I built my first deck like this. Played my first game with it and I really like it. I cant wait to finish copying this build, its great for a starter like me. Thank you.

I'm glad you enjoy it! It's been really consistent in my testing and it's easy to upgrade so I hope it serves you well.

Swapped out the 2 Prey Upon for 2 Samut, the Tested. Just playing casually with friends, but for the price it's fun to play and can definitely kick some ass. Upvote from me.

Thanks for the update! Samut is definitely a sweet upgrade, I'm glad you're enjoying the deck!

I put this into my cart and it's $20.66

Lands and sideboard aren't included in my 8 dollar claim, obviously the 2 Rootbound Crag alone account for another 8 dollars and the 4 Blossoming Defense in the side are about a buck each right now. I personally own all 6 of those cards so I put them in the list for my own reference, however the deck functions perfectly fine as an 8 dollar deck with only basics and no sideboard.

I absolutely love it! I'm coming back to Magic and last night got a great drafting picks, so decided to go Naya dinos, your deck helped me solidify my will to play Dinos in standard as well.

Quick question - Does Gishath, Sun's Avatar find place and where? I got two copies of it, I think it'd fit nicely.

Welcome to the Dino train! Gishath, Sun's Avatar could definitely find a home here. I think to play him I'd replace the 3 Riles with 3 Thunderherd Migrations just to help get Gishath down a little more reliably. And then to fit your copies of Gishath I'd switch out some of the 3 drop Dinos, probably Frilled Deathspitter.

Have you tried the budget combo Forerunner of the Empire + Needletooth Raptor ? I've tested it many times and it turned out to work pretty well for removal !