Wait, That Doesn't Help Me... (Casual MTG Deck)

I was thinking I just wanted to have a little fun. I know the deck has been done to death, but I wanted one, so I built one. It may not be the most original build, but I think it works really well. I went mono-green instead of splashing white or blue because I did not want to have to worry about waiting for a second type of mana. Most of the white cards that would be awesome in this deck are too expensive and blue usually just adds mill instead of card draw. I wanted to keep things pure and simple.

I'm reasonably sure all the cards in this deck speak for themselves. If it turns out that they don't then I'll type it all out plainly for you guys.

I went with Psychosis Crawler as an alt. wincon. If I can't make you draw your deck then he can either ping you to death or destroy you with the massive body he will surely have. I think he was a better choice than Garruk, Primal Hunter, mostly because he comes online more quickly. In all of my play tests, it seems like Psychosis Crawler kills the person off before they deck themselves. If they can't deal with him that is.

My goal is to have too much happening on the board for the opponent to shut me down completely. In theory this deck should also be a beast in multi-player, but I'm not sure about that without testing it.

Let me know if there is something I missed. I don't want to add another color and I want to keep the card costs down as much as possible, so please keep that in mind.

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First Trial Run — Aug. 14, 2014

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A few days ago I had the pleasure of finally trying this deck out against an actual opponent. He was playing standard Mono Blue Devotion, and I was not sure how well my deck would do because of how fast my opponent's was.

I mulliganed to four and he literally fielded 100 creatures, but even after the slow start I managed to come out ahead.

Even though he was using his own card draw, I don't think I would have lasted long enough to deck him. I was finally able to draw two Psychosis Crawler after what seemed like an eternity and was able to push the match in my favor. He scooped before I could hit him for lethal and didn't want to play a second match, but I learned something very important: Psychosis Crawler is my main win condition, not an alternate.

Overall, I'm very pleased with the way my deck performed, and I'm not sure there is anything I would change at the moment.

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(9 years ago)

Heartbeat of Spring

maybe

Date added	9 years
Last updated	9 years
Legality	This deck is Casual legal.
Rarity (main - side)	22 - 0 Rares 10 - 0 Uncommons 8 - 0 Commons
Cards	60
Avg. CMC	2.78
Folders	like
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