Overview:

This Naya (RGW) lands-matter deck revolves around Yuma, Proud Protector, leveraging land sacrifice and Desert synergies to generate massive token armies and explosive landfall triggers. The strategy focuses on cycling lands through the graveyard using sacrifice outlets like Scapeshift and Nahiri's Lithoforming, then rebuying them with recursion engines like Splendid Reclamation and Ancient Greenwarden. Yuma serves as both a cost-reduced threat (enabled by lands in the yard) and a token generator via Desert recursion. Key payoffs include Avenger of Zendikar, Omnath, Locus of Rage, and Jetmir, Nexus of Revels for overwhelming combat finishes, with Impact Tremors providing incremental damage.

Primer:

Core Strategy Execution:

1. Early Setup (Turns 1-4): Prioritize land ramp (Azusa, Lost but Seeking, Cultivate) and graveyard setup with fetchlands/Elvish Reclaimer. Deploy key enablers like Dryad of the Ilysian Grove or Amulet of Vigor to accelerate land plays.
2. Midgame Engine (Turns 4-6): Sacrifice lands via Zuran Orb, Scapeshift, or Yuma's ability to draw into recursion tools. Activate Hazezon, Shaper of Sand and Dunes of the Dead for token generation. Recur lands with Splendid Reclamation/Ancient Greenwarden for explosive landfall triggers.
3. Win Conditions (Turns 6-8):
   • Combat Overkill: Use Jetmir, Nexus of Revels or Beastmaster Ascension to amplify token swarms from Avenger of Zendikar/Phylath, World Sculptor.
   • Landfall Synergy: Omnath, Locus of Rage and Moraug, Fury of Akoum enable repeated combat phases with growing Elementals.
   • Incremental Burn: Impact Tremors and Ramunap Ruins chip away at opponents alongside combat.

Mulligan Priorities:

• Keep hands with 3+ lands, including at least one fetchland or Desert.
• Prioritize early ramp (Sol Ring, Lotus Cobra) or land recursion (Ramunap Excavator).
• Look for key payoffs like Ancient Greenwarden or Titania, Protector of Argoth if sufficient ramp is present.

Key Tips:

• Use Amulet of Vigor to bypass tapped land penalties from Spelunking and Scapeshift.
• Sacrifice Deserts to Yuma post-combat to trigger token generation while preserving mana.
• Conduit of Worlds enables repeated Lotus Field sacrifices for ramp.

Weaknesses:

Critical

• Graveyard hate (Rest in Peace, Leyline of the Void) cripples land recursion and Yuma's cost reduction.
• Blood Moon/Back to Basics disrupts the Desert-heavy mana base.

Moderate

• Board wipes reset token armies, requiring full rebuilds.
• Torpor Orb nullifies ETB triggers from Avenger of Zendikar/Phylath.

Minor

• Limited stack interaction makes fast combo decks problematic.
• High land dependency risks flood/screw without draw engines.

Most Important Cards:

• Ancient Greenwarden (Doubles landfall triggers, enables recursion)
• Scapeshift (Mass land sacrifice for explosive recursion turns)
• Jetmir, Nexus of Revels (Combat finisher for token armies)
• Hazezon, Shaper of Sand (Desert token generator)
• Splendid Reclamation (Land recursion payoff)
• Omnath, Locus of Rage (Landfall damage and token synergy)
• Amulet of Vigor (Untaps lands for explosive turns)
• Dryad of the Ilysian Grove (Land acceleration and fixing)
• Avenger of Zendikar (Scaling token threat)
• Moraug, Fury of Akoum (Extra combats with landfall)

Attribute Ratings:

Speed: 6/10

• Can establish lethal boards by turns 7-8 but lacks fast mana for earlier explosive plays.

Resilience: 5/10

• Recursion engines provide recovery, but graveyard reliance creates critical vulnerabilities.

Consistency: 7/10

• Redundant land tutors and draw engines (Elemental Bond, Tribute to the World Tree) ensure steady setup.

Interaction: 5/10

• Limited to spot removal (Swords to Plowshares) and board wipes, with minimal stack interaction.

Rating Justification:

The deck demonstrates focused land synergy with strong late-game potential but lacks the speed and protection to compete with high-power combos. Its T7-8 win clock and vulnerability to common hate place it in the optimized casual tier.

Power level: 5.5 - 6.0