MTG Salvation

Despite having a regular EDH community numbering around 30, no one who goes to our store had built a group hug deck. So I decided to make one and see how it went. I've had the deck for a couple of weeks now, and been very satisfied with how 'well' it does in games, but I can't help feeling that there are some excellent inclusions I've missed. Therefore, I present the deck for your consideration.

Cards marked * are those which I am not entirely satisfied with (N.B. Eye of the Storm is hilarious, but can become quite hard to follow, especially if Hive Mind is also in play).

Any thoughts to assist in spreading the love?

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Despite having a regular EDH community numbering around 30, no one who goes to our store had built a group hug deck. So I decided to make one and see how it went. I've had the deck for a couple of weeks now, and been very satisfied with how 'well' it does in games, but I can't help feeling that there are some excellent inclusions I've missed. Therefore, I present the deck for your consideration.

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1 Phelddagrif 2 Anvil of Bogardan 3 Rites of Flourishing 4 Heartwood Storyteller 5 Horn of Plenty 6 Fecundity 7 Forced Fruition 8 Jace Beleren 9 Teferi's Puzzle Box 10 Temporal Cascade 11 Time Spiral 12 Walking Archive 13 Trade Secrets 14 Skyscribing 15 Howling Mine 16 Windfall 17 Horn of Greed 18 Kami of the Crescent Moon 19 Oath of Scholars (*) 20 Font of Mythos 21 Unifying Theory 22 Prosperity 23 Shizuko, Caller of Autumn 24 Blinkmoth Urn 25 Magus of the Vineyard 26 Eladamri's Vineyard 27 Heartbeat of Spring 28 Upwelling 29 Helm of Awakening	30 Aluren (*) 31 Oath of Druids 32 Braids, Conjurer Adept 33 Tempting Wurm (best turn two play ever, I swear) 34 Gate to the Æther 35 Hypergenesis 36 New Frontiers 37 Noble Benefactor 38 Weird Harvest 39 Oath of Lieges 40 Wishmonger 41 Dual Nature 42 Dense Foliage (*) 43 Concordant Crossroads 44 Bubble Matrix 45 Shieldmage Advocate 46 Spurnmage Advocate 47 Pulsemage Advocate 48 Second Sunrise 49 Open the Vaults 50 Lifeline 51 Eye of the Storm (*) 52 Hive Mind 53 Mirrorweave (*) 54 Questing Phelddagrif 55 Awakening 56 Arbiter of Knollridge 57 Seed the Land (*) 58 Brooding Saurian	59 Coalition Relic (must be lonely) 60 Deserted Temple 61 Minamo, School at Water's Edge 62 Mikokoro, Center of the Sea 63 Forbidden Orchard 64 Selesnya Sanctuary 65 Simic Growth Chamber 66 Azorious Chancery 67 Vivid Meadow 68 Vivid Creek 69 Vivid Grove 70 Glacial Fortress 71 Sunpetal Grove 72 Terramorphic Expanse 73 Bant Panorama 74 Seaside Citadel 75 Reliquary Tower 0 Show and Tell 0 Eureka 0 Duals, shocks, etc

Cards marked * are those which I am not entirely satisfied with (N.B. Eye of the Storm is hilarious, but can become quite hard to follow, especially if Hive Mind is also in play).

Any thoughts to assist in spreading the love?

I have a Group Hug deck too, pretty classic version and one of the problems was getting a lot of attacks coming my way because I was helping too much. If I helped player A, players B & C would come at me etc.

One of the better solutions I found was Swans of Bryn Argol. This let me hide behind a hard to kill creature and help people at the same time. Those who were tired of drawing cards didn't attack into it, the guys who needed to draw had no trouble getting a 2/2 blocked if it meant getting 2 cards.

It becomes quite a big threat with forced fruition in play as well, you're pretty well protected until both can be dealt with..

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I have a Group Hug deck too, pretty classic version and one of the problems was getting a lot of attacks coming my way because I was helping too much. If I helped player A, players B & C would come at me etc.

One of the better solutions I found was Swans of Bryn Argol. This let me hide behind a hard to kill creature and help people at the same time. Those who were tired of drawing cards didn't attack into it, the guys who needed to draw had no trouble getting a 2/2 blocked if it meant getting 2 cards.

It becomes quite a big threat with forced fruition in play as well, you're pretty well protected until both can be dealt with..

Hmm. Surprisingly, I haven't really encountered this problem. I think because most of my cards are symmetrical, and I only help someone especially if they are about to get splattered, no one gets annoyed with me. However, Swans could be kind of interesting, letting everyone attack me to draw cards if they have nothing better to do with their dudes. I'll give it a try and see if people resent it too much. Thank you.

I'm looking to build a group hug deck now, since I'm absolutely am tired of playing Hermit Druid and French 1v1s.

So any updates to this deck? I'm sure I'll probably add Show and Tell and Eureka, but I'm wondering what new cards printed in the past 2 years would be great in this deck?

OR

Is there another general/color combination that's better suited for group hug now?

Thanks.

EDIT/PS: I need at least ONE win con in the deck, even if it's a long shot 10-20 card combo. I need at LEAST one way to win. Any ideas?
EDIT 2: I know about the join forces cards. So those are definite adds.

The deck got stolen about 18 months ago. Updates have therefore been rather lacking.

(I mean honestly, of the all the decks of mine one could steal, they take the $100 group hug deck? Some people...)