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Jodah, the Unifier
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- Five-Color
Bracket
6.5 - 7.0
Bracket 4
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ANALYSIS

Overview:

This 5-color legendary-focused deck leverages Jodah, the Unifier to create massive value through legendary cascades and board buffs. The strategy revolves around explosive ramp into game-ending Ultimatums or overwhelming legendary creature synergies, supported by land destruction locks and efficient interaction.

Primer:

Core Strategy:
This deck aims to cast Jodah by T3-4 using premium ramp (Bloom Tender, Delighted Halfling), then chain cascades into powerful legends like Sisay, Weatherlight Captain and Yidris, Maelstrom Wielder. Alternate win paths include:

  1. Ultimatum Bombing: Casting Emergent Ultimatum/Ruinous Ultimatum with cascades
  2. Legendary Swarm: Overwhelming combat damage via Jodah's exponential +X/+X scaling
  3. Resource Denial: Pairing Armageddon/Obliterate with mana rocks/indestructible lands

Mulligan Priorities:

  • 3 lands (ideally untapped duals)
  • 1-2 ramp pieces (Sol Ring, Faeburrow Elder)
  • At least 1 legendary creature or protection spell
    Reject hands without early mana acceleration or color fixing.

Key Tips:

  • Sequence cascades carefully: Cast lower MV legends first to maximize Jodah triggers
  • Use Teferi's Protection/Galadriel's Dismissal to protect during land destruction turns
  • Tutor priorities: Chromatic Orrery for mana, Primevals' Glorious Rebirth for recovery

Avoid Traps:

  • Don't overextend into board wipes before establishing recursion
  • Save counterspells for key stax pieces rather than midrange threats

Weaknesses:

Critical:

  • Heavy reliance on Jodah - 3+ removals cripples the strategy
  • Weak to Drannith Magistrate/Containment Priest shutting off cascades

Moderate:

  • Slow recovery from mass artifact destruction
  • Limited graveyard hate for opposing combos

Minor:

  • Some tapped lands slow early turns
  • High MV spells vulnerable to early counters

Most Important Cards:

  • Chromatic Orrery
  • Leyline of the Guildpact
  • Primevals' Glorious Rebirth
  • Emergent Ultimatum
  • Sisay, Weatherlight Captain
  • Faeburrow Elder
  • Teferi's Protection
  • Demonic Tutor
  • Exquisite Blood
  • Armageddon

Attribute Ratings:

Speed: 7/10
Can deploy Jodah + cascade engine by T3 with optimal hands, threatening Ultimatum wins by T6. Land destruction creates T5-6 effective wins.

Resilience: 6/10
12 counterspells and protection effects, but over-reliance on Jodah. Recursion via Primevals' Glorious Rebirth helps recover.

Consistency: 8/10
14 tutors + Jodah's cascade ensure legendary density. Mana base supports 5-color needs through rocks and duals.

Interaction: 7/10
Efficient removal (Swords to Plowshares) and free counters (Fierce Guardianship absent, but Force of Negation-like effects present). Lacks board wipes beyond land destruction.

Rating Justification:

The deck sits between "Focused Competitive" (T5-6 wins) and "Optimized" (T6-7) due to:

  • Faster than T7-8 "Focused" decks via cascade chains
  • Less consistent than T5 cEDH with no infinite combos
  • Stax elements (land destruction) create T5-6 effective wins
  • Protection suite matches 6.5-7.0 resilience expectations

Power level: 6.5 - 7.0

DECK LIST
Jodah, the Unifier
Planeswalker: 1
($27.65)
1
The Aetherspark
4
Creature: 16
($68.77)
1
Birds of Paradise
G
1
Bloom Tender
1 G
1
Delighted Halfling
G
1
Faeburrow Elder
1 G W
1
Jhoira, Weatherlight Captain
2 U R
1
Kellan, the Kid
G W U
1
Kethis, the Hidden Hand
W B G
1
Kutzil, Malamet Exemplar
1 G W
1
Loot, the Pathfinder
2 G U R
1
Maelstrom Wanderer
5 G U R
1
Reki, the History of Kamigawa
2 G
1
Sab-Sunen, Luxa Embodied
3 G U
1
Shanid, Sleepers' Scourge
1 R W B
1
Sisay, Weatherlight Captain
2 W
1
Surrak Dragonclaw
2 G U R
1
Yidris, Maelstrom Wielder
U B R G
Artifact: 4
($37.35)
1
Arcane Signet
2
1
Chromatic Lantern
3
1
Chromatic Orrery
7
1
Sol Ring
1
Enchantment: 5
($83.06)
1
Exquisite Blood
4 B
1
Leyline of the Guildpact
G/W G/U B/G R/G
1
Propaganda
2 U
1
Rhystic Study
2 U
1
Spelunking
2 G
Instant: 20
($107.43)
1
An Offer You Can't Refuse
U
1
Arcane Denial
1 U
1
Countermand
2 U U
1
Counterpoint
3 U B
1
Counterspell
U U
1
Countersquall
U B
1
Countervailing Winds
2 U
1
Daze
1 U
1
Enlightened Tutor
W
1
Flash Counter
1 U
1
Flusterstorm
U
1
Galadriel's Dismissal
W
1
Mana Tithe
W
1
Mystical Tutor
U
1
Negate
1 U
1
Red Elemental Blast
R
1
Refute
1 U U
1
Swords to Plowshares
W
1
Teferi's Protection
2 W
1
Worldly Tutor
G
Sorcery: 15
($89.19)
1
Armageddon
3 W
1
Brilliant Ultimatum
W W U U U B B
1
Cruel Ultimatum
U U B B B R R
1
Cultivate
2 G
1
Demonic Tutor
1 B
1
Eerie Ultimatum
W W B B B G G
1
Emergent Ultimatum
B B G G G U U
1
Farseek
1 G
1
Genesis Ultimatum
G G U U U R R
1
Idyllic Tutor
2 W
1
Jokulhaups
4 R R
1
Obliterate
6 R R
1
Primevals' Glorious Rebirth
5 W B
1
Ravages of War
3 W
1
Ruinous Ultimatum
R R W W W B B
Land: 37
($256.88)
1
Arcane Sanctum
1
Blood Crypt
1
Breeding Pool
1
Canopy Vista
1
Cascading Cataracts
1
Cinder Glade
1
Command Tower
1
Crumbling Necropolis
1
Exotic Orchard
1
Frontier Bivouac
1
Godless Shrine
1
Indatha Triome
1
Jetmir's Garden
1
Jungle Shrine
1
Ketria Triome
1
Mystic Monastery
1
Nomad Outpost
1
Opulent Palace
1
Overgrown Tomb
1
Path of Ancestry
1
Plaza of Heroes
1
Raffine's Tower
1
Raugrin Triome
1
Reflecting Pool
1
Reliquary Tower
1
Sacred Foundry
1
Sandsteppe Citadel
1
Savage Lands
1
Savai Triome
1
Seaside Citadel
1
Spara's Headquarters
1
Steam Vents
1
Stomping Ground
1
The World Tree
1
Watery Grave
1
Zagoth Triome
1
Ziatora's Proving Ground
Other: 1
($0)
1
Esika, God of the Tree

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