Overview:
A five-color value engine deck centered around Omnath, Locus of All, leveraging powerful multicolored spells and creatures to generate card advantage and mana acceleration, while maintaining flexibility through diverse interaction options.
Primer:
The deck operates as a midrange value engine, using its commander's ability to both generate card advantage and preserve mana across turns. The early game focuses on establishing mana development through various ramp pieces like Birds of Paradise, Arcane Signet, and land-based ramp spells. The deck then transitions into deploying powerful multicolored threats and value engines like Atraxa, Grand Unifier and Maelstrom Archangel.
The deck's strength lies in its ability to maintain card advantage while presenting multiple threats that each demand answers. The commander's ability to look at and potentially draw cards while generating mana ensures consistent access to resources. The deck can pivot between aggressive creature strategies and controlling plays thanks to its diverse suite of interaction spells and powerful creatures that can close out games.
Weaknesses:
- The five-color mana base is relatively basic and vulnerable to disruption, with few utility lands and protection.
- Heavy reliance on creatures makes the deck particularly vulnerable to board wipes, though Heroic Intervention provides some protection.
- The deck lacks infinite combos or explosive win conditions, making it slower in closing out games.
Most Important Cards:
- Atraxa, Grand Unifier
- Dryad of the Ilysian Grove
- Chromatic Lantern
- Maelstrom Nexus
- Sol Ring
- Heroic Intervention
- Ramos, Dragon Engine
- Timeless Lotus
- Jin-Gitaxias // The Great Synthesis
- Scroll Rack
Attribute Ratings:
- Speed: 6/10
- Resilience: 7/10
- Consistency: 6/10
- Interaction: 7/10
Rating Justification:
This deck sits firmly in the 6.0-6.5 range due to its ability to consistently execute its strategy while maintaining interaction, but lacking the explosive speed or guaranteed win conditions of higher-powered decks. While it can generate significant value and present threats, it typically won't threaten wins before turn 7-8. The deck's reliance on creature-based strategies and fair magic places it below the threshold of truly competitive builds.
Final power level rating: 6.0 - 6.5
Omnath, Locus of All