Monsters of the Great Hunt
Standard
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Jan. 20, 2015
Trying out some new cards I got at the Fate Reforged prerelease/plan on getting. Pulled two Boon Satyr for two Yasova Dragonclaw. The Satyr was useful, but I found I was rarely using him for bestow, and Yasova has the same body/CMC on her, plus trample and a nifty activated ability. I'm less sold on Shaman of the Great Hunt but he seems like he has potential and I want to try it out. After playing with some manifest, I was impressed with the pressure it can put on your opponent, and Whisperwood Elemental's added defense against boardwipes is even better. Plus I cleaned up the sideboard a bit.
I'm still not sold on the debate of Sylvan Caryatid versus Rattleclaw Mystic, or if Elvish Mystic is worth playing at all. Right now I'm just playing the Sylvan but I'm open to discussion.
Looks good I play a very similar deck and love it. Key to this deck is to never start a game without a Savage Knuckleblade in your hand. Two is even better and I've done it way more than I thought I would. Keep those Anger of the Gods handy in your sideboard. Temur is unfortunately slow and that is a great way to clear the way for your heavy hitters.
I have been thinking about dropping Ashcloud Phoenix. It is a nice card but has not come in as handy as I thought it would. That morph cost is too much when I am usually putting Polukranos, World Eater or Stormbreath Dragon out at that time.
I put in some Heir of the Wilds and I have been very happy with them. 2 CMC to cast almost always 3/3 on the attack with the rest of your creatures being 4/4+. The deathtouch is always great too.
Elvish Mystic has not been as handy as I want it to be either. Because hopefully I'm putting out a Frontier Bivouac on T1. Which helps get out Savage Knuckleblade on T3.
My best games with my deck are T1 Frontier Bivouac T2 Heir of the Wilds T3 Savage Knuckleblade and then just keeping dropping heavies until they can't handle it anymore. If things go well they will run out of counters before you run out of creatures.
Playing Courser of Kruphix and Sylvan Caryatid early has just slowed me down to much with this deck. If you are needing them you are already dead.
January 17, 2015 11:20 p.m.
Glad you like it! I've been playing around with this some more and a lot of the changes you've suggested are ones I was planning on making anyways. Elvish Mystic is definitely gonna go, and same for Courser of Kruphix. I might keep a couple copies in the sideboard, though, a 2/4 body and lifegain could do some good against some of the more aggro-y decks. I keep going back and forth on Sylvan Caryatid, personally. 0/3 hexproof can do some good early game for blocking, and it helps a lot with mana fixing, but a playset of Heir of the Wilds is much more aggressive. I see what you mean about Ashcloud Phoenix too. I'll probably switch out one for another Stormbreath Dragon, it can still be useful with all the removal in standard right now. Decisions decisions.
Thanks for the comment!
haysmafia1 says... #1
Nice!!
January 7, 2015 2:10 p.m.