Monogreen Stompy Standard - Budget (Standard MTG Deck)

Monogreen Stompy Standard - Budget

Standard Budget Devotion Mono-Green

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Creature (20)

Land (18)

Enchantment (3)

3x Hardened Scales

Artifact (2)

2x Bow of Nylea

Instant (17)

Sideboard

Instant (11)

Synergies:

Inspiring Call + Nykthos, Shrine to Nyx : Draw a crapton, play a crapton.
Hardened Scales + Reverent Hunter : Normally hunter would place 2 counters due to devotion. Instead, puts 3 counters on. Scales is worth an Avatar, or two 1-drops in the deck as far as Hunter is concerned.
Avatar of the Resolute + Reverent Hunter + Servant of the Scale : Play in order of CMC to maximize the number of counters.
Bow of Nylea + Tuskguard Captain : Maximize damage to your opponent, by dealing only 1 damage to any blocking creatures.
Hardened Scales + Solidarity of Heroes : Servant enters as a 2/2. Solidarity adds 2 +1/+1's, Scales adds 1 +1/+1 for a 5/5, who, if dies, puts 5 counters on another creature which becomes 6 counters.

Justifications:

0 cmc

Nykthos, Shrine to Nyx because of devotion, same as Hunter.

1 cmc

Hardened Scales: This deck uses +1/+1 counters as its source of power. Early game, it boosts the power of most creatures that enter. Mid game, Reverent Hunter gets 2 counters for the price of 1. Late game, Bow of Nylea can cost 2 mana to place 2 or more counters, plus the rest of its utility which will be explained.
Servant of the Scale : A 1-drop with a modular-esque ability? That you can double its P/T for 2 mana with Solidarity of Heroes, boosts Reverent Hunter and Avatar of the Resolute , and is boosted by Hardened Scales? 4 please.
Elvish Mystic: You can't tell me ramp and adding devotion is a bad thing. Plus, its another body to put counters on via Servant of the Scale or Bow of Nylea.
Ranger's Guile: Was originally Display of Dominance , since my meta was blue/black heavy, but given the shift to new strategies with DTK, hexproof and +1/+1 is better in most circumstances

2 cmc

Solidarity of Heroes: All creatures can get counters. This enables surprise lethal damage, or saves a creature from being lethal damage, or just generally causes mayhem. I know I wouldn't want to be on the other end of permanently doubled creatures.
Avatar of the Resolute : 2 devotion, on a 3/2 body, with trample and reach, and gets boosted by almost every creature I play? Enables ferocious with just a single other creature? 4 plz.
Winds of Qal Sisma : Fog? check. One-sided Fog? double check. Gimme dis.
Den Protector: Sometimes you whiff with Collected Company and need a redo. Plus it grants its own counter. Not bad at all.

3cmc

Inspiring Call: Again, each creature has a counter. Why not make them indestructible, and draw a ton of cards? Has saved me a ton both offensive and defensively.
Tuskguard Captain: Yet another creature that grants its own counters, plus it provides a win condition. You can also randomly win by Collected Companying it for the win.
Bow of Nylea: Provides SO much utility. Recursion, Life, anti-Flying, and of course more counters. Plus 2 more devotion. Plus, it grants deathtouch to creatures that will already have trample, maximizing damage.
Reverent Hunter : Most valuable creature of this deck. Grants itself at least 1 counter no matter what, scales with the rest of the game, and Collected Company can retrieve it easily.

4 cmc

Collected Company: Notice how all the creatures above are 3cmc or less? Yes. That was on purpose. If I whiff, I'm 6 turns closer to my next creature. If not, I get to flash in up to two creatures.

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First FNM — April 24, 2015

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So I tested this in an LGS that I was somewhat familiar with the meta. Turns out two weeks changes a lot more than you'd think. Display of Dominance only helped against a Sorin, Solemn Visitor but was otherwise a dead draw. There was only one other black permanent I saw, and it was Siege Rhino which DoD can't get. there was a blue/black deck, but I never faced him.

So, cards that overperformed: Elvish Mystic. 1 mana, 1 devotion, not defender, is a dork, can take Servant's counters in a pinch. Servant of the Scale. 1 mana, 1 devotion, reliable aggro and defense if you have a single creature out. Scales with the rest of the game. Inspiring Call. Almost all creatures have counters on them, so basically it becomes "Creatures you control gain indestructible until end of turn, and draw a card for each of them." Seriously powerful, and not to be underestimated in the right deck. Tuskguard Captain. I've hardcasted and Companied him out. he's more of a win condition than win more, but 2 or 3 is exactly what I need.

Underperformers: Collected Company, surprisingly. I have too few creatures to make it worthwhile. I may have to sub in Satyr Grovedancer or some other decent 3cmc or less green drop, maybe Hero of Leina Tower.

Stands Up Against $300+ Decks — April 23, 2015

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Date added	9 years
Last updated	9 years
Key combos	Hardened Scales + Solidarity of Heroes Inspiring Call + Nykthos, Shrine to Nyx Hardened Scales + Reverent Hunter Avatar of the Resolute + Reverent Hunter + Servant of the Scale Bow of Nylea + Tuskguard Captain
Legality	This deck is not Standard legal.
Rarity (main - side)	21 - 0 Rares 10 - 3 Uncommons 13 - 8 Commons
Cards	60
Avg. CMC	2.14
Tokens	Morph 2/2 C
Folders	Standard, Other peoples decks that i can work on
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