Overview:

This mono-green deck helmed by Lumra, Bellow of the Woods focuses on explosive land acceleration and recursion to create overwhelming board states. Lumra scales with land count and acts as a recursive engine, milling lands and reanimating them for value. The deck leverages high-powered ramp (e.g., Gaea's Cradle, Mana Vault, Food Chain) to deploy massive threats like Ashaya, Soul of the Wild or Zilortha, Apex of Ikoria, while synergizing with landfall payoffs like Field of the Dead and Tireless Provisioner. Stax pieces like Cursed Totem and Trinisphere disrupt opponents, buying time to assemble win conditions.

Primer:

Core Strategy Execution:

1. Explosive Ramp (Turns 1-3): Prioritize fast mana (Mana Vault, Lotus Petal, Sol Ring) and land accelerators (Exploration, Burgeoning, Elvish Reclaimer). Use Scapeshift or Crop Rotation to fetch key lands like Gaea's Cradle or Field of the Dead.
2. Commander Deployment (Turns 4-5): Cast Lumra once 6+ lands are secured. Use its ETB to mill and recur lands, fueling Ashaya, Soul of the Wild (turning creatures into lands) or Blossoming Tortoise for recursion. Sanctum of Eternity rebuys Lumra’s trigger.
3. Overwhelm (Turns 5-7):
   • Combat: Leverage Lumra’s massive body (often 10+/10+), Finale of Devastation (X=10+), or Zilortha, Apex of Ikoria to bypass blockers.
   • Token Swarm: Generate Zombies via Field of the Dead and Treasures/Food with Tireless Provisioner.
   • Stax Lock: Use Trinisphere, Root Maze, and Cursed Totem to stall opponents.

Mulligan Priorities:

• Keep hands with 2-3 lands, at least one ramp piece (e.g., Exploration, Mana Vault), and a land tutor (Crop Rotation, Elvish Reclaimer).
• Prioritize early interaction (Force of Vigor, Collector Ouphe) if meta-dependent stax is expected.

Key Tips:

• Use Amulet of Vigor + Spelunking to untap lands like Lotus Field for explosive turns.
• Food Chain exiles utility creatures (e.g., Timeless Witness) to cast Lumra repeatedly, generating recursive value.
• Sylvan Safekeeper protects Lumra or Ashaya by sacrificing lands, which can later be recurred.

Weaknesses:

Critical

• Graveyard hate (e.g., Rest in Peace) cripples land recursion and Lumra/Blossoming Tortoise synergies.
• Land destruction (Armageddon, Ruination) resets the deck’s primary resource.

Moderate

• Artifact removal disrupts key accelerators (Mana Vault, Food Chain).
• Torpor Orb nullifies ETBs from Lumra, Ashaya, and Field of the Dead.

Minor

• Limited evasion for Lumra outside of Zilortha; relies on trample or combat tricks.

Most Important Cards:

• Ashaya, Soul of the Wild (Scales Lumra’s power, enables land synergies)
• Food Chain (Recasts Lumra, generates mana for explosive turns)
• Gaea's Cradle (Unlocks game-winning mana bursts)
• Finale of Devastation (Tutor + finisher)
• Scapeshift (Mass land recursion via Lumra/Blossoming Tortoise)
• Trinisphere (Slows opponents for critical setup turns)
• Field of the Dead (Generates inevitability through tokens)
• Crop Rotation (Fetches Gaea's Cradle or utility lands)
• Sylvan Library (Ensures consistent land drops and threats)
• Amulet of Vigor (Unlocks tapped land synergies)

Attribute Ratings:

Speed: 7/10

• Can deploy lethal boards or stax locks by turns 5-6 with ideal ramp (e.g., T2 Gaea's Cradle into T3 Ashaya).

Resilience: 6/10

• Recursion (Timeless Witness, Dryad's Revival) and protection (Sylvan Safekeeper) mitigate disruption, but relies heavily on noncreature permanents vulnerable to removal.

Consistency: 8/10

• 10+ land tutors, 8+ card advantage engines, and redundant ramp ensure the core strategy fires reliably.

Interaction: 5/10

• Targeted removal (Force of Vigor, Song of the Dryads) and stax are present but lack stack interaction beyond Vexing Bauble.

Rating Justification:

This deck operates at a 7.0 - 7.5 power level, capable of T5-6 wins via overwhelming land-based value or stax locks. While its speed and consistency rival cEDH decks, its reliance on combat and vulnerability to land/graveyard hate keep it below tiered competitive lists.

Power level: 7.0 - 7.5