Naya Cats!
This deck can come out quickly, but has some staying power as games drag on. A very straight-forward deck - there are some sequencing quarks that come with time, but otherwise not overly difficult to pilot.
Sideboard is by no means set, I will adjust it as I play this deck more.
~The Creatures~
Loam Lion
: 1/1 for 1, if the first land you play is a "Forest Plains" Loam Lion can be a 2/3 for 1 on T1.
Wild Nacatl
: Another 1/1 for 1, this can be swinging for 3 as early as T2.
Fleecemane Lion
: 3/3 for 2, Monstrosity gives you a mana dump later in the game.
Brimaz, King of Oreskos
: 4 toughness for 3 mana puts him outside 'bolt range. Generates tokens which add extra damage, and when a King of the Pride or two is out these tokens can become stone cold killers - plus they aren't exiled at the end of combat so if your opponent doesn't kill them they will stick around.
King of the Pride
: Brings the pain
Mirri, Cat Warrior
: First Strike, Vigilance, and Forestwalk for a decent price attached to a tribe-relevant body.
Pride Sovereign
: The finisher, coming in to clean house. Generates tokens in a pinch at the expense of being Exerted.
~Planeswalker Buds~
Domri, Anarch of Bolas
: I love this card for aggressive creature decks. Strong passive, +1 helps get creatures onto the board through counters, -2 is basically
Prey Upon
on a stick, and the cost is cheap.
Ajani, the Greathearted
: Another strong passive, the +1 is huge in a deck whose manabase can be painful, and the -2 is nice to have in the toolkit. (Also fits the deck flavour-wise)
~The Other Spells~
Lightning Bolt
and
Lightning Helix
to burn through creatures or life, with Lightning Helix bringing some much-needed lifegain to a deck with a painful mana base.
Path to Exile
: Needs no explanation.
Atarka's Command
: One of my favourite spells - decent versatility for GR that synergizes well with aggressive strategies.
