Golgari Ramp Counters

Modern BG (Golgari)

MilkmanMatty

Creature (32)

• 2x Evolution Sage
• 4x Ivy Elemental
• 1x Kalonian Hydra
• 4x Leyline Prowler
• 4x Llanowar Elves
• 1x Oathsworn Knight
• 3x Pelt Collector
• 4x Pollenbright Druid
• 3x Renata, Called to the Hunt
• 1x Rosheen Meanderer
• 1x Stonecoil Serpent
• 1x Voracious Hydra
• 2x Wildborn Preserver
• 1x Yorvo, Lord of Garenbrig

Land (19)

• 7x Forest
• 4x Golgari Rot Farm
• 4x Llanowar Reborn
• 4x Swamp

Enchantment (1)

• 1x Hydra's Growth

Planeswalker (1)

• 1x Vraska, Regal Gorgon

Sorcery (5)

• 4x Courage in Crisis
• 1x Planewide Celebration

Instant (1)

• 1x Solidarity of Heroes

Artifact (1)

• 1x The Great Henge

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Creature (5)

• 1x Arboreal Grazer
• 1x Carnage Tyrant
• 1x Crowned Ceratok
• 1x Nylea, God of the Hunt
• 1x Warden of the First Tree

Enchantment (1)

• 1x Rancor

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My take on Golgari Counters

Changes from original:

The original deck seemed to try and do a lot of things all at once. I've had some good success removing some of the themes from the deck and streamlining the remaining processes. I removed the Golgari graveyard creatures Molderhulk and Rhizome Lurcher because the CMC of the other creatures is so high that you can't cast a lot of creatures AND have them die to get use of their abilities. There is also no self mill to help that interaction along.

I also removed 1 copy of Renata, Called to the Hunt and 1 copy of Vengeful Warchief. Being a legendary if you end up with 2 Renata, Called to the Hunt in hand that's a dead card. And Vengeful Warchief is good, but for 5 mana Soul's Might is a better play in almost every scenario.

Which brings me to Soul's Might, switch it out for Solidarity of Heroes. Solidarity of Heroes is instant, costs 3 CMC less and if you have the mana you can target multiple creatures. This isn't a direct replacement though, if Soul's Might is used a Rosheen Meanderer it will turn Rosheen into an 8/8, while Solidarity of Heroes could do nothing. However, for 3 CMC less you get the same effect on Ivy Elemental, Stonecoil Serpent and Voracious Hydra, while also greatly benefiting Yorvo, Lord of Garenbrig and Wildborn Preserver (or really any creature with a +1/+1 on it).

With the extra 4 card slots I added in 4 Llanowar Elves for that sweet 1 drop mana ramp. Due to the use of Golgari Rot Farm you could use Arboreal Grazer here instead, which would also trigger Evolution Sage's abilities. If going down this route you will need to get the extra 2 Evolution Sage's to make the interaction more likely.

Then because I'd reduced the gold creatures down to 6 total, I switched out the Guildmages' Forum for Llanowar Reborn.

I also removed Spiritmonger because it wasn't modern legal. And instead put in Kalonian Hydra which just makes this deck explode. For a cheaper options you could put in Carnage Tyrant, Nylea, God of the Hunt or Crowned Ceratok.

Lastly I switched Ironshell Beetle out for 3x Pelt Collector. Ironshell Beetle is just a worse Pollenbright Druid and Pelt Collector is a 1 drop that gets trample (and you can just pump it to make it get trample the same turn it comes out). This also brings the deck total down to 60.

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The deck overall might benefit from trample affects like Rancor just to make sure that those roided up +1/+1 creatures will always get some damage straight to the dome even if they are blocked by 1/1 chump blockers.

Date added	3 years
Last updated	3 years
Exclude colors	R
Splash colors	B
Legality	This deck is Modern legal.
Rarity (main - side)	3 - 0 Mythic Rares 10 - 0 Rares 20 - 0 Uncommons 16 - 0 Commons
Cards	60
Avg. CMC	2.68
Tokens	Citizen 2/2 WUBRG
Folders	Retired / Unmade
Based on	Golgari Counters Shauneeboi CAS