Neobrand-Ghalta

Modern Combo Creature Cheat Dinosaurs GU (Simic)

Andramalech

Creature (21)

• 4x Allosaurus Rider
• 1x Autochthon Wurm
• 4x Chancellor of the Tangle
• 1x Ghalta and Mavren
• 4x Ghalta, Stampede Tyrant
• 1x Gishath, Sun's Avatar
• 4x Griselbrand
• 1x Ulamog, the Ceaseless Hunger
• 1x Verdant Sun's Avatar

Land (20)

• 4x Barkchannel Pathway  ^Flip
• 1x Boseiju, Who Endures
• 4x Breeding Pool
• 1x Forest
• 4x Hinterland Harbor
• 1x Island
• 4x Misty Rainforest
• 1x Otawara, Soaring City

Instant (12)

• 3x Force of Negation
• 4x Nourishing Shoal
• 3x Stubborn Denial
• 2x Tamiyo's Safekeeping

Sorcery (7)

• 3x Eldritch Evolution
• 4x Neoform

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Sideboard

Instant (11)

• 2x Apostle's Blessing
• 2x Dismember
• 2x Force of Vigor
• 3x Noxious Revival
• 2x Surgical Extraction

Creature (4)

• 1x Endurance
• 1x Laboratory Maniac
• 1x Melira, Sylvok Outcast
• 1x Subtlety

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This shell is based on the Neoform Combo, which is widely known as a creature cheat deck.

My intention is to use it to cast Ghalta, Stampede Tyrant.

(Bonus points if I can keep with the Dinosaur theme)

Concept

Neoform Combo

The intention is to follow events like so:

• Begin your game by revealing Chancellor of the Tangle from your hand, and playing a land that will net you {U} mana.

• Exile the Chancellor and one other Green card in order to cast Allosaurus Rider for free.

• Use the subsequently generated mana to cast Neoform targeting the Rider in order to fetch Griselbrand.

• Use Nourishing Shoal to exile stuff and net life back in order to rinse repeat the ability Griselbrand affords you.

Variants

Dependent on how one chooses to play, I've seen a variety of card choices, some now outdated.

• For example, Simian Spirit Guide at one point was a cast member. I believe this is because you would use the mana alongside the Chancellor in order to generate {R}{G}, and then cast Manamorphose into the Neoform chain.

• Most of the build variance comes from personal choices for your deck count, I.e.; counterspells, creature preference, etc.

• A lot of the One-Of inclusions I see for a list like this have things that counteract against other concepts; things like Endurance to prevent being milled out at instant speed, and Laboratory Maniac for the "oops" where you accidentally draw over your library.

• I could imagine a spot for Birgi, God of Storytelling   if you were so inclined to stick with the Manamorphose angle, but that seems very Tier 2, even for this kind of a deck.

• I think this concept is best described as a Combo deck at best, and unfortunately a Glass Cannon at worst.

Theme

Ghalta best Dino

• This deck will be an ode to her Majesty, the ever beautiful Ghalta. Dinosaurs are wicked awesome cool and were gonna use them in our deck and we're gonna kick ass and look sick AND-

So yeah dinosaurs, man.

The Right Time

• The reason I haven't built a deck of this capacity yet is due to the fact that I didn't have a reason, or variant that I felt attached to. Truthfully, I had drafted something similar prior to this involving Thrasta, Tempest's Roar but the scale didn't align with what I wanted to accomplish.

• Now that Ghalta, Stampede Tyrant has been printed, I have plenty of reason to not only make that the focal point°° of our build, but to include other flavorful, impactful dinosaurs that create a nasty boardstate.

°°(because it's mana value is {8}, and that's Neoform's magic number in this shell).

Construction

In order to have this deck function as it should, we need the core pieces of the combo:

• Neoform which fetches the draw engine, Griselbrand.

• Allosaurus Rider an expensive body that we "cheat" into play, and provides fuel to the combo primer spell, Neoform.

• Chancellor of the Tangle is a turn zero effect that provides ramp for the combo primer, Neoform.

• Griselbrand functions as a draw engine.

Aside from the aforementioned staples of the deck, I'll be detailing other slots of the list to explain how I intend to pilot the build.

• Ghalta, Stampede Tyrant is my penultimate move, where I dump my hand onto the field. It's a Timmy's Dream.

• Ghalta and Mavren is an Explosive beast that can double up our value of strong attacking bodies, whether it needed to be big or wide.

• Gishath, Sun's Avatar is a deck filter that will hit further Ghalta, Stampede Tyrant triggers and inevitably every other Dino within the deck.

• Verdant Sun's Avatar is a life absorbing engine for our build and becomes a very valuable creature.. if the combo resolves.

• Force of Negation is a means to hold up protection and one of the core reasons the mana base if this build is Simic ({U}{G}) colored.

• Stubborn Denial is picked over Spell Pierce because once the boys hit the field you hold up a free counter for one {U} mana.

• Autochthon Wurm is a marvelous creature from long ago with absolutely no use to us but to provide fuel for two Grisel-draws off of a Nourishing Shoal.

• Ulamog, the Ceaseless Hunger is my mandatory Titan spot, so my favorite Titan fills the roster pick. This would also be a good spot for Xenagos, God of Revels.

• Nourishing Shoal is our draw facilitator because it provides us a chance to resolve more Grisel-draw triggers.

• Eldritch Evolution functions as another copy of Neoform, as combo redundancy makes for a more consistent build and protects against things like Surgical Extraction.

Top Ranked	Achieved #23 position in Modern 6 months ago Achieved #1 position in Modern Creature Cheat 6 months ago
Date added	7 months
Last updated	1 month
Exclude colors	WBR
Splash colors	UG
Legality	This deck is Modern legal.
Rarity (main - side)	10 - 4 Mythic Rares 39 - 3 Rares 7 - 6 Uncommons 2 - 2 Commons
Cards	60
Avg. CMC	5.15
Tokens	Dinosaur X/X G, Vampire 1/1 W
Folders	Fun Stuff