The idea for this deck was formed during Amonket standard, built around using
Nissa, Steward of Elements
. I never got the deck to function at a level I was happy with then, so I'm trying again now that I can play Courser as well. The idea is I want to build a value engine by playing cards straight from the top of my deck. I'm not sure if I would quite call it aggro with so much of it focused on "card draw," but I want to turn a lot of things sideways and end some games.
The Engine
4x
Nissa, Steward of Elements
3x
Vizier of the Menagerie
4x
Courser of Kruphix
Depending on the matchup, I can play Nissa as either a in two different ways: a 3 mana walker to use her +2 as a source of early filtering, or at 5 mana to land her right at 3 loyalty. Once she is at 3 loyalty, I want to spam +0 every turn until the end of time. The purpose of courser/vizier is to know if it's a safe time to +0 Nissa. Nissa also has the very small possibility of ulting right as she enters for 8 mana (having 2 dorks and 6 lands, isn't impossible to do by turn 5-7 if the game goes long)
The Dorks
4x
Elvish Mystic
4x
Llanowar Elves
As someone who has almost exclusively played mono green or simic throughout my magic career, the first thing I thought of when I heard about pioneer was these two.
The Gas
4x
Sphinx of Foresight
4x
Steel Leaf Champion
4x
Tireless Tracker
4x
Sylvan Advocate
This is where this deck has completely changed shapes multiple times. At one point I had a higher CMC, but I believe I want to stay as low as I can to get Nissa working the way I want.
My current focus is deciding which 2-4 CMC creatures I can run, mainly focusing on 3CMC, as that is an easy number to get Nissa to. I am mainly looking for recommendations to fill out the “gas” slots in my deck.
