Heroic

Modern Budget Counters GW (Selesnya) Heroic

rekkim

Creature (18)

• 3x Ainok Bond-Kin
• 3x Akroan Skyguard
• 4x Huatli's Raptor
• 2x Phalanx Leader
• 4x Simic Initiate
• 2x Walking Skyscraper

Instant (11)

• 1x Inspiring Call
• 4x Prey's Vengeance
• 3x Snakeskin Veil
• 3x Titanic Brawl

Land (22)

• 4x Blossoming Sands
• 5x Forest
• 4x Fortified Village
• 3x Llanowar Reborn
• 6x Plains

Enchantment (9)

• 2x Gleam of Authority
• 3x Season of Growth
• 2x Sentinel's Eyes
• 2x Unflinching Courage

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I wish it said, "whenever a spell you cast targets..." instead.

Creatures

• Huatli's Raptor: A fairly strong two-drop on its own, but with the counters everywhere, successive casts can get brutal. Pairs particularly well with Llanowar Reborn or Simic Initiate. Since they're both ETB effects under one player's control, said player gets to determine the order they go on the stack. Gets a free counter. Prografterlate.
• Walking Skyscraper: Budget Ghalta. With access to vigilance, might end up being a pain to remove. A stronger deck might lean all-in on Phalanx Leader + Vanguard of Brimaz or some other way of mass-modifying tokens. It would benefit Season of Growth, too.
• Simic Initiate: Raptor and dog particularly enjoy this being on the field, and it frees up some space for basic lands.
• Ainok Bond-Kin: Support to the effect of battlefield primacy by synergizing with something the other cards do.
• Phalanx Leader: Fuels discount for the skyscraper by supporting allies and puts a lot toward making Gleam of Authority useful.
• Akroan Skyguard: Potentially large fliers.

Instants

Prey's Vengeance: Generic combat trick, aside from the recursion that says cast instead of return. Anything with flashback, rebound or escape would do.

Inspiring Call: Solid card, but only one copy because it doesn't target.

Snakeskin Veil: Was originally Blossoming Defense, but it cost more, and a permanent counter was more attractive.

Titanic Brawl: I don't think this can be cast for G when targeting an unmodified creature with heroic, but maybe someone who knows more about stack wizardry knows better. Regardless, it's consistently going to cost G.

Enchantments

Season of Growth: The bread and butter of the deck. Don't normally use cards that cost this much, and had to shave some off here and there to make it fit 10USD, but it was more than worth it. I could stand to trigger the scry more often, but a deck predicated on using combat tricks at all opportunities almost can't do without the draw.

Sentinel's Eyes: Vigilance and recursion for W.

Gleam of Authority: Embiggen something and give yourself a mana sink, though it tends to end games before that becomes relevant. Also has vigilance.

Unflinching Courage: Lifelink, trample, growing and growing (assuming it's going on something with heroic) are all appreciated.

Lands

Fortified Village: I prefer reveal to slow lands, and the deck really wants for access without coming in tapped

Llanowar Reborn: Nothing amazing, but it helps. Oran-Rief, the Vastwood can't pull its weight with only two green creatures. Plus, it can tap for mana and use its ability in the same turn.

Maybeboard

in progress

Date added	2 years
Last updated	2 years
Key combos	Phalanx Leader + Vanguard of Brimaz
Legality	This deck is Modern legal.
Rarity (main - side)	6 - 0 Rares 17 - 0 Uncommons 22 - 0 Commons
Cards	60
Avg. CMC	2.05
Folders	Budget