Wild Beastholt

Have you playtested this as it is?

Does 17 lands actually work consistently?

February 25, 2013 12:56 a.m.

17 lands works perfectly fine, as you can see the mana curve basically tops out at three (I rarely keep a hand with revenge of the hunted in it) so if I have an Arbor Elf and two land that is an instant keep. My whole deck is playable on that. I just won the Standard Gameday with this deck and I only had to mull to 6 twice in seven rounds.

February 25, 2013 1:46 a.m.

I love that your deck's estimated value is $37.

February 25, 2013 10:10 a.m.

Excellent work on this deck! Combat tricks are, for me at least, one of the most satisfying things in Magic - furthermore, this is the first time I've seen someone approach mono-green like this.

Have you considered adding some Slaughterhorn to replace one or two Giant Growth ? While it doesn't combo as well with Wild Defiance , I reckon that it is definitely handy having a spare creature if need be - or a combat trick that can't be countered.

February 25, 2013 11:52 a.m.

@Mallard Slaughterhorn is quite a good creature, but he doesn't synergise well with Wild Defiance. Also the creature has to be attacking, I can sometimes use my pump as a defensive mechanism if they have a big guy swinging through.

February 25, 2013 12:30 p.m.

What about dropping the Young Wolfs or Avacyn's Pilgrims for Experiment One?

February 25, 2013 2:12 p.m.

@hivem1nd Experiment 1 is a handy card, but it has to evolve twice to come back from a board wipe. I only have two creatures that can evolve him. Young wolf can die and be an even worse threat to be reckoned with.

February 25, 2013 3:11 p.m.

I like it man, I had fun just now playtesting it. Don't take the reddit haters too hard, they just jelly they didn't make it.

February 25, 2013 4:19 p.m.

Okay, I give: why Elder of Laurels? It seems really slow and clunky. Its ability doesn't synergize with Wild Defiance, and it costs 3 to play and 4 to use, which seems prohibitive with the super-low land count. I get that it still potentially pumps Wild Beastmaster, but it seems like something like Slaughterhorn would be a better fit.

February 25, 2013 6:28 p.m.

@ procproc The thing I like about Elder of Laurels is the fact that when he hits the field, he isn't intimidating and he is a stellar blocker against Boros quick drops. When it comes to late game people kill off my beastmasters if they can. So with Laurels I can swing in with the rest of my army and depending on who they block I can pump the ones that go unblocked and can possibly get massive damage through. It is also nice if I have giant growths in my hand but no wild defiance. I can not lose card advantage while still getting a pretty consistent pump.

February 26, 2013 3:58 p.m.

Why does this deck not use a sideboard?

February 27, 2013 5:54 p.m.

@Geozak: I don't know how to make a good sideboard, I would run one, but not sure what all to get.

March 1, 2013 6:55 p.m.

Thoughts on putting in a Miming Slime or two? Looks like you could create some pretty huge tokens after pumping for combat.

March 9, 2013 2:47 p.m.