The oncoming storm

Standard* BUG (Sultai) Competitive Control Midrange Ramp

Apoptosis

Instant (5)

• 1x Bile Blight
• 1x Dig Through Time
• 2x Hero's Downfall
• 1x Murderous Cut

Planeswalker (3)

• 2x Ashiok, Nightmare Weaver
• 1x Garruk, Apex Predator

Creature (28)

• 3x Courser of Kruphix
• 3x Elvish Mystic
• 2x Genesis Hydra
• 1x Hornet Queen
• 3x Kiora's Follower
• 3x Polukranos, World Eater
• 2x Prophet of Kruphix
• 3x Rakshasa Deathdealer
• 2x Reaper of the Wilds
• 2x Scuttling Doom Engine
• 4x Sylvan Caryatid

Land (24)

• 2x Forest
• 1x Island
• 4x Llanowar Wastes
• 3x Mana Confluence
• 2x Opulent Palace
• 4x Polluted Delta
• 2x Swamp
• 3x Temple of Malady
• 2x Temple of Mystery
• 1x Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth

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Sideboard

Instant (3)

• 2x Bile Blight
• 1x Murderous Cut

Sorcery (8)

• 3x Drown in Sorrow
• 1x Read the Bones
• 4x Thoughtseize

Artifact (1)

• 1x Whip of Erebos

Planeswalker (2)

• 1x Ashiok, Nightmare Weaver
• 1x Kiora, the Crashing Wave

Creature (1)

• 1x Clever Impersonator

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Maybeboard

Instant (7)

• 2x Dissipate
• 2x Setessan Tactics
• 3x Sultai Charm

Sorcery (6)

• 4x Despise
• 2x Sign in Blood

Enchantment (3)

• 3x Military Intelligence

Artifact (2)

• 1x Bident of Thassa
• 1x Bow of Nylea

Planeswalker (2)

• 2x Nissa, Worldwaker

Creature (10)

• 3x Hornet Nest
• 2x Nylea, God of the Hunt
• 1x Prognostic Sphinx
• 2x Sagu Mauler
• 2x Terra Stomper

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Welcome to my latest build for Standard play now that Khan's has been released. The deck is a ramp BUG build that grows to big threats and features Prophet of Kruphix to allow you to continue to apply pressure, forces your opponent to answer them as they come along, and still leave up mana to respond to their answers. I would generally characterize it as a midrange/control type of shell, since it seeks to push into the mid/late game and grind out wins through card advantage.

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This build is still in the prototype phase so, suggestions would be appreciated. Not sure about whether the mana base is solid or slightly off. I feel like I'm a bit short on green for the early game.

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Ramp
Elvish Mystic, Sylvan Caryatid, Kiora's Follower, and while not exactly ramp Courser of Kruphix plays well here

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Early to midgame threats
Polukranos, World Eater, Ashiok, Nightmare Weaver, Reaper of the Wilds, Rakshasa Deathdealer

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Bombs
Hornet Queen, Scuttling Doom Engine, Garruk, Apex Predator

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Card advantage
Dig Through Time, Genesis Hydra <-- get this baby up there and look out!

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and of course a variety of tricks and cards to give the deck flexibility to respond to threats.

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Sideboard is still early in development as well.

Thanks for looking!

Date added	9 years
Last updated	9 years
Legality	This deck is not Standard legal.
Rarity (main - side)	6 - 3 Mythic Rares 39 - 5 Rares 7 - 6 Uncommons 3 - 1 Commons
Cards	60
Avg. CMC	3.31
Tokens	Beast 3/3 B, Emblem Garruk, Apex Predator, Emblem Kiora, the Crashing Wave, Insect 1/1 G w/ Flying, Deathtouch, Kraken 9/9 U
Based on	Hark the Herald v2.0 Apoptosis STD