Courser of Kruphix in place of Carven Caryatid ? With all of the card drawing engines you could always make sure you are drawing gas. That is if your opponent knowing what is in your hand and/or what is to come not being a big deal to you. You can always side them out against control decks though.

wow an amazing deck

Vines of Vastwood makes good sideboard tech if they want to say, Path to Exile your Primalcrux , or even Terminate .

Grimgrinner...agreed 100%. Changing up board a little tonight and I will make sure this is added. The new board will be up in a few hours; and I can't see any reason why this shouldn't be in it Thank you!

in modern, is there much "gods" or the new leg. enchantments being played or no? if yes, then add a few "exile enchantment" spells in SB. if not, disregard this.

Acidic Slime for SB maybe over bramblecrush?

Dreno33...they aren't yet, but it's only a matter of time given some of their power levels. Puphoros is in a Norin the Wary deck that is becoming popular , Nylea will continue to grow I think, Thassa is in many Merfolk builds, and if Xenagod performs as well as he looks like he may; he may hit modern too. You are absolutely right. I should switch out the Nature's Claim 's for a card that exiles artifacts or enchantments or Unravel the Aether . That is a great call. Thank you!

rdmcabee...Acidic Slime is most likely better. While it costs one more; I gt 2-devotion and a body (with deathtouch) that can help later. While it doesn't deal with plainswalkers (Karn in Tron, etc.) it may still be a better bet).

Thank you both for the great suggestions!

During playtesting, I somehow managed a t3 Garruk Wildspeaker , who untapped Nykthos, Shrine to Nyx , put out Nylea, God of the Hunt with extra mana. T5 Primalcrux . after play primalcrux, my devotion to green was something like 12.

• pay 2 to tap nykthos for 12 mana

• untap an enchanted forest and nykthos using garruk

• cast Mistcutter Hydra for 23

• Primalcux swings in for 13 trample, hydra swings 23, nylea swings 6, 1 from arbor elf for shits and giggles.

and I'm probably not even playing it to the fullest potential here. wow.

I like a lot of the changes, but why did you take out Omnath, Locus of Mana in the previous version of your deck he was insanely powerful with Nylea, God of the Hunt and Nykthos, Shrine to Nyx . Keep on making this thing awesome!

Grimgrinner...that is AWESOME! I love seeing examples like that...and I'm sure you played it perfectly!

I wasn't going to put too many examples on here; but I got so excited when I read Grimgrinner's story that I have to share a story from tonight....

I played a match this evening against RWU control where I was down to 1 life. I had:

5 Forest - 1 Forest enchanted with 2 Utopia Sprawl s - 1 Nykthos, Shrine to Nyx ) - 1 Coiling Oracle and 1 Arbor Elf on board

and 1 Elvish Visionary in hand.

He had 15 life and :

1 Cards in Hand - 5 untapped lands and several tapped

2 Snapcaster Mage s and a tapped Geist of Saint Traft on board and 17 life...

My turn went as follows:

1. Drew Garruk, Primal Hunter
2. Played Garruk by tapping four forests
3. Tapped remaining forest and enchanted forest for 4 mana.
4. Cast Elvish Visionary with two
5. Drew Wistful Selkie
6. Used other two floating mana to trigger Nykthos, Shrine to Nyx for a total of 7-mana.
   
7. Cast Wistful Selkie , (Floating remaining 4 mana)
8. Drew Mistcutter Hydra
9. Used Garruk to untap Nykthos, Shrine to Nyx and Enchanted Forest10, Used two of floating mana to trigger Nykthos again (this time for 10 mana)...still floating 2 for a total of 12 mana.
10. Tapped Enchanted Forest for 3 more mana (15 total)
11. Used Arbor Elf on board to untap Enchanted Forest for an additional 3 mana. (18 total).

I cast the Mistcutter Hydra as a 17/17 haste, that couldn't be countered and had protection from both Snapcaster Mage 's...to which the control player said, "dude, that is crazy." and we both laughed...Magic can be crazy!

By far this was the best "come from behind" victory I have had with the deck...control match ups can be tough...so needless to say I was excited to see that it could "pull through" in such a match up.

We've got a lot of both public and private messages where people have told us how well they've done with the deck, fun turns like the above (and the one Grimgrinner has provided), and many (such as Nobilior) have said they are going to build the deck for their next tournament(s).

This is the exact reason we love posting decks on TappedOut. The community helps make the deck its best, and then everyone gets to enjoy it and tell great stories!

dali....I absolutely love Omnath, Locus of Mana . It is my (Taylor, one of the brothers) favorite MTG Card out of every card in every format. Not kidding. It is my number 1 card.

Having said this, I've still struggled to make a competitive deck with Omnath in it for Modern.

Omnath, Locus of Mana in this deck can be extremely good, and can be extremely bad. He kind of throws off the sequencing of this deck. Sometimes he can just be too slow. He is a three-drop that doesn't draw cards. This deck really revolves around the fact that all of the mana basically gets used up each turn. Hopefully you can keep drawing cards, untapping lands, building up devotion, and casting things...

Having said this, storing mana no doubt can be helpful in many situations (even in this deck). I will test the deck removing the Aspect of Hydra 's for 2 Omnath, Locus of Mana and see if that is superior.

Aspect of Hydra has been a great card in many games (as often times they may block an active Nylea, God of the Hunt thinking she is the threat and I instantly pump up an attacking Wistful Selkie with +7/+7 or something crazy and they get hit with 9, etc. Aspect of Hydra can steal games. Omnath, Locus of Mana , however, may have interactions in this build that I haven't thought of (and testing is the best way to go about bringing them to light!)

I will let you know how it goes; and hopefully we can get Omnath in a deck!

As an aside, even if he doesn't work in this deck; I am 90% of the way done with an Omnath Devotion deck built entirely around maximizing Omnath (and a few others) using cards such as Bear Umbra , and Genesis Wave . Because Omnath, Locus of Mana acts as a storage warehouse for mana; he actually pairs amazingly well with Nylea, God of the Hunt . He keeps getting bigger as she gives him trample. Some of the mana can be sunk into her ability if they do not block a different creature...it leaves the opponent with a lot to think about...I won't go on too long about that deck (as it is a different deck all together) but I promise I won't give up on Omnath, Locus of Mana even if he doesn't work here :)

With all that mana what about chord of calling?

:D Yeah I got mentioned! ;) I have to thank you a million for posting this again. I've always wanted to build a mono-green modern deck ever since Wizards published this article. I tried over and over again making some really fast green and green/red decks that would just get blown out if the opponent packed tons of removal. What all my builds lacked was consistency. I would never had considered cards such as Elvish Visionary before due to their simple functions that get overlooked. Needless to say, I enjoyed watching the deck evolve as people gave more input and how it has achieved a seemingly perfect balance. Just wanted to say thanks again for sharing this with the community!

Nobilior...that is an awesome article! I hadn't seen that before, but h is absolutely correct that Primalcrux can be amazing in a green-centric build. His deck alone could probably be sleeved up with the addition of Nykthos, Shrine to Nyx and do well...what would you expect from a Pro like him though?

This makes me want to replace Arbor Colossus for Cloudthresher (and by god I think I will!) in the board.

There actually is a deck similar to mine made by Midwest called The Green Book that adds several of these creatures (Deus of Calamity , Cloudthresher , etc.) and is great. I have provided a few small suggestions for him; but its pretty darn good deck!

You are exactly right...this deck has gone through a TON of changes with the help of the community and with days and days of testing :) It started as G/R with Kessig Wolf Run and slowly moved into mono-green, then into blue as I found that it needed even more "card draw" creatures....The deck wouldn't be what it is without the aid of the TappedOut community (in no small part to you Nobilior).

First round of sideboard updates made :) Still working on it.

And if you're working on the sideboard right now, this is what I'm going to use at my LGS.

2x Beast Within

2x Cloudthresher

2x Dosan the Falling Leaf

2x Ground Seal

3x Nature's Claim

2x Pithing Needle

2x Privileged Position

Here is my reasoning for the new cards.

The utility of this is insane. This can be an answer for anything but I mostly threw it in there as an option for some creature removal (since the deck doesn't have any). Furthermore, with as big as your creatures can get, the 3/3 beast is negligible.

This stops everything. Pod, Tron, Kiki Twin (name Pestermite or Deceiver Exarch ), etc... Much like Beast Within , it is an answer for everything.

Nobilior...you are absolutely right about Beast Within . There is no reason not to use it...Here I'm trying to fit in all these cards that destroy lands, or artifacts, or enchantments; when Beast Within can remove them all! Definitely adding 4 of these in the sideboard.

Sideboard has been cleaned up quite a bit. Still have to test to figure out where we can cut to aid in control match-ups (and if we need to do so); but for now this sideboard is great against every other top-tier deck (Twin, Affinity, Pod, Tron, etc.)

You should probably check out Travis Woo's article on channelfireball.

I'm of the opinion that in mon-green, Asceticism is a better sideboard than Privileged Position . The regeneration saves you from and Supreme Verdict , Mutilate or other boardwipes.

The wording does leave your lands (especially nkythos), as well as garruk open to some removal, but I still think saving creatures from board wipes would be very strong here. Ultimately it's your deck though, so go ahead and weigh the options.

MAJOR, major props to you guys (and the other contributors) for this deck. It is incredibly well designed and fun to play. I'm playing a mono-green version (basically only dropping the Coiling Oracle and the fetches) and I love the fact that you're never out of a match. Aspect of Hydra is so insane in this build as you can come out of nowhere and win games with even a measly unblocked Elf.

Well done and the amount of work and testing that you all have put in deserves the top spot! +1!

rstnme....Thanks for pointing me to that!

Twoo may have gone a little far taking complete credit for his deck. It's tough though, because so many decks are made daily that it's possible that two people can come up with similar decks and not even know it. I'm not saying he took my deck at all...I wouldn't care if he did! I'd be happy it got to more people :). This is FAR more like Michael Jacob's version (which has been around for a few months). The win-cons and style is extremely similiar to MJ's.... But even my version started much more like MJ's before changing. The Arbor Elf /Utopia Sprawl things is all his). That being said; it is a really neat take on green devotion! I haven't seen Twoo's 60 before; so in truth; it is his take on it. It just would be easy for more people to read without getting upset if he mentioned Jacob's deck (as it appears there is obvious inspiration). In the end though, we should just say "cool deck" as that is what it is :)

One sentence I found extremely interesting in the article was this:

"The main weakness of the deck is the all-ramp no fat-draw, but that is just an archetype weakness...."

Obviously given my list I tend to disagree :). You can have BOTH with the right balance. That was the issue I set out to fix when developing my version. I haven't tested Twoo's version; but given its similarity to Michael Jacob's version, I assume it runs into the same issues...

The deck has amazing interactions (Eternal Witness /Primal Command is really cool) and can win by turn 3. Also, a lot of times this deck wins; it really wins! My version probably won't see many turn 3 wins; but it will nearly always be in a winning position by turn 4; and more importantly it can win a game you are well behind on. The main issues I had with the MJ-versions as I'll call them (only because that's where I personally saw it first....not because I have anything against Twoo) is you very quickly run out of cards and are kind of in "top deck mode". There were a lot of games where you have tons of mana and nothing to do with it. Twoo has a good amount of "bigger cards" in his build, so this may help. I love Kessig Wolf Run in devotion decks (wish I could have it mine); so that's great to as a mana sink.

My main disagreement with Travis of course would be the power of drawing cards while building up devotion. I don't consider it "dirrdiling" to draw cards and contain to overwhelm the opponent while using up the ample mana you create; but he also plays against numerous types of decks. Of course everyone will have their own opinion

I don't want to pretend that I know any more than a professional or that my deck is "better". I've learned not to make "blanket claims" about individual cards or decks (as any card can be great in the right build and even the oddest of decks can end up being great when you sit down and play them). Travis Woo's deck is another great example of what can be done with green-devotion from a great brewer! I'm pretty darn sure we will see at least one green devotion deck at the next pro tour (although most likely more in line with Michael Jacob's/Travis Woo's build) given its availability and popularity.

That being said, I still think this build is just as competitive. Devotion is such a great mechanic for the very fact that there is so many different ways to take advantage of it!

Contoro...thank you!

Taking out the blue and Coiling Oracle can be done quite easily. Strangleroot Geist was always great; so you could go that route. I've just always liked how Coiling Oracle drew a card and ramped at the same time. The life from the fetches and shock lands and the resiliency of Strangleroot may more than make up for it though.

You are absolutely right about Aspect of Hydra . It's is amazing in this deck! I updated last night that I have to find a way to get another one in here. It just steals so many games!

I really do appreciate the kind words as well! We're really proud of this deck; but as I've said before; the community really made it what it is.

i would recommend these Creakwood Liege , Murkfiend Liege , and Wilt-Leaf Liege +1

Raybelfast.... Chord of Calling is a great idea. I will definitely try it in the spot Summoner's Pact is currently in...often times you have plenty of extra creatures to help with the convoke cost; and getting a Primalcrux directly into play can be huge for devotion. I like it! Will definitely be testing that!