Counters & Soldiers - Boot Camp
Modern
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Oct. 9, 2015
-2 Angelic Overseer - The human synergy was nice, but in practice I just never ended up using it.
-2 Doomed Traveler - Certainly not bad, but Servant of the Scale is better.
-2 Elder Cathar - Decent and a good blocker, but Gideon's Avenger might work better for my purpose.
-2 Honor of the Pure - This deck's creature loadout is no longer mono-white, so this enchantment is irrelevant.
-1 Ordeal of Heliod - It was handy in some cases for indirect lifegain, but Feed the Clan might get the job done more quickly.
-2 Brave the Elements - No longer mono-white, so nope.
-1 Gideon's Lawkeeper - I love these guys, but I wanted to make room for counter generators (Servant of the Scale). Also, Gideon's Avenger will still help direct traffic.
-2 Bonds of Faith - Between Gideon's Lawkeeper, Gideon's Avenger, and Banishing Light this card was a little redundant in terms of stunning/disabling enemy creatures. Certainly enjoyed it, though.
+2 Gideon's Avenger - Seemed a better use of a 3-drop than Elder Cathar, and its ability to gain a counter whenever an opponent's creature attacks can help buff this big-time.
+3 Servant of the Scale - Great one-drop that is useful even when it dies.
+4 Avatar of the Resolute - Great two-drop creatures in terms of power, secondary abilities, and with the added focus on counter generation in this deck, they'll likely come in with buffed attributes.
+2 Inspiring Call - Replacement for Brave the Elements in terms of protecting creatures. Also, card draw!
+2 Feed the Clan - Replacement for Ordeal of Heliod,
+2 Hardened Scales - This card is insane and works great with this deck.
+2 Ainok Bond-Kin - With the added ability to generate counters in this deck, the secondary ability of this guy'll trigger a lot more often.
Major changes again! Sticking to mono-white was limiting myself too much, so the goal here was to dabble more in Green for better +1/+1 counter generation and creatures that benefit from this.
gfbeach says... #1
I've been looking at this deck a lot lately and I enjoy the archetype and I realized that I'm artificially limiting myself too much: the creatures are mono-white, AND soldiers, AND humans (barring the two Angelic Overseers). I'm thinking I need to splash green more, with the following changes in particular:
-2 Angelic Overseer
-2 Doomed Traveler
-2 Elder Cathar
-1 Elite Inquisitor
-2 Honor of the Pure
-1 Collected Company
+3 Gideon's Avenger
+3 Servant of the Scale
+2 Hardened Scales
+2 Warden of the First Tree
...And change the Forest/Plains mana balance, as well, though I need to play with it more before I can make educated guesses there.
Thoughts?
October 8, 2015 10:40 a.m.