Yeah man, I feel you on the cat tribal thing. I myself added the Forgemaster as a caregive for my kitties. Mine kits can get temperamental without a little attention.

What about that Adaptive Automaton? It's just like the Mimic; but then again I notice you don't have it in your deck, nor any other changelings. I gotta love your cat-radery, and I hope it works out for you!

Btw, I wanted to let you know if you crack a land like Evolving Wilds with Steppe Lynx out you can get him to 8/9 with Arahbo's +3/+3 because of the double land drop. If you're using the Steppe Lynx maybe consider more land search/play/lands that search for other lands? The ones I'm thinking of are expensive, but I think it's worth it with Steppe Lynx. I'm playing Hunting Cheetah myself and put as many "Forest" type special lands as I could into the deck without screwing myself on mana-fix. Otherwise I think Loam Lion is just as good with the +1/+2 from having a forest.

Now that I think about it more, if you cracked multiple at once, and/or land searched to place more on the field, Steppe Lynx could be a secret weapon...

Huh, I'll have to think about this a little more, but I retract what I said about the extra searches/plays. I think you're good as is- you don't really want to center the deck around the Lynx.

Pickacantaloupe - I like the Steppe Lynx for sure but I think he's more of a "starts in hand quick advantage" player rather than something to really put a package around, so I agree with your second comment.

I do have a Hunting Cheetah actually and I am thinking of putting him in, but I'm not sure he fits just now. If he were then I think it'd be a stronger push but I think as a he's a little weaker.

Finally, regarding the Metallic Mimic I did have him in but he's value on tokens rather than 1 or 2 big cats. The extra +1/+1 isn't worth it in my opinion, especially as you need to draw him first and you'll be tutoring out the other cats anyway. I felt similar about Adaptive Automaton. These cats can get so big the extra counter isn't worth a card slot. I might be wrong though and I might change my mind.

for me dropping a Lost Leonin is like a Sol Ring or Lightning Greaves, it can be destroyed, or giving you a great advantage. And in l8 game with Arahbo on the field (+an equipment) you can one shot someone for ~

I agree with you on the Mimic, as I removed him because of the same point you made. However, the Adaptive Automaton is more useful to me as opponents will probably want to kill it immediately- just like Lost Leonin, I use him to get opponents to waste their removal on it, and allow my bigger/better cats to stay out. I prefer all the bigger cats anyway, like Jareth, or Raksha.

The Hunting Cheetah is a personal favorite, so that's why he's in my deck. No real good reason. :)

I agree with you on white. White is stronger in this deck. I bought a Caged Sun today because of this. I'll get around to posting my deck so you can compare if you like.

So, I thought I'd ask before I forget; I'm new to this site, how do you link cards? I've been trying to figure it out. Could you help me with this please?

Pickacantaloupe - No worries, thanks for your comments. I actually took Caged Sun out of this deck and replaced it with Cultivate - the Sun is great but it's very expensive to get out. It might come back but not sure yet...

As for linking cards, all the info you need is in the link: Here, which is also at the bottom of every "commentable" page. In short, you put the name in double square brackets "[[]]" and you can do the same with loads of things to link them, e.g.

[[Lost Leonin]]
[[user:Pickacantaloupe]]
[[symbol:W]]

Lost Leonin

Pickacantaloupe

Hope that helps!

Arkheid - You might be right, perhaps I need to swap a 2-drop out for the Lost Leonin, especially as he's sitting in a box on my shelf here so I don't even need to buy him....

Thanks again sagramore! I noticed you added Lost Leonin, nice man. If only red cats were a thing, then I could incorporate Harmless Offering into the deck- I love the card art, and the flavor text. <3

Once Ixalan is released, do you think you'll be adding anything? I was thinking these, possibly; Shaper's Sanctuary, and Dowsing Dagger? The former is okay, but I wonder about the second.

I've signed up for the Ixalan pre-release but I haven't properly looked at all the spoilers yet so I'm not sure if I plan to add anything yet.... Will have to wait and see :D Haha.

I'm always scared that Felidar Sovereign in EDH is going to accidentally give me an anti-climatic win... First baller cat tribal I've seen though and I like it! +1 mate

HavokizIceCold - Thanks for the +1! I know what you mean about Felidar Sovereign though - It's not won me a game yet, in fact I don't think I've even cast it yet. I should probably think about swapping it out for something.... more useful? There's just quite a lot of lifelink in the deck I figured it was worth keeping it in for now. Earlier I won a 4-player game with over 200 life at the end. I was hitting for ~40 damage on an unblockable creature with lifelink every turn for about 5 turns. One opponent just kept creating 3-5 spirits a turn, all about 5/5 or 7/7, so it took time to churn through :)

If you like lifelink, I am enjoying Sacred Cat in my deck. 4/4 lifelink kitty for one mana that reanimates once. Great value

Honestly, it's not a big deal and you're getting my personal opinion at this point, but I might swap that bad boy out for Jareth, Leonine Titan. A little on the expensive mana-cost side, but a powerhouse nonetheless.

You have to think a little out of the box. Jareth, Leonine Titan+Strionic Resonator+Voltaic Key/Thousand-Year Elixir = a +14/+14 or +21/+21.
for resonator, for voltaic, and for Jareth = . That is a good bargain for that CMC cost.

superhuman21 - Sorry man, I'm missing something - what is that combination of 3 cards supposed to be doing?

That being said, in almost every game I play I usually have a creature on the board with 3 or 4 equipment on it that's swinging for 20+ with double strike, lifelink, trample, and indestructible (and often hexproof).

Wow. this is awesome. I don't have a lot of these cards, but I was hoping to find a deck like this to tweek my own cat deck. I have been collecting the cats for years.

Some suggestions if you haven't thought of them:

• Sacred Cat costs , attacks for 4 with Arahbo and has lifelink. If it dies, embalm it.
• Penumbra Bobcat unfortunately this costs , but if it dies you get a black replacement.
• Mirri, Cat Warrior another 3 drop with decent stats.
• Nacatl War-Pride if you attack with this guy and Mirri, Weatherlight Duelist in play only one of the army you just created can be blocked (baring some extra blocker shenanigans).

I look forward to playing with this list for my own deck.

Thanks

psycocat - Thanks for the comments and glad you like the deck! I have most of those cards in my collection so I'll take a think about them. I was saving things like Nacatl War-Pride for use in a slightly different GW cat tokens deck using Mirri as the commander..... :)

I love the deck! But I have a question: Why run Vivid Grove & Vivid Meadow? Elfhame Palace, Selesnya Guildgate, & Tranquil Expanse all came in the same precon & do exactly the same thing in this 2-color deck, except they can tap for the 2nd color more than just twice so are strictly-better versions.. & Graypelt Refuge is a strictly-better version of them all (also in the same precon). I actually like Selesnya Sanctuary better than all those, though, since you can tap the land before returning it to your hand, so it basically performs just like the lands previously mentioned, yet also gives you your next land drop guaranteed.

JAPuckett85 - Thanks for the comment. I think you're right - the land base in this deck is probably the jankiest part of the deck so far. I have a personal (and perhaps unfounded) bias against bounce lands like Selesnya Sanctuary because I used to run some pretty fast decks and I had too many bounce lands in them and it hurt me. I think you're correct though, I should look at replacing the Vivid lands with two of the ones you mention and I think the Sanctuary is a good one to go in this deck.

Thanks again!

sagramore. The combo I listed a few comments ago is pretty straightforward, and a little versatile. Strionic Resonator will allow you to copy a trigger ability such as Jareth's 7/7 UEoT, and you can choose to either give Jareth another 7/7 or some other creature (if that would be better this turn). Should you happen to have a voltaic key you can Strionic and retap it for 1 to repeat.

I understand stacking equip/auras on creatures. This though is versatile in that if you had 3 different creatures on the field that have triggered abilities, you could choose while one w/o having to pay a equip creature fee.

superhuman21 - Gotcha, thanks for explaining - I was trying to work out how it works offensively, but it is just for defence. Still, you're right, it's a nice bonus for not much mana if you're blocking.

superhuman21dude, thank you. I'll be adding that to my deck very soon, that's an incredible card. Cat deck for the win!

honestly....for me and the type of EDH decks I run there are staples like greaves, sol ring, thran dynamo etc. then there are secondary staples and I'm one who always keeps strionic resonator in my 'list' of 2ndarys as there are so MANY cards with triggered abilities or keywords. Always appreciate the props. feel free to +1 anything.

Strionic Resonator also has the benefit of applying to Arahbo's eminence ability so you can pay 2 and get +6/+6 on one cat or two lots of +3/+3.

If it's late game and you have Arahbo on board and 8 spare mana you can also +X/+X and trample twice! :)

I don't have a resonator right now but I will definitely be considering it for this deck if I can get hold of one.

Hey sagramore, cool Cat picture for your deck, fellow Arahbo, Roar of the World player Arahbo, Xenagos... for Cats.

I agree Green Sun's Zenith doesn't pull the right (or many) cats, I actually run Rhonas the Indomitable that I pull with it (or Fleecemane Lion). He is 5/5 Deathtouch Indestructible for CMC3, and with ANY Cat + Eminence he can attack each turn, doesn't get much better than that. Plus in times of need, he can +/Trample a fellow attacking Cat.

I see Lost Leonin and Grafted Exoskeleton on your list, also think about Triumph of the Hordes as well. I play infect, let's be real, were playing Selesnya, we have almost no viable combos as is, Arahbo, Roar of the World is probably Tier 3 at a best case build, we can't bludgeon 3 other players to death, so I take any advantage I can to compete with any of the combo commanders, or the powerhouses.

I prefer Puresteel Paladin to Sram, Senior Edificer although there are limited Equipment targets, would be good with Bloodforged Battle-Axe though but I don't run that because it just eats mana and turns by itself.

What about Rancor instead of some of the high CMC equipments?

Looks solid, I saw Duelist's Heritage and Chameleon Colossus mentioned before so will just post them as a reminder.

Eladamri's Call can pull any of your combo cats, like Felidar Sovereign to the hand as well. +1

Spirits - Hey! Thanks for the kind comments and useful suggestions.

The first thing I'll say is that my deck is a little bit of a victim to my "theme", which is why a few of the cards you mentioned have been considered but not put in yet. Things like Rancor, Chameleon Colossus, Rhonas the Indomitable. They aren't cats and they aren't equipment, and that's pretty much why they aren't in there at the moment.

That being said, I had never thought of the synergy with Rhonas the Indomitable before and you might have changed my mind enough to put him in. It will hurt me to cut a cat for him, but I can see the benefit, so thanks for the suggestion.

Regarding Puresteel Paladin, you're probably right, I think he might be a better pick than Sram, Senior Edificer. The main reason I went with Sram was that I own him and I don't own the (reasonably expensive) Paladin! Could definitely be a swap though.

It's similar with Eladamri's Call - I simply don't have one! Good tutor though so I might see if I can get hold of one.

Finally - I agree about Triumph of the Hordes. That being said, I tend to play in a pretty casual group so we don't really have much T1 T1.5 stuff going on and we generally shun anyone who combos off to win :) I like the card though and it definitely would add some beef to the deck for a more competitive scene.

Thanks again. I'll probably make a couple of modifications (medium term, as I can afford new cards) based on your comment.