I love this deck, so much so that its up there with some of my all time favorite decks. The premise is counters, simple right? but I've gone ahead and added a good bunch of energy based cards that really bump this deck up. Your main win scenario cards are most likely going to be Aetherborn Marauder or Bristling Hydra but its not uncommon to just have a bunch of high power creatures down.
Winding Constrictor works great with Aetherborn Marauder dropping him an extra counter if you move counters onto him, not to mention the extra two you'd get if you have Durable Handicraft as well! Obviously you want this guy down early game to give you the extra energy and counters.
Armorcraft Judge, Glint-Sleeve Siphoner and Live Fast are not only a good source of draw power but also work as energy generators.
Kujar Seedsculptor
, Rishkar, Peema Renegade, Yahenni, Undying Partisan, Weaponcraft Enthusiast, Lifecrafter's Gift and Durable Handicraft are your counter creators and distributors, use them wisely. All of which also make Armorcraft Judge more effective so save that for when you need the extra cards. Your energy creators are Gonti's Machinations ( which can be linked with Glint-Sleeve Siphoner to reward you for draw power ), Attune with Aether, Live Fast, Aether Hub and of course Bristling Hydra which you can sink all that saved energy into.
Last but not least you have Rush of Vitality which can be used to grab some life back without much risk of losing anything, combo'd with Blossoming Defense it can be fairly devastating especially if its on a creature with plenty of counters on it.
Hazardous Conditions
is good for wiping out all the little creatures to make way for such a devastating push.
Enjoy the deck! I did think about adding Larger Than Life for the trample but i didn't really think it was necessary, give it a go though. Any recommendations would be great. I kept to just using AER and KLD in this deck ( to keep it standard legal ) but I'm sure there's a great many cards in modern that could really benefit this deck.
