Overview:

This Najeela Warrior tribal deck leverages aggressive creature swarms and combat synergies to generate exponential value. Najeela serves as the central engine, creating Warrior tokens on each attack and enabling game-ending extra combat phases with her activated ability. The deck accelerates through efficient mana dorks and rocks, floods the board with Warriors, and wins via overwhelming combat damage amplified by lords (e.g., Chief of the Edge), combat tricks (Flying Crane Technique), or infinite combats (Derevi, Empyrial Tactician + Nature's Will). Backup combos and value engines like Professional Face-Breaker provide alternative paths.

Primer:

Core Strategy Execution:

1. Early Setup (Turns 1-3): Deploy mana sources (Birds of Paradise, Sol Ring, Arcane Signet, fetchlands). Cast low-cost Warriors (Mardu Woe-Reaper, Esper Sentinel, Chief of the Edge) to establish early pressure and enable Najeala's cost reduction.
2. Board Development (Turns 3-5): Cast Najeela ASAP (ideally T3-4). Attack immediately to generate 1-2 tokens. Use lords (Kargan Warleader, Honored Crop-Captain) and token producers (Blaring Recruiter) to widen the board. Prioritize haste enablers (Ogre Battledriver, Rushblade Commander) to maximize attack triggers.
3. Win Condition Activation (Turns 4-6):
   • Combat Swarm: Activate Najeela's ability ({W}{U}{B}{R}{G}) during combat to untap attackers, grant trample/lifelink/haste, and gain an extra combat phase. Recur this loop with sufficient mana (enabled by Grand Warlord Radha, Professional Face-Breaker Treasures).
   • Infinite Combats: Assemble Derevi, Empyrial Tactician + Nature's Will/Druids' Repository. With 3+ attackers, Derevi untaps lands/Repository to generate mana for Najeela's ability, repeating infinitely.
   • Overrun Effects: Use Flying Crane Technique (untap, flying, double strike) or Mirror Entity (mass pump) for lethal swings.

Mulligan Priorities:

• Keep hands with 2-3 lands (including multicolor sources) and 1-2 ramp pieces.
• Prioritize T1-T2 plays: mana dork, low-cost Warrior, or protection (Lightning Greaves).
• Avoid hands lacking early plays or Najeela enablers. Hands with combo pieces (Derevi, Nature's Will) + protection are ideal.

Key Tips:

• Protect Najeela: Equip Lightning Greaves/Swiftfoot Boots immediately. Hold free counterspells (Fierce Guardianship, Force of Negation) for key removal.
• Mana Generation: Grand Warlord Radha and Professional Face-Breaker are critical for fueling extra combats. Nykthos, Shrine to Nyx can produce massive mana with high devotion.
• Combat Sequencing: Attack before casting non-haste Warriors to maximize token generation. Use Maze of Ith defensively or to untap Najeela post-combat.
• Tutor Targets: Fetch Derevi/Nature's Will for combo, Radha for mana, or protection if threatened.

Weaknesses:

Critical

• Board Wipes: Mass removal (e.g., Damnation, Farewell) devastates the go-wide strategy. Limited mass recursion makes recovery slow.
• Stax Pieces: Cursed Totem/Linvala, Keeper of Silence disable mana dorks, Najeela's token generation, and Derevi. Rest in Peace hoses graveyard recursion (e.g., Alesha, Who Smiles at Death).
• Commander Removal: Repeatedly killing Najeela cripples the deck's engine, increasing her cost significantly.

Moderate

• Rule of Law Effects: Deafening Silence/Eidolon of Rhetoric limit multiple spells per turn, hindering combo assembly and extra combat activations.
• Nonbasic Land Hate: Blood Moon/Back to Basics disrupt the greedy 5-color mana base, potentially locking out colors.

Minor

• Spot Removal: Targeted removal on key lords/combo pieces can delay but not halt the strategy due to redundancy.
• Flying Threats: Limited reach makes blocking difficult, but the deck can often race with lifelink (Najeela ability).

Most Important Cards:

• Derevi, Empyrial Tactician (Infinite combat enabler with Najeela)
• Nature's Will (Infinite combat combo piece with Derevi)
• Grand Warlord Radha (Mana generation for extra combats)
• Professional Face-Breaker (Treasure generation for mana, card advantage)
• Flying Crane Technique (Game-winning combat trick)
• Cavern of Souls (Ensures uncounterable Warriors/Najeela)
• Imperial Seal (Tutors combo pieces or protection)
• Druids' Repository (Alternative infinite combat mana source)
• Lightning Greaves (Protects Najeela and grants haste)
• Mirror Entity (Mass pump for lethal swings)

Attribute Ratings:

Speed: 8/10

• Capable of T3-4 wins with perfect hands (ramp → Najeela → combo enabler), consistently threatens wins by T5-6 via combat loops or overruns.

Resilience: 6/10

• Free counterspells and equipment protect key pieces, but heavy reliance on the board and commander makes it vulnerable to wipes and targeted hate. Recursion is limited.

Consistency: 7/10

• Strong mana base, ample ramp, and tutors (Imperial Seal, Chord of Calling) find combo pieces. High density of Warriors ensures Najeela triggers reliably.

Interaction: 7/10

• Efficient removal (Swords to Plowshares, Assassin's Trophy, Terminate) and free counterspells handle threats proactively. Lacks board wipes but excels at targeted disruption.

Rating Justification:

This deck operates at high speed (T3-4 potential) with efficient combos and combat loops, placing it firmly in competitive tiers. However, its reliance on the board and commander, coupled with vulnerability to stax/board wipes, prevents it from reaching top-tier cEDH resilience. It excels in high-power metas but falters against dedicated stax.

Power level: 7.5 - 8.0