Maelstrom Wanderer is a wonderful commander who opens himself to many possible deckbuilding situations and combinations, but despite my love of obscure deck ideas, i decided to take the most straightforward deck idea i could think of: bunches of ramp + bunches of large creatures = me playing many large creatures. This approach may, in fact, be so straightforward that it becomes an obscure deck idea in itself. However, after playing with this deck for a few months now, it has become much more than its original prototype. Without further adieu:
Quick Guide to the deck: ramp up your mana early on and cast Maelstrom Wanderer. There are many different cascades that can result, so i've narrowed down to two categories the cards that you can cascade into(yes, i'm aware that not all cards in the deck fit these categories, but stick with me). If you hit any kind of ramp, you can accelerate your mana to play the fatties in your hand. If you hit any of the fatties directly off of the cascade (and if you cast them later on), Maelstrom Wanderer's First ability(all creatures you control have haste) creates an immediate board presence.
What I have observed with this deck is it has an incredible potential to swing games, going from only one or two mana dorks one turn to swinging for 10-20 the next.
Any and all suggestions for this deck are not only welcome, but appreciated. However, I already have some in mind for the future. These are cards I'm either thinking about or already working on acquiring:
8 Maelstrom Wanderer
Lands(38):
9 forest
7 island
4 mountain
0 Crystal Vein
0 Desolate Lighthouse
0 Exotic Orchard
0 Fungal Reaches
0 Gruul Turf
0 Izzet Boilerworks
0 Kazandu Refuge
0 Kessig wolf Run
0 Mystifying Maze
0 Reliquary Tower
0 Rootbound Crag
0 Rupture Spire
0 Simic Growth Chamber
0 Sarrg, the Rage Pits
0 Temple of the False Good
0 Vivid Crag
0 Vivid Creek
0 Vivid Grove
Creatures(32):
1 Birds of Paradise
1 Ulvenwald Tracker
2 Iron Myr
2 Silver Myr
2 Void Stalker
3 Animar, Soul of Elements
3 Daring Apprentice
3 Manaplasm
3 Nullmage Advocate
3 Palladium Myr
4 Oracle of Mul Daya
4 Roaring Primadox
4 Sakashima's Student
4 Sower of Temptation
5 Garruk's Packleader
5 Malignus
5 Momir Vig, Simic Visionary
5 Thragtusk
5 Zealous Conscripts
6 Brutalizer Exarch
6 Consecrated Sphinx
6 Etherium-Horn Sorcerer
6 Hydra Omnivore
6 Vigor
7 Balefire Dragon
7 Hamletback Goliath
7 Phyrexian Ingester
7 Simic Sky Swallower
8 Magmatic Force
8 Terastodon
8 Verdant Force
1 Brainstorm
3 Beast Within
Sorceries(11):
2 Edge of Autumn
2 Farseek
2 Rampant Growth
3 Cultivate
3 Growth Spasm
3 Recross the Paths
4 Explosive Vegetation
4 Mwonvuli Acid-Moss
6 Rain of Thorns
7 Boundless Realms
7 Disaster Radius
7 Hunting Pack
Artifacts(10):
1 Wayfarer's Bauble
3 Crystal Shard
3 Coalition Relic
3 Loxodon Warhammer
3 Mage Slayer
3 Manalith
4 Erratic Portal
5 Gilded Lotus
6 Staff of Nin
7 Akroma's Memorial
Enchantments(4):
1 Rancor
2 Cream of the Crop
3 Vow of Flight
5 Sunken Hope
5 Garruk, Primal Hunter
7 Karn Liberated
Quick Guide to the deck: ramp up your mana early on and cast Maelstrom Wanderer. There are many different cascades that can result, so i've narrowed down to two categories the cards that you can cascade into(yes, i'm aware that not all cards in the deck fit these categories, but stick with me). If you hit any kind of ramp, you can accelerate your mana to play the fatties in your hand. If you hit any of the fatties directly off of the cascade (and if you cast them later on), Maelstrom Wanderer's First ability(all creatures you control have haste) creates an immediate board presence.
What I have observed with this deck is it has an incredible potential to swing games, going from only one or two mana dorks one turn to swinging for 10-20 the next.
Any and all suggestions for this deck are not only welcome, but appreciated. However, I already have some in mind for the future. These are cards I'm either thinking about or already working on acquiring:
Erayo, Soratami Ascendant (See Daring Apprentice)
Ertai, Wizard Adept (See Daring Apprentice)
Sakura-Tribe Elder (classic EDH ramp staple, and i'm playing a ramp deck...)
Annex (basically acts as a second mwonvuli acid-moss, but can grab utility lands and such)
Mana Reflection (See Boundless Realms)
Harrow (ramps and fixes mana)
Kodama's reach (second copy of cultivate)
Search for Tomorrow (ramp will be ramp)
Sol Ring (classic staple, still hard to get)
So again, suggestions are welcome.