Overview:

This mono-green deck helmed by Ojer Kaslem, Deepest Growth focuses on ramping into high-power creatures and leveraging Ojer's combat damage trigger to cheat out massive threats. The strategy revolves around deploying Ojer early, using its ability to chain land drops and creature drops, and overwhelming opponents with doubled power via Unnatural Growth, Zopandrel, Hunger Dominus, and overrun effects like Triumph of the Hordes. Ojer acts as both a value engine and a threat multiplier, with recursion via its transformed land side enabling repeated triggers. Secondary lines include Selvala, Heart of the Wilds mana acceleration and Greater Good/The Great Henge card advantage.

Primer:

Core Strategy Execution:

1. Early Setup (Turns 1-3): Deploy mana dorks (Llanowar Elves, Birds of Paradise) and land accelerators (Exploration, Utopia Sprawl). Cast Ojer Kaslem by Turn 3-4 using ramp.
2. Midgame Value (Turns 4-6): Attack with Ojer to trigger its ability, cheating out high-impact creatures (Ghalta, Stampede Tyrant, Vorinclex, Voice of Hunger) or lands (Nykthos, Shrine to Nyx). Use Fauna Shaman or Fierce Empath to tutor key threats.
3. Finishers (Turns 6+): Deploy doubling effects (Unnatural Growth, Zopandrel) and overrun with Overwhelming Stampede or infect via Triumph of the Hordes. Recur Ojer via its land side to maintain pressure.

Mulligan Priorities:

• Keep hands with 2-3 lands and at least one ramp spell (e.g., Elvish Mystic, Sol Ring).
• Prioritize Ojer Kaslem + protection (Lightning Greaves, Heroic Intervention) if available.
• Avoid hands lacking ramp or with only high-CMC cards.

Key Tips:

• Use Kodama of the East Tree to chain permanents from hand when Ojer cheats creatures into play.
• Sacrifice Ojer to Greater Good before blockers to draw 6+ cards, then recur it transformed.
• Toski, Bearer of Secrets ensures card draw even if Ojer is removed.

Weaknesses:

Critical

• Reliant on Ojer Kaslem Triggers: Commander removal (especially exile) cripples the deck’s engine, as Ojer’s recursion is slow.
• Vulnerable to Board Wipes: Limited recovery outside Creeping Renaissance and Wrap in Vigor.

Moderate

• Anti-Combat Tech: Propaganda effects or flying blockers (lacks consistent trample enablers beyond Garruk's Uprising).
• Artifact/Enchantment Hate: Greater Good, The Great Henge, and Beastmaster Ascension are key value pieces with minimal protection.

Minor

• Mana Flood: Limited card selection beyond raw draw; high land count risks late-game dead draws.

Most Important Cards:

• Ojer Kaslem, Deepest Growth (Engine: cheat creatures/lands)
• Selvala, Heart of the Wilds (Mana generation for big spells)
• Greater Good (Card draw & sac outlet)
• Unnatural Growth (Combat multiplier)
• Triumph of the Hordes (Primary win condition)
• Kodama of the East Tree (Value chain enabler)
• Ghalta, Stampede Tyrant (Cheat-in payoff)
• Nykthos, Shrine to Nyx (Mana scaling)
• Fauna Shaman (Tutor for key creatures)
• Heroic Intervention (Protection from wipes)

Attribute Ratings:

Speed: 6/10

• Can deploy Ojer by Turn 3 and cheat 6+ CMC threats by Turn 5, but lacks fast combos to win before Turn 7-8.

Resilience: 5/10

• Recursion for Ojer and Creeping Renaissance provide some recovery, but heavy reliance on the commander and board presence makes it fragile.

Consistency: 7/10

• Abundant ramp, 8+ card draw engines, and creature tutors ensure Ojer triggers and key pieces are accessible.

Interaction: 4/10

• Limited to artifact/enchantment removal (Beast Within, Naturalize) and combat tricks; struggles against stack interaction.

Rating Justification:

This deck operates at a high-casual level, leveraging strong ramp and combat synergies to threaten wins via overwhelming board states around Turns 7-9. While resilient to single-target removal, its dependency on Ojer and vulnerability to wipes caps its power below optimized tiers.

Power level: 5.0 - 5.5