Love Mana, Love fatties, enjoy.
Now, why i run each cards in the deck :
LANDS
Nykthos, Shrine to Nyx
: Obviously the best land in your deck. You only need this card and some devotion to enjoy the deck.
Windswept Heath : This is just a forest that allow me to reset the top of my library if i need.
Forest : Untap land for no cost, almost as good as Tropical Island! All you need is green mana, so basic forests are the best.
PERMANENTS
Elvish Mystic : You will be in love with him turn 1-2-3, then hate him when you draw it turn 12. BUT its still the best one drop you can have. Basically this card is just here for mana acceleration and devotion.
Voyaging Satyr : Same as other mana accelerators BUT you love it because you can untap ANY land (That means Nykthos), and generate crazy amounts of mana in one turn. Also, its important to note that you can use the mana produced by Nykthos to tap Nykthos again.
Sylvan Caryatid
: You still need some mana and want to be sure that it will stay on the board enough time to be useful? Play hexproof cards! Also its very useful against many aggro decks with small creatures. Even in late game the 3 toughness still can be useful against trample creatures to save some life points.
Courser of Kruphix : This creature has no bad points, it allows you to play lands from your library instead of your hand AND give you life for it, stop aggro decks, give two devotion for 3CMC and allows you to check the top card of your library if you need something or about to cast a Genesis Hydra. This is also why i run Windswept Heath, i can reset the top of my deck for free.
Bow of Nylea
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Nylea, God of the Hunt
: Here is the main reason I play this deck since Theros. I just LOVE the Trample/Deathtouch combo. See, what is the worst thing that can happen to you when you have a 30/30? Being chunk block by a fucking 1/1 token. Thats why you play Nylea, and because I dont want to deal with a 30/30 blocker, Deathtouch allows me to just deal 1 damage to kill then the rest just trample over. Also the bow is powerful by itself because it's very versatile : Life gain, +1/+1 counters and remove cards you dont want in your graveyard (protection from milling, useful before a Chord of Calling or if you dont want your opponent to play with for some reason). In combo with Nylea even a 2/4 becomes a threat for your opponent if you can pump it. Nylea is also good by herself, giving trample to everything is the main reason but its also an indestructible creature useful as a mana sink with her +2/+2 for 4CMC. Yes its expensive, but you can do it many times if you have the mana, and this deck has tons of mana.
Polukranos, World Eater : Polukranos is also a powerful creature by itself : 5/5 for 4CMC and gives 2 devotion. It use to come in turn 3 and then quickly become a big threat for your opponent. Because you can pump it and clean his board with enough mana. Also, because its a legendary creature you almost dont care if you loose him so you keep playing aggressive. You need him to die if you want to cast a new one and monstrosity for even more! Also it combos VERY well with
Bow of Nylea
: Attack phase, Polukranos gains Deathtouch, monstrosity for x deal 1 dmg to all creatures your opponent controls = clean the board and you might not loose your polukranos if you can monstrosity for enough.
[Arbor Colossus]] : Probably your best friend in a meta with so much flying shits. This buddy give 3 devotion to green, can block almost all flying creature and destroy them if you have enought mana.
Genesis Hydra : By far the funniest creature in the deck! Allows you to come back in the game for only 6 mana or become a crazy mana sink creature AND allow you to pick up what you need in your deck EVEN if the creature is countered! Basically you just need to cast it for at least a +4/+4 and you can bring Polukranos, Nylea, Nissa, Courser, other mana accelerations, even the Bow can become usefull if you already have everything you need. Its very helpful to build your devotion as it give 2 and the card you pick will give you more.
Hornet Queen
: Often forgotten and sometimes underestimated its a powerful card to stabilize your board. It gives you three devotion and four tokens to keep your life total high. Its also a good threat because its almost a 6/6 flying deathtouch (that mean you opponent doesn't want to block those little shits). Thats also why they are good targets to pump.
Nissa, Worldwaker
: She is your new girlfriend. She can come out for 1mana as you may utap 4 forests, give you creatures if you have too much lands and may win the game by herself if you get the ultimate (don't forget the trigger on Courser for each land!). She is also verry usefull against a control deck who use to clean boards as she fill it back verry quickly.
Xenagos, the Reveler : Just in try here but the +1 or 0 is pretty usefull for more and more mana of creatures.
SPELLS
Setessan Tactics : The best combat trick you have. Allow you to clean board or just remove creatures you dont want to deal with. Remember that you can sequence your fighting creature as you want and the activation can be a response to an other combat trick if they try to trick you. Also, because the bonus stay until EOT, it sometimes gives you more power to attack if you have too much mana to spend in the Strive.
Chord of Calling : I openned one at the beginning of M15 and thats why I play it and only one time. The day I opened it, this card allowed me to win three games so I still think it can be useful in many situations. Indeed, you can pick up any creatures you need exept the Genesis Hydra. I used to chord for Nylea, God of the Hunt or
Hornet Queen
but chording for any mana accelerator at the beginning of the game can still be a good plan.
SIDEBOARD
Reclamation Sage : Useful against all aura decks (Aqueous Form i hate you) and all enchantments like
Banishing Light
or Suspension Field even against Gods weapons or
Jeskai Ascendency
. One time I shutdown a combo deck with this: As he cast his
Retraction Helix
I Chord of Calling for my Reclamation Sage and destroyed his ascendency, tricky and very funny.
Nylea's Disciple
: I keep this card in my side since Theros and Im still happy to see it. Life gain, devotion and a creature to block for four mana. There is no bad affect.
Setessan Tactics : As in the main deck, useful against so many things but 3 in the main board can be too much.
Whisperwood Elemental
: This card is the absolute solution against controls deck. Before they clean the whole board you can sacrifice it then manifest as hell and even after the wipe you can cast it then manifest again each turn to fill the board.
Temur Sabertooth : Is actually in test here because i wanna see if this can help againts wipe decks.
Crater's Claw : Just a funny one to deal with borin creatures or even life total if you have enought mana. I win a game last FNM with a claw for 12!
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All comments are welcome!
