<h6 style="text-align: right;">(<a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Kazarov, Sengir Pureblood" href="#" target="_blank">Kazarov, Sengir Pureblood</a> | Art by <a href="https://www.deviantart.com/igorkieryluk">Igor Kieryluk</a>)</h6>
<h1>Let the Hate Flow Through You</h1>
Boy, howdy! Has it been two weeks already? That must mean it's time to read some Forgotten Harvest! This week, in our never-ending quest to highlight cards that see play in 300 decks or less on EDHREC, we're taking a look at the color pairing of black and red, otherwise known as Rakdos. For those of you unfamiliar, the following gif should help to clarify what it means to be Rakdos:
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Looking through the Rakdos commanders, I came across this neglected fellow in need of some love. His name is <a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Kazarov, Sengir Pureblood" href="#" target="_blank">Kazarov, Sengir Pureblood</a>, and he only sees play in a measly 262 decks (both as commander and in the 99):
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Based on Kazarov's text box, we want this deck to do two things: deal lots of damage to our opponents' creatures, and clear a path for a supersized Kazarov to deal 21 to the dome. To achieve this, we'll need to supplement the deck with both enough mana ramp to support our expensive general and proper Equipment to protect him, such as <a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Lightning Greaves" href="#" target="_blank">Lightning Greaves</a> and the like. Additionally, it'll be great to have some ways to give some creatures to our opponents, like with <a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Hunted Horror" href="#" target="_blank">Hunted Horror</a> or <a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Akroan Horse" href="#" target="_blank">Akroan Horse</a>, so we always have something for Kazarov to bite.
But those cards are plenty popular. Let's get into some underplayed cards that could use more notoriety!
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<h2>The Needlers</h2>
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First, let's look at some of the permanents that can repeatably ping opposing creatures. My favorite of them has to be <a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Fire Ants" href="#" target="_blank">Fire Ants</a> (59 decks). I love the imagery here of unleashing a swarm of bitey Insects to pester other creatures. Plus, the fact that the Ants don't damage themselves is a huge bonus.
The first walking <a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Pestilence" href="#" target="_blank">Pestilence</a> to be printed, <a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Thrashing Wumpus" href="#" target="_blank">Thrashing Wumpus</a> gives us exactly what we're looking for. It can function as a means to slowly ping creatures and build up Kazarov, but it can also be used to wipe the board should things begin to look hairy. It only sees play in 148 decks, but that number should be higher.
When working on this deck, I looked long and hard at creatures with protection from red and from black to help preserve the team while the rest of the board is soaking up all the untargeted damage. But I'll leave talk of protection to <a href="https://edhrec.com/articles/author/elijah-klein/">Elijah</a> and his article today on <a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Earnest Fellowship" href="#" target="_blank">Earnest Fellowship</a>. Instead, I'll only bring up <a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Subterranean Spirit" href="#" target="_blank">Subterranean Spirit</a>. In just 35 decks, it's yet another wide pinger that, in this case, saves itself from all red damage.
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I've talked about our next card in previous articles, and I'll continue to talk about it until its numbers increase from the paltry 20 decks that run it right now. <a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Magmatic Core" href="#" target="_blank">Magmatic Core</a> needs your love, folks! It's a wonderful card that, when played right, can function as a repeatable one-sided board wipe. It fits perfectly into what Kazarov is trying to do. Pitter patter!
With this deck not always wanting to deal lethal damage to opposing creatures (if they die, then Kazarov can't get bigger until more hit the battlefield), it's tough to find a deterrent to keep opposing creatures from attacking. <a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Circle of Flame" href="#" target="_blank">Circle of Flame</a> (281 decks) does a great job of that. It basically reads, "If you attack, Kazarov gets huge." Such a great deterrent.
<a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Noxious Field" href="#" target="_blank">Noxious Field</a> plays much the same role as <a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Fire Ants" href="#" target="_blank">Fire Ants</a> and <a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Subterranean Spirit" href="#" target="_blank">Subterranean Spirit</a> do, laying out a fine layer of single-point damage on everything. This Prophecy card only sees play in 65 decks, but it offers this damage-dealing deck some excellent redundancy. Plus, all this damage won't kill off the land it enchants, making this a reliable source of damage.
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<h2>Damage Done</h2>
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In addition to all of the options for repeatable damage sources, there are many instants and sorceries that help the cause, too. For instance, the recently printed <a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Widespread Brutality" href="#" target="_blank">Widespread Brutality</a> is only seeing play in 104 decks, but it can cut a wide swath through each of the other creatures, making a token to boot. For me, this card feels undercosted for the ability, which is why I'm shocked it doesn't see more play.
Next up is <a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Slice and Dice" href="#" target="_blank">Slice and Dice</a> from Onslaught. While I'll rarely play it for the full six mana, the Cycling effect is a great way to grow Kazarov while replacing itself, and all at instant speed. It only sees play in 203 decks, but it's a critical inclusion in this deck.
Another card with built-in versatility, <a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Wail of the Nim" href="#" target="_blank">Wail of the Nim</a> can save our board from a wipe or pump up our Vampire commander. Ideally, it's going to do both every time thanks to Entwine. Given its 111 deck count on the site, it is a bit of a niche effect, but I'm always looking for an excuse to play it, and I'm happy to have one here.
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Moving into instants and sorceries also means that we can find options that only damage opposing creatures. For instance, <a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Radiating Lightning" href="#" target="_blank">Radiating Lightning</a> throws some damage around on the opposing side of the field, both to a player and their creatures. It currently sees play in just 162 decks on EDHREC.
Instead of targeting a specific player, we could always try to hit everything, again at instant speed. For this, it doesn't get much better than an Overloaded <a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Electrickery" href="#" target="_blank">Electrickery</a>. Appearing in 226 decks, this instant can be a great combat trick to jump an unblocked Kazarov to lethal quite unexpectedly.
The king of these damage spells for Kazarov has to be <a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Cosmotronic Wave" href="#" target="_blank">Cosmotronic Wave</a>. Dealing damage across the board to opposing creatures AND ensuring that Kazarov is going to go unblocked is the dream! Sadly, it sees play in 316 decks, which is 16 too many decks to meet my super-scientific requirements. However, its cousin, <a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Barrage of Boulders" href="#" target="_blank">Barrage of Boulders</a>, clocks in at 173 decks, so I can talk about that instead! For one less mana, we see the same damage to all opposing creatures, with a Ferocious rider that prevents creatures form blocking. Kazaorv will definitely qualify for that rider!
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<h2>Damage Utility</h2>
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There are a few other cards that don't quite fit in under the categories above, but will still help get our Kazarov big and unblockable. The first of these is features an entire mechanic that's built around similar concept: Enrage fits this deck's theme quite well, turning minor bits of damage to our creatures into big effects. <a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Frilled Deathspitter" href="#" target="_blank">Frilled Deathspitter</a> is a great prehistoric example of this, and sees play in only 286 decks. Adding on two extra damage to all these spells and effects is certainly going to add up over time.
With all this global damage floating around, it may become necessary to prevent that damage to one of our own utility creatures. <a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Shield of the Realm" href="#" target="_blank">Shield of the Realm</a> (161 decks) can certainly help with that. This is one of those cards that I'm shocked doesn't see more play; it has such a wide variety of applications, and its usefulness in Equipment decks alone should have those numbers spiking.
There are other times, however, when you're going to want to make sure your damage gets through. For those moments, there's <a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Unstable Footing" href="#" target="_blank">Unstable Footing</a>, played in 119 decks on the site. I prefer this option over something like <a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Everlasting Torment" href="#" target="_blank">Everlasting Torment</a> as I want to have control over when damage can and can't be dealt. Plus, Wither will lead to the death of opposing creatures. That being said, we don't want them dying, necessarily, just neutralized.
How about we snag a peek at the full decklist?
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[Commander] 
*1 Kazarov, Sengir Pureblood 
[/Commander]
[Creatures] 
*1 Hunted Horror 
*1 Burnished Hart 
*1 Fire Ants 
*1 Frilled Deathspitter 
*1 Goblin Spymaster 
*1 Plague Spitter 
*1 Varchild, Betrayer of Kjeldor 
*1 Akroan Horse 
*1 Rakdos, Lord of Riots 
*1 Sangromancer 
*1 Solemn Simulacrum 
*1 Hunted Dragon 
*1 Kulrath Knight 
*1 Subterranean Spirit 
*1 Thrashing Wumpus 
*1 Harvester of Souls 
*1 Mephidross Vampire 
*1 Silverclad Ferocidons 
[/Creatures]
[Instants] 
*1 Electrickery 
*1 Unstable Footing 
*1 Magmaquake 
*1 Terminate 
*1 Arcbond 
*1 Bedevil 
*1 Chaos Warp 
*1 Wail of the Nim 
*1 Radiating Lightning 
[/Instants]
[Sorceries] 
*1 Blazing Volley 
*1 Vandalblast 
*1 Demonic Tutor 
*1 Mire in Misery 
*1 Barrage of Boulders 
*1 Cosmotronic Wave 
*1 Widespread Brutality 
*1 Slice and Dice 
[/Sorceries]
[Artifacts] 
*1 Basilisk Collar 
*1 Blade of the Bloodchief 
*1 Sol Ring 
*1 Wayfarer's Bauble 
*1 Dowsing Dagger 
*1 Lightning Greaves 
*1 Rakdos Signet 
*1 Shield of the Realm 
*1 Tablet of the Guilds 
*1 Caltrops 
*1 Chromatic Lantern 
*1 Commander's Sphere 
*1 Loxodon Warhammer 
*1 Pristine Talisman 
[/Artifacts]
[Enchantments] 
*1 Vampiric Link 
*1 Circle of Flame 
*1 Dragon Shadow 
*1 Eternal Thirst 
*1 Phyresis 
*1 Dauthi Embrace 
*1 Noxious Field 
*1 Endless Whispers 
*1 Magmatic Core 
*1 Pestilence 
*1 Pyrohemia 
[/Enchantments]
[Lands] 
*1 Blood Crypt 
*1 Bloodstained Mire 
*1 Command Tower 
*1 Desert 
*1 Dragonskull Summit 
*1 Forbidden Orchard 
*1 Graven Cairns 
*1 Luxury Suite 
*14 Mountain 
*1 Nykthos, Shrine to Nyx 
*1 Rogue's Passage 
*1 Smoldering Marsh 
*11 Swamp 
*1 Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth 
[/Lands]
[/Deck]

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<h2>Damage Assessment</h2>
That about does it for Kazarov and his mighty damage-makers. What did you think of the article? Any questions, comments, or snide remarks? If so, leave them in the comments below. I'll be down there to rant and rave yet again about <a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Magmatic Core" href="#" target="_blank">Magmatic Core</a>, or about how I included <a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Dragon Shadow" href="#" target="_blank">Dragon Shadow</a> in this deck, but failed to talk about it in the article. Are there any neglected commanders or cards you'd like me to talk about? So long as they see play in 300 decks or less on the site, I'm game to write about them. See you next time!

Forgotten Harvest - Kazarov Damages Everything

The Knowledge Pool - Feather, the Redeemed

<h6 style="text-align: right;">(<a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Tiana, Ship&#039;s Caretaker" href="#" target="_blank">Tiana, Ship&#039;s Caretaker</a> | Art by <a href="http://www.ericdeschamps.com/">Eric Deschamps</a>)</h6>
<h1>Enchantment Awaits!</h1>
Greetings once again, and welcome to another serving of Forgotten Harvest, where we explore those cards that see play in 300 decks or less on EDHREC. For a while, I've been itching to get back into another Enchantress build, especially after <a href="https://edhrec.com/articles/forgotten-harvest-nefarox-enchantress/">Nefarox Enchantress</a> was so well-received. However, I can't just go in and do the same kind of enchantment stuff all over again, and I certainly can't keep to the commonly-played Enchantress cards entirely. So what else is there? Well, I could try using the Auras on my opponents' creatures.
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Now, instead of walking through my usual article layout of starting with the commander and moving through various classes of hyper-underplayed cards that do similar things, I'm going to relay the process of how I arrived at this deck idea and the combos that are weaved in throughout the brew. Our story begins with one card: <a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Laccolith Rig" href="#" target="_blank">Laccolith Rig</a>.
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This card may not look like much, just an overly-complex common from Nemesis that grants a creature the "Laccolith" ability of being able to deal combat damage to any creature instead of the one blocking it. <a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Laccolith Titan" href="#" target="_blank">Laccolith Titan</a>, <a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Laccolith Warrior" href="#" target="_blank">Laccolith Warrior</a>, and <a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Laccolith Grunt" href="#" target="_blank">Laccolith Grunt</a> all have the same ability that this Aura grants. But what if you put the Rig on an opponent's creature? You still control the Aura, so if that creature becomes blocked, you'd be able to throw its damage at any creature... including itself. You've neutralized any damage this creature would deal to you (assuming you have a blocker), and gain a powerful weapon on the board. Only 45 decks on EDHREC are playing this card right now, but I'm seriously considering it as part of my standard tech for a red deck.
<div class="edhrecp__cards"><div class="edhrecp__card-container" name="Latulla&#039;s Orders"></div><div class="edhrecp__card-container" name="Incendiary"></div><div class="edhrecp__card-container" name="Elemental Resonance"></div></div>
So, I expanded upon this idea. What other cheap Auras could I find that create an interesting effect for me when attached to an opponent's creature? Some of these cards, like <a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="One with Nature" href="#" target="_blank">One with Nature</a> and <a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Spirit Link" href="#" target="_blank">Spirit Link</a>, already see enough play that they don't need any cheerleading from me. But others, like <a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Latulla&#039;s Orders" href="#" target="_blank">Latulla&#039;s Orders</a>, need some love. This card sees play in only 66 decks, but it can provide some great artifact hate using an opponent's creature. You still control the card, and you determine if the trigger happens. So if the Ordered creature swings your way, you aren't forced to lose a mana rock. The flash on this card is just icing on the cake!
<a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Incendiary" href="#" target="_blank">Incendiary</a> can really go on any creature on the battlefield, but possesses very interesting political options to the caster when enchanting a creature on the other side of the table. It can be used as a deterrent to prevent attacks from coming your way, it can be dropped on an opponent's creature to abbreviate their board wipe with some retribution, or it can encourage a player to start getting crazy in an effort to intentionally lose their creature before the bomb gets too big. Only 24 decks are using the card right now, but that number could be higher.
Another Aura that can go on just about anything on the field is <a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Elemental Resonance" href="#" target="_blank">Elemental Resonance</a> (204 decks). If you're starting to fall behind on the ramp race, this card can launch you back into first place. While you may not get the right colors of mana, throwing this on an opponent's permanent (like <a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Hogaak, Arisen Necropolis" href="#" target="_blank">Hogaak, Arisen Necropolis</a>, for instance) can vault you so far ahead while creating an interesting decision for the opponent: destroy their permanent or let you keep the extra mana each turn.
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<h2>Round One... FIGHT!</h2>
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With this theme established, I started looking for Naya commanders that would encourage attacking. No matter how hard I wish for it to change, <a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Thantis, the Warweaver" href="#" target="_blank">Thantis, the Warweaver</a> is still Jund. Seriously, though, <a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Gahiji, Honored One" href="#" target="_blank">Gahiji, Honored One</a> stood out as an obvious pick. Its ability encourages attacks against your opponents. Combined with white's ability to deter attackers, this would be a great option to keep out of the way while reaping the rewards of all the combat. Plus, it's a decent body size that, in a pinch, could become the base of some Voltron-style hijinks.
But Gahiji doesn't really synergize specifically with Auras, especially once creatures start dying off and taking our enchantments with them. Hence, I also added in <a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Tiana, Ship&#039;s Caretaker" href="#" target="_blank">Tiana, Ship&#039;s Caretaker</a>. She's here to get those Auras back from the 'yard, and she can provide some interesting interactions with cards like <a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Quiet Disrepair" href="#" target="_blank">Quiet Disrepair</a> (59 decks) and <a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Faith Healer" href="#" target="_blank">Faith Healer</a> (177 decks). To add some redundancy, I've also included <a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Dowsing Shaman" href="#" target="_blank">Dowsing Shaman</a> to help get the Auras back after they're lost. The Centaur only sees play in 244 decks, but remains one of my favorites for Enchantress builds. I looked at trying to make the deck in Boros colors with Tiana at the helm, but I just didn't have enough options, especially in red, to make it viable and different from the <a href="https://edhrec.com/articles/forgotten-harvest-nefarox-enchantress/">Nefarox build</a>.
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<h2>Combo Moves</h2>
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There was yet more room in the deck after gathering together the Auras I'd like to cast on opponents' attacking creatures, so I started looking for other Aura-themed shenanigans. That's when I remembered an interaction from my days in college: <a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Guilty Conscience" href="#" target="_blank">Guilty Conscience</a> and <a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Stuffy Doll" href="#" target="_blank">Stuffy Doll</a>. This combo is an auto-knockout for a player, assuming you get the chance to untap with the Doll. <a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Stuffy Doll" href="#" target="_blank">Stuffy Doll</a> picks a player, you enchant it with <a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Guilty Conscience" href="#" target="_blank">Guilty Conscience</a>, and then the Doll pings itself for a damage. This causes <a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Guilty Conscience" href="#" target="_blank">Guilty Conscience</a> to trigger, dealing a damage to the Doll. The Doll then deals a damage to the chosen victim, again triggering the Aura. Rinse. Repeat. Be careful with this combo, as there are no "may" clauses here. This means you could potentially end the game in an infinite loop, which to me feels like the worst ending for an EDH night. I also like the Conscience generally, even if there's no Doll to enchant. It sees play right now in only 172 decks.
Since we're also in green, why not add in another Aura to the mix. I'm talking about the underplayed <a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Druid&#039;s Call" href="#" target="_blank">Druid&#039;s Call</a>. In only 271 decks right now, this is the key to building a great and powerful Squirrel army. By itself on <a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Stuffy Doll" href="#" target="_blank">Stuffy Doll</a>, it gets you a furry friend each turn. Include <a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Guilty Conscience" href="#" target="_blank">Guilty Conscience</a>, and you'll be swimming in Squirrels! I don't recommend casting this Aura on an opponent's creature, though, as the card specifies that the creature's controller gets the tokens from damage dealt to it. Even without the Doll, this card provides a nice rattlesnake effect.
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The next fun combo I've managed to sneak in here revolves around everyone's favorite walking, talking Auras: the Licids. All of these cards are hyper-underplayed, with <a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Quickening Licid" href="#" target="_blank">Quickening Licid</a> coming in at only 5 decks on EDHREC. These Licids are an excellent addition to this deck, some of them can hurt opponents' creatures, like <a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Calming Licid" href="#" target="_blank">Calming Licid</a> (19 decks). Others provide support for your creatures, like <a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Nurturing Licid" href="#" target="_blank">Nurturing Licid</a> (24 decks), but all of them come back with the help of <a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Tiana, Ship&#039;s Caretaker" href="#" target="_blank">Tiana, Ship&#039;s Caretaker</a>, so long as they were Auras when they died.
The combo comes in when you use the Licids to enchant <a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Bramble Elemental" href="#" target="_blank">Bramble Elemental</a> or <a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Brood Keeper" href="#" target="_blank">Brood Keeper</a>. Because these cards trigger when an Aura becomes attached to them, not when the Aura is cast, each activation of the Licid targeting one of the two can net you two Saprolings or a 2/2 flying Dragon. With mana available, that can happen each turn! Please note that because the Licids tap to turn into Auras, and they still count as tapped when enchanting the creature, the effect is a once-per-turn kind of thing for each Licid you have. With six in the deck, that shouldn't be hard, though. As for deck numbers, <a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Bramble Elemental" href="#" target="_blank">Bramble Elemental</a> comes in at 33 decks, and <a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Brood Keeper" href="#" target="_blank">Brood Keeper</a> only sees play in 75, so give them both some love, please!
Let's give the deck a look, shall we?
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[Commander] 
*1 Gahiji, Honored One 
[/Commander]
[Creatures] 
*1 Argothian Enchantress 
*1 Enraging Licid 
*1 Faith Healer 
*1 Femeref Enchantress 
*1 Herald of the Pantheon 
*1 Kor Spiritdancer 
*1 Nurturing Licid 
*1 Quickening Licid 
*1 Sram, Senior Edificer 
*1 Aura Gnarlid 
*1 Calming Licid 
*1 Convulsing Licid 
*1 Heliod's Pilgrim 
*1 Tempting Licid 
*1 Ajani's Chosen 
*1 Brood Keeper 
*1 Kitsune Mystic 
*1 Bramble Elemental 
*1 Dowsing Shaman 
*1 Tiana, Ship's Caretaker 
*1 Heavenly Blademaster 
[/Creatures]
[Instants] 
*1 Enlightened Tutor 
*1 Path to Exile 
*1 Beast Within 
*1 Generous Gift 
[/Instants]
[Sorceries] 
*1 Open the Armory 
*1 Rampant Growth 
*1 Cultivate 
*1 Decimate 
*1 Retether 
[/Sorceries]
[Artifacts] 
*1 Sol Ring 
*1 Boros Signet 
*1 Gruul Signet 
*1 Selesnya Signet 
*1 Angel's Trumpet 
*1 Commander's Sphere 
*1 Crawlspace 
*1 Stuffy Doll 
[/Artifacts]
[Enchantments] 
*1 Guilty Conscience 
*1 Incendiary 
*1 Keen Sense 
*1 Laccolith Rig 
*1 One with Nature 
*1 Rancor 
*1 Sigarda's Aid 
*1 Spirit Link 
*1 Druid's Call 
*1 Latulla's Orders 
*1 Quiet Disrepair 
*1 Sluggishness 
*1 Armadillo Cloak 
*1 Cessation 
*1 Enchantress's Presence 
*1 Ghostly Prison 
*1 Oath of the Ancient Wood 
*1 Pariah 
*1 Vow of Duty 
*1 Vow of Lightning 
*1 Vow of Wildness 
*1 Elemental Resonance 
*1 Sphere of Safety 
*1 Pollenbright Wings 
[/Enchantments]
[Lands] 
*1 Battlefield Forge 
*1 Brushland 
*1 Clifftop Retreat 
*10 Forest 
*1 Hall of Heliod's Generosity 
*1 Jungle Shrine 
*1 Karplusan Forest 
*5 Mountain 
*11 Plains 
*1 Rootbound Crag 
*1 Sacred Foundry 
*1 Stomping Ground 
*1 Sunpetal Grove 
*1 Temple Garden 
[/Lands]
[/Deck]

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<h2>Aura-n't You Glad I Didn't Say "Banana?"</h2>
Well, that about does it for the jankiness that has been this Forgotten Harvest. Any questions, comments, or snide remarks? You know where to leave them below. I'll be around to talk about what it's like sifting through boxes of commons at my LGS looking for inspiration for an article, or how the best janky cards always seem to come from Masques block. What hyper-underplayed gems have you found while digging through bulk? Any hyper-underplayed strategies that need some attention? Let me know! I'm always looking for suggestions! See you all next time!

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<h6 style="text-align: right;">(<a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Copperhorn Scout" href="#" target="_blank">Copperhorn Scout</a> | Art by <a href="http://shelly-wan.squarespace.com/">Shelly Wan</a>)</h6>
<h1>I Got Rhythm</h1>
Friends! Romans! Countrymen! Welcome back to another Forgotten Harvest, where we put on display the hyper-underplayed cards of EDHREC by brewing up a fun and extra-janky deck. As promised in the last article, this week we're diving into a Gruul deck. However, in a bizarre twist, this combination of red and green is going to be focused on doing something very blue. We're tapping stuff like crazy!
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I know this may seem a little daffy, but red and green used to have loads of options related to tap effects. We can see small hints of the remains of those abilities in current Magic. Green, forexample, which used to tap or untap things more regularly, now has the vigilance mechanic (such as on cards like <a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Greenwood Sentinel" href="#" target="_blank">Greenwood Sentinel</a>). Red, meanwhile, moved from tapping permanents into just preventing them from blocking (see <a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Siegebreaker Giant" href="#" target="_blank">Siegebreaker Giant</a>).
We're going to dip heavily into the past for some of these tapping cards, and pair them with current bombs to create some very unique interactions. Since we're talking about removing opposing blockers, it just makes sense to go with a commander like <a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Grand Warlord Radha" href="#" target="_blank">Grand Warlord Radha</a>. This deck should be doing a lot of attacking, and what better Gruul legend capitalizes on that?
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<h2>A Horse is a Horse of Course of Course</h2>
<div class="edhrecp__cards"><div class="edhrecp__card-container" name="Thundermare"></div><div class="edhrecp__card-container" name="Shrieking Mogg"></div><div class="edhrecp__card-container" name="Timbermare"></div></div>
The idea behind this deck comes from the recent printing of <a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Ilharg, the Raze-Boar" href="#" target="_blank">Ilharg, the Raze-Boar</a>. As has been covered in endless deck techs by now, this card pairs very well with <a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Thundermare" href="#" target="_blank">Thundermare</a>. Swing in with Ilharg, toss out <a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Thundermare" href="#" target="_blank">Thundermare</a> on the Raze-Boar's attack trigger, then the horsey taps down the field and allows your team to shoot right through any defenses. <a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Thundermare" href="#" target="_blank">Thundermare</a> only sees play right now in 138 decks, but this is definitely an awesome combo.
Some friends of <a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Thundermare" href="#" target="_blank">Thundermare</a> can also join the party, and they're similarly underplayed. <a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Shrieking Mogg" href="#" target="_blank">Shrieking Mogg</a> is a Goblin version of the mass-tapper, and is in only 90 decks. Green can provide <a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Timbermare" href="#" target="_blank">Timbermare</a> (97 decks) as another Elemental Horse with the same ability. Who cares about Echo when Ilharg returns the creature back to your hand at end of turn? With these additional creatures to extend the theme, it's important to include an alternative to Ilharg, which is why <a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Elvish Piper" href="#" target="_blank">Elvish Piper</a> makes the deck. Use the Piper's ability after attackers are declared to throw a <a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Shrieking Mogg" href="#" target="_blank">Shrieking Mogg</a> onto the field and tap down the opposing team!
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<h2>Tapped or Untapped, Either Way...</h2>
<div class="edhrecp__cards"><div class="edhrecp__card-container" name="Pheres-Band Tromper"></div><div class="edhrecp__card-container" name="Pheres-Band Raiders"></div><div class="edhrecp__card-container" name="Satyr Nyx-Smith"></div></div>
While some may say I was inspired while brewing this deck, others will say that's a terrible pun. Either way, when creatures are regularly getting tapped and untapped, those with Inspired abilities will help us maximize the effectiveness of the theme. <a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Pheres-Band Tromper" href="#" target="_blank">Pheres-Band Tromper</a> gets bigger and bigger with each untapping, and only sees play in 45 decks. While it's not a great card on the surface, I expect its power to grow quickly, given the tappy shenanigans flying around in this brew. Plus, there's no need for evasion when all potential blockers are getting tapped down.
Instead of going tall, there's also the option to go wide. <a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Pheres-Band Raiders" href="#" target="_blank">Pheres-Band Raiders</a> and <a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Satyr Nyx-Smith" href="#" target="_blank">Satyr Nyx-Smith</a> help with that by providing a token when they untap (for a small fee). Both are heavily underplayed, only appearing in 37 and 40 decks, respectively. I'm not too psyched that the tokens cost mana to generate, but these cards definitely fit into the overall plan for this deck. They felt like an auto-include to me.
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The other side of this coin are the creatures that trigger abilities when they're tapped. Going back to my heyday in the Urza's Saga block, <a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Goblin Medics" href="#" target="_blank">Goblin Medics</a> (23 decks) is a neat pinger that will go off when one of the Mares taps down the board. Similarly, <a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Spireside Infiltrator" href="#" target="_blank">Spireside Infiltrator</a> is a more current pinger that only hits players, but shoots all opponents instead of targeting just one. Despite being a newer card, it's only in 77 decks at this time.
I'm shocked this next card, which only gets better upon tapping, sees so little play - only 154 decks. <a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Centaur Omenreader" href="#" target="_blank">Centaur Omenreader</a> is incredibly versatile for any creature-based deck, and will come in handy here to help drop the cost of some of our more expensive cards (<a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="End-Raze Forerunners" href="#" target="_blank">End-Raze Forerunners</a>, for instance). With the return of snow permanents in Modern Horizons, I expect the Omenreader to become a more popular option when fleshing out that theme, and hopefully this number will go up.
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<h2>Support Spells</h2>
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Enough with the creatures. Let's look at the spells that're going to help us tap down blockers in case Ilharg and friends are still buried in the 99. First up is a favorite of mine from Exodus called <a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Onslaught" href="#" target="_blank">Onslaught</a>. This enchantment lets you tap down a creature whenever you cast a creature spell. This is great for removing potential blockers, but also can be used on your own Inspired creatures to save them from the dangers of combat and still get their untap effects. It only sees play in 45 decks, and I think that's very low for the effectiveness of this card, especially in red.
Last printed in 5th Edition, <a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Winter Blast" href="#" target="_blank">Winter Blast</a> feels very blue until you get to the second sentence about damaging flyers. Frankly, though, we only care about abusing the first sentence. Knocking off some flying baddies is just icing on the cake. It's only being played right now in 18 decks, which is understandable given the low power level of this card, but I'd argue that this is a very unique ability for green to have access to, and that the number should therefore be higher.
Also only appearing in 18 decks, <a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Deadshot" href="#" target="_blank">Deadshot</a> is a form of red removal that potentially removes two creatures from combat in one shot. This card gets even better as the number of players in the game increases. There's nothing sweeter than using one opponent's creature to remove another.
<div class="edhrecp__cards"><div class="edhrecp__card-container" name="Blockbuster"></div><div class="edhrecp__card-container" name="Entangling Vines"></div><div class="edhrecp__card-container" name="Mudslide"></div></div>
In any other deck, <a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Blockbuster" href="#" target="_blank">Blockbuster</a> comes off as pretty humdrum. Seven mana to deal 3 damage to everything is quite a bit. However, if you're able to manipulate the battlefield appropriately, this enchantment turns into a one-sided board wipe. The separation of the cost (five mana to cast but two mana to activate) means that you can tag this onto the tail end of a <a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Winter Blast" href="#" target="_blank">Winter Blast</a> fairly easily. Similarly, you can always wait until after an untap trigger from your <a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Seedborn Muse" href="#" target="_blank">Seedborn Muse</a> or <a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Paradox Engine" href="#" target="_blank">Paradox Engine</a> to leave your creatures unscathed.
I'm wary of encountering any of the God-Eternals that recently made their debut, and have been adjusting my decks to accommodate. I'm leaning more heavily on <a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Arrest" href="#" target="_blank">Arrest</a>-type cards that keep the creature on the board, but nerf it to a great degree. In this vein, I've included <a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Entangling Vines" href="#" target="_blank">Entangling Vines</a> in the deck. Currently only seeing play in 12 decks, I expect the numbers for all of these arresting Auras to go up as more War of the Spark cards make it into decks.
Finally, <a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Mudslide" href="#" target="_blank">Mudslide</a> (145 decks) is an excellent enchantment that can really dirty up the board. Using our untap engines like <a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Seedborn Muse" href="#" target="_blank">Seedborn Muse</a> or vigilance granters like <a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="End-Raze Forerunners" href="#" target="_blank">End-Raze Forerunners</a>, that <a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Mudslide" href="#" target="_blank">Mudslide</a> shouldn't be a problem for our side of the field. Given all the excess tapping going on, it should be quite the pain for everyone else. It's a very unique card for its color, and I think it has a lot of use in decks like <a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Zedruu, the Greathearted" href="#" target="_blank">Zedruu, the Greathearted</a> where pillowfort is valued highly.
How about we look at this deck, eh?
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[Commander] 
*1 Grand Warlord Radha 
[/Commander]
[Creatures] 
*1 Copperhorn Scout 
*1 Grenzo, Havoc Raiser 
*1 Krenko, Tin Street Kingpin 
*1 Shrieking Mogg 
*1 Goblin Medics 
*1 Oak Street Innkeeper 
*1 Satyr Nyx-Smith 
*1 Spireside Infiltrator 
*1 Centaur Omenreader 
*1 Champion of Rhonas 
*1 Elvish Piper 
*1 Felhide Spiritbinder 
*1 Krenko, Mob Boss 
*1 Pheres-Band Tromper 
*1 Timbermare 
*1 Ilharg, the Raze-Boar 
*1 Seedborn Muse 
*1 Torchling 
*1 Urabrask the Hidden 
*1 Great Oak Guardian 
*1 Pheres-Band Raiders 
*1 Rustmouth Ogre 
*1 Thundermare 
*1 Hateflayer 
*1 End-Raze Forerunners 
[/Creatures]
[Instants] 
*1 Vitalize 
*1 Benefactor's Draught 
*1 Tangle 
*1 Beast Within 
*1 Chord of Calling 
*1 Fissure 
[/Instants]
[Sorceries] 
*1 Mobilize 
*1 Winter Blast 
*1 Cultivate 
*1 Harvest Season 
*1 Deadshot 
*1 Decimate 
*1 Explosive Vegetation 
*1 Burn at the Stake 
*1 Twist Allegiance 
*1 Insurrection 
[/Sorceries]
[Artifacts] 
*1 Sol Ring 
*1 Springleaf Drum 
*1 Gruul Signet 
*1 Atarka Monument 
*1 Commander's Sphere 
*1 Umbral Mantle 
*1 Paradox Engine 
[/Artifacts]
[Enchantments] 
*1 Instill Energy 
*1 Onslaught 
*1 Curse of Bounty 
*1 Quest for Renewal 
*1 Smoke 
*1 Aggravated Assault 
*1 Mudslide 
*1 Breath of Fury 
*1 Entangling Vines 
*1 Magmatic Core 
*1 Blockbuster 
[/Enchantments]
[Lands] 
*1 Cinder Glade 
*1 Command Tower 
*1 Copperline Gorge 
*13 Forest 
*1 Gruul Turf 
*1 Holdout Settlement 
*1 Karplusan Forest 
*1 Kessig Wolf Run 
*1 Mosswort Bridge 
*13 Mountain 
*1 Rootbound Crag 
*1 Spinerock Knoll 
*1 Spire Garden 
*1 Stomping Ground 
*1 Survivors' Encampment 
*1 Wooded Foothills 
[/Lands]
[/Deck]

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<h2>All Tapped Out</h2>
Well that's it from me on this edition of Forgotten Harvest. I'll see you all in the comments section to take in your questions, comments, and snide remarks. Maybe you want to ask me why I'd waste <a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Paradox Engine" href="#" target="_blank">Paradox Engine</a> in a non-combo deck. Or maybe we can debate about the awesomeness of <a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Magmatic Core" href="#" target="_blank">Magmatic Core</a>. Or, perchance, you'd like to make a hyper-underplayed suggestion for a future article. Whatever you'd like to talk about, I'll see you on there. Until next time, keep on tappin'!

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