Grothama's Ruin

Commander / EDH Combo Group Hug Infinite Combo Midrange Mono-Green Ramp

The_Librarian

Creature (20)

• 1x Allosaurus Shepherd
• 1x Arashi, the Sky Asunder
• 1x Avenger of Zendikar
• 1x Azusa, Lost but Seeking
• 1x Bane of Progress
• 1x Crashing Drawbridge
• 1x Fierce Empath
• 1x Joraga Treespeaker
• 1x Kamahl, Fist of Krosa
• 1x Mossbridge Troll
• 1x Multani, Maro-Sorcerer
• 1x Myojin of Life's Web
• 1x Psychosis Crawler
• 1x Sakura-Tribe Elder
• 1x Selvala, Heart of the Wilds
• 1x Stonehoof Chieftain
• 1x Stuffy Doll
• 1x Terastodon
• 1x Ulvenwald Tracker
• 1x Voyaging Satyr

Sorcery (12)

• 1x Bala Ged Recovery  ^Flip
• 1x Bramblecrush
• 1x Eureka
• 1x Finale of Devastation
• 1x Green Sun's Zenith
• 1x Natural Order
• 1x Prey Upon
• 1x Rishkar's Expertise
• 1x Skyshroud Claim
• 1x Sylvan Tutor
• 1x Three Visits
• 1x Traverse the Outlands

Land (34)

• 1x Ancient Tomb
• 1x Blast Zone
• 1x Boseiju, Who Endures
• 1x Boseiju, Who Shelters All
• 1x Command Beacon
• 1x Deserted Temple
• 1x Dryad Arbor
• 1x Gaea's Cradle
• 1x Hall of the Bandit Lord
• 1x Homeward Path
• 1x Inventors' Fair
• 1x Nykthos, Shrine to Nyx
• 1x Reliquary Tower
• 1x Rogue's Passage
• 15x Snow-Covered Forest
• 1x Strip Mine
• 1x Tower of the Magistrate
• 1x Urza's Saga
• 1x Wasteland
• 1x Yavimaya Hollow

Artifact (11)

• 1x Chrome Mox
• 1x Emerald Medallion
• 1x Fireshrieker
• 1x Ivory Tower
• 1x Library of Leng
• 1x Lightning Greaves
• 1x Mana Crypt
• 1x Sol Ring
• 1x Spellbook
• 1x Thought Vessel
• 1x Umbral Mantle

Commander (1)

Instant (13)

• 1x Avoid Fate
• 1x Beast Within
• 1x Crop Rotation
• 1x Heroic Intervention
• 1x Khalni Ambush  ^Flip
• 1x Krosan Grip
• 1x Naturalize
• 1x Nature's Claim
• 1x Noxious Revival
• 1x Seedtime
• 1x Summoner's Pact
• 1x Tamiyo's Safekeeping
• 1x Worldly Tutor

Enchantment (9)

• 1x Alpha Authority
• 1x Carpet of Flowers
• 1x Concordant Crossroads
• 1x Kenrith's Transformation
• 1x Lignify
• 1x Overgrowth
• 1x Song of the Dryads
• 1x Utopia Sprawl
• 1x Wild Growth

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Sideboard

Instant (1)

• 1x Force of Vigor

Creature (1)

• 1x Baru, Wurmspeaker

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Maybeboard

Creature (64)

• 1x Acidic Slime
• 1x Archetype of Endurance
• 1x Artisan of Kozilek
• 1x Bramble Sovereign
• 1x Brawn
• 1x Broodhatch Nantuko
• 1x Circle of Dreams Druid
• 1x Deadwood Treefolk
• 1x Dryad of the Ilysian Grove
• 1x Eternal Witness
• 1x Farhaven Elf
• 1x Fauna Shaman
• 1x Foe-Razer Regent
• 1x Genesis
• 1x Ghalta, Primal Hunger
• 1x God-Eternal Rhonas
• 1x Golden Guardian  ^Flip
• 1x Grappling Sundew
• 1x Greenseeker
• 1x Greenwarden of Murasa
• 1x Hornet Queen
• 1x Hua Tuo, Honored Physician
• 1x Impervious Greatwurm
• 1x Kalonian Twingrove
• 1x Karametra's Acolyte
• 1x Kogla, the Titan Ape
• 1x Kozilek, Butcher of Truth
• 1x Llanowar Elves
• 1x Loaming Shaman
• 1x Majestic Myriarch
• 1x Mold Shambler
• 1x Moldgraf Monstrosity
• 1x Nylea's Disciple
• 1x Nylea, God of the Hunt
• 1x Nyxbloom Ancient
• 1x Paleoloth
• 1x Polukranos, World Eater
• 1x Predator Ooze
• 1x Quagnoth
• 1x Reclamation Sage
• 1x Saber Ants
• 1x Scavenging Ooze
• 1x Seedborn Muse
• 1x Skullwinder
• 1x Skyshroud Troll
• 1x Soul of New Phyrexia
• 1x Spearbreaker Behemoth
• 1x Surrak, the Hunt Caller
• 1x Sylvan Safekeeper
• 1x Temur Sabertooth
• 1x Thornling
• 1x Thragtusk
• 1x Timber Protector
• 1x Ulamog, the Infinite Gyre
• 1x Ulvenwald Oddity  ^Flip
• 1x Vigor
• 1x Vorinclex, Voice of Hunger
• 1x Walking Ballista
• 1x Weatherseed Treefolk
• 1x Wily Bandar
• 1x Wood Elves
• 1x Woodfall Primus
• 1x Woodland Bellower
• 1x Yavimaya Elder

Artifact (43)

• 1x Aetherflux Reservoir
• 1x Alhammarret's Archive
• 1x Argentum Armor
• 1x Basilisk Collar
• 1x Batterskull
• 1x Black Vise
• 1x Caged Sun
• 1x Champion's Helm
• 1x Conjurer's Closet
• 1x Darksteel Forge
• 1x Darksteel Plate
• 1x Decoction Module
• 1x Dragon Mask
• 1x Ebony Owl Netsuke
• 1x Eldrazi Monument
• 1x Elixir of Immortality
• 1x Erratic Portal
• 1x Extraplanar Lens
• 1x Goblin Cannon
• 1x Grappling Hook
• 1x Grimoire of the Dead
• 1x Hammer of Nazahn
• 1x Helm of the Host
• 1x Inquisitor's Flail
• 1x Iron Maiden
• 1x Ivory Tower
• 1x Loxodon Warhammer
• 1x Mask of Avacyn
• 1x Nevinyrral's Disk
• 1x Nim Deathmantle
• 1x Planar Bridge
• 1x Ring of Three Wishes
• 1x Rocket Launcher
• 1x Shadowspear
• 1x Shield of Kaldra
• 1x Staff of Domination
• 1x Swiftfoot Boots
• 1x Sword of War and Peace
• 1x Sword of the Paruns
• 1x Vedalken Orrery
• 1x Venser's Journal
• 1x Weatherseed Totem
• 1x Whispersilk Cloak

Enchantment (15)

• 1x Abundance
• 1x Asceticism
• 1x Burgeoning
• 1x Druid's Call
• 1x Exploration
• 1x Gaea's Touch
• 1x Helix Pinnacle
• 1x Leyline of Lifeforce
• 1x Mana Reflection
• 1x Predatory Urge
• 1x Rancor
• 1x Survival of the Fittest
• 1x Sylvan Library
• 1x Vernal Bloom
• 1x Zendikar Resurgent

Sorcery (29)

• 1x Circuitous Route
• 1x Cultivate
• 1x Explosive Vegetation
• 1x Genesis Wave
• 1x Green Sun's Zenith
• 1x Hunting Wilds
• 1x Journey of Discovery
• 1x Kodama's Reach
• 1x Migration Path
• 1x Nature's Lore
• 1x Nissa's Pilgrimage
• 1x Nissa's Triumph
• 1x Nylea's Intervention
• 1x Peregrination
• 1x Planewide Celebration
• 1x Praetor's Counsel
• 1x Primal Command
• 1x Reap and Sow
• 1x Regrowth
• 1x Reviving Melody
• 1x Rishkar's Expertise
• 1x Seek the Horizon
• 1x Selvala's Stampede
• 1x Sylvan Scrying
• 1x The Great Aurora
• 1x Tooth and Nail
• 1x Traverse the Ulvenwald
• 1x Verdant Confluence
• 1x Wave of Vitriol

Instant (17)

• 1x Berserk
• 1x Chord of Calling
• 1x Evolution Charm
• 1x Hail Storm
• 1x Krosan Grip
• 1x Obscuring Haze
• 1x Pounce
• 1x Pulse of Murasa
• 1x Reap
• 1x Reclaim
• 1x Reincarnation
• 1x Shared Summons
• 1x Storm Seeker
• 1x Touch of Vitae
• 1x Verdant Rebirth
• 1x Wildwood Rebirth
• 1x Withstand Death

Land (7)

• 1x Arcane Lighthouse
• 1x Buried Ruin
• 1x Dust Bowl
• 1x Ghost Quarter
• 1x Scavenger Grounds
• 1x Tectonic Edge
• 1x Yavimaya, Cradle of Growth

Planeswalker (1)

• 1x Vivien Reid

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Grothama's Ruin

Hear me citizens! You are all cordially invited to enjoy the show in the Arena of the Librarian. His champion Grothama, All-Devouring, lays awaiting for any who dares to challenge her. Test your might!

This deck aims to bring out Grothama, All-Devouring to draw 25 cards, closing the game with big swinging creatures. Alternatively, you could play the politician and let your playgroup face off their creatures against Grothama, All-Devouring for their own card draw while you build your board state.

Main Strategy

The goal of this deck is to bring out Grothama, All-Devouring and Mossbridge Troll fast, pump Mossbridge Troll by tapping Grothama, All-Devouring to then draw 25 cards. After drawing 25 cards chances are you've hit one of the four cards in this deck removing the handsize constraint: Reliquary Tower; Spellbook; Library of Leng; Thought Vessel.

Having 25+ cards in hand puts a big target on your back so pushing through with an attack the next turn to maintain momentum usually is the smart play, however sometimes opponents will underestimate you, and keep squabbling amongst themselves. If that's the case using your next turn to max out your ramp and tutor up your wincons.

Onward with the attack! Get those big creatures out for free with Eureka or by casting Myojin of Life's Web from your hand, give them trample and haste with Concordant Crossroads, Crashing Drawbridge, Finale of Devastation, Kamahl, Fist of Krosa and Stonehoof Chieftain and swing in.

If Mossbridge Troll gets removed there are a few other options to face off against Grothama, All-Devouring such as Stonehoof Chieftain, Terastodon, Myojin of Life's Web, and Multani, Maro-Sorcerer. Multani, Maro-Sorcerer could actually be the stronger option if you (or opponents) succeed in drawing enough cards.

Alternate Win-cons / Combo's

• Getting infinite mana with Selvala, Heart of the Wilds + Umbral Mantle

• Getting infinite mana with Voyaging Satyr + Umbral Mantle + Gaea's Cradle

-> unloading it into Kamahl, Fist of Krosa

• Drawing cards with Psychosis Crawler out.

• Grothama, All-Devouring + Fireshrieker

• Grothama, All-Devouring + Stuffy Doll

• Avenger of Zendikar + Traverse the Outlands

Answers

Protection

Protect your spells from being countered or removed using cards in the 99 such as Allosaurus Shepherd; Alpha Authority; Lightning Greaves; Heroic Intervention; Tamiyo's Safekeeping; Avoid Fate; Boseiju, Who Shelters All.

Problemsolving

Viable removal found in mono-green is in this deck: Beast Within; Bramblecrush; Kenrith's Transformation; Khalni Ambush  ; Krosan Grip; Lignify; Naturalize; Nature's Claim; Prey Upon; Song of the Dryads; Terastodon; Ulvenwald Tracker.

Graveyard recursion to retrieve answers; get extra value out of the ETB creatures; or if you have let Grothama, All-Devouring go to the graveyard due to mana constraints: Bala Ged Recovery  , or Noxious Revival.

Any feedback or card suggestions is welcome!

Top Ranked	Achieved #1 position in Commander / EDH Group Hug 3 years ago Achieved #1 position in Commander / EDH Mono-Green 3 years ago Achieved #1 position in Commander / EDH Ramp 3 years ago
Date added	4 years
Last updated	1 year
Legality	This deck is Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	9 - 0 Mythic Rares 39 - 2 Rares 23 - 0 Uncommons 14 - 0 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	2.79
Tokens	Beast 3/3 G, Construct 0/0 C, Elephant 3-3 G, Plant 0/1 G, Wurm 4/4 G
Folders	EDH Brain Food, Tapped Out - User Decks