Readers!

You knew I'd be excited as it was possible to be excited when they released a new Omnath. Some of you probably rolled your eyes, figuring I was going to do the same sort of landfall shenanigans I've become famous for. Well joke's on you me because the new Omanth doesn't even HAVE any Landfall abilities! Wait, what?

It seems Omnath is carrying on in the tradition of Omnath, Locus of Mana and completing the cycle with a Phyrexian version that lets you float Black mana as much as you want. However, even with a lack of landfall abilities, I got brewing on the spot. It wasn't just one idea, though, it was a LOT of them. Today I hope you don't mind if I write an article that's light on prose and heavy on decks. I give you several possible versions of Omnath, I hope you like them.

The first one is a bit obvious, but the fact that mana sticks around made me want to play a deck where I cast some big X spells. Ideally, I am casting a big Mass Manipulation and warping the entire look of the board, but there are some very big X spells we can play otherwise, not the least of which is Exsanguinate. This is a 75% deck, though, so don't think we're not going to jam Villainous Wealth and Mind Grind into the deck - we're running the full complement of ways to swipe their cards with a bunch of extra Black mana! We even have a Memnarch! Check out deck number 1.

Omnath's Big X Spells | Commander | Jason Alt

• Commander (1)
• 1 Omnath, Locus of All

• Creatures (19)
• 1 Bloom Tender
• 1 Faeburrow Elder
• 1 Genesis Hydra
• 1 Gyrus, Waker of Corpses
• 1 Hydroid Krasis
• 1 Klauth, Unrivaled Ancient
• 1 Knotvine Mystic
• 1 Lifeblood Hydra
• 1 Maga, Traitor to Mortals
• 1 Magus Lucea Kane
• 1 Nexos
• 1 Nyxbloom Ancient
• 1 Omnath, Locus of Creation
• 1 Rosheen Meanderer
• 1 Seedborn Muse
• 1 Selvala, Heart of the Wilds
• 1 Voracious Hydra
• 1 Zacama, Primal Calamity
• 1 Zaxara, the Exemplary

• Instants (9)
• 1 Chord of Calling
• 1 Dominate
• 1 Electrodominance
• 1 Expansion // Explosion
• 1 Heroic Intervention
• 1 March of the Multitudes
• 1 Sphinx's Revelation
• 1 Storm King's Thunder
• 1 Tyvar's Stand

• Sorceries (16)
• 1 Agadeem's Awakening // Agadeem, the Undercrypt
• 1 Animist's Awakening
• 1 Awaken the Woods
• 1 Blue Sun's Twilight
• 1 Crackle with Power
• 1 Cultivate
• 1 Debt to the Deathless
• 1 Entrancing Melody
• 1 Exsanguinate
• 1 Finale of Eternity
• 1 Finale of Revelation
• 1 Invoke the Firemind
• 1 Mass Manipulation
• 1 Ruinous Ultimatum
• 1 Villainous Wealth
• 1 Wargate

• Enchantments (7)
• 1 Braid of Fire
• 1 Smothering Tithe
• 1 Temur Ascendancy
• 1 Unbound Flourishing
• 1 Whirlwind of Thought
• 1 Wilderness Reclamation
• 1 Zendikar Resurgent

• Artifacts (9)
• 1 Arcane Signet
• 1 Chromatic Lantern
• 1 Chromatic Orrery
• 1 Doubling Cube
• 1 Elementalist's Palette
• 1 Lightning Greaves
• 1 Orochi Hatchery
• 1 Sol Ring
• 1 Swiftfoot Boots

• Lands (36)
• 1 Plains
• 1 Swamp
• 2 Island
• 2 Mountain
• 4 Forest
• 1 Alchemist's Refuge
• 1 Arcane Sanctum
• 1 Arid Mesa
• 1 Command Tower
• 1 Crystal Quarry
• 1 Exotic Orchard
• 1 Frontier Bivouac
• 1 Godless Shrine
• 1 Indatha Triome
• 1 Ketria Triome
• 1 Opulent Palace
• 1 Polluted Delta
• 1 Raugrin Triome
• 1 Rejuvenating Springs
• 1 Reliquary Tower
• 1 Rockfall Vale
• 1 Sacred Foundry
• 1 Seaside Citadel
• 1 Spara's Headquarters
• 1 Steam Vents
• 1 Stomping Ground
• 1 Temple Garden
• 1 The World Tree
• 1 Watery Grave
• 1 Windswept Heath
• 1 Zagoth Triome

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Braid of Fire is a silly card and it's going to do silly things in this deck. The conceit here was to play a lot of X spells that gave me a lot of bang for my buck and worked well with banked mana. It's not terribly original but I wanted to get an easy one out of the way because this next one should be way more fun.

The next deck was inspired by an old Legacy deck that ran Dream Halls and Conflux to cast a ton of spells in one turn. While the first build I showcased worked well with Omnath's first ability, this works with the second, rewarding you for having a lot of overlapping colors in your deck. You're going to draw extra cards and that lets you pitch extra cards to Dream Halls and play more spells. You're going to get Dream Halls less often as a 1-of in a 99 card deck than you are as a 4-of in a 60 card deck and that's why I like to build decks around thesis Enchantments that aren't just trash when you don't draw that pivotal card. That's why the deck is built around creatures that have lots of overlapping mana pips - Legends. It's close to a typical Legends build but not quite as combo-focused and way more value-oriented. Hope you love it!

Omnath's Legends | Commander | Jason Alt

• Commander (1)
• 1 Omnath, Locus of All

• Creatures (34)
• 1 Abaddon the Despoiler
• 1 Animar, Soul of Elements
• 1 Atraxa, Grand Unifier
• 1 Bane, Lord of Darkness
• 1 Birds of Paradise
• 1 Bloom Tender
• 1 Chulane, Teller of Tales
• 1 Derevi, Empyrial Tactician
• 1 Esika, God of the Tree
• 1 Jenson Carthalion, Druid Exile
• 1 Jodah, Archmage Eternal
• 1 Jodah, the Unifier
• 1 Kess, Dissident Mage
• 1 Kethis, the Hidden Hand
• 1 Lord Xander, the Collector
• 1 Maelstrom Archangel
• 1 Maelstrom Wanderer
• 1 Marchesa, the Black Rose
• 1 Muldrotha, the Gravetide
• 1 Nyxbloom Ancient
• 1 Omnath, Locus of Creation
• 1 Omnath, Locus of Rage
• 1 Omnath, Locus of the Roil
• 1 Queen Marchesa
• 1 Rienne, Angel of Rebirth
• 1 Rocco, Cabaretti Caterer
• 1 Shanid, Sleepers' Scourge
• 1 Surrak Dragonclaw
• 1 Two-Headed Hellkite
• 1 Yarok, the Desecrated
• 1 Yidris, Maelstrom Wielder
• 1 Yurlok of Scorch Thrash
• 1 Zacama, Primal Calamity
• 1 Zaxara, the Exemplary

• Planeswalkers (2)
• 1 Dihada, Binder of Wills
• 1 Narset Transcendent

• Instants (4)
• 1 Brainstorm
• 1 Brokers Charm
• 1 Crackling Doom
• 1 Void Rend

• Sorceries (9)
• 1 Conflux
• 1 Cultivate
• 1 Eerie Ultimatum
• 1 Genesis Ultimatum
• 1 Nature's Lore
• 1 Ruinous Ultimatum
• 1 Skyshroud Claim
• 1 Three Visits
• 1 Wargate

• Enchantments (7)
• 1 Dream Halls
• 1 Maelstrom Nexus
• 1 Sultai Ascendancy
• 1 Sylvan Library
• 1 Temur Ascendancy
• 1 Whirlwind of Thought
• 1 Wilderness Reclamation

• Artifacts (8)
• 1 Arcane Signet
• 1 Chromatic Lantern
• 1 Chromatic Orrery
• 1 Decanter of Endless Water
• 1 Fellwar Stone
• 1 Relic of Legends
• 1 Sol Ring
• 1 Tome of the Guildpact

• Lands (35)
• 1 Forest
• 1 Island
• 1 Mountain
• 1 Plains
• 1 Blood Crypt
• 1 Breeding Pool
• 1 City of Brass
• 1 Command Tower
• 1 Exotic Orchard
• 1 Godless Shrine
• 1 Hallowed Fountain
• 1 Indatha Triome
• 1 Jetmir's Garden
• 1 Ketria Triome
• 1 Mana Confluence
• 1 Marsh Flats
• 1 Misty Rainforest
• 1 Overgrown Tomb
• 1 Path of Ancestry
• 1 Plaza of Heroes
• 1 Sacred Foundry
• 1 Savai Triome
• 1 Scalding Tarn
• 1 Spara's Headquarters
• 1 Steam Vents
• 1 Stomping Ground
• 1 Temple Garden
• 1 The World Tree
• 1 Verdant Catacombs
• 1 Watery Grave
• 1 Windswept Heath
• 1 Wooded Foothills
• 1 Xander's Lounge
• 1 Zagoth Triome
• 1 Ziatora's Proving Ground

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This looks like a lot of fun. In fact, Dream Halls and its support card, Brainstorm, are two of 3 non-gold non-artifact cards in the deck. But it was looking for cards that did what Brainstorm does that I had another idea - Cascade!

Omnath's Cascade | Commander | Jason Alt

• Commander (1)
• 1 Omnath, Locus of All

• Creatures (30)
• 1 Animar, Soul of Elements
• 1 Annoyed Altisaur
• 1 Apex Devastator
• 1 Atraxa, Grand Unifier
• 1 Aurora Phoenix
• 1 Averna, the Chaos Bloom
• 1 Bloodbraid Elf
• 1 Bloom Tender
• 1 Dryad of the Ilysian Grove
• 1 Etherium-Horn Sorcerer
• 1 Faeburrow Elder
• 1 Hullbreaker Horror
• 1 Imoti, Celebrant of Bounty
• 1 Keeper of Secrets
• 1 Maelstrom Archangel
• 1 Maelstrom Wanderer
• 1 Muldrotha, the Gravetide
• 1 Noise Marine
• 1 Nyxbloom Ancient
• 1 Omnath, Locus of Creation
• 1 Omnath, Locus of Rage
• 1 Omnath, Locus of the Roil
• 1 Rienne, Angel of Rebirth
• 1 Sakashima's Protege
• 1 Seedborn Muse
• 1 Sweet-Gum Recluse
• 1 Temur Sabertooth
• 1 Wild-Magic Sorcerer
• 1 Yarok, the Desecrated
• 1 Zacama, Primal Calamity

• Instants (8)
• 1 Abzan Charm
• 1 Brainstorm
• 1 Chord of Calling
• 1 Esper Charm
• 1 Sultai Charm
• 1 Swords to Plowshares
• 1 Teferi's Protection
• 1 Void Rend

• Sorceries (11)
• 1 Cultivate
• 1 Eerie Ultimatum
• 1 Farseek
• 1 Genesis Ultimatum
• 1 Kodama's Reach
• 1 Nature's Lore
• 1 Ruinous Ultimatum
• 1 Three Visits
• 1 Torment of Hailfire
• 1 Villainous Wealth
• 1 Wargate

• Enchantments (9)
• 1 Food Chain
• 1 Hidden Retreat
• 1 Maelstrom Nexus
• 1 Mind's Dilation
• 1 One with the Multiverse
• 1 Penance
• 1 Temur Ascendancy
• 1 Wilderness Reclamation
• 1 Zendikar Resurgent

• Artifacts (7)
• 1 Arcane Signet
• 1 Chromatic Lantern
• 1 Chromatic Orrery
• 1 Fellwar Stone
• 1 Lightning Greaves
• 1 Scroll Rack
• 1 Sensei's Divining Top

• Lands (34)
• 1 Island
• 1 Mountain
• 1 Plains
• 1 Swamp
• 3 Forest
• 1 Arid Mesa
• 1 Bloodstained Mire
• 1 Breeding Pool
• 1 Command Tower
• 1 Exotic Orchard
• 1 Flooded Strand
• 1 Godless Shrine
• 1 Hallowed Fountain
• 1 Indatha Triome
• 1 Ketria Triome
• 1 Marsh Flats
• 1 Misty Rainforest
• 1 Overgrown Tomb
• 1 Polluted Delta
• 1 Sacred Foundry
• 1 Scalding Tarn
• 1 Spara's Headquarters
• 1 Steam Vents
• 1 Stomping Ground
• 1 Temple Garden
• 1 The World Tree
• 1 Verdant Catacombs
• 1 Watery Grave
• 1 Windswept Heath
• 1 Wooded Foothills
• 1 Zagoth Triome
• 1 Ziatora's Proving Ground

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This is the one I'd test the most because I have no idea if you need a bunch of mana dorks I'm not running because of cascade. Honestly, this list is a little loose and I'll need to tighten it up a lot, but rather than talk about where this deck could be bad, let's talk about the cards I love and finally get to play in a cascade deck.

Hidden Retreat and Penance are the White solutions to drawing the cards you want to cascade into that cascade has never had before. You can throw anything on top to cascade into with these and you can even save Omnath from some removal spells in a pinch. I can't wait to try these cards out. I love the synergy between Locus of Rage and Averna, also, that could be a very fun way to hit multiple landfall triggers in a turn.

What do you think? Am I way off base? Did at least one of these do it for you? Let me know on social media. I am excited to be building at least one new Omnath deck and I hope you're all excited, too. Send me your builds! Until next time!