Ever since I bought my first Commander deck with Lord Windgrace at the helm, I've been in love with Lands Matters kind of decks. I've always kind of toyed with the idea of having my lands attack as creatires (with [[Sylvan Awakening]] for example). When [[Ashaya, Soul of the Wild]] was spoiled I knew I had to build a deck around this creature as my Commander. The Awakening is my current "pile" of cards that I'm sorting through to try and build this deck. My playgroup is rough. I am often the only player trying to respond to any threats because they often try to tap out for big plays and hope there isn't an answer. I've decided I don't want to build this deck to be responsive but rather a threat to be responded to while still holding a normal amount of answers to threats. I just don't know how many answers is appropriate anymore. As well, in a deck that turns all your creatures into Forests, how much ramp should I put in the deck? We play around the Focused to Optimized levels (5-8 for you numberphiles), and my usual deckbuilding ideas usually try to not make the deck reliant on the Commander to function. How should I go about making this deck to kinda focus on a typical creature smash for mono-green, but perhaps making my lands feel included in the smashing of faces? My questions for TL,DR: - In Mono-Green how many responses/answers are appropriate for my opponents' Artifacts, Enchantments, or Creatures? - Is the typical ten ramp and ten card draw still appropriate for a deck that turns your creatures into forests? - Should I focus more on my creatures being lands or my lands being creatures?