"The Melira-Woodfall Primus Bomb"

"The Melira-Woodfall Primus Bomb"

by:

Virgilio F. De leon Jr. 

Melira-Pod decks have been making the rounds of the Modern format the world over. Making sure that creatures like Kitchen Finks and Murderous Red Cap would keep on coming back for more life or damage in a loop that never ends.Well technically it ends when your opponent is bored to death at tearing through your life total or die from the 2 damage generated again and again by the Murderous Red Cap. Yup , Persist + Sacrificie outlet + Melira really is a mighty bomb. Translating this to the EDH setting  , it surely is a \ crippling effect that would make your opponents cringe. This simple recipe for destruction will surely be close to the hearts of those who could pull it off.

I decided to add this to my Black/Green Golgari deck. You could never have enough weapons now can't you? My take on it is having a Sacrifice outlet in the form of Varolz , the Scar Stripped or a Nantuko husk in play. Since Melira and the Woodfall Primus are green creatures they could both be fetched by Green Sun's Zenith or Tooth and Nail. There are other tutors in my deck because I play Black colors as well. Timing is still everything in this combo because you don't want to be countered. The perfect time to play it is when your opponents are catching up on the land counter or creaming you with enchantments or artifacts. The Crippling loop can begin.Sacrificing the WP to Varolz. Persist would allow it to return to destroy One Non-Creature permanent , the -1/-1 counter on it would fall off since Melira is in play( she does not allow those -1/-1 counters to stick to any of your creatures).  You could repeat the cycle for as long as you want. Usually when all of your opponents Non-Creature permanents are gone. It is not a sure win condition( is not a fool-proof plan since a simple Torpor  Orb could ruin your day) but recovering from such a massive hit even in an EDH setting is very difficult. Try not to gloat so much when you are able to use the combo.You still want your friends to play with you right?