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Esika's Mono Green Pips Stompy - [april deckbuilding contest]
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Commander

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Esika, God of the Tree

Creature
Esika, God of the Tree // The Prismatic Bridge (sld) 1208Esika, God of the Tree // The Prismatic Bridge (sld) 1208

Commander

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"Aspects and Anthems"

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Aspect of Hydra

Target creature gets +X/+X until end of turn, where X is your devotion to green. (Each {G} in the mana costs of permanents you control counts toward your devotion to green.)

Instant
Aspect of Hydra (bng) 117
Berserk

Cast this spell only before the combat damage step. Target creature gains trample and gets +X/+0 until end of turn, where X is its power. At the beginning of the next end step, destroy that creature if it attacked this turn.

Instant
Berserk (2ed) 186
Charge Through

Target creature gains trample until end of turn. Draw a card.

Instant
Charge Through (stx) 124
Gather Courage

Convoke (Your creatures can help cast this spell. Each creature you tap while casting this spell pays for {1} or one mana of that creature's color.) Target creature gets +2/+2 until end of turn.

Instant
Gather Courage (rvr) 143
Get a Leg Up

Until end of turn, target creature gets +1/+1 for each creature you control and gains reach.

Instant
Get a Leg Up (mkm) 161
Primal Bellow

Target creature gets +1/+1 until end of turn for each Forest you control.

Instant
Primal Bellow (zen) 176
Rancor

Enchant creature Enchanted creature gets +2/+0 and has trample. When this Aura is put into a graveyard from the battlefield, return it to its owner's hand.

Enchantment
Rancor (ulg) 110
Sylvan Anthem

Green creatures you control get +1/+1. Whenever a green creature you control enters, scry 1.

Enchantment
Sylvan Anthem (mh2) 357

"Aspects and Anthems"

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"Draw"

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Audacity

Enchant creature Enchanted creature gets +2/+0 and has trample. (It can deal excess combat damage to the player or planeswalker it's attacking.) When this Aura is put into a graveyard from the battlefield, draw a card.

Enchantment
Audacity (bro) 169
Elven Farsight

Scry 3, then you may reveal the top card of your library. If it's a creature card, draw a card.

Sorcery
Elven Farsight (ltr) 161
Glimpse of Nature

Whenever you cast a creature spell this turn, draw a card.

Sorcery
Glimpse of Nature (slc) 2004
Keen Sense

Enchant creature Whenever enchanted creature deals damage to an opponent, you may draw a card.

Enchantment
Keen Sense (plst) PLC-152
Shapers' Sanctuary

Whenever a creature you control becomes the target of a spell or ability an opponent controls, you may draw a card.

Enchantment
Shapers' Sanctuary (xln) 206
Sixth Sense

Enchant creature Enchanted creature has "Whenever this creature deals combat damage to a player, you may draw a card."

Enchantment
Sixth Sense (akh) 187
Tribute to the World Tree

Whenever a creature you control enters, draw a card if its power is 3 or greater. Otherwise, put two +1/+1 counters on it.

Enchantment
Tribute to the World Tree (mom) 373
Warriors' Lesson

Until end of turn, up to two target creatures you control each gain "Whenever this creature deals combat damage to a player, draw a card."

Instant
Warriors' Lesson (ths) 184

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"Protection"

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Blossoming Defense

Target creature you control gets +2/+2 and gains hexproof until end of turn.

Instant
Blossoming Defense (kld) 146
Defend the Rider

Choose one — • Target permanent you control gains hexproof and indestructible until end of turn. • Create a 1/1 colorless Pilot creature token with "This token saddles Mounts and crews Vehicles as though its power were 2 greater."

Instant
Defend the Rider (dft) 157
Ranger's Guile

Target creature you control gets +1/+1 and gains hexproof until end of turn. (It can't be the target of spells or abilities your opponents control.)

Instant
Ranger's Guile (isd) 201
Royal Treatment

Target creature you control gains hexproof until end of turn. Create a Royal Role token attached to that creature. (If you control another Role on it, put that one into the graveyard. Enchanted creature gets +1/+1 and has ward {1}.)

Instant
Royal Treatment (woe) 183
Snakeskin Veil

Put a +1/+1 counter on target creature you control. It gains hexproof until end of turn. (It can't be the target of spells or abilities your opponents control.)

Instant
Snakeskin Veil (sta) 57
Tamiyo's Safekeeping

Target permanent you control gains hexproof and indestructible until end of turn. You gain 2 life. (A permanent with hexproof and indestructible can't be the target of spells or abilities your opponents control. Damage and effects that say "destroy" don't destroy it.)

Instant
Tamiyo's Safekeeping (neo) 211
Vines of Vastwood

Kicker {G} (You may pay an additional {G} as you cast this spell.) Target creature can't be the target of spells or abilities your opponents control this turn. If this spell was kicked, that creature gets +4/+4 until end of turn.

Instant
Vines of Vastwood (mm2) 168
Withstand Death

Target creature gains indestructible until end of turn. (Damage and effects that say "destroy" don't destroy it. If its toughness is 0 or less, it's still put into its owner's graveyard.)

Instant
Withstand Death (som) 134

"Protection"

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"Ramp"

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Arbor Elf

{T}: Untap target Forest.

Creature
Arbor Elf (wwk) 95
Birds of Paradise

Flying {T}: Add one mana of any color.

Creature
Birds of Paradise (7ed) 231
Collective Voyage

Join forces — Starting with you, each player may pay any amount of mana. Each player searches their library for up to X basic land cards, where X is the total amount of mana paid this way, puts them onto the battlefield tapped, then shuffles.

Sorcery
Collective Voyage (c16) 145
Elvish Mystic

{T}: Add {G}.

Creature
Elvish Mystic (tsr) 360
Fyndhorn Elves

{T}: Add {G}.

Creature
Fyndhorn Elves (dkm) 26
Ignoble Hierarch

Exalted (Whenever a creature you control attacks alone, that creature gets +1/+1 until end of turn.) {T}: Add {B}, {R}, or {G}.

Creature
Ignoble Hierarch (mh2) 414
Llanowar Elves

{T}: Add {G}.

Creature
Llanowar Elves (7ed) 253
Noble Hierarch

Exalted (Whenever a creature you control attacks alone, that creature gets +1/+1 until end of turn.) {T}: Add {G}, {W}, or {U}.

Creature
Noble Hierarch (j12) 3
One with Nature

Enchant creature Whenever enchanted creature deals combat damage to a player, you may search your library for a basic land card, put that card onto the battlefield tapped, then shuffle.

Enchantment
One with Nature (plst) SCG-125
Orochi Leafcaller

{G}: Add one mana of any color.

Creature
Orochi Leafcaller (chk) 234
Utopia Sprawl

Enchant Forest As this Aura enters, choose a color. Whenever enchanted Forest is tapped for mana, its controller adds an additional one mana of the chosen color.

Enchantment
Utopia Sprawl (rvr) 355

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"Removal"

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Bushwhack

Choose one — • Search your library for a basic land card, reveal it, put it into your hand, then shuffle. • Target creature you control fights target creature you don't control. (Each deals damage equal to its power to the other.)

Sorcery
Bushwhack (fdn) 215
Coordinated Clobbering

Tap one or two target untapped creatures you control. They each deal damage equal to their power to target creature an opponent controls.

Sorcery
Coordinated Clobbering (dsk) 173
Crumble

Destroy target artifact. It can't be regenerated. That artifact's controller gains life equal to its mana value.

Instant
Crumble (5ed) 287
Feral Encounter

Look at the top five cards of your library. You may exile a creature card from among them. Put the rest on the bottom of your library in a random order. You may cast the exiled card this turn. At the beginning of the next combat phase this turn, target creature you control deals damage equal to its power to up to one target creature you don't control.

Sorcery
Feral Encounter (woe) 356
Hard-Hitting Question

Target creature you control deals damage equal to its power to target creature or planeswalker you don't control.

Sorcery
Hard-Hitting Question (mkm) 164
Horrific Assault

Target creature you control deals damage equal to its power to target creature or planeswalker you don't control. If you control an Eldrazi, you gain 3 life.

Sorcery
Horrific Assault (mh3) 157
Mystic Repeal

Put target enchantment on the bottom of its owner's library.

Instant
Mystic Repeal (thb) 180
Nature's Claim

Destroy target artifact or enchantment. Its controller gains 4 life.

Instant
Nature's Claim (mb2) 69
Pick Your Poison

Choose one — • Each opponent sacrifices an artifact of their choice. • Each opponent sacrifices an enchantment of their choice. • Each opponent sacrifices a creature with flying of their choice.

Sorcery
Pick Your Poison (mkm) 170
Wear Away

Destroy target artifact or enchantment. Splice onto Arcane {3}{G} (As you cast an Arcane spell, you may reveal this card from your hand and pay its splice cost. If you do, add this card's effects to that spell.)

Instant
Wear Away (chk) 250

"Removal"

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"Stompy 4life"

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Ascendant Packleader

This creature enters with a +1/+1 counter on it if you control a permanent with mana value 4 or greater. Whenever you cast a spell with mana value 4 or greater, put a +1/+1 counter on this creature.

Creature
Ascendant Packleader (vow) 383
Avatar of the Resolute

Reach, trample This creature enters with a +1/+1 counter on it for each other creature you control with a +1/+1 counter on it.

Creature
Avatar of the Resolute (dtk) 175
Evolving Adaptive

This creature enters with an oil counter on it. This creature gets +1/+1 for each oil counter on it. Whenever another creature you control enters, if that creature has greater power or toughness than this creature, put an oil counter on this creature.

Creature
Evolving Adaptive (one) 167
Experiment One

Evolve (Whenever a creature you control enters, if that creature has greater power or toughness than this creature, put a +1/+1 counter on this creature.) Remove two +1/+1 counters from this creature: Regenerate it. (The next time this creature would be destroyed this turn, instead tap it, remove it from combat, and heal all damage on it.)

Creature
Experiment One (rvr) 346
Garruk's Companion

Trample (This creature can deal excess combat damage to the player or planeswalker it's attacking.)

Creature
Garruk's Companion (m12) 175
Gigantosaurus

Creature
Gigantosaurus (fdn) 718
Kalonian Tusker

Creature
Kalonian Tusker (m14) 182
Khalni Hydra

This spell costs {G} less to cast for each green creature you control. Trample

Creature
Khalni Hydra (roe) 192
Leatherback Baloth

Creature
Leatherback Baloth (dci) 37
Narnam Renegade

Deathtouch Revolt — This creature enters with a +1/+1 counter on it if a permanent left the battlefield under your control this turn.

Creature
Narnam Renegade (aer) 117
Nettle Sentinel

This creature doesn't untap during your untap step. Whenever you cast a green spell, you may untap this creature.

Creature
Nettle Sentinel (plst) A25-182
Old-Growth Troll

Trample When Old-Growth Troll dies, if it was a creature, return it to the battlefield. It's an Aura enchantment with enchant Forest you control and "Enchanted Forest has '{T}: Add {G}{G}' and '{1}, {T}, Sacrifice this land: Create a tapped 4/4 green Troll Warrior creature token with trample.'"

Creature
Old-Growth Troll (khm) 365
Pawpatch Recruit

Offspring {2} (You may pay an additional {2} as you cast this spell. If you do, when this creature enters, create a 1/1 token copy of it.) Trample Whenever a creature you control becomes the target of a spell or ability an opponent controls, put a +1/+1 counter on target creature you control other than that creature.

Creature
Pawpatch Recruit (blb) 363
Pelt Collector

Whenever another creature you control enters or dies, if that creature's power is greater than this creature's, put a +1/+1 counter on this creature. As long as this creature has three or more +1/+1 counters on it, it has trample.

Creature
Pelt Collector (grn) 141
Primalcrux

Trample Chroma — This creature's power and toughness are each equal to the number of green mana symbols in the mana costs of permanents you control.

Creature
Primalcrux (eve) 73
Rushwood Elemental

Trample At the beginning of your upkeep, you may put a +1/+1 counter on this creature.

Creature
Rushwood Elemental (mmq) 264
Steel Leaf Champion

This creature can't be blocked by creatures with power 2 or less.

Creature
Steel Leaf Champion (pdom) 182
Strangleroot Geist

Haste Undying (When this creature dies, if it had no +1/+1 counters on it, return it to the battlefield under its owner's control with a +1/+1 counter on it.)

Creature
Strangleroot Geist (plst) PDKA-127
Swordwise Centaur

Creature
Swordwise Centaur (bng) 142
Wild Nacatl

This creature gets +1/+1 as long as you control a Mountain. This creature gets +1/+1 as long as you control a Plains.

Creature
Wild Nacatl (f10) 12
Yorvo, Lord of Garenbrig

Yorvo enters with four +1/+1 counters on it. Whenever another green creature you control enters, put a +1/+1 counter on Yorvo. Then if that creature's power is greater than Yorvo's power, put another +1/+1 counter on Yorvo.

Creature
Yorvo, Lord of Garenbrig (eld) 185

"Stompy 4life"

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"Tutor"

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Archdruid's Charm

Choose one — • Search your library for a creature or land card and reveal it. Put it onto the battlefield tapped if it's a land card. Otherwise, put it into your hand. Then shuffle. • Put a +1/+1 counter on target creature you control. It deals damage equal to its power to target creature you don't control. • Exile target artifact or enchantment.

Instant
Archdruid's Charm (pmkm) 151s
Nostalgic Dreams

As an additional cost to cast this spell, discard X cards. Return X target cards from your graveyard to your hand. Exile Nostalgic Dreams.

Sorcery
Nostalgic Dreams (tor) 135

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Land

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Breeding Pool

({T}: Add {G} or {U}.) As this land enters, you may pay 2 life. If you don't, it enters tapped.

Land
Breeding Pool (rvr) 399
Fabled Passage

{T}, Sacrifice this land: Search your library for a basic land card, put it onto the battlefield tapped, then shuffle. Then if you control four or more lands, untap that land.

Land
Fabled Passage (pw21) 4
Indatha Triome

({T}: Add {W}, {B}, or {G}.) This land enters tapped. Cycling {3} ({3}, Discard this card: Draw a card.)

Land
Indatha Triome (iko) 248
Jetmir's Garden

({T}: Add {R}, {G}, or {W}.) This land enters tapped. Cycling {3} ({3}, Discard this card: Draw a card.)

Land
Jetmir's Garden (snc) 250
Ketria Triome

({T}: Add {G}, {U}, or {R}.) This land enters tapped. Cycling {3} ({3}, Discard this card: Draw a card.)

Land
Ketria Triome (iko) 250
Misty Rainforest

{T}, Pay 1 life, Sacrifice this land: Search your library for a Forest or Island card, put it onto the battlefield, then shuffle.

Land
Misty Rainforest (mh2) 438
Overgrown Tomb

({T}: Add {B} or {G}.) As this land enters, you may pay 2 life. If you don't, it enters tapped.

Land
Overgrown Tomb (rvr) 407
Prismatic Vista

{T}, Pay 1 life, Sacrifice this land: Search your library for a basic land card, put it onto the battlefield, then shuffle.

Land
Prismatic Vista (h1r) 40
Snow-Covered Forest

({T}: Add {G}.)

Land
Snow-Covered Forest (ice) 383
Spara's Headquarters

({T}: Add {G}, {W}, or {U}.) This land enters tapped. Cycling {3} ({3}, Discard this card: Draw a card.)

Land
Spara's Headquarters (snc) 257
Stomping Ground

({T}: Add {R} or {G}.) As this land enters, you may pay 2 life. If you don't, it enters tapped.

Land
Stomping Ground (rvr) 413
Temple Garden

({T}: Add {G} or {W}.) As this land enters, you may pay 2 life. If you don't, it enters tapped.

Land
Temple Garden (rvr) 414
Verdant Catacombs

{T}, Pay 1 life, Sacrifice this land: Search your library for a Swamp or Forest card, put it onto the battlefield, then shuffle.

Land
Verdant Catacombs (mh2) 440
Windswept Heath

{T}, Pay 1 life, Sacrifice this land: Search your library for a Forest or Plains card, put it onto the battlefield, then shuffle.

Land
Windswept Heath (ons) 328
Wooded Foothills

{T}, Pay 1 life, Sacrifice this land: Search your library for a Mountain or Forest card, put it onto the battlefield, then shuffle.

Land
Wooded Foothills (ons) 330
Zagoth Triome

({T}: Add {B}, {G}, or {U}.) This land enters tapped. Cycling {3} ({3}, Discard this card: Draw a card.)

Land
Zagoth Triome (iko) 259
Ziatora's Proving Ground

({T}: Add {B}, {R}, or {G}.) This land enters tapped. Cycling {3} ({3}, Discard this card: Draw a card.)

Land
Ziatora's Proving Ground (snc) 261

Land

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Deck Info

Deck stats

1 pip - 1 card
9 mana - 8 cards
1 pip - 1 card
9 mana - 8 cards
1 pip - 1 card
9 mana - 8 cards
1 pip - 1 card
9 mana - 8 cards
112 pips - 69 cards
36 mana - 34 cards
0 pips - 0 cards
0 mana - 0 cards
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