I have wanted temur ramp to work ever since last set, and now that we have some tasty new simic and gruul cards, I wanted to try building it! So it's based around getting lands out with
Growth Spiral
and
Circuitous Route
fast, and ramping any lands we have out with
Gift of Paradise
. The payoffs are
Pelakka Wurm
and the new
Hydroid Krasis
, which both give us lifegain and card draw to help us against stabilize against aggro and get ahead on resources against midrange and control. The rest of the cards are there to help us get there, and to make sure we have a commanding board presence when we do get there.
Star of Extinction
to wipe boards that get out of our control and help deal with planeswalkers if necessary (land destruction ain't bad either),
Sinister Sabotage
and
Syncopate
to counter our way through things we don't want resolving,
Regenesis
to buy back our big dudes in case they do end up getting removed or countered, and
Chemister's Insight
to draw into answers and threats alike.
In the sideboard, there's
Rhythm of the Wild
to help get immediate value out of my creatures and also help them resolve against control. Speaking of control,
Expansion / Explosion
is great in counter wars, as well as as an alternate finisher should I need it.
Fight with Fire
is nice to have against the lyras and niv-mizzets of the format, and can be kicked with relative ease given how much ramp we have.
Lava Coil
is good early removal against aggressive decks and helps keep recursive graveyard threats down. Finally
Fiery Cannonade
is there in case token strategies end up being prevalent (and I think they will, at least at the start), and against low to the ground aggro decks.
I know it probably won't be good, but I kinda want to see how
Mass Manipulation
fares in this deck because it looks so sweet but also so expensive.
Thanks for taking a look at the deck, if you have any suggestions leave a comment! (I could definitely use suggestions for the mana base, as I have no idea what I'm doing when it comes to those tbh, but because red is a light splash I think it'll be ok especially with the help of
Circuitous Route
and
Gift of Paradise
to help fix colors.)
