MTG Commander - Jugan, the Rising Star EDH Deck

by ElspethFTW, Gaming Successfully Staff

The Legendary Dragons of Kamigawa are some of the more memorable cards from Champions of Kamigawa. Two of them are considered to be very good, two more of them are pretty good in Commander, but one has never really caught on as a Commander himself. This is the Green Dragon, Jugan, the Rising Star. His effect is good enough that he’s seen play as part of the 99 in some decks. But can you build around him?

Since Jugan’s ability is all about +1/+1 counters, you sort of want to go all out on this theme. Unfortunately, a lot of the best counter-abusing cards are in White. So in Green, you’ll want to take advantage of all of the token producers and use cards that can benefit from having a bunch of counters placed on them. On top of lots of ways to ramp your mana and create lots of tokens, there are plenty of ways to make your token army deadly.

Thanks to one TappedOut user with a decent Jugan Commander list, I was able to come up with this deck list below. Whereas the list I found focused primarily on tokens, I found other cards to blend the counter and token strategies in even better ways.


Commander

Jugan, the Rising Star     3ggg     

Creatures (16)
1     Sakura-Tribe Elder     1g     
1     Champion of Lambholt     1gg     
1     Eternal Witness     1gg     
1     Fertilid     2g     
1     Lifeblood Hydra     xggg     
1     Nissa, Vastwood Seer     2g     
1     Wild Beastmaster     2g     
1     Bloodspore Thrinax     2gg     
1     Fangren Firstborn     1ggg     
1     Forgotten Ancient     3g     
1     Fungal Behemoth     3g     
1     Ant Queen     3gg     
1     Bane of Progress     4gg     
1     Hydra Broodmaster     4gg     
1     Rampaging Baloths     4gg     
1     Avenger of Zendikar     5gg     

Spells (45)

1     Hardened Scales     g     
1     Helix Pinnacle     g     
1     Earthcraft     1g     
1     Regrowth     1g     
1     Revive     1g     
1     Sword of the Animist     2     
1     Arachnogenesis     2g     
1     Ashnod's Altar     3     
1     Awakening Zone     2g     
1     Beastmaster Ascension     2g     
1     Blasting Station     3     
1     Cultivate     2g     
1     Deep Reconnaissance     2g     
1     Harrow     2g     
1     Journey of Discovery     2g     
1     Kodama's Reach     2g     
1     Nissa's Pilgrimage     2g     
1     Nissa, Voice of Zendikar     1gg     
1     Search for Tomorrow     2g     
1     Squirrel Nest     1gg     
1     Beacon of Creation     3g     
1     Explosive Vegetation     3g     
1     From Beyond     3g     
1     Harmonize     2gg     
1     Hunting Wilds     3g     
1     Into the Wilds     3g     
1     Parallel Lives     3g     
1     Seer's Sundial     4     
1     Skyshroud Claim     3g     
1     Doubling Season     4g     
1     Eldrazi Monument     5     
1     Freyalise, Llanowar's Fury     3gg     
1     Garruk, Primal Hunter     2ggg     
1     Nissa's Expedition     4g     
1     Nissa, Worldwaker     3gg     
1     Primal Vigor     4g     
1     Restock     3gg     
1     Caged Sun     6     
1     Death's Presence     5g
1     Nissa's Renewal     5g     
1     Akroma's Memorial     7     
1     Boundless Realms     6g     
1     Howl of the Night Pack     6g     
1     Praetor's Counsel     5ggg     
1     Decree of Savagery     7gg     

Lands (38)

36     Forest       
1     Nykthos, Shrine to Nyx       
1     Oran-Rief, the Vastwood    

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