MTG Combo: Ajani's Pridemate + Ajani's Welcome

fettywapmtg on Rotation Ready White/Green Saproling

6 years ago

Cool deck TheGleefulMage! I've ran it against a few of my brews, and have found Tendershoot Dryad to be better than I thought, and believe you should be running the full playset.

Golden Demise kind of destroyed this deck, which I believe Radiant Destiny would be a great answer for.

Also, as far as getting the most out of your mana, you can definitely profit from a few more 3-mana spells. Conclave Tribunal I would definitely jam in here, and you may consider it a fit for that "3-mana slot spell". That being said, 1 Radiant Destiny in the mainboard would help a lot, as well as an extra 1, or even 2 in the sideboard.

Ajani's Pridemate + Ajani's Welcome gimmicks work fine here, but I personally think you're running 1 too many Ajani's Welcome (especially because of the two Fountain of Renewal in the mainboard).

Another issue is the mana curve is a bit lopsided. You're running 24 lands, a bunch of 2-mana spells, lackluster card-draw, and I have the perfect solution: Huatli, Radiant Champion. It's a bit of a "win more" card, admittedly, but it's about as synergetic here as it'll ever be. It can +3 pretty consistently as soon as it comes down here, +5 the following turn, it's ultimate is a solid win condition, it's -1 can also win games, and at the very least, it's a great diversion.

Another card that absolutely belongs here is Ajani, Adversary of Tyrants. In case you didn't know, you can totally have both different Ajani Planeswalker cards on the battlefield at the same time, so running 2 of each is probably a good call.

So in other words, I'm basically saying you should turn this into a saproling/superfriends deck haha. Karn, Scion of Urza is ALWAYS an option, but 3-4 of the other 2 should be plenty for the curve/your wallet to touch this deck up.

Props if you can jam all 5 in and make it work. I'll draw up that brew myself when more spoilers reach the database. I'll give you a shout out when the time comes haha