troll (shm) 123
1
Multani, Yavimaya's Avatar

Reach, trample Multani, Yavimaya's Avatar gets +1/+1 for each land you control and each land card in your graveyard. {1}{G}, Return two lands you control to their owner's hand: Return Multani from your graveyard to your hand.

Creature
Multani, Yavimaya's Avatar (znc) 75
1
Ojer Kaslem, Deepest Growth

Creature
Ojer Kaslem, Deepest Growth // Temple of Cultivation (lci) 318Ojer Kaslem, Deepest Growth // Temple of Cultivation (lci) 318
1
Old-Growth Troll

Trample When Old-Growth Troll dies, if it was a creature, return it to the battlefield. It's an Aura enchantment with enchant Forest you control and "Enchanted Forest has '{T}: Add {G}{G}' and '{1}, {T}, Sacrifice this land: Create a tapped 4/4 green Troll Warrior creature token with trample.'"

Creature
Old-Growth Troll (khm) 185
1
Psychosis Crawler

Psychosis Crawler's power and toughness are each equal to the number of cards in your hand. Whenever you draw a card, each opponent loses 1 life.

Creature Artifact
Psychosis Crawler (mbs) 126
1
Questing Beast

Vigilance, deathtouch, haste Questing Beast can't be blocked by creatures with power 2 or less. Combat damage that would be dealt by creatures you control can't be prevented. Whenever Questing Beast deals combat damage to an opponent, it deals that much damage to target planeswalker that player controls.

Creature
Questing Beast (eld) 171
1
Reclamation Sage

When Reclamation Sage enters the battlefield, you may destroy target artifact or enchantment.

Creature
Reclamation Sage (pm15) 194
1
Saber Ants

Whenever Saber Ants is dealt damage, you may create that many 1/1 green Insect creature tokens.

Creature
Saber Ants (plst) MMQ-267
1
Scavenging Ooze

{G}: Exile target card from a graveyard. If it was a creature card, put a +1/+1 counter on Scavenging Ooze and you gain 1 life.

Creature
Scavenging Ooze (m21) 318
1
Shigeki, Jukai Visionary

{1}{G}, {T}, Return Shigeki, Jukai Visionary to its owner's hand: Reveal the top four cards of your library. You may put a land card from among them onto the battlefield tapped. Put the rest into your graveyard. Channel — {X}{X}{G}{G}, Discard Shigeki: Return X target nonlegendary cards from your graveyard to your hand.

Creature Enchantment
Shigeki, Jukai Visionary (neo) 394
1
Silverback Elder

Whenever you cast a creature spell, choose one — • Destroy target artifact or enchantment. • Look at the top five cards of your library. You may put a land card from among them onto the battlefield tapped. Put the rest on the bottom of your library in a random order. • You gain 4 life.

Creature
Silverback Elder (dmu) 177
1
Stuffy Doll

Indestructible As Stuffy Doll enters the battlefield, choose a player. Whenever Stuffy Doll is dealt damage, it deals that much damage to the chosen player. {T}: Stuffy Doll deals 1 damage to itself.

Creature Artifact
Stuffy Doll (tsr) 274
1
Surrak, the Hunt Caller

Formidable — At the beginning of combat on your turn, if creatures you control have total power 8 or greater, target creature you control gains haste until end of turn.

Creature
Surrak, the Hunt Caller (dtk) 210
1
Tireless Tracker

Landfall — Whenever a land enters the battlefield under your control, investigate. (Create a Clue token. It's an artifact with "{2}, Sacrifice this artifact: Draw a card.") Whenever you sacrifice a Clue, put a +1/+1 counter on Tireless Tracker.

Creature
Tireless Tracker (plst) SOI-233
1
Titan of Industry

Reach, trample When Titan of Industry enters the battlefield, choose two — • Destroy target artifact or enchantment. • Target player gains 5 life. • Create a 4/4 green Rhino Warrior creature token. • Put a shield counter on a creature you control.

Creature
Titan of Industry (snc) 289
1
Toski, Bearer of Secrets

This spell can't be countered. Indestructible Toski, Bearer of Secrets attacks each combat if able. Whenever a creature you control deals combat damage to a player, draw a card.

Creature
Toski, Bearer of Secrets (khm) 197
1
Vigor

Trample If damage would be dealt to another creature you control, prevent that damage. Put a +1/+1 counter on that creature for each 1 damage prevented this way. When Vigor is put into a graveyard from anywhere, shuffle it into its owner's library.

Creature
Vigor (plst) BBD-215
1
Wall of Roots

Defender Put a -0/-1 counter on Wall of Roots: Add {G}. Activate only once each turn.

Creature
Wall of Roots (ima) 190
1
Wayward Swordtooth

Ascend (If you control ten or more permanents, you get the city's blessing for the rest of the game.) You may play an additional land on each of your turns. Wayward Swordtooth can't attack or block unless you have the city's blessing.

Creature
Wayward Swordtooth (rix) 150
1
Werewolf Pack Leader

Pack tactics — Whenever Werewolf Pack Leader attacks, if you attacked with creatures with total power 6 or greater this combat, draw a card. {3}{G}: Until end of turn, Werewolf Pack Leader has base power and toughness 5/3, gains trample, and isn't a Human.

Creature
Werewolf Pack Leader (afr) 211
1

Enchantment

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Case of the Locked Hothouse

You may play an additional land on each of your turns. To solve — You control seven or more lands. (If unsolved, solve at the beginning of your end step.) Solved — You may look at the top card of your library any time, and you may play lands and cast creature and enchantment spells from the top of your library.

Enchantment
Case of the Locked Hothouse (mkm) 155
1
Exploration

You may play an additional land on each of your turns.

Enchantment
Exploration (2xm) 167
1
Greater Good

Sacrifice a creature: Draw cards equal to the sacrificed creature's power, then discard three cards.

Enchantment
Greater Good (usg) 257
1
In Search of Greatness

At the beginning of your upkeep, you may cast a permanent spell from your hand with mana value equal to 1 plus the highest mana value among other permanents you control without paying its mana cost. If you don't, scry 1.

Enchantment
In Search of Greatness (khm) 177
1
Rancor

Enchant creature Enchanted creature gets +2/+0 and has trample. When Rancor is put into a graveyard from the battlefield, return Rancor to its owner's hand.

Enchantment
Rancor (ulg) 110
1
Tribute to the World Tree

Whenever a creature enters the battlefield under your control, draw a card if its power is 3 or greater. Otherwise, put two +1/+1 counters on it.

Enchantment
Tribute to the World Tree (mom) 211
1
Twists and Turns

Enchantment
Twists and Turns // Mycoid Maze (lci) 217Twists and Turns // Mycoid Maze (lci) 217
1

Instant

Quantity: 7Price: $58.59
Archdruid's Charm

Choose one — • Search your library for a creature or land card and reveal it. Put it onto the battlefield tapped if it's a land card. Otherwise, put it into your hand. Then shuffle. • Put a +1/+1 counter on target creature you control. It deals damage equal to its power to target creature you don't control. • Exile target artifact or enchantment.

Instant
Archdruid's Charm (mkm) 151
1
Beast Within

Destroy target permanent. Its controller creates a 3/3 green Beast creature token.

Instant
Beast Within (sld) 323
1
Bite Down

Target creature you control deals damage equal to its power to target creature or planeswalker you don't control.

Instant
Bite Down (dmu) 155
1
Force of Vigor

If it's not your turn, you may exile a green card from your hand rather than pay this spell's mana cost. Destroy up to two target artifacts and/or enchantments.

Instant
Force of Vigor (mh1) 164
1
Obscuring Haze

If you control a commander, you may cast this spell without paying its mana cost. Prevent all damage that would be dealt this turn by creatures your opponents control.

Instant
Obscuring Haze (cmm) 701
1
Ram Through

Target creature you control deals damage equal to its power to target creature you don't control. If the creature you control has trample, excess damage is dealt to that creature's controller instead.

Instant
Ram Through (iko) 170
1
Tamiyo's Safekeeping

Target permanent you control gains hexproof and indestructible until end of turn. You gain 2 life. (A permanent with hexproof and indestructible can't be the target of spells or abilities your opponents control. Damage and effects that say "destroy" don't destroy it.)

Instant
Tamiyo's Safekeeping (neo) 211
1

Land

Quantity: 41Price: $281.45
Bala Ged Recovery

Sorcery
Bala Ged Recovery // Bala Ged Sanctuary (znr) 180Bala Ged Recovery // Bala Ged Sanctuary (znr) 180
1
Blighted Woodland

{T}: Add {C}. {3}{G}, {T}, Sacrifice Blighted Woodland: Search your library for up to two basic land cards, put them onto the battlefield tapped, then shuffle.

Land
Blighted Woodland (mic) 166
1
Boseiju, Who Endures

{T}: Add {G}. Channel — {1}{G}, Discard Boseiju, Who Endures: Destroy target artifact, enchantment, or nonbasic land an opponent controls. That player may search their library for a land card with a basic land type, put it onto the battlefield, then shuffle. This ability costs {1} less to activate for each legendary creature you control.

Land
Boseiju, Who Endures (neo) 412
1
Castle Garenbrig

Castle Garenbrig enters the battlefield tapped unless you control a Forest. {T}: Add {G}. {2}{G}{G}, {T}: Add six {G}. Spend this mana only to cast creature spells or activate abilities of creatures.

Land
Castle Garenbrig (eld) 240
1
Desert of the Indomitable

Desert of the Indomitable enters the battlefield tapped. {T}: Add {G}. Cycling {1}{G} ({1}{G}, Discard this card: Draw a card.)

Land
Desert of the Indomitable (hou) 172
1
Dust Bowl

{T}: Add {C}. {3}, {T}, Sacrifice a land: Destroy target nonbasic land.

Land
Dust Bowl (mmq) 316
1
Endless Sands

{T}: Add {C}. {2}, {T}: Exile target creature you control. {4}, {T}, Sacrifice Endless Sands: Return each creature card exiled with Endless Sands to the battlefield under its owner's control.

Land
Endless Sands (c20) 272
1
Forest

({T}: Add {G}.)

Land
Forest (mid) 277
20
Guildless Commons

Guildless Commons enters the battlefield tapped. When Guildless Commons enters the battlefield, return a land you control to its owner's hand. {T}: Add {C}{C}.

Land
Guildless Commons (cmr) 351
1
Khalni Ambush

Instant
Khalni Ambush // Khalni Territory (znr) 192Khalni Ambush // Khalni Territory (znr) 192
1
Lair of the Hydra

If you control two or more other lands, Lair of the Hydra enters the battlefield tapped. {T}: Add {G}. {X}{G}: Until end of turn, Lair of the Hydra becomes an X/X green Hydra creature. It's still a land. X can't be 0.

Land
Lair of the Hydra (afr) 259
1
Mirrorpool

Mirrorpool enters the battlefield tapped. {T}: Add {C}. {2}{C}, {T}, Sacrifice Mirrorpool: Copy target instant or sorcery spell you control. You may choose new targets for the copy. {4}{C}, {T}, Sacrifice Mirrorpool: Create a token that's a copy of target creature you control.

Land
Mirrorpool (plst) OGW-174
1
Mosswort Bridge

Hideaway 4 (When this land enters the battlefield, look at the top four cards of your library, exile one face down, then put the rest on the bottom in a random order.) Mosswort Bridge enters the battlefield tapped. {T}: Add {G}. {G}, {T}: You may play the exiled card without paying its mana cost if creatures you control have total power 10 or greater.

Land
Mosswort Bridge (afc) 251
1
Okina, Temple to the Grandfathers

{T}: Add {G}. {G}, {T}: Target legendary creature gets +1/+1 until end of turn.

Land
Okina, Temple to the Grandfathers (chk) 280
1
Oran-Rief, the Vastwood

Oran-Rief, the Vastwood enters the battlefield tapped. {T}: Add {G}. {T}: Put a +1/+1 counter on each green creature that entered the battlefield this turn.

Land
Oran-Rief, the Vastwood (c21) 307
1
Reliquary Tower

You have no maximum hand size. {T}: Add {C}.

Land
Reliquary Tower (c21) 311
1
Tangled Florahedron

Creature
Tangled Florahedron // Tangled Vale (znr) 211Tangled Florahedron // Tangled Vale (znr) 211
1
Treetop Village

Treetop Village enters the battlefield tapped. {T}: Add {G}. {1}{G}: Treetop Village becomes a 3/3 green Ape creature with trample until end of turn. It's still a land. (It can deal excess combat damage to the player or planeswalker it's attacking.)

Land
Treetop Village (ulg) 143
1
War Room

{T}: Add {C}. {3}, {T}, Pay life equal to the number of colors in your commanders' color identity: Draw a card.

Land
War Room (cmr) 361
1
Witch's Clinic

{T}: Add {C}. {2}, {T}: Target commander gains lifelink until end of turn.

Land
Witch's Clinic (c21) 81
1
Yavimaya Hollow

{T}: Add {C}. {G}, {T}: Regenerate target creature.

Land
Yavimaya Hollow (uds) 143
1
Yavimaya, Cradle of Growth

Each land is a Forest in addition to its other land types.

Land
Yavimaya, Cradle of Growth (mh2) 261
1

Sorcery

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Contest of Claws

Target creature you control deals damage equal to its power to another target creature. If excess damage was dealt this way, discover X, where X is that excess damage. (Exile cards from the top of your library until you exile a nonland card with that mana value or less. Cast it without paying its mana cost or put it into your hand. Put the rest on the bottom in a random order.)

Sorcery
Contest of Claws (lcc) 12
1
Cultivate

Search your library for up to two basic land cards, reveal those cards, put one onto the battlefield tapped and the other into your hand, then shuffle.

Sorcery
Cultivate (sld) 246
1
Ezuri's Predation

For each creature your opponents control, create a 4/4 green Phyrexian Beast creature token. Each of those tokens fights a different one of those creatures.

Sorcery
Ezuri's Predation (cmm) 287
1
Kodama's Reach

Search your library for up to two basic land cards, reveal those cards, put one onto the battlefield tapped and the other into your hand, then shuffle.

Sorcery
Kodama's Reach (cmm) 649
1
Last March of the Ents

This spell can't be countered. Draw cards equal to the greatest toughness among creatures you control, then put any number of creature cards from your hand onto the battlefield.

Sorcery
Last March of the Ents (ltr) 418
1
Over the Edge

Choose one — • Destroy target artifact or enchantment. • Target creature you control explores, then it explores again. (Reveal the top card of your library. Put that card into your hand if it's a land. Otherwise, put a +1/+1 counter on that creature, then put the card back or put it into your graveyard. Then repeat this process.)

Sorcery
Over the Edge (lci) 205
1

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Description

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