I can see the merits of it. I don't think I'd play it personally. But that's just preference.

You just have to play Solidarity of Heroes. It's not likely to be the first heroic spell on a creature, so it's pump will be more than a 4 pump. Also the pump it gives ensures that the pump will stay around. The strive is less likely to be relevant, but if it is, it will be a blowout.

Solidarity of Heroes has bounced in and out of the build due to varying degrees of effectiveness. I think I do agree that it's more useful than Thrive. I'll consider adding it back in. Thanks for the input!

Non-creature spells are quite tight already. We have a solid number of fights and of buffs, and a lot of good creatures to put them on. Now it's time for a lot of testing, punching opponents' creatures and getting fun stories with the deck. And share them here, of course! Right, Sagarys?

Solidarity of Heroes is a great card. The best deck for it might be Bogles or some unusual Green Aggro based on Bassara Tower Archer. It would follow Thrive perfectly.

Setessan Tactics works wonders as a one-of against clogged battlefields: we have five creatures, they have five creatures staring at each other. Sooo... it's blowout time!

Hello, after reading this deck, I built it and play tested it with major success. So here is a couple of tweaks I will attempt. I am going to replace Tuskguard Captain with Predator Ooze also I will be taking out one forest for a Bow of Nylea. Thoughts?

Bow of Nylea takes the deck in a slightly different direction, but it totally works. Deathtouch synergizes well with trample. And the other activated abilities all have their uses. Let me know how that pans out.

For me personally, I think Predator Ooze is just a lot too slow for how aggro this deck wants to be. It's certainly an excellent card, but while the Captain isn't the fastest growing card in the deck, he does provide an instant benefit with trample, he synergizes with the Bramblewood Paragon, and in board stall situations or a dry spell on pump/fight draws, he beefs up quickly and works well in conjunction with the Tracker. I'd keep the Captain, but by all means, please try out the ooze and let me know how it goes!

And like MarioLL said, it's time to get out there and collect fight stories. So if you do something awesome, post it here and I'll add it to the main post!

I was watching Standard finals of SCGNY, so my thoughts come after Sagarys' - they are quite similar.

Tuskguard Captain often comes into play as 3/4, thanks to a boost from Bramblewood Paragon. Next turn he can deal with pretty much anything through fight, because it works even when she is tapped by outlast.

Ooze is interesting, though it looks slow. It needs four clear attacks to get to 5/5. Or two attacks with successfully killing blockers. Or just four killed creatures, by a fight spell, for instance. It doesn't read that damage must be dealt in combat :) So on turn 4, we can play two fight spells, score one counter from attack, and score another one if the attack killed a blocker. The point is: does an opponent block the Ooze? I don't think so. Also, to make it 5/5 we have used probably three spells, because 1/1 Ooze doesn't kill too many creatures. It leaves us with almost empty hand. Rancor works fine with it, because it gives extra power and trample, practically sealing the fate of a blocker. That's a good scenario. With a bad scanario... well, four attacks are a lot. It's definitely an idea to test, in a build without Centaur Battlemaster and probably Staunch-Hearted Warrior, with more Rancors and other cheap buffs that give trample.

Bow of Nylea eats our turn 3 and half of a turn 4 to put one counter on a creature. It requires a 2 mana creature to operate, because we can't play any creature turn 3 nor turn 4. It doesn't trigger heroic on Hero of Leina Tower, nor on Setessan Oathsworn. The card is okay in Midrange decks, but in Aggro slows everything down.

Hey, nice budget deck and I like your enthusiasm for it. That's what Magic is all about! +1

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Thanks Mongol. It's the kind of deck that's still fun to play even when you lose. Unless it's to control. But screw those guys. They ruin everyone's fun.

So, I had some success testing out Solidarity of Heroes today. I still had Giant Growth in the build at the time as well. So on turn 3, Setessan Oathsworn came down with a +1/+1 from Bramblewood Paragon . On turn 4 I attacked. My opponent had 1 creature out and didn't want to lose it blocking, so they let the apparent 2/2 through. So I hit the Oathsworn with Giant Growth, bringing him up to 7/7. Then I dropped Solidarity of Heroes, triggering his heroic, bringing him up to 9/9, 5 of which is counters... which then doubled. On turn 4, I hit him for 14... with one base 1/1 creature. And that felt really good! So, MarioLL, I'm not sure if Solidarity of Heroes can be totally counted out yet.