{"ops":[{"insert":"Summary"},{"attributes":{"header":2},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"At the time of writing this primer, "},{"attributes":{"link":"https://scryfall.com/search?q=otag%3Aregrowth+id%3C%3DBUG&unique=cards&as=grid&order=released"},"insert":"Scryfall's oracle tag search "},{"insert":"for "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Regrowth"}},{"insert":" returns"},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":" 596 cards"},{"insert":" (in Sultai colors). This effect, much like "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Entomb"}},{"insert":", "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Mulch"}},{"insert":", and "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Splendid Reclamation"}},{"insert":", is well-trodden design space that Wizards continues to return to, and in so doing, eventually power-creeps both the effect itself, and the consistency of the effects. \n\nI thought it would be interesting to take advantage of that trend and make a deck where the non-lands were about 50% functional reprints, with the other 50% of the deck being devoted to some multi-piece combo nonsense. It uses the consistency of graveyard-tilling tools to put a menagerie of creatures into the yard, then uses the commander to assemble a win-con from these puzzle pieces.\n\nThe whole deck was inspired by "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Lotuslight Dancers"}},{"insert":", one of the weirder "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Entomb"}},{"insert":"s that they've made lately. \n\nStep 1: Fill the graveyard with stuff - lands and creatures being the most important.\nStep 2: Get things out of the graveyard; the goals are to get to ~10 mana (probably using a "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Splendid Reclamation"}},{"insert":"-type effect), and to trigger your \"leaves the graveyard\" tools.\nStep 3: Make the commander into an infinite-mana engine, ideally with a mana outlet nearby.\nStep 4: Win the game in one swoop (this gets complicated).\n\n"},{"attributes":{"italic":true},"insert":"(This deck was last updated April 2026, after the release of TMNT, before Secrets of Strixhaven)"},{"insert":"\n\nStep 1: Fill the Graveyard"},{"attributes":{"header":2},"insert":"\n"},{"attributes":{"italic":true},"insert":"This is both tutors and regular dumping"},{"insert":"\n"},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"scryfall otag:mulch:"},{"insert":" put some cards to yard, some cards to hand. "},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"scryfall otag:tutor-to-graveyard: "},{"insert":"put specific cards straight into the yard."},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"\nIdeally the Mulch cards actually put the cards into the graveyard, "},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"then"},{"insert":" select which to take out (like "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Dredger's Insight"}},{"insert":"), rather"},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":" "},{"insert":"than selecting 1 and putting the rest into the yard "},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"after"},{"insert":" (like "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Malevolent Rumble"}},{"insert":"). This allows them to trigger our \"leaves the graveyard\" suite of tools (like "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Teval's Judgment"}},{"insert":"). \n\nAlso, ideally they are on creatures/permanents (like "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Fallaji Archaeologist"}},{"insert":") so they can feed the commander later or be recurred back more easily by something like "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Muldrotha, the Gravetide"}},{"insert":".\n\nStep 2: Get Things Out of the Graveyard"},{"attributes":{"header":2},"insert":"\n"},{"attributes":{"italic":true},"insert":"This is our big ramp, our mid-game, and our payoffs. Mass land recursion = big ramp. Teval and Friends keep us alive and generate value while we Mulch and Regrowth. The Commander becomes a kill-shot or a mana machine. The Regrowth package can eventually loop itself to find anything, draw anything, and mill people out."},{"insert":"\n\n"},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"Scryfall otag:splendid-reclamation"},{"insert":": \"get a bunch lands back from the graveyard\". We are optimizing for creature versions of this effect, like "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Aftermath Analyst"}},{"insert":"."},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"Scryfall otag:regrowth"},{"insert":": \"grab card(s) back from the yard\" spells. We are optimizing for a closed loop that can be repeatedly used, as long as you have the mana. See notes on "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Shigeki, Jukai Visionary"}},{"insert":" below. "},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"\"leaves the graveyard\" value loops fuel the mid-game. "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Insidious Roots"}},{"insert":" and "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Kheru Goldkeeper"}},{"insert":" are great targets. Most efficient value with"},{"insert":{"card-link":"Chthonian Nightmare"}},{"insert":" , "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Bloodghast"}},{"insert":", etc."},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"The Commander eats a few key cards to become The Combo (see below)"},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"\nStep 3: The Combo"},{"attributes":{"header":2},"insert":"\n"},{"attributes":{"italic":true},"insert":"The absolutely essential combo pieces, at least 2x of each for redundancy"},{"insert":"\n"},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"Tap self for big mana: "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Mona Lisa, Science Geek"}},{"insert":", "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Selvala, Heart of the Wilds"}},{"insert":" "},{"attributes":{"list":"ordered"},"insert":"\n"},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"Pay mana to Untap self: "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Morphling"}},{"insert":", "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Locust Swarm"}},{"insert":" "},{"attributes":{"list":"ordered"},"insert":"\n"},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"Pay mana to draw cards "},{"attributes":{"italic":true},"insert":"(can be on a separate permanent): "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Faerie Mastermind"}},{"insert":", "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Ghostly Pilferer"}},{"insert":" "},{"attributes":{"list":"ordered"},"insert":"\n"},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"Gain Haste "},{"attributes":{"italic":true},"insert":"(can be on a separate permanent): "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Lightning Greaves"}},{"insert":", "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Swiftfoot Boots"}},{"insert":", "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Skithiryx, the Blight Dragon"}},{"insert":" "},{"attributes":{"list":"ordered"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"Optional - a one-shot-kill attacker: "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Phage the Untouchable"}},{"insert":", "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Skithiryx, the Blight Dragon"}},{"insert":", "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Goldvein Hydra"}},{"insert":" "},{"attributes":{"list":"ordered"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"Optional - a way to discard at will "},{"attributes":{"italic":true},"insert":"(can be on a separate permanent)"},{"insert":": "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Ghostly Pilferer"}},{"insert":", "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Psychic Frog"}},{"insert":" "},{"attributes":{"list":"ordered"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"A way to reset our commander to get a different stack of cards underneath it: "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Quasiduplicate"}},{"insert":", "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Phyrexian Tower"}},{"insert":", "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Chthonian Nightmare"}},{"insert":" "},{"attributes":{"list":"ordered"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"\nStep 4: Finding the Win"},{"attributes":{"header":2},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"The deck’s primary goal is to build an infinite-mana machine with a draw outlet online. To do so, combine a big-mana tapper, an untapper, a Haste enabler, and a mana outlet. This means casting Commander with X=2, 3, or 4 depending on what you already have on board/in the yard. Haste can come from boots, and the draw outlet "},{"attributes":{"italic":true},"insert":"can"},{"insert":" be on another card if its Faerie Mastermind, but the tap/untap "},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"must "},{"insert":"be on the commander to be repeatable. \n\nIf struggling to get the combo online, "},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":{"card-link":"Muldrotha, the Gravetide"}},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":" "},{"insert":"and "},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":{"card-link":"Teval, the Balanced Scale"}},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":" "},{"insert":"serve as solid alternative commanders to keep a proactive gameplan going with all of our Mulches and Regrowths.\n\nIf you are having trouble getting up to the necessary mana to cast, transform, haste, and go all in one turn, there are ways to sidestep the mana costs. "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Necrotic Ooze"}},{"insert":" can do it all on 4 mana, BUT you can't use "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Locust Swarm"}},{"insert":" because the once-per-turn clause actually matters. If you're using the commander, the clause DOESN'T matter because you reset it when you transform between creatures. If Necrotic Ooze is in the yard, you can still get it done with "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Likeness Looter"}},{"insert":" > "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Necrotic Ooze"}},{"insert":" > Combo, with the same limitations.\n\nIf you get to combo time, you can make 3 million mana, draw your whole deck, then do the following:\n\nIf somebody has fewer cards in library than you: "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Faerie Mastermind"}},{"insert":" > Everybody draws until you empty opposing library(s).\n\nIf nobody has fewer cards in library than you: "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Shigeki, Jukai Visionary"}},{"insert":" + "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Peerless Recycling"}},{"insert":" + "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Psychic Frog"}},{"insert":" + "},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"[any other permanent card]"},{"insert":" allows you to infinitely gift cards to mill the whole table. You could also use "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Ghostly Pilferer"}},{"insert":" here instead of Frog. Just Shigeki X=2, grab Peerless and 1 extra card > discard the extra card with Frog or Pilferer > Peerless with the gift, targeting Shigeki and the extra card > repeat, gifting 1 card per cycle. \n\n"},{"attributes":{"italic":true},"insert":"(If any of the above cards are already in your graveyard, use "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Dryad's Revival"}},{"attributes":{"italic":true},"insert":" from hand or yard to get Shigeki, use Shigeki to get the rest of what you need + another Regrowth effect just in case.) "},{"insert":"\n\nIf you don’t have the Mill win online, you can use: \n"},{"insert":{"card-link":"Goldvein Hydra"}},{"insert":" > X = 10,000 (This kills 1 person)\n\nYou can use "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Quasiduplicate"}},{"insert":" targeting your commander while it’s a legendary mana dork to sac it to the legend rule, allowing you to set up a "},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"new"},{"insert":" commander combo on the same turn (after you float enough mana). Become "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Skithiryx, the Blight Dragon"}},{"insert":" + 3 other creatures to 1-shot with poison, or "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Phage the Untouchable"}},{"insert":" + Haste for the same effect.\n\nIf you have another haste boots, you can also give haste + flying to the "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Psychic Frog"}},{"insert":" and pump to 40+ with discards to swing and kill 1 player.\n\n"},{"insert":{"card-link":"Dimir Infiltrator"}},{"insert":" can grab some of the important combo pieces - haste boots, draw outlets, discard outlets. Plus, can also grab a board wipe if needed ("},{"insert":{"card-link":"The Meathook Massacre"}},{"insert":"), or if everything is already going according to plan, grab "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Insidious Roots"}},{"insert":" or "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Kishla Skimmer"}},{"insert":" to keep things moving. Then, he can become an evasion option to combo with Phage in the late game.\n\nIf you build the infinite-mana machine but DON'T have a draw outlet OR a combat-kill option, you can still go if you have a tutor ("},{"insert":{"card-link":"Dimir Infiltrator"}},{"insert":" or "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Formidable Speaker"}},{"insert":") in your hand, or in your yard + a Regrowth in hand, OR on the board with a Quasiduplicate in the hand or yard. Use the Regrowth to grab the tutor, use the tutor to grab Faerie Mastermind, then use that to draw the rest of the toolbox and keep going. \n\nIf you have the Tap/Untap combo in your graveyard but don’t have the mana to put together the sequence to get it online, you can use the "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Necrotic Ooze"}},{"insert":" to do it on the cheap. You don't have to pay for transform costs, and in a pinch you could even pay X=1 on the commander to become the Ooze if it’s in your yard. Downsides are: less evasion or protection options, no legend-rule sac outlet option, doesn't work with Locust Swarm, is and susceptible to graveyard hate at any time, not just at the outset of the combo. \n\nIf you eat "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Formidable Speaker"}},{"insert":" under the Commander, make sure to also use the untap ability to reset all your lands/creatures before you move to combat, otherwise all your infinite mana will go away. In fact, do it again "},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"during"},{"insert":" combat to give your board pseudo-vigilance after declaring attackers. This allows you to hold up interaction/protection, like Morphling gaining Shroud, or Skithiryx Regenerating. \n\nEverything Else"},{"attributes":{"header":2},"insert":"\n"},{"attributes":{"italic":true},"insert":"This is where you will find any ramp, card advantage, & removal that isn't tied to the combo. Keep in mind that all the Mulch cards are at least card-neutral, which is kind of like card advantage if you squint at it."},{"insert":"\nA low-to-the-ground, mostly-creature-based value package that synergizes with the filling and emptying of the yard. "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Teval, the Balanced Scale"}},{"insert":" is the signpost design. "},{"attributes":{"list":"ordered"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"Any non-combo reanimation targets that the commander could turn into that don't win the game, but are good value, like "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Kotis, the Fangkeeper"}},{"insert":". "},{"attributes":{"list":"ordered"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"\n"},{"insert":{"card-link":"Psychic Frog"}},{"insert":" is an absolute Swiss Army knife in this deck. In addition to the 2 combo functions above, it can also trigger Kishla Skimmer, Teval, Teval’s Judgment, and Insidious Roots using its “exile 3” ability at instant speed (which means multiple times per turn cycle). It can dump your remaining lands from hand into your graveyard right before using a Splendid Rec effect for max value. It can put key pieces from your hand to your graveyard at instant speed, to give your opponents as little time/info as possible before you attempt the combo, and dodge sorcery-speed graveyard hate like "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Bojuka Bog"}},{"insert":". It loops neatly with Life From the Loam and Teval’s Judgment to give 2x “leaves the graveyard” triggers with a single cycle, as Dredge 3 and Exile 3 balance each other out. \n\n"},{"insert":{"card-link":"Mystic Reflection"}},{"insert":" is good defense, because we only have a couple cards that are actually strong outside of the deck's synergies. Basically a polymorph at instant speed, and a kill if you have "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Goldvein Hydra"}},{"insert":" in play. Giving the opponent an "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Aftermath Analyst"}},{"insert":" when they don't have green, or a "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Fallaji Archaeologist"}},{"insert":" instead of a useful blocker, can be great value.\n\n"},{"insert":{"card-link":"Singularity Rupture"}},{"insert":" can set you up for a next-turn combo by putting half your deck into your graveyard and delaying most other win-cons by a turn.\n\n"},{"attributes":{"italic":true},"insert":"This deck may need early ramp unrelated to the combo, and it may need more defense, as goldfishing it does not accurately represent how it holds up in real life. If so, that will go here. "},{"insert":"\n\nLands"},{"attributes":{"header":2},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"Fetch Lands! They become Splendid Reclamation payoffs."},{"attributes":{"list":"ordered"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"Enough basic and basic-land-type-having lands to support 2 rounds of fetches."},{"attributes":{"list":"ordered"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"Graveyard synergy techs"},{"attributes":{"list":"ordered"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"\"Having a big graveyard\" upsides (like "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Shifting Woodland"}},{"insert":")"},{"attributes":{"indent":1,"list":"ordered"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"The ability to take itself out of the graveyard (like "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Dakmor Salvage"}},{"insert":")"},{"attributes":{"indent":1,"list":"ordered"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"\n"}]}