Crazy Cat Menagerie [Primer, Rotated]

Standard Budget Energy GW (Selesnya) Post Rotation Theme/Gimmick Tribal

sagramore

Cats (24)

• 3x Adorned Pouncer
• 3x Feral Prowler
• 4x Metallic Mimic
• 4x Pride Sovereign
• 3x Prowling Serpopard
• 4x Regal Caracal
• 3x Sacred Cat

Buff the Cats (6)

• 2x Enter the Unknown
• 2x Prepare / Fight
• 2x Song of Freyalise

Space for Cats (22)

• 9x Forest
• 9x Plains
• 4x Sunpetal Grove

Defend the Cats (6)

• 2x Gideon's Intervention
• 2x Ixalan's Binding
• 2x Verdant Rebirth

Crazy Cat Lady (2)

• 2x Huatli, Radiant Champion

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Sideboard

Other (15)

• 2x Cast Out
• 3x Heroic Intervention
• 3x Naturalize
• 3x Nature's Way
• 2x Saving Grace
• 2x Silent Gravestone

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Maybeboard

Other (7)

• 1x Field of Ruin
• 1x Fumigate
• 1x Mirage Mirror
• 1x New Horizons
• 1x Path of Discovery
• 1x Settle the Wreckage
• 1x Vanquisher's Banner

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The Crazy Cat Menagerie!

Sadly now rotated :(

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Please UPVOTE if you like cats!!

Thank you to all the friendly users viewing, upvoting, and commenting your ideas! This deck made it to #3 on tappedout and is regularly sitting in the top 5 of the Standard hub :) MEOW!

An additional shoutout to the following users who have actively participated in the conversation that has improved this deck no end: djnewellmit, majin_shinsa, BubbleMatrix2357, puetypoo, Atroxreaper, tru13, quarteroy, Entomo, Pickacantaloupe, br_dude, and AstroZombie29. Thank you all!

ALSO NOW IN! Check out, like, comment, upvote, enjoy my brand new Selesnya cat tribal EDH deck with heavy equipment flavour:

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Arahbo's Kitted-Out Kitties [Primer]

Commander / EDH* sagramore

SCORE: 53 | 60 COMMENTS | 7668 VIEWS | IN 33 FOLDERS

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PLEASE NOTE: This is (as all good decks should be) an ever evolving work in progress thanks to the great comments from other tappedout users. Please check any "EDIT" remarks at the bottom of this description if the main description no longer makes sense as I might have moved some of the cards out.

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HOW DOES IT WORK? You ask....

This is a simple cat tribal deck and is my first standard deck. I took some inspiration from a couple of other cat decks on here and built in both green & white cats. It underwent a relatively major tweak as of 7th June 2017 and a rename on 10th June 2017 and has been tweaked with the release of HOU and XLN.

Cats!

The meat of the deck, this is what it's all about.....

• Sacred Cat - 1-drop 1/1 with lifelink and when it dies you can cast it again? If that happens with Anointed Procession on the board you get TWO? Talk about value.
• Metallic Mimic - These are pretty much cats, sort of? They're good to get out early and will make your tokens come on with +1/+1 counters, which is ace.
• Adorned Pouncer - A 2-drop 1/1, looks pretty weak. However give it double strike and then Eternalize? Awesome.
• Feral Prowler - A useful 2-drop, good at blocking, can attack if really needed, but best of all it draws you a card when it dies!
• Pride Sovereign - This new feline friend from HOU is perfect here. Not only does it get +1/+1 for all the other cats on the board but if you have the time then he will pop out 2 new kitties (or 4 with Anointed Procession ).
• Prowling Serpopard - 3-drop 4/3 that counters all those nasty blue control decks? No-brainer.
• Regal Caracal - This sexy beast will win you the game. 3/3, two 1/1 cat tokens (4 if you have Anointed Procession out) and every cat has lifelink? MADNESS!

Defend The Cats

All good cat herders need a way to look after their purr-boxes.

• Ixalan's Binding - A bit more expensive than Fragmentize but it has a lot more use. Plus it stops them casting any other copies of whatever it has exiled!
• Gideon's Intervention - This is a nice little card to help you deal with whatever the other guy is throwing at you!
• Verdant Rebirth - Not only draws you a card but also lets you bring a precious kitty back to hand if necessary.

Buff The Cats

Sometimes your cats need a little more.... oomph.

• Prepare / Fight - Not only can this untap your exerted Pride Sovereign but it will buff it and give it lifelink until the EOT. Fight is there if you really need it to finish off something big that won't block.
• Enter the Unknown - This either buffs a cat or lets you ramp a land. Then you get to play an extra land.
• Song of Freyalise - This makes all your kitties into mana generators for two turns, allowing you to fill the board, before swinging in for a big hit with lots of buffed vigilance kitties!

Crazy Cat Lady

• Huatli, Radiant Champion - Not only can she get to her ultimate VERY quickly with all the cats you have on board, leading to monster card draw, but she can also make one of those cats massive.

So that's it really. Cast cats, buff cats, cast more cats, get cat tokens, swing with massive cats, WIN!

Gratefully accepting any other suggestions as I am pretty new to this! I am interested to hear about any other obvious things I might've missed.

The Maybeboard holds a few cards that are still under consideration but often are deemed too slow to be useful in this fast, aggro heavy deck. I also think the sideboard needs some work so leave a comment and let me know what you think. Right now I'm seriously considering including some Settle the Wreckage and Field of Ruin in the sideboard to deal with nasty flip/non-basic lands or heavily aggro creature decks. Vanquisher's Banner also seems great but is it too slow?

Thanks for looking!

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I've decided to archive most of the early changes to the deck and so here I only list the edits that have been made since XLN was released.

EDIT 1

Two small changes from the recent Ixalan release: I have swapped out Tranquil Expanse for Sunpetal Grove - A much better mana fixing land! I have also swapped out Prepare / Fight for Rallying Roar - I can't see a lot of use for the (somewhat expensive) aftermath part of the old card and this new card untaps and buffs EVERYTHING!

EDIT 2

Cast Out in the mainboard has been swapped for Ixalan's Binding . Initiate's Companion swapped out for Ajani Unyielding .

EDIT 3

This is quite a large overhaul of the deck after RIX release. It primarily looks to address issues with card draw that the deck had earlier.

REMOVED:

• 2x Ajani Unyielding - Never managed to cast him, he's a bit expensive, and he's been replaced by Huatli.
• 3x Longtusk Cub - Lots of comments about him not fitting this deck, so it's time for him to go.
• 1x Sacred Cat - Needed more room for support cards.
• 1x Pride Sovereign - Needed more room for support cards.
• 1x Prowling Serpopard - Needed more room for support cards.
• 3x Rallying Roar - Never managed the synergy with the untap after exerting a Pride Sovereign so more card draw instead.

MOVED TO SIDE:

• 2x Heroic Intervention

ADDED TO MAIN (See main description for reasons they're included):

• 2x Huatli, Radiant Champion
• 3x Feral Prowler
• 3x Shapers' Sanctuary
• 2x Verdant Rebirth
• 3x Radiant Destiny

ADDED TO SIDE:

• 2x Silent Gravestone - Swapped in place of the Watchers of the Dead
• 2x Naturalize - Replacing the Anointed Procession s

EDIT 4

A small modification to throw in a couple of 1-ofs and tweak the numbers.

REMOVED:

• 1x Radiant Destiny
• 1x Shapers' Sanctuary
• 1x Plains

ADDED:

• 1x Adorned Pouncer
• 1x Appeal / Authority
• 1x Prepare / Fight

EDIT 5

A small modification after the release of Dominaria. Trying to increase the card draw too.

REMOVED:

• 2x Radiant Destiny
• 2x Shapers' Sanctuary
• 1x Plains
• 1x Appeal / Authority

ADDED:

• 1x Pride Sovereign
• 2x Enter the Unknown
• 2x Song of Freyalise
• 1x Prepare / Fight

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Top Ranked	Achieved #3 position overall 7 years ago
Date added	7 years
Last updated	5 years
Exclude colors	UBR
Legality	This deck is not Standard legal.
Rarity (main - side)	2 - 0 Mythic Rares 26 - 5 Rares 8 - 7 Uncommons 6 - 3 Commons
Cards	60
Avg. CMC	2.89
Tokens	Adorned Pouncer 4/4 B, Cat 1/1 W w/ Lifelink, Emblem Huatli, Radiant Champion, Sacred Cat 1/1 W
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