Standard Dinosaurs

Standard Competitive RGW (Naya)

Virisken

Creature (26)

• 3x Carnage Tyrant
• 1x Deathgorge Scavenger
• 4x Drover of the Mighty
• 1x Gishath, Sun's Avatar
• 2x Kinjalli's Sunwing
• 4x Otepec Huntmaster
• 3x Ranging Raptors
• 4x Regisaur Alpha
• 4x Ripjaw Raptor

Land (23)

• 8x Forest
• 2x Mountain
• 4x Rootbound Crag
• 1x Scattered Groves
• 3x Sheltered Thicket
• 3x Sunpetal Grove
• 2x Unclaimed Territory

Instant (4)

• 2x Abrade
• 2x Lightning Strike

Sorcery (6)

• 4x Commune with Dinosaurs
• 2x Savage Stomp

Planeswalker (1)

• 1x Huatli, Warrior Poet

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Sideboard

Instant (5)

• 1x Abrade
• 2x Heroic Intervention
• 2x Magma Spray

Enchantment (2)

• 2x Shapers' Sanctuary

Land (1)

• 1x Field of Ruin

Creature (2)

• 1x Burning Sun's Avatar
• 1x Deathgorge Scavenger

Artifact (2)

• 2x Lifecrafter's Bestiary

Sorcery (2)

• 2x Sweltering Suns

Planeswalker (1)

• 1x Nissa, Vital Force

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Maybeboard

Instant (2)

• 1x Blossoming Defense
• 1x Slice in Twain

Creature (2)

• 1x Raging Swordtooth
• 1x Rampaging Ferocidon

Sorcery (1)

• 1x Rile

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Trying to make a dinosaur deck that can compete versus standard's powerhouses temur, ub control and rdw.

The problem is that neither a pure gruul or a naya shell prove to be stable enough to challenge the current best decks. In my opinion there will be added more value into the current shell with rivals of ixalan but right now I can only stick to what I already have.

That being said I played a full Gruul version of the deck, but got pretty much rolled over by either temur, sultai or even UW Approach. Haven't tested versus ramunap red yet. By going into white I get access to Kinjalli's Sunwing and possibly Gishath but the mana base gets much worse.

Any advice on how to improve this current deck to make it more suitable versus the current meta?

PS: Maybe a GW version could make use of Kinjalli's Caller and Drover more efficiently, and can just splash red for regisaur alpha. That way you could actually play a ramp dino shell with more Gishath's, Wakening Sun's Avatar and maybe swordtooth to reliably trigger our enrage mechanic. Could be a potentially stronger deck...

Date added	6 years
Last updated	6 years
Legality	This deck is not Standard legal.
Rarity (main - side)	5 - 1 Mythic Rares 22 - 10 Rares 15 - 1 Uncommons 8 - 3 Commons
Cards	60
Avg. CMC	3.22
Tokens	Dinosaur 3/3 G w/ Trample, Emblem Nissa, Vital Force