OK, so everybody likes big creatures. Usually that means either a slow deck with tons of fetch lands or little creatures that build into getting out bigger creatures. For me, I don't like either of those options. I hate slowness but I also love big creatures! Than again, who doesn't?
This deck aims to get out big creatures while also being fast. Wait, so you mean I can have a fast aggro deck AND have big creatures? That's right Johnny!
So how do we get big creatures out? You will come to love
Tinder Wall
. It's really a great 1 drop as you can use it for blocking or sacrifice (as an interrupt I might add) and use that mana to play Myr Superion on turn stinkin 1!
If you don't land that Myr Superion
+
Tinder Wall
combo then Llanowar Elves or Elvish Mystic can ramp up your mana as well as give you another way to play Myr Superion. You can also get it out with Burning-Tree Emissary which is an awesome card as it gives you mana back! Essentially, a free card to play!
Another free card is Manamorphose but oh wait, you also get to draw a card. This is useful for converting mana from Burning-Tree Emissary or
Tinder Wall
back into green mana. If nothing else it gives you a free draw a card.
The enchantments are mainly to get you to be able to draw cards. Part of the disadvantage of how fast this deck is is that you go through cards quickly. Drawing like this also allows you early draw advantage to try to pull off a combo.
Pack Hunt
is a nice little semi tutor which can be paired with Burning-Tree Emissary which allows you to play all on the same turn which can quickly give you a board advantage.
The rest of the cards are lower cost high powered creatures. Please grab a hand to see how this deck opens up. There are some great early combos that play super fast like forest + tinder wall + Burning-tree emissay + myr superion
You can also land sick turn 2 combos that go something like this:
Turn 1: Forest
+
Tinder Wall
Turn 2: Forest, sacrifice
Tinder Wall
tap both mana and play
Argothian Wurm
.
Not bad to have a 6/6 with trample turn 2! If they instead sacrifice a land to put it on top of your deck then you are going to be WAY ahead of them.
The sideboard is made to deal against black Aggro decks (enter Compost) and also Witchbane Orb against red burn decks. Notice that most creatures cannot be killed with Lightning Bolt either which any half way decent burn deck will run. Vitality Charm is nice to add in against white board clear or weenie decks as you can use it for trample or regenerate a beast when they try to board wipe. The 2 extra
Frog Tongue
in case you play an all flying deck and Naturalize can ruin a lot of decks.
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Update: $35 Optimized on TCG player as of 1/27/15
