Selesnya Deck (First Deck)
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Posted on Nov. 19, 2017, 10:48 a.m. by Shadowdarkraity
Hello, let me start by saying that this is my first deck I am building. I went through all the Color and went with Green White due to I liked the slight Midrange, but still leaning on the aggressive side.My goal with this deck it to set up a lot of tokens to take down my opponent with while gaining lots of life in the process.That is the very general Idea. My sideboard I am having the most trouble with as idk what I'm doing with that. Any comments would be wonderful and tips would be greatly appreciated.
1x Adventuring Gear1x Ajani Goldmane1x Ajani's Chosen (M14)2x Ajani's Mantra1x Ajani's Pridemate (M11)1x Ajani, Mentor of Heroes1x Arctic Nishoba (CSP)1x Behemoth Sledge1x Call of the Conclave2x Emeria Angel (ZEN)1x Felidar Sovereign14x Forest1x Gather the Townsfolk2x Grazing Gladehart1x Grove of the Guardian1x Guardians' Pledge1x Increasing Savagery1x Jedit Ojanen of Efrava1x Kemba, Kha Regent1x Oath of Gideon16x Plains2x Precinct Captain2x Pride Sovereign1x Primal Bellow2x Regal Caracal1x Retreat to Emeria1x Selesnya Charm1x Staff of the Wild Magus1x Terra Stomper1x Blossoming Sands
Sidebord
1 End Hostilities1 Unravel the ther1 Nissa, Worldwaker2 Dawn Charm
https://manastack.com/deck/selesnya-deck-my-first-deckhttp://tappedout.net/mtg-decks/selesnya-deck-first-deck/0
Shadowdarkraity says... #3
Thank you very Much!I ended up getting rid of Ajani's Mantra and Staff of the Wild Magus and replacing it with 2 Nyx-Fleece Ram. I also have 3 Ajani's Pridemate and 3 Blossoming Sands. Felidar Sovereign was originally used with Ajani, Mentor of Heroes, but I ended up getting rid of both of them and added Elspeth Tirel For the removal and also the really good life gain.I added a single of Soul Warden and Soul's Attendant, also a single Blessed Alliance and Lone Rider Flip.
My new Sideboard (9)
2 Condemn2 Dawn Charm1 Eidolon of Rhetoric1 End Hostilities1 Nevermore1 Nissa, Worldwaker1 Unravel the Aether
I also followed xaerusblade and hopefully my mana curve is slightly better and maybe I could get more tips in that regard.
(I haven't changed the decklist in Tappedout so here is the stats)
https://manastack.com/deck/selesnya-deck-my-first-deck
November 19, 2017 3:25 p.m.
Shadowdarkraity says... #4
And what do you think of Reverse Damage? I like the card but idk if it would be the best thing to add. Especially since I already have 63 cards
November 19, 2017 3:29 p.m.
IzzetFanatic says... #5
@Shadowdarkraity: I have a gauntlet on Cockatrice that you could test your deck against. Also I'd suggest linking cards in the future as it helps the readers give you better advise... @Kjartan: Thank you for helping him out with that.That being said... Have you seen the Modern Deck Soul Sisters? Maybe go that rout more than the mid rangy aggro one you're going with. Super Soul Sisters Is a good example of this archetype.
November 19, 2017 4:18 p.m.
Shadowdarkraity says... #6
IzzetFanaticHey, I downloaded Cockatrice, so how do I test my deck? I imported it
November 19, 2017 4:33 p.m.
IzzetFanatic says... #7
@Shadowdarkraity: Connect to the server of woogerworks.com i beleive it is called. You can find games there. Ill be on soon to do some testing of my own. We can play then if you're on. My IGN is IzzetFanatic. Ummm yah look up hotkeys they speed up play a lot and when you want to end your turn click end and then will pass it to themselves when they are ready. Same goes for you. That's my only advise for now.
November 19, 2017 5:36 p.m.
Can you put your deck into the deckbuilder here on TappedOut? The link you posted for your deck on the other site doesn't seem to work.
From what I can see, it looks like you'd be interested in something like G/W Soulsisters, Little Kid/Maverick, or G/W Tokens. Some links:
Selesnya Taxes/Maverick (ALL THE HATECRAP!)
G/W CoCo (lots of combo elements)
W/B Tokens (this is an example that can be easily converted to G/W)
Little Kid (more of a midrange deck)
W/B Tokens on a budget (this one is more of a conventional Tokens deck)
Martyr Soul Sisters (focuses more on Martyr of Sands to gain life)
Mono-White Soul Sisters (relies more on enter the battlefield triggers)
This deck, however, is probably more what you're looking for:
It's not purely G/W, and that definitely increases the deck's budget. To trim it down to a more reasonable level and keep it strictly G/W, I'd do something like:
2x Flooded Strand
1x Forest
3x Gavony Township
3x Plains
2x Sunpetal Grove
4x Temple Garden
2x Windbrisk Heights
4x Windswept Heath
2x Wooded Foothills
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23 Lands
4x Avacyn's Pilgrim
4x Birds of Paradise
2x Brimaz, King of Oreskos
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10 Creatures
2x Condemn
1x Elspeth, Knight-Errant
1x Elspeth, Sun's Champion
2x Honor of the Pure
4x Intangible Virtue
1x Oblivion Ring
4x Path to Exile
4x Raise the Alarm
2x Secure the Wastes
4x Spectral Procession
1x Timely Reinforcements
1x Worship
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27 Other Spells
Sideboard:
2x Blessed Alliance
4x Burrenton Forge-Tender
1x Gideon, Ally of Zendikar
2x Pithing Needle
2x Rest in Peace
1x Selesnya Charm
2x Sundering Growth
1x Worship
This may still be a bit out of your budget or too heavy on the tokens and not as midrange or lifegain-y as you'd like. It should, however, be a good starting point to work from.
November 21, 2017 7:29 p.m.
Shadowdarkraity says... #10
http://tappedout.net/mtg-decks/selesnya-deck-first-deck/
Thank you for the suggestions. The updated Deck is here. I have decided to go to a more aggressive route with very little, token and using life gain for abilities and +1/+1
November 21, 2017 7:43 p.m.
Check out the Little Kid deck, then. You're already playing most of the cards in your deck, you just have to trim down to 60 cards and get rid of the lands that always come into play tapped.
So (from your current card pool) your deck would look like:
1x Flagstones of Trokair
6x Forest
9x Plains
2x Razorverge Thicket
2x Sunpetal Grove
3x Windswept Heath
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23 Lands
2x Ajani's Pridemate
1x Archangel of Thune
2x Fleecemane Lion
2x Loxodon Smiter
2x Narnam Renegade
3x Qasali Pridemage
2x Renegade Rallier
3x Soul Warden
3x Soul's Attendant
1x Voice of Resurgence
4x Watchwolf
4x Wilt-Leaf Liege
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29 Creatures
1x Ajani, Valiant Protector
1x Blessed Alliance
2x Condemn
4x Path to Exile
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8 Other Spells
The easiset way to improve this would be to add:
+4x Dryad Militant
+4x Experiment One
+2x Fleecemane Lion
+2x Loxodon Smiter
+1x Qasali Pridemage
+2x Razorverge Thicket
+2x Sunpetal Grove
+1x Windswept Heath
...and take out:
-2x Ajani's Pridemate
-1x Blessed Alliance
-2x Condemn
-2x Forest
-3x Plains
-2x Narnam Renegade
-3x Soul Warden
-3x Soul's Attendant
Your sideboard would be:
2x Beast Within
1x Blessed Alliance
3x Burrenton Forge-Tender
2x Condemn
2x Dawn Charm
2x Disenchant
1x Eidolon of Rhetoric
1x Nevermore
1x Nyx-Fleece Ram
November 22, 2017 6:22 p.m.
IzzetFanatic says... #12
@Shadowdarkraity: listen to the man sylvannos, he knows whats up.
Kjartan says... #2
Long ass advice incoming:
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(If you remove the spaces inbetween the brackets) > Island
1x Adventuring Gear 1x Ajani Goldmane 1x Ajani's Chosen 2x Ajani's Mantra, 1x Ajani's Pridemate 1x Ajani, Mentor of Heroes 1x Arctic Nishoba 1x Behemoth Sledge 1x Call of the Conclave 2x Emeria Angel 1x Felidar Sovereign 14x Forest 1x Gather the Townsfolk 2x Grazing Gladehart 1x Grove of the Guardian 1x Guardians' Pledge 1x Increasing Savagery 1x Jedit Ojanen of Efrava 1x Kemba, Kha Regent 1x Oath of Gideon 16x Plains 2x Precinct Captain 2x Pride Sovereign 1x Primal Bellow 2x Regal Caracal 1x Retreat to Emeria 1x Selesnya Charm 1x Staff of the Wild Magus 1x Terra Stomper1x Blossoming Sands
Just a hint if you come looking for help in the future :)
The first thing I would like to add is that you are playing way too much land. In a 60 card deck with a steap mana curve, you probably only want 24-25 lands. Now your deck is currently 64. That's not too bad, but if you could shave it down to 60 that'll be doing yourslef a sall favor. (Consistancy is just lovely.)
Secondly, I can spot a few cards that I either find too bad to play, imo, or doesn't really fit your strategy too well.
Ajani's Mantra and Staff of the Wild Magus fit's your strat reasonably well, but are both really bad overall cards, and they don't help you close out games.
Ajani's Chosen The card is perfectly reasoable as is right now, if not a little too clonky, but if you decide to take my advice on the Mantra's it's probably not playable afterwards.
Felidar Sovereign Awesome as it is, seems like a very unlikely wincondition for you. If you ever get to a point where it would win you the game, you are probably already winnning.
You have a couple more cards, that I'm a bit unhappy with, but are reasonable for the moment being.
Thirdly if you want to play a slower deck, you have to be able to interact.
If you can't answer the things your opponent does from time to time, you are going to lose to a lot of combo decks.
Fourthly: Here are some cards I hink you should look into, priced around the 1$ mark, or less. (If you want that lifegain theme to stick)
Qasali Pridemage Realy powerful card, that happens to be a cat, and can sometimes "interact" with opposing gameplans.
More Ajani's Pridemate - It's a great finisher, if you have some lifegain.
Nyx-Fleece Ram, not the best card in the world, but a good replacement for Ajani's Mantra.
Condemn - Cheap creature removal.
Lone Rider Flip - Only play this if you really into life gain.
Soul's Attendant / Soul Warden are wuite good with tokens, and Ajani's Pridemate
More Blossoming Sands, fixing mana gaining life.
Blessed Alliance - Everthing goo in this world.
Eidolon of Rhetoric - put this in your sideboard, you wont regret it.
You are more than welcome to ask me for advice if you need an experienced player for something :) and good luck.
November 19, 2017 11:59 a.m.