A Deck You Can Count On ($25)

Modern* Aggro Budget Casual Counters Devotion Mono-Green

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Creature (27)

• 4x Avatar of the Resolute
• 4x Bond Beetle
• 3x Fangren Firstborn
• 4x Garruk's Companion
• 3x Leatherback Baloth
• 2x Reverent Hunter
• 4x Servant of the Scale
• 3x Skarrgan Pit-Skulk

Instant (6)

• 3x Aspect of Hydra
• 3x Solidarity of Heroes

Enchantment (4)

• 4x Hardened Scales

Land (21)

• 21x Forest

Sorcery (2)

• 2x Prey Upon

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Sideboard

Instant (2)

• 2x Bioshift

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Maybeboard

Creature (68)

• 4x Arbor Elf
• 1x Baloth Pup
• 1x Bramblewood Paragon
• 1x Centaur Battlemaster
• 1x Champion of Lambholt
• 1x Crowned Ceratok
• 1x Cytoplast Root-Kin
• 1x Dromoka, the Eternal
• 1x Drove of Elves
• 1x Elvish Warrior
• 1x Enduring Scalelord
• 1x Experiment One
• 1x Festerhide Boar
• 1x Foe-Razer Regent
• 1x Genesis Hydra
• 4x Gyre Sage
• 1x Hellkite Hatchling
• 3x Hero of Leina Tower
• 1x Heroes' Bane
• 1x Hooded Hydra
• 1x Hydra Broodmaster
• 1x Kalonian Hydra
• 1x Kalonian Tusker
• 1x Khalni Hydra
• 3x Managorger Hydra
• 1x Mistcutter Hydra
• 1x Obsessive Skinner
• 1x Oran-Rief Hydra
• 1x Outland Colossus
• 1x Predator Ooze
• 1x Primordial Hydra
• 1x Rubblebelt Raiders
• 1x Satyr Grovedancer
• 1x Scion of the Wild
• 1x Scourge of Skola Vale
• 1x Scute Mob
• 4x Setessan Oathsworn
• 1x Staunch-Hearted Warrior
• 4x Strangleroot Geist
• 1x Terra Stomper
• 1x Timberland Guide
• 1x Tuskguard Captain
• 1x Ulvenwald Tracker
• 2x Vastwood Hydra
• 1x Vinelasher Kudzu
• 1x Vorapede
• 1x Wild Beastmaster
• 4x Young Wolf

Instant (22)

• 1x Burst of Strength
• 1x Fog
• 1x Giant Growth
• 1x Groundswell
• 1x Inspiring Call
• 1x Lead by Example
• 1x Might of the Masses
• 1x Mutant's Prey
• 3x Naturalize
• 1x Nature's Panoply
• 1x Pit Fight
• 4x Prey's Vengeance
• 1x Sheltering Word
• 1x Strength of the Tajuru
• 3x Vines of Vastwood

Sorcery (12)

• 1x Blessings of Nature
• 3x Epic Confrontation
• 1x Hunt the Weak
• 1x Increasing Savagery
• 1x Overwhelming Stampede
• 3x Prey Upon
• 1x Revenge of the Hunted
• 1x Thrive

Enchantment (4)

• 1x Death's Presence
• 3x Forced Adaptation

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A budget green counter deck that focuses on ramping up counters while utilizing the naturally built up devotion for your endgame.

Hardened Scales matches up nicely with Servant of the Scale, Avatar of the Resolute , and Bond Beetle to grab extra counters as you ramp up to Fangren Firstborn and Reverent Hunter , which are obvious plays in this deck.

Garruk's Companion, Avatar of the Resolute , and Skarrgan Pit-Skulk help you deal direct damage after being pumped up with counters from other creatures. Or swing with Aspect of Hydra for massive damage.

Alternate strategies include reusing counters with Servant of the Scale and Bioshift to keep the pressure up, even if you need to block.

Garruk's Companion and Leatherback Baloth help add meat for the devotion endgame. Swing with Aspect of Hydra and/or Solidarity of Heroes to really make them pay.

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Example Game 1

1. Turn 1 - Land, Servant of the Scale
2. Turn 2 - Land, Hardened Scales and Bond Beetle, swing for 1 (or 3 depending on counter placement from beetle)
3. Turn 3 - Land, Avatar of the Resolute with 3 additional counters, swing for 3
4. Turn 4 - Land, Leatherback Baloth and Aspect of Hydra , swing for 17

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Example Game 2

1. Turn 1 - Land, Servant of the Scale
2. Turn 2 - Land, Avatar of the Resolute with 1 additional counter, swing for 1
3. Turn 3 - Land, Leatherback Baloth , swing for 5
4. Turn 4 - Land, Fangren Firstborn, swing for 9
5. Turn 5 - Hardened Scales with Aspect of Hydra and Solidarity of Heroes during attack, swing for 32 dmg when all counters have been added from scales, heroes, and Fangren

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Example Game 3

1. Turn 1 - Land, Bond Beetle
2. Turn 2 - Land, Garruk's Companion, swing for 1
3. Turn 3 - Land, Leatherback Baloth , swing for 4
4. Turn 4 - Land, Hardened Scales then Reverent Hunter with 7+1 counters making it a 9/9
5. Turn 5 - Bioshift to move the 8 counters to Garruk's Companion, Solidarity of Heroes to double the counters + 1, and finally Aspect of Hydra to swing for 34 dmg (28 trample dmg)

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Other Counter Shennanigans

Consider one Hardened Scales. Now consider two, at the same time. Avatar of the Resolute gains 3 counters for EACH other counter creature when cast. Fangren Firstborn gives 3 counters to EACH creature when it attacks (including itself).

Creature about to die? Save its counters via Bioshift, or do the opposite and put counters on it from another creature to keep it alive. Transfer Reverent Hunter 's counters to Skarrgan Pit-Skulk and swing with an unblockable creature. Not to mention that every time you use Bioshift or Servant of the Scale's transfer ability with Hardened Scales out, you gain an extra counter in the transfer

Opponent's creatures got you down? Facing an impenetrable wall? Remove that threat with Prey Upon after pumping up your creatures for the final blow

Date added	8 years
Last updated	7 years
Legality	This deck is Modern legal.
Rarity (main - side)	13 - 0 Rares 6 - 0 Uncommons 20 - 2 Commons
Cards	60
Avg. CMC	1.77
Folders	Modern Ideas, $25 and under, Modern Creatures and Counters, Casual, Stuff to try, Budget, interesting