This is a midrange deck focused on dealing damage as quickly as possible through dinosaurs. In an ideal situation,
Kinjalli's Caller
or Commune with Dinosaurs come out on turn 1, allowing Ranging Raptors,
Kinjalli's Sunwing
, or
Drover of the Mighty
to be cast on turn 2. If I didn't get out commune or kinjalli's caller on turn 1, I would still play Otepec Huntmaster or
Drover of the Mighty
on turn 2, which would allow me to play
Ripjaw raptor
by turn 3. If I was totally mana screwed, then I could always rely on Abrade as removal, or Savage Stomp, (only costs 1 since targets dinosaur). If I can reduce the cost of my dinosaurs, then by turn 6 I can cast Gishath, Sun's Avatar, and with a perfect combination, I will use Key to the City to make it unblockable and cast a bunch of free dinosaurs. If this works, it's game over. As a backup plan, I have included Champion of Rhonas so I can exert and drop a Wakening Sun's Avatar on the field, and since it isn't a spell, it can't be countered, hence, another win condition. I can also drop a Carnage Tyrant using Rhonas, or just play it on turn 5.
Backup/other cards:Gideon's Intervention is kinda a sideboard card, but I found myself needing it more often than not (Necessary for Approach of the Second Sun and Revel in Riches decks). I found that Heroic Intervention works great to protect my creatures from counterspells or cards like Fumigate. Huatli, Warrior Poet is the best weapon of my deck, but I cant afford 4 copies. Sky Terror isn't 100% necessary, but its great defense against flying and good for dealing damage early on. Priest of the Wakening Sun slows down the damage and is great for getting out Gishath, Sun's Avatar.
I would love some advice for this deck! I have been losing badly against control, aggro, and approach decks. With control, my opponents always counter my creatures and build up endless amounts of thopters, making it nearly impossible to use wakening sun's avatar or gishath sun's avatar. With aggro I always get lightning striked or abraded and my opponents prevent my creatures from blocking. With approach my opponent always uses
Settle the Wreckage
and I end up with a massive stockpile of lands and no creatures to play. I do okay against a graveyard deck since I sideboard
Ashes of the Abhorrent
, but in tournaments this deck has been losing 3 out of 4 matches.
Any advice would be great. Thanks!
