This deck is born from a simple idea that came into my mind once, while I was holding in hand a green creature card. That creature was
Golgari Decoy
. I thought: "Hey, all creatures have to block it! It would be nice if it can kill them all at once. But it's only a 2/2...". It was there that I came up with the combo:
Golgari Decoy
+
Beastmaster's Magemark
+ Bow of Nylea.
The aim of the deck is to destroy all of my opponent's creature with my little ones and go for the victory with the rest. I have different ways to keep my creatures alive or to retrieve them from the graveyard. The keywords of the deck are versatility and complementarity.
Here is the card list:
- Deathtouch creatures:
Sedge Scorpion
,
Wasteland Viper
,
Baleful Eidolon
. The first is a great first turn one-drop. The two others are excellent because, if needed, I can use them to give deathtouch to one of my "all must block it" creatures.
Reaper of the Wilds
is there because its big and angry and it's probably my finisher.
- "All must block it" creatures:
Golgari Decoy
of course but the real star here is
Shinen of Life's Roar
which shines of its own light thanks to its Channel ability.
- Other spells: Treasured Find has one of the sexiest art of MtG, this is the main reason why I have a play set of it in the deck. I'm in love! Jokes apart, it is really useful to retrieve from the graveyard either my dead creatures or other instants/enchantments I need. If someone is wondering why I have Reclaim in there instead of something which could return cards from graveyard into hand, well, the reason is that there are certain cards that I exactly want to put on the top of my library. I am talking in particular of
Revenge of the Hunted
which I want to cast only for its miracle cost.
Golgari Charm, Giant Growth and
Beastmaster's Magemark
are essentially there to ensure protection to my creatures while making them bigger. Bow of Nylea is a super multipurpose card, however I have only 2 copies primarily because it's a Legendary permanent and because almost every creature in the deck already has deathtouch. - Lands:This is a budget deck so, unfortunately, my options to fix the mana base are very limited. My choice is between
Golgari Guildgate
and
Tainted Wood
. If I become rich, I might take in consideration lands such as Woodland Cemetery, Overgrown Tomb or Twilight Mire.
Sideboard:
Though the deck has to be finished yet, my sideboard list includes
Tormod's Crypt against reanimator decks,
Dismember and
Tragic Slip against creatures with indestructibility,
Deadly Recluse or
Leafcrown Dryad
against flying. I understand that
Maelstrom Pulse would be more than great against tokens but it's also more than expensive for a sideboard card. I should find something cheaper.
Work in progress.
Maybeboard and Wishlist:
This list contains some of the cards I would like to add in order to improve my current strategy or find new ones. Every advice is welcome.
One Mechanism that seems promising to me is
fight which is, in this deck, a very cheap way to kill my opponent's creatures without attacking.
Prey Upon and
Pit Fight
could achieve this goal very well.
Time to Feed
, although is more expensive, gives me some life as a reward for losing a creature.
Since my strategy is all about kill with my
"Kamikaze" creatures, one card that I would like to add is
Blood Artist, however he is not properly cheap. Its
"big brother" Falkenrath Noble just seems too slow in coming into play to become useful. This is also why I still have in the sideboard
Lumberknot
, waiting for a real reason to put it in the mainboard.
Advices and +1s are appreciated. Thank you!
If someone can help me to find the proper Hubs, I will thank him forever.
