Ach Hans, Beastmaster Run!

So far it looks like a fun and interesting Deck. or 2 would likely work better. Especially with Eldrazi Monument. Goblin Guide would give you another 1 drop that can hit first turn. Also you could consider Birthing Pod to have something to roar through the deck, especially with Vengevine. Just for fun, Copperhorn Scout and even Quest for Renewal would make for fun tap to untap chaos.

February 19, 2012 10:45 p.m.

Sarkhan Vol gives my guys haste, I can steal a threat, and make Dragon tokens. With BA out, whoa... he rocks in this deck man, I'm telling you!

Goblin Guide makes sense ... except I'd forfeit ramp. If I had some, I might put two in.

Thought about adding 2x Parallel Lives for added tokens. What are your thoughts?

I could see Copperhorn Scout as a good add...

If I had Birthing Pod, it would require a huge shift. I could make it work, but the synergy I have now is good. Have you playtested it?

February 19, 2012 10:51 p.m.

If you are going modern, Doubling Season over Parallel Lives just for the extra stuff. But PL does have fun factors.

Birthing pod as a 1 of in decks with steady mana curves works really well, especially with stuff like Vengevine where they will come surging back on just a single play. Your deck has a very steady mana curve.

February 19, 2012 10:55 p.m.

Also, either main deck or sideboard, but Ancient Grudge is a beautiful card.

February 19, 2012 10:56 p.m.

Holy crap! Would Doubling Season add counters to.my Planeswalkers if they get one normally?

I.could benefit from a BP...hmm.

Forgot about Ancient Grudge lol. I put it in Standard decks...

Thanks!

February 19, 2012 11:11 p.m.

Doubling Season will only double the amount of counters a planeswalker comes into play with. Using the 'walker's + abilities will not add double counters, as technically, adding/subtracting counters is part of the cost, not the effect. That being said, Doubling Season kicks ass, and it's still worth it.

I was going to recommend Fresh Meat, but I see you've already got some in the SB.

And lastly, I've seen Shared Animosity used as an alternative to Beastmaster Ascension in some similar token decks. I prefer the Ascension, myself, but I thought I'd mention it anyhow. Just something to consider.

February 21, 2012 4:28 a.m.

Ah... I'd be interested to see how a Doubling Season would fit in. Like to try it, though. Still a cool card.

PLEASE Day of Judgement all my tokens so I can drop Fresh Meat! Please?! Muahahaha! lol

Shared Animosity would be better if I was playing mono green and had just the Eldrazi or Wolf tokens. Still pretty sweet and good to note.

The Beastmaster Ascension can immediately have 7 counters if I swing with 7 creatures after I drop it. I've done that turn 5ish. And, they're expendable!

What do you think about the Vengevine?

February 21, 2012 4:06 p.m.

I think it has the potential to be great, especially with the Bloodbraid Elf(s), but I also think it might be hard to get its graveyard trigger off in the late-game, where you might only have a single creature in hand at any given time.

February 21, 2012 4:36 p.m.

True... I like that Vengevine has haste, which triggers Beastmaster Ascension. Hopefully, there will be no late game. If a match seems to go thay way, I can sideboard it out.

February 21, 2012 11:06 p.m.

Why does it show illegal cards to the far right, above the sets I'm using? All of these cards were legal in Modern last I checked ...

February 23, 2012 9:37 a.m.

The illegal card thing has been on the fritz, don't worry about it.

February 23, 2012 5:25 p.m.

Ohhh... cool. I have a Legacy, U/B Underworld Megrim deck I'd like you to critique ...

February 23, 2012 5:30 p.m.

Yessir!

February 24, 2012 8:41 p.m.

i sea what ya doing thats kool, can knot been able to play test =/.

do you have a stratigy with sac-n lands?

i might have to change Strength of the Tajuru with beast master may be what i need for a lil more speed,

and if any one like this one plz tell what you think of my r/g token deck

http://tappedout.net/mtg-decks/hord-of-tokens/

March 3, 2012 12:47 a.m.

Oh yeah. Sac lands give my Lotus Cobra landfall. If I have 2 out, it stacks ... So I drop an Arid Mesa, I get a Mana of any color. Sac it, a Mountain or Stomping Grounds ETB, get another Mana, then tap it. 3 Mana...

That's also why I was pondering Rampaging Baloths for Beast tokens. Also, Primeval Titan brings lands into play when he ETB or attacks. More landfall triggers.

March 3, 2012 1:14 p.m.

Oh yeah. Sac lands give my Lotus Cobra landfall. If I have 2 out, it stacks ... So I drop an Arid Mesa, I get a Mana of any color. Sac it, a Mountain or Stomping Grounds ETB, get another Mana, then tap it. 3 Mana...

That's also why I was pondering Rampaging Baloths for Beast tokens. Also, Primeval Titan brings lands into play when he ETB or attacks. More landfall triggers.

March 3, 2012 1:14 p.m.

I like it +1 maybe look into some old valakut ramp spells like Explore, Khalni Heart Expedition, Overgrown Battlement and Harrow.

April 3, 2012 5:09 p.m.

I can see what you're saying and appreciate the feedback. Also, muchos gracias on the +1 :-)

The cards you mentioned would take away from the synergy and my first win-con, attacking with tokens and putting counters on Beastmaster Ascension. I have plenty of ramp with my Birds of Paradise, Lotus Cobra, sac lands, Bloodbraid Elf (who fetches CMC 3 or less things), and Eldrazi Spawn producing stuff.

After my primary win-con, the second is Eldrazi Monument, third is Kessig Wolf Run+Inkmoth Nexus.

Even mulliganing down to 5 cards, I can pull off a win turn 5 consistently.

April 3, 2012 11:12 p.m.

Yeah I figured that was the case, thought I might mention them in case you decided you needed more ramp. May I ask, why the birds over the battlements? I understand a T1 vs T2 and any color vs green, but battlement can produce loads of mana for each you get out and can survive RDWs burn spells. It just sucks GSZ is banned in modern otherwise he would be like 100x's more amazing.

April 4, 2012 7:46 a.m.

I really could use advice on my modern deck : deck:the-mcp-rg-tron if anyone gets the chance, I'm new to modern and need Sideboard help.

April 6, 2012 10:41 a.m.

The Overgrown Battlement is too slow here, plus BoP can produce any color, great for.this deck. Lotus Cobra kills with the land fall...

I shall.scope your decks, sir. Thanks muchly!

April 6, 2012 7:18 p.m.

beat your deck 2 times with my equip deck:aggro-equip-deck-w-modern

nice, crazy and strong with Beastmaster Ascension but was to slow and didn't stand a chance, because my creature had trample :/

i like. nice deck with tokens

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April 23, 2012 10:36 a.m.

Your deck looks nice... but my deck is slow??? Dude, I usually swing turn 5 for 30+ damage...lol. I play it one of two ways: 1. Wait til I have 7 creatures, drop Beastmaster Ascension, and swing for the win 2. Drop Beastmaster Ascension early and charge it A.S.A.P. Eldrazi Monument is a huge bonus as is Sarkhan Vol.

If I'm suffering alot from Trample damage I'd side in Sylvok Lifestaff and Wurmcoil Engine. To destroy large armies of tokens or weenies, I'd side in Steel Hellkite. At one point I had Creeping Corrosion sideboarded, but I didn't play alot of Artifact decks, hence the Ancient Grudge.

So, if you won one game, it'd be interesting to see what G2 and G3 would be. seizan8, do you play on Cockatrice?

April 23, 2012 3:43 p.m.

Probably played your deck wrong, but Goblins. Need I Say More? gave this guy a run for its money. If you could drop a couple lines about how to competitively play your deck, I could get a better view on how well our decks work against each other.

April 26, 2012 1:33 p.m.

Sure. I updated the description, hope it helps a bit.

This is a ramp/aggro deck. It can win without Beastmaster Ascension, but the deck was made around the card. Against RDW, I would want to get BA out ASAP and charge it fully, which only takes a few turns with stuff like Vengevine and Bloodbraid Elf. Even swinging with my 0/1 tokens. G2 I'd side in Sylvok Lifestaff and the Wurmcoil. Probably Parallel Lives to speed up token production from Khalni Garden and my other token producers. A few points of life will buy me enough time to charge BA and swing for the win.

Apparently, I didn't make a few changes with the mana base here (did on Cockatrice ...). I need to take out a Dryad Arbor and Khalni Garden to add some different lands.

Your deck is nice, btw!

April 26, 2012 8:23 p.m.

Having played with this deck and becoming somewhat comfortable with it, I would offer the following suggestion: Swap out Dryad Arbor for Raging Ravine. Although the Ravine is a bit harder to swing with, I find the Arbor difficult to play around. Although you can tap neither for mana the turn it comes out, Raging Ravine can tap for both red and green. You can pay extra mana, animate it, and swing with a 4/4. The next turn, the Ravine will swing as a 5/5, and so on, and so forth.

April 27, 2012 9:35 p.m.

I took out 1x Dryad Arbor and 1x Khalni Garden, as I was having too many opening hands that I couldn't drop a Birds of Paradise due to either summoning sickness or ETB tapped. That being said, Raging Ravine would really hurt due to it ETB tapped. I'd rather run more Stomping Ground if I had them (pricey...). Although I see your point, another land that ETB tapped would slow this deck down too much. If I had a mid-range strategy in a true Wolf Run Ramp deck, I'd definitely consider it.

Dryad Arbor is nice because it's 'free' and if I happen to have Sarkhan Vol out, I can make it a 2/2 and swing to put a counter on Beastmaster Ascension.

April 29, 2012 4:46 p.m.

fun +1

May 26, 2012 1:01 a.m.

Fun looking deck.

Just for the record the reason the site is telling you you have illegal cards is because some of your cards are listed as being from the Commander Decks. The Commander decks are not Modern Legal.

The cards that are appearing this way are modern legal in their original sets but the site cannot differentiate.

Boggart Ram-Gang should replace vengevine in my opinion. It hits a turn sooner and wither can be very handy if forced to block. I have tried using vengy many times and his returning to play is far too inconsistent for me. Just my 2 cents :)

June 26, 2012 2:08 p.m.

LittleBlueHero Thanks! I appreciate it, man. That makes sense as to why they're showing up illegal.

Boggart Ram-Gang is good and cheaper. I have 1x of him. He's cheap enough to get another if I want. I've been able to get Vengevine out of the graveyard without issue in this deck. But...

I ordered 2x Huntmaster of the Fells  ^Flip and they should be arriving soon. I have him for another deck, but his ability to gain life and put out tokens could fair well in the 4CMC slot. What are your thoughts on him?

June 26, 2012 2:15 p.m.

i just found your deck today and thought it was great :D

i was EXTREMELY surprised that my illusions beat it

game 1 your bloodbraid elf screwed your deck cause of my clone abilities letting me get 3 creatures out for 2 mana

game 2 (sided in 2 beast within, 2 boa, and 1 steel hellkite sided out 4 bloodbraid elf and 1 eldrazi monument ) this time my threads of disloyalty grabbed your boa and boomerang took care of your blockers

the only thing that this deck needs is some way to consistently take care of opposing flyers if it had something like that i would have lost both games for sure

http://tappedout.net/mtg-decks/my-illusions-12-07-12-1/

July 12, 2012 1:49 a.m.

Your deck link is broken, bro.

Did you play it right? With Beastmaster Ascension out, I can swing on turn 5 with 25-35 damage...

I forgot to update the sideboard with some new cards I got. Added in 2x Corrosive Gale

July 12, 2012 11:59 p.m.

This is a really fun deck!

July 13, 2012 12:30 a.m.

well thats weird i put the deck up... oh well redoneMy Illusions

i could have played your deck wrong and i will retest it but i usually Boomerang ed your Beastmaster Ascension or countered your token makers

July 13, 2012 12:55 a.m.

ok playtested again this time yours won first round with Sarkhan Vol using his -2 to take out my illusions

sided in 2 River Boa sided in 2 Corrosive Gale sided out 2 Lotus Cobra and 2 Bloodbraid Elf

i took round 2 with an early Lord of the Unreal and Adaptive Automaton making my Phantasmal Bear s powerful 4/4s

round 3 your deck won by one life T_T in an aggro game to see who is faster

July 13, 2012 1:22 a.m.

@ user:CrimsonKing69 Thanks man! I've worked hard to make this a competitive homebrew. It's fast lol.

@ piedok Nice! I scoped your deck and it looks like it would be an interesting match, even though yours is Standard minus the Boomerang . Do you have those in the sideboard, not listed?

For Control, I was considering dropping in 4x Summoning Trap in the sideboard, which given the amount of ETB triggering creatures I have would be ridiculous lol. Especially if a Lotus Cobra was countered and I get a Primeval Titan out the ordeal...

Note that Siege-Gang Commander allows me to sac a Goblin and deal 2 to a creature or player. Essential removal. Garruk Relentless  ^Flip allows me to do the same, once. When I side in River Boa , I take out Nest Invader as Lotus Cobra is essential to my ramp strategy. With the exception of Beastmaster Ascension , the other Enchantments I usually side out for other stuff.

BTW, how do you sideboard in the playtester? I haven't figured that out...

July 13, 2012 2:52 p.m.

piedok Your link took me to a different deck lol. I scoped your deck via your profile, though... Couldn't +1 or comment for some reason.

July 13, 2012 2:57 p.m.

my bad i'm kinda new to tapped-out so i didn't make my list as a deck... oh well i might fix it eventually... maybe... possibly... eh...

July 17, 2012 1:08 a.m.

Eldrazi Monument + Token and Beastmaster Ascension = win

August 15, 2012 9:06 p.m.

How to beat: Crush + All Is Dust ? lol. only thing I can think of.

August 15, 2012 9:07 p.m.

Haha! That sums it up! I have Fresh Meat sideboarded for board sweeps. Although a board sweep doesn't sting this deck all that bad, All Is Dust does get rid of BmA, which sucks.

Looking at my numbers, you'd think this deck isn't all that consistent, but in playtesting, it puts a turn 5 clock on every time. Odd.

Thanks for the props, Sniperops!

August 17, 2012 10:28 a.m.

Khalni Hydra ... That would make this ridiculous...

October 11, 2012 4:57 p.m.

Hmm...Khalni Hydra would be decent, but if only ALL the tokens I produced were green, it'd be a great fit.

October 11, 2012 6:31 p.m.

That's true.... Use Garruk Relentless  ^Flip to make green tokens and add Garruk, Primal Hunter for more green tokens... Also I personally like Beacon of Creation and Bestial Menace ...

October 12, 2012 3:41 p.m.

I like those ideas. Ideally, I'd like creatures that produced tokens upon ETB, as my other slots are taken by permanent token creators. I'm considering Populate as an option as well, given the amount of tokens I'm generating.

Now, my 1x Avenger of Zendikar is absolutely ridiculous! Dropping a Primeval Titan 3rd turn, I can play Avenger 4th turn. Turn 5 drop Beastmaster Ascension and swing for game.

October 12, 2012 4:14 p.m.

Nice deck! +1 from me. I playtested it against my deck Swarm and Conquer and I just barely won against you. I only had 6 life left, your Beastmaster Ascension had well over 7 counters on it, and you had Sarkhan Vol with 5 loyalty counters. Luckily I managed to deal you 21 damage through a combination of Hero of Bladehold , 5 tokens, and an Honor of the Pure , as you had tapped all your creatures to attack.

February 26, 2013 5:24 p.m.

Very cool! I think I lost a turn with the banning of Bloodbraid Elf . I'm thinking of subbing in Vengvine...

I mainly use Sarkhan for his +1 Haste ability, but I don't hesitate to ultimate for Dragon tokens. Eldrazi Monument is fairly awesome in a token mirror. Just for LOLz I may sideboard Ratchet Bomb and pop it when Eldrazi Monument is out lol. Either that or Slagstorm ...

Thanks for the +1! I'll be over to play test and rate your deck!

February 26, 2013 7:51 p.m.

Yeah, when Bloodbraid Elf got banned I knew it would hurt a lot decks. They did it to shut down Jund, it was just too powerful. And yeah, I figured. That's what I used him for when I playtested as you. And ahh, Ratchet Bomb . Several cards in my sideboard are there solely to counter that card. Tell me how the playtesting goes on your end!

February 26, 2013 9:21 p.m.

Just a bit of a challenge for you, I saw this deck a few minutes ago, try winning against it: DCI Banhammer.

February 28, 2013 7:47 p.m.

I think you should ad white. Not for populate.. But for things like Hero of Bladehold (may have been previously stated, I agree) Intangible Virtue and this card stinks.. But u have ramp so maybe not so bad: Assemble the Legion if u ramped and got it turn 3 it could be scary!! I really love this deck though.. +1 from me!

March 13, 2013 2:49 p.m.

I feel like it's dependent on BA.. What do you do when you don't draw it? Ever?

March 13, 2013 2:52 p.m.

Thanks xzzane!!! I'll scope it!

james_w_whitcomb, thanks for the +1!!! I've considered adding green to make a Naya version. Blade Splicer, Trostani, Selesnya's Voice, Armada Wurm, and Elesh Norn, Grand Cenobite would be some awesome adds. I think I made a Selesnya and/or Naya version, which I'll post in the next comment.

I also have 2x Inkmoth Nexus & Kessig Wolf Run, 3x Primeval Titan, 3x Eldrazi Monument, and 2x Sarkhan Vol, which are huge threats and win-cons themselves. The deck is based around Beastmaster Ascension, but doesn't necessarily need it to win.

March 13, 2013 8:16 p.m.

@ james_w_whitcomb here's the Naya version:

Now I Have a Machine Gun, Ho Ho Ho!

March 13, 2013 8:26 p.m.

Hey, want to test this vs Swarm and Conquer over lackey sometime? i just updated it and I need to test it out against something sometime.

March 27, 2013 7:15 p.m.