Counters & Soldiers - Boot Camp

Modern gfbeach

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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.

-1 Elite Inquisitor

-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 Topan Freeblade

-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.