the new archetypes would do well in this deck. Archetype of Courage and Archetype of Endurance are pretty potent. Archetype of Courage also isn't as mana draining as the others and brings all your monsters the wonders of first strike. I know the Archetype of Endurance is stupid mana heavy, but Elvish Mystic over Gladecover Scout would help a lot with that. Just a few suggetions, but I like the basics of the deck. +1

Thanks alchemist4533. I did like the ideas of the archetypes. A lot. Archetype of Endurance is rough on the mana and I'd be afraid of the opponent having a counter for something I invest that much into. Or with all the other spells hopefully he'd be out by then. Archetype of Courage did super great at the prerelease for me too. I will tinker for sure.

I would consider adding Ethereal Armor if your goal is getting that fat Witchstalker . I also play G/W and dropping an Unflinching Courage and a Ethereal Armor together is 4 mana for +4/+4 Trample, Lifelink and First strike.

Your deck curves out nicely enough to where you could run just 22 lands and add that 4th Gladecover Scout , i also might suggest Experiment One in its place. Sure it doesn't have hexproof, but it has other relevant abilities. 1. being it has evolve, which is better for aggro and pretty much everything in your deck can evolve it which makes it even better 2. it can regenerate itself if it has at least two counters which is good for boardwipes, something hexproof cant dodge, it can also regenerate from kill or burnspells too unless noted otherwise, and if they kill it before, no problem, one less spell around for the rest of your creatures. The general idea is the same a the scout, except, let it get to at least 3/3, then enchant it, if they try to kill it regenerate it and it should still be as strong as the scout enchanted with the same thing and theyll probably waste another kill spell trying to get rid of the same creature, very economical.

Mortal's Resolve is good, but i could suggest Rootborn Defenses or Ready / Willing , sure they're more expensive, but they protect everything, with the former being easier to cast and allowing you to populate a wurm if you have one, the latter letting you untap all your creatures incase you need them to block after an all out attack. Gods Willing could also take its place allowing you to protect your creature and scry, or play it before you attack to get some damage through or finish the game. Celestial Flare could also be good in this spot as removal and is recommended for at least the side board.

Last thing I want to say is you might wanna change the name of the deck as its not a population deck at all, its more a hexproof deck if anything

Yea, I forgot to update the list after doing some tweaks the past few days before last FNM. I had a full set of Rootborn Defenses and it was fantastic, esp against sweeps like Anger of the Gods and Supreme Verdict . I'll update the list to what I ran.

I'd rather have Tower Defense in the sideboard than Leafcrown Dryad . It also works to stop Anger of the Gods from killing your caryatids and other smaller creatures.

I tried out Tower Defense for a while actually but I wasn't using it near as much as I figured I would. The Rootborn Defenses was a big part of that. I like Leafcrown Dryad too b/c in case I do get 2-for-1'd I at least have my leftover critter. Thanks for the suggestion though

If you want leftover critters, I'd recommend Boon Satyr .

Trostani, Selesnya's Voice , Call of the Conclave , and/or Collective Blessing ?

When it comes to one drops - you are definitely in the right place. I am not a huge fan of Experiment One , but he can do the trick. I will adress why i steered clear of him later.

I think that you are missing a key 3 drop: Loxodon Smiter . He is one of the few creatures that can bring your experiment one from a 3/3 to a 4/4. He is also just nasty against other aggro decks, and also is immune to rakdos return and Thoughtsieze. He is cheap and effective. If you were to sink lots of money into this deck, of course, i would add in Brimaz. Any and all that you can get your hands on. As your running more green in your deck than i am running, i would also consider Courser of Kruphix , which again i will later address. Oh, and i am also not a huge fan of Witchstalker in the mainboard. Ill also slightly address that at the end.

When it comes to curving out, Consider something like Polukranos, World Eater - the best 4 drop in green available.

I disagree with having 4x Sylvan Caryatid s when you curve out at 4. Yes, advent of the wurm could be dropped a turn earlier, but as it is not likely to happen, the caryatids are a waste of the 2 drop slot.

Also, Fleecemane lion is a nice body 3/3, but i only run 2 of him. I would suggest any of the following must stronger and more versatile 2 drops, listed in order of expense: Daring Skyjek , Precinct Captain , Scavenging Ooze , and ultimately Voice of Resurgence .

I also see that you run 3x Rootborn Defenses , which can be strong, but feels to expensive to be useful in most match ups. and the populate on the end of it will only effect your current mainboard once, with advent of the wurm. Against Esper, it would behoove you to run 3-4 of them. but if they arent constantly wiping, then it may not be as relevent.

not sure how often you see Blood Baron of Vizkopa in your local shop, but he would be the bane of this deck. against any non-Xathrid Necromancer black-white deck, you should side in 2-3x Celestial Flare . He is very common in my meta, and i just realized that Flare is missing from my sideboard. Flare will also help against vultron decks, as you said gave you problems at fnm in your last update.

Lastly, as you can see on my deck's page: Awaiting Ajani, all of my creatures (except Courser of Kruphix) are white. I tried to stay away from things like Scavenging Ooze and Experiment One and Witchstalker because i want to run 4x Brave the Elements , allowing me to swing in for lethal.

And it was proposed to me previously, but now im thinking about siding in Fog against other aggro decks. I can brave the elements and swing for lots, then fog their attack, then swing for lethal. With a quick G/W deck, that could be instant lethal.

Thanks for the input. I have thought of all the suggestions over and over before, but I have really tried to keep this a budget deck too since I'm a fairly casual player. If I had money for it, Temple Garden and all the fun things would be there too. Witchstalker I agree with, he's only great in certain matchups but my meta plays lots of burn and targeted control so having extra hexproof helps in 75% of my matchups. If the budget allowed I would have 3 brimaz and 4 voices for sure, but with voice rotating out soon and brimaz at 35 bucks I can't drop that kind of money. It's fun when I can beat a car payment deck with a sub $50 deck. That was one of the main goals for this one specifically. The Loxodon Smiter idea I do love, and have been on the fence about but I will give it a shot since it is a great value creature esp against the control decks I've struggled against. Thanks again for the input, I appreciate it.

Temple Garden ?

Yea, working on it. Got one last night actually and then 2 on the way.

I would run Ready / Willing over Rootborn Defenses because of its versatility and your Sylvan Caryatid could net you the extra black to fuse or make it situational. I know you have cards to make tokens to make populate a thing, just a suggestion. Great deck! I do enjoy Selesnya aggro.

Deicide or Banishing Light in the sideboard might be good. Nice catch-all answers.

This looks...saucy...

I really like this idea, Fleecemane and Loxodon are both awesome creatures!

Yea, the value creatures pretty much trump aggro since they're all ahead of the curve. It made me happy in a deep healthy place watching Experiment One s become 5/5s too. Don't forget to +1!

Maybe switch Advent of the Wurm and Witchstalker . The wurm on the mainboard seems a lot stronger. 4 mana for a 5/5 trample at instant speed. Switch the Witchstalker in against control matchups.

The advent actually comes in on most matchups. My meta is largely u/w/x(mainly esper but a few bant), burn and junk so the witchstalker would get brought in anyways. My side boarding is usually dropping the Dryad Militant /Sylvan Caryatid in favor of the advents and whatever removal I need for the matchup. I'm still on the fence about if I want the militants in the mainboard and just bring it against control and anything with graveyard play

i would replace the Dryad Militant with Soldier of the Pantheon