So this is my first attempt at Saprolings with the new cards from GRN. The core cards and strategy of the deck remain the same - overrun your opponents with Tokens boosted with Sporecrown Thallid and Tendershoot Dryad!
New cards from GRN:
Flower / Flourish: very good turn 1 play, ensures our landdrops as well as white mana, late game also good with the boost
District Guide: just ensures the consistency of this deck and gives us our landdrops as well
Conclave Tribunal: very efficient removal for late game threat, Teferi etc.
Sideboard:
Knight of Autumn: very versatile, goodstuff card
Plaguecrafter: Just seems really good against Mono Green Stompy, especially with those pesky Vine Mare's
Camaraderie: just for those long grindy match-ups
Maybeboard:
Assure / Assemble: basicly the new and worse Blossoming Defense. Not too sure if it is worth running this card, but protecting Tendershoot Dryad seems very good.
Venerated Loxodon: this guy can just boost all of our tokens which seems really nice, especially for just one white mana on a full board. Just not sure if I should run him. I already have a lot of ways to boost my tokens (Tendershoot Dryad, Sporecrown Thallid, Shalai, Voice of Plenty and Flower / Flourish) and they seem actually just a little bit better.
I'm not sure if Abzan is the right choice. White seems very strong now because of the new token synergies. While Black gives us access to Slimefoot, the Stowaway and a lot of removal and therefore more interaction. Still, I fear the consistency of Abzan might be a little bit frail, especially as more of a budget player. Even though Flower / Flourish and District Guide mitigate that somewhat.
What do you think? I'm really interested in your opinions!
