Ajani's Monsters -now with lions!-

Standard Competitive Midrange RGW (Naya) Zoo

benjw

Creature (19)

• 3x Courser of Kruphix
• 2x Fleecemane Lion
• 3x Polukranos, World Eater
• 3x Stormbreath Dragon
• 4x Sylvan Caryatid
• 4x Voyaging Satyr

Planeswalker (8)

• 2x Ajani, Mentor of Heroes
• 1x Chandra, Pyromaster
• 2x Elspeth, Sun's Champion
• 3x Xenagos, the Reveler

Land (25)

• 6x Forest
• 3x Mountain
• 3x Plains
• 2x Stomping Ground
• 2x Temple Garden
• 3x Temple of Abandon
• 3x Temple of Plenty
• 3x Temple of Triumph

Enchantment (2)

• 2x Banishing Light

Instant (3)

• 3x Selesnya Charm

Sorcery (3)

• 3x Mizzium Mortars

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Sideboard

Creature (8)

• 4x Arbor Colossus
• 4x Mistcutter Hydra

Enchantment (4)

• 1x Rest in Peace
• 3x Unflinching Courage

Sorcery (3)

• 3x Anger of the Gods

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Naya Monsters Deck with the looming Standard Rotation in mind. Based around ramping to mid range with control elements sprinkled in and using the monsterous abilities of creatures in combination with the planeswalker's skills for the win.

The planes walkers I chose work well together and with the early turn creature plays. Xenagos, the Reveler can ramp but also pump out tokens that Ajani, Mentor of Heroes can make 5/5 on the way to his ultimate or keep the experiments alive as regenerators. Elspeth, Sun's Champion is a swiss army knife of a card, keeping the walkers alive while providing some emergency removal where the Mortars fail and Charms are absent. And while none of the walkers provide solid win conditions on their own, they can make it really hard to lose, though I've had a lot of luck in synching Elspeth and Xenagos' ultimates into a brutal stampede.

Fleecemane Lion makes an excellent 2-drop for some creature damage, even if my mana pool isn't large enough to monsterize it when I play it. But Once these kitties are monsterized they become really difficult to get rid of.

The single of Chandra, Pyromaster combos really well with Courser of Kruphix. It allows me to search through my deck quickly by either playing a land or exiling a card I don't need (or I need and want to play!)

The side board is based around countering the 4 most popular decks in my FNM meta; Blue Devotion, U/W Control, B/G Neo-Dredge and Esper Control.

any suggestions would be welcomed!

Date added	10 years
Last updated	10 years
Legality	This deck is not Standard legal.
Rarity (main - side)	14 - 1 Mythic Rares 25 - 11 Rares 5 - 3 Uncommons 4 - 0 Commons
Cards	60
Avg. CMC	3.20
Tokens	Emblem Elspeth, Sun's Champion, Knight 2/2 W w/ Vigilance, Satyr 2/2 GR, Soldier 1/1 W
Folders	Naya, Decks I like, cards to consider