Rith the Awakener

Welcome, fellow Magic players to the first article of Alluring Treasure's EDH Deck techs. These articles are all about the local AT players and their EDH lists. We will take a look at their lists, talk to their designers, and see overall if their lists are something you might consider for EDH play.

First off quick introduction, My name is Brandon Agenbroad, a casual regular to Alluring Treasures. I was one of the few people to get the EDH league at AT off the ground and into play for a 4 month season. Overall, the league left some bad tastes in people's mouths, but it did encourage quite a bit of EDH play. These articles are meant to do much of the same. Hopefully, seeing weekly content about EDH players locally will inspire more people to take up EDH here in our area.

Our first submission comes from Matt Woods, store regular, resident lumberjack, 1st AT EDH League champion and overall nice gent. Matt brings us a take on one of the classic themes in EDH: tokens.

Rith, the Awakener

Lands                                                                                                 Artifacts

7 Plains                                                                                                Sol Ring

6 Forests                                                                                              Selesnya Signet

5 Mountain                                                                                          Chromatic Lantern

Gruul Turf                                                                                           Coalition Relic

Krosan Verge                                                                                      Solemn Simulacrum

Boros Garrison                                                                                    Gilded Lotus

Selsenya Sanctuary                                                                             Boros Signet

Clifftop Retreat                                                                                  Darksteel Ingot

Rootbound Crag                                                                                 Eldrazi Monument

Fire-Lit Thicket                                                                                   Gruul Signet

Rugged Prairie                                                                                    Akroma's Memorial

Sunhome, Fortress of the Legion                                                        Wurmcoil Engine

Maze of Ith

Sunpetal Grove                                                                                   Enchantments

Temple of the False God                                                                    Dragon Roost

Vitu-Ghazi, The City-Tree                                                                  Intangible Virtue

Jungle Shrine                                                                                       True Conviction

Gavony Township                                                                               Doubling Season

Boseiju, Who Shelters All                                                                   Collective Blessing

Kessig Wolf Run                                                                                Mobilization

Reliquary Tower                                                                                 Luminarch Ascension

                                                                                                            Parallel Lives

Instants                                                                                               Gaea's Anthem

Path to Exile                                                                                       Glorious Anthem

Captain's Maneuver                                                                            Aura Shards

Congregate                                                                                          Predatory Advantage

Oblation

Swords to Plowshares                                                                         Sorceries

Wild Ricochet                                                                                     Hour of Reckoning

                                                                                                            Titanic Ultimatum

Planeswalkers                                                                                    Overrun

Garruk Wildspeaker                                                                            Martial Coup

Elspeth Tirel                                                                                        Decree of Justice

Garruk, Primal Hunter                                                                        Nomad's Assembly

Sarkhan Vol

Elspeth, Knight Errant

Ajani Vengeant

Creatures

Verdant Force                                                                                     Rhys, the Redeemed

Sigarda, Host of Herons                                                                     Ant Queen

Dragonmaster Outcast                                                                         Dragonlair Spider

Utavara Hellkite                                                                                  Mycoloth

Worldspine Wurm                                                                               Avenger of Zendikar

Kamahl, Fist of Krosa                                                                         Mikaeus, the Lunarch

Urabrask, the Hidden                                                                         Geist-Honored Monk 

Trostani, Selesnya's Voice                                                                  Loxodon Hierarch

Soul Warden                                                                                       Essence Warden

Gisela, Blade of Goldnight

This list is pretty simple in what it does. It wants to make millions of creature, place some pump effects behind them and swarm the board to victory. Zerg Rush anyone? Do not take my word for it. I sat down and discussed some of the finer workings of this list with the creator, Matt Woods

Matt: This deck can do some unfair things. Landing Luminarch Ascension turn 2 against your opponents is often backbreaking and overpowered. This deck is mana hungry, always wanting to tap out to make more dudes or increase your board size. The only time you ever leave mana up is to abuse Rhys' second ability and double the board size. Outside of Rhys, my favorite card in this list is Wild Ricochet. This little card can create huge blowouts. My favorite play with this card: Wild Ricocheting an opponent's Fling which had flung a huge Lord of Extinction, killing that opponent and taking someone else out at the same time. At the same time, I have debated taking out Reliquary Tower and Overrun simply because they just do not do enough to warrant a main deck slot.

Matt: While the ideal plan for this deck is to play token generators and anthems, sometimes you just can land them. That is why this deck packs a few good creatures and spells that are inherently good on their own. That way, if the board does not favor token generation, you still have a game plan to get in the game. This deck does not like to see people who continuously use land destruction or disruption, since this deck wants man every day till Sunday.