Biovisionary FTW

Standard* Combo GWU (Bant) Ramp

robertkarl

Creature (20)

• 4x Augur of Bolas
• 4x Biovisionary
• 4x Elvish Visionary
• 4x Snapcaster Mage
• 4x Thragtusk

Land (24)

• 4x Breeding Pool
• 6x Forest
• 4x Glacial Fortress
• 4x Hallowed Fountain
• 2x Island
• 4x Temple Garden

Instant (12)

• 4x Cackling Counterpart
• 4x Rootborn Defenses
• 4x Simic Charm

Sorcery (4)

• 4x Farseek

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Sideboard

Creature (8)

• 2x Clone
• 1x Council of the Absolute
• 3x Lavinia of the Tenth
• 2x Loxodon Smiter

Enchantment (4)

• 1x Detention Sphere
• 2x Growing Ranks
• 1x Parallel Lives

Instant (5)

• 2x Mystic Genesis
• 3x Sundering Growth

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Maybeboard

Creature (2)

• 2x Thragtusk

Enchantment (2)

• 1x Back from the Brink
• 1x Seance

Instant (8)

• 4x Cackling Counterpart
• 4x Think Twice

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Biovisionary + Advent + Progenitor Mimic ramp deck. I don't have full sets of shocklands yet, so the manabase is suboptimal.

How I wanted it to work

1. Ramp using Avacyn's Pilgrim and Arbor Elf.
2. Stay alive by sending their guys back with charms.

3. Go to town.

   • Turn 1 Avacyn's Pilgrim
   • Turn 2 Arbor Elf + Avacyn's Pilgrim
   • Turn 3 Biovisionary leaving two mana for a charm
   • Turn 4 Progenitor Mimic
   • Turn 5 win with Rootborn Defenses.

There's a better option, however, when I buy the cards:

• Turn 1 Arbor Elf
• Turn 2 Avacyn's Pilgrim + Arbor Elf
• Turn 3 Biovisionary
• Turn 4 win with Infinite Reflections.

How it actually went down

I found it much more practical to play Advent of the Wurm and hope my opponent drew nothing useful. I went 2-2, thankfully not misplaying round one (with a bye) and winning a match when my opponent mulled 4 or 5 times during the match.

Inspired by Bant's Biovisionary.

Other, potentially more reasonable decks: Bant Hexproof or Bant Delver

Date added	11 years
Last updated	11 years
Legality	This deck is not Standard legal.
Rarity (main - side)	4 - 1 Mythic Rares 28 - 11 Rares 12 - 2 Uncommons 8 - 3 Commons
Cards	60
Avg. CMC	2.67
Tokens	Beast 3/3 G, Copy Clone, Ooze X/X G