mostly_toast Sorry it took me so long to reply.
I really think the knight is too slow, it doesn't do anything before turn 4, and even then it can just get chumped by mana elves and lingering souls.
Steppe Lynx and Dromoka's Command are both on my cards I am considering, but if I end up playing burning tree emmisary I probably won't play them.
I don't have the money for horizon canopy, otherwise I would have played at least one.
As said in the description the elves will likely get thrown out for goblin guides.
I would cut flinthoof boar before cutting experiment one. Playing experiment is also a good excuse to play loam lion over steppe lynx.
I considered pridemage, but I think he will be too slow and not enough utility without collected company.
mostly_toast says... #1
I would highly recommend trying some Knight of the Reliquary in the deck, that card works wonders (some people say small zoo should curve out at 2 mana, I rather strongly dissagree and think the knight needs to be in there, the utility it gives you is just too damn nice and 3 mana is not hard to get to). Gives you access to a land toolbox that you can fetch up whenever you need, letting you add your choice of singleton utility lands, like Slayers' Stronghold, Kessig Wolf Run, Sejiri Steppe, Bojuka Bog and Ghost Quarter in either main or sidebaord for you to pepper up your mana base as you need it. Not to mention that it works wonders when paired with Steppe Lynx, another card I would heavily recommend.
In testing, Steppe Lynx greatly surpassed my expectations as more often than not it seems like its swinging in as a 4/5, or even a 6/7 in conjunction with the knight. Can you say mini tarmogoyf? (Heres a play- drop a fetchland, swing with a 2/3 Steppe Lynx. Before damage, crack the fetch, 4/5 steppe lynx. Tap the knight, get a fetchland, 6/7 lynx. crack the fetch land, 8/9 lynx. And since you thought ahead and tapped the land you sac'd to the knight for mana, tap 1 more land and bring the extra pain with Ghor-Clan Rampager. Proceed to watch your opponent's face as they get hit with a 12/13 trampler out of bum fuck nowhere.)
With the lynx, I would recommend bringing in 2 Horizon Canopy if you can afford them in addition to what you already have in your manabase (theyre not cheap, but running the 22 lands with lynx really helps you get that landfall pat down squat, and the fact that you can cycle them to get another card means you'll hardly feel like you're flooding.) Otherwise, your manabase looks great.
I've also greatly enjoyed having Dromoka's Command, that spell is versatile as all hell, would recommend 2 of em. In my oppinion, you could probably do without the Sunblade Elf, the lynx is a solid replacement for Loam Lion, and I might even consider putting Experiment One on the cutting block, as much as I love that guy he might be a bit too slow for the deck. Another creature worth considering might be Qasali Pridemage, having 2 of them somewhere in there provides great utility. Otherwise the deck looks nice, I particularly dig the sideboard.
August 18, 2015 9:03 p.m.