The main themes of this deck are morph & budget (the latter not being very difficult due to morph cards being dirt cheap right now, with few exceptions). While aggressive, the deck is not Aggro; it's more of a midrange deck, with some tempo and ramp elements. The goal is to to keep opponents guessing and hesitant about taking on my creatures until they know what they are; alternatively, taking out a creature they suspect is a Sagu Mauler, only to find out it was an Icefeather Aven played as burn spell bait. The goal is not a tournament powerhouse, but one that can at least hold its own at FNM, which it has done so far.
I am constantly in the playtesting and tweaking phase, but would appreciate any thoughts on improving the deck. I don't plan on spending any big bucks for cards, but store credit and trades are possible.
The Deck
My deck works best when it ramps up quickly. More mana = more morphing of morphs. For ramp, I have Elvish Mystic
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Rattleclaw Mystic
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Sylvan Caryatid
. I also use Trail of Mystery to thin my deck and ensure I hit my land drops in the colors I need. I have a powerful combo with Rattleclaw Mystic
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See the Unwritten
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Trail of Mystery
, where I can potentially pull potentially 2 big threats out of nowhere as early as turn 4.
The deck also relies on burn spells Lightning Strike
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Magma Jet
for countering early aggro threats or ramp like Mantis Rider, Goblin Rabblemaster, Elvish Mystic, etc, and counterspells Disdainful Stroke
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Dissolve
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Negate
to stop planeswalkers and opponent burn, counter, or murder spells. They give me the time to ramp up and help me keep answers to my threats from materializing. Fade into Antiquity comes out of my sideboard often to deal with the various enchantments that are pesky in Standard, like Whip of Erebos and Jeskai Ascendancy. I opted for that over Naturalize due to the exile effect weakening delve and allowing me to remove Gods.
There's a few combos in the deck as well. Rattleclaw Mystic
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See the Unwritten
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Trail of Mystery
, as mentioned above. Elvish Mystic
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Rattleclaw Mystic
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Sagu Mauler
on turn 3. Become Immense
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Xenagos, God of Revels
is an extra powerful combo that can be devastating if the opponent is unprepared for it, especially if the Xenagos, God of Revels is pulled out of a See the Unwritten along with a Sagu Mauler.
My main win conditions are Sagu Mauler and Surrak Dragonclaw. Alternate win conditions include Icefeather Aven due to it's morph ability and evasion, Kheru Spellsnatcher to steal an enemies' win condition, and See the Unwritten, to pull any of the above threats in short order, or to multiply them if I already have them. However, if See the Unwritten pulls a Prophet of Kruphix, that will most likely make it onto the battlefield, as it's untap ability is extremly powerful in countering the extra mana cost of flipping a morph.
