I Am Become Boardwipe - Isao Budget Deck

Commander / EDH* Budget Mono-Green Voltron

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Artifact (20)

• 1x Assault Suit
• 1x Banshee's Blade
• 1x Bow of Nylea
• 1x Dead-Iron Sledge
• 1x Fireshrieker
• 1x Grappling Hook
• 1x Infiltration Lens
• 1x Inquisitor's Flail
• 1x Kusari-Gama
• 1x MImic Vat
• 1x Mask of Avacyn
• 1x Mirror Shield
• 1x Nemesis Mask
• 1x Oathkeeper, Takeno's Daisho
• 1x Ring of Kalonia
• 1x Rogue's Gloves
• 1x Scythe of the Wretched
• 1x Sharpened Pitchfork
• 1x Strata Scythe
• 1x Sword of Vengeance

Sorcery (7)

• 1x Explore
• 1x Hunter's Prowess
• 1x Irresistible Prey
• 1x Rampant Growth
• 1x Revenge of the Hunted
• 1x Tower Above
• 1x Woodland Guidance

Enchantment (19)

• 1x Ancestral Mask
• 1x Beastmaster's Magemark
• 1x Blanchwood Armor
• 1x Bonds of Mortality
• 1x Epic Proportions
• 1x Ferocity
• 1x Gaea's Embrace
• 1x Hydra's Growth
• 1x Kenrith's Transformation
• 1x Lignify
• 1x Lure
• 1x Mark of Sakiko
• 1x Overgrowth
• 1x Rancor
• 1x Revelation
• 1x Sixth Sense
• 1x Spider Umbra
• 1x Venom
• 1x Wild Growth

Instant (6)

• 1x Blossoming Defense
• 1x Hunter's Insight
• 1x Primal Bellow
• 1x Provoke
• 1x Ram Through
• 1x Venomous Breath

Commander (1)

Creature (9)

• 1x Acidic Slime
• 1x Arbor Elf
• 1x Brass Squire
• 1x Eidolon of Blossoms
• 1x Karametra's Acolyte
• 1x Noble Quarry
• 1x Skullwinder
• 1x Taunting Elf
• 1x Troll Ascetic

Land (38)

• 13x Forest
• 15x Forest
• 10x Forest

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Artifact (26)

• 1x Argentum Armor
• 1x Ashes of the Fallen
• 1x Avarice Amulet
• 1x Blackblade Reforged
• 1x Blade of the Bloodchief
• 1x Colfenor's Urn
• 1x Explorer's Scope
• 1x Forebear's Blade
• 1x General's Kabuto
• 1x Grafted Exoskeleton
• 1x Hammer of Nazahn
• 1x Haunted Cloak
• 1x Helm of the Gods
• 1x Hero's Blade
• 1x Loxodon Warhammer
• 1x Mask of Memory
• 1x Nim Deathmantle
• 1x No-Dachi
• 1x Quietus Spike
• 1x Silver-Inlaid Dagger
• 1x Skeleton Key
• 1x Spellbinder
• 1x Swiftfoot Boots
• 1x Tatsumasa, the Dragon's Fang
• 1x Whispersilk Cloak
• 1x Wine of Blood and Iron

Instant (7)

• 1x Become Immense
• 1x Groundswell
• 1x Invigorate
• 1x Might of Oaks
• 1x Spring Cleaning
• 1x Strength of Cedars
• 1x Vines of Vastwood

Creature (26)

• 1x Arasta of the Endless Web
• 1x Argothian Elder
• 1x Bellowing Tanglewurm
• 1x Boon Satyr
• 1x Chameleon Colossus
• 1x Creepy Doll
• 1x Den Protector
• 1x Dungrove Elder
• 1x Glissa Sunseeker
• 1x Goldenhide Ox
• 1x Herald of the Pantheon
• 1x Jugan, the Rising Star
• 1x Krosan Tusker
• 1x Mirri, Cat Warrior
• 1x Nylea's Emissary
• 1x Sakiko, Mother of Summer
• 1x Sandsteppe Mastodon
• 1x Silent Arbiter
• 1x Spirespine
• 1x Stuffy Doll
• 1x Terastodon
• 1x Ulvenwald Tracker
• 1x Vigor
• 1x Wild Beastmaster
• 1x Wolfir Silverheart
• 1x Yavimaya Enchantress

Land (3)

• 1x Cathedral of War
• 1x Field of Ruin
• 1x Opal Palace

Enchantment (23)

• 1x Alpha Authority
• 1x Bear Umbra
• 1x Boar Umbra
• 1x Canopy Cover
• 1x Colossification
• 1x Curse of Bounty
• 1x Curse of Predation
• 1x Equestrian Skill
• 1x Fertile Ground
• 1x Gaea's Touch
• 1x Holistic Wisdom
• 1x Keen Sense
• 1x Mantle of the Wolf
• 1x Nature's Will
• 1x Predatory Impetus
• 1x Prodigious Growth
• 1x Retaliation
• 1x Rites of Flourishing
• 1x Ritual of Subdual
• 1x Shape of the Wiitigo
• 1x Snake Umbra
• 1x Vow of Wildness
• 1x Wolfwillow Haven

Sorcery (13)

• 1x Alluring Scent
• 1x Commune with Nature
• 1x Declare Dominance
• 1x Desert Twister
• 1x Harmonize
• 1x Hunting Wilds
• 1x Increasing Savagery
• 1x Kodama's Reach
• 1x Monstrous Step
• 1x Prey Upon
• 1x Ranger's Path
• 1x Soul's Majesty
• 1x Triumph of the Hordes

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A deck seeking to abuse Isao, Enlightened Bushi's built-in regeneration as well as his decent combat stats. Tried going for a >30$ budget, but went a bit over due to some enticing artifacts.

Force your opponents to block Isao with cards like Lure and Nemesis Mask, keep throwing Isao at them for as long as you can pump him with mana to regenerate, and you'll probably feast on some poor creatures. Of course, cards will start ramping up in power quite fast, eventually dwarfing Isao. But fret not! The lone Bushi has some tricks up his non-existent sleeves in the form of aura and equipment buffs, the most powerful of which being cards like Dead-Iron Sledge, Venom and Bow of Nylea, as they will let Isao dispatch enemies with ease. (I might need more cards giving deathtouch, but we'll see. Also, Dead-Iron Sledge might be tricky to play around, since if multiple creatures block, you might need multiple instances of regenerate to keep him Isao alive)

We'll also want to protect Isao from threats which Regenerate doesn't cover, like exiling. Mask of Avacyn, Mirror Shield and Blossoming Defense are all I have so far to help with that, which is a little concerning since the deck is almost nothing without its commander. Unless my playgroup decides to just let me do my thing, this deck has an easily exploited weakness which I'll have to work on. (If only Swiftfoot Boots was a little cheaper...)

Revelation is here since my deck is already an open book, and knowing what everyone else has sounds fun and useful. Assault Suit lets political allies have a round with Isao, which could double my damage output.

I have yet to try this deck out, so this is still very much a work-in-progress. Any suggestions would be most welcome. Hope this was as deliciously jank as I thought it would be!

Date added	3 years
Last updated	3 years
Legality	This deck is Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	15 - 0 Rares 34 - 0 Uncommons 13 - 0 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	2.66
Tokens	Copy Clone
Folders	Budget EDH Decks I Made (>30$)