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Aerial Beasts of Imagination

Modern* Budget Devotion GU (Simic)

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This is simply a budget to introduce my friends into MTG. The main combo is just having your big creatures obliterate opponents creatures by nerfing them with Downsize

  1. Pressure early with beef sticks such as Kalonian Tusker , Garruk's Companion
  2. Bait opponents with blocking with stronger creatures only to get debuffed with Downsize .
  3. Control the midgame with hard hitting Leatherback Baloth
  4. Summon a Reverent Hunter to pressure opponents to block and lose field presence.
  5. Summon Archetype of Imagination to fly your beasts for the win.

Card by card analysis:

Aspect of Hydra - Played only when there is a clean hit and lots of green mana symbols on board. Use combat tricks to remove threats. Bonus for using on creatures with Trample

Archetype of Imagination - Not really a win con but it can certainly influence it. It comes in on turn 6, float all the creatures for a clean hit, no doubt. However if there are multiple large flying defenders, a simple Polymorphist's Jest to fix the win.

Courser of Kruphix - Again his costs 1GG makes him ideal to synergize with Reverent Hunter and his stats him work well with the nerfing spells Hydrosurge Turn to Frog Polymorphist's Jest.

Downsize - cheap way to take down an opponent or completely decimate a field of attackers with overload.

Primal Rage useful vs chump blockers

Negate - Efficient denial of answers for the opponent. I deal with the opponent's creatures with my own beefy creatures. This is to stop other artifacts, target removal and planeswalker from hitting the field.

Reverent Hunter - This is one of the win cons or the cards that will pressure the field. It can be a 4/4 on turn 3, 7/7 on turn 4 and beyond.

Leatherback Baloth efficient beatstick that stacks devotion

Garruk's Companion stack devotion, early pressure and trample. Great for Aspect of Hydra

Predator Ooze Pressures opponents and is hard to remove.

Rancor A must have for ensuring damage

Sagu Mauler I had a hard choice between Khalni Hydra and Primalcrux and ultimately on average brought out the hydra at around 5 mana with 3 creatures on board. It felt too slow because there isn't a lot of ramp here. So I went with the more durable and Trampling bastard out there.

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Revision 9 See all

(9 years ago)

+4 Avatar of the Resolute maybe
Date added 10 years
Last updated 9 years
Legality

This deck is Modern legal.

Rarity (main - side)

13 - 0 Rares

14 - 0 Uncommons

22 - 0 Commons

Cards 60
Avg. CMC 2.16
Tokens Morph 2/2 C
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