Beast Mode (R/G Landfall Prototype)

Modern* Aggro Budget RG (Gruul)

DragonRyder308

Creature (21)

• 1x Courser of Kruphix
• 1x Fanatic of Xenagos
• 1x Genesis Hydra
• 1x Grove Rumbler
• 1x Hydra Broodmaster
• 2x Makindi Sliderunner
• 1x Oran-Rief Hydra
• 2x Scythe Leopard
• 4x Snapping Gnarlid
• 1x Territorial Baloth
• 1x Tunneling Geopede
• 3x Valakut Predator
• 2x Zurgo Bellstriker

Land (25)

• 1x Blighted Woodland
• 2x Evolving Wilds
• 2x Fertile Thicket
• 9x Forest
• 1x Looming Spires
• 8x Mountain
• 1x Rugged Highlands
• 1x Turntimber Grove

Enchantment (5)

• 1x Font of Fertility
• 1x Khalni Heart Expedition
• 2x Retreat to Kazandu
• 1x Retreat to Valakut

Instant (8)

• 2x Aspect of Hydra
• 1x Become Immense
• 1x Groundswell
• 1x Sure Strike
• 2x Swell of Growth
• 1x Titan's Strength

Sorcery (6)

• 2x Explore
• 1x Explosive Vegetation
• 1x Nissa's Renewal
• 2x Sylvan Scrying

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Sideboard

Creature (8)

• 1x Grazing Gladehart
• 4x Jaddi Offshoot
• 1x Polis Crusher
• 1x Skylasher
• 1x Zhur-Taa Druid

Artifact (5)

• 1x Hedron Blade
• 1x Prowler's Helm
• 1x Seer's Sundial
• 2x Spidersilk Net

Instant (2)

• 2x Lightning Strike

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Okay everyone, so.. I'm completely new to this site and pretty new to MTG in general. I've done a good bit of research and I have a pretty good card base, but I admit that I still have A LOT to learn. This is my first real attempt at a competitive deck (beyond just playing with my friends) so any advice and suggestions I can get on it are seriously appreciated. Here's the basic strategy..

The main strategy is to get offense going early and often. Early on if I draw mountains, Zurgo. if I draw forests, Leopard. And as the game goes on all of my creatures save for a few have landfall, and when you combine that with spells that buff them pretty much any of them can get big and mess up everything. It's not the most sophisticated strategy ever but it's effective and easy to get going. I've run into problems against certain control decks, and Eldrazi decks, so it's not perfect by any means. But it's starting to take shape.

It basically functions as a beatdown with a little support. Most of the smaller creatures have the potential to at least turn into moderate threats, and the ones that don't either have burn (Tunneling Geopede) or are pretty big threats without it. And the three hydras can get ridiculously strong.

The spells are dedicated to either keeping lands coming (Explore, Sylvan Scrying, etc.) or buffing creatures (Aspect of Hydra, Titan's Strength, etc.) and also includes some enchantments to stack landfall boosts.

Like I said before, it isn't anywhere near perfect and it definitely needs advice. So any help is greatly appreciated.

Date added	8 years
Last updated	8 years
Legality	This deck is Modern legal.
Rarity (main - side)	7 - 3 Rares 13 - 5 Uncommons 28 - 7 Commons
Cards	65
Avg. CMC	2.58
Tokens	Hydra X/X G