Dinosaurs feat. a true infinite (M20 Standard)

Standard* Aggro Ramp RG (Gruul) Tribal

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Creature (32)

• 4x Drover of the Mighty
• 4x Forerunner of the Empire
• 3x Ghalta, Primal Hunger
• 4x Llanowar Elves
• 4x Marauding Raptor
• 2x Polyraptor
• 4x Regisaur Alpha
• 3x Ripjaw Raptor
• 2x Shifting Ceratops
• 2x Territorial Allosaurus

Land (20)

• 8x Forest
• 4x Mountain
• 4x Rootbound Crag
• 4x Stomping Ground

Artifact (2)

• 2x Vivien's Arkbow

Sorcery (5)

• 3x Commune with Dinosaurs
• 2x Savage Stomp

Planeswalker (1)

• 1x Domri, Anarch of Bolas

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Sideboard

Creature (5)

• 2x Deathgorge Scavenger
• 2x Gruul Spellbreaker
• 1x Thrashing Brontodon

Enchantment (1)

• 1x Experimental Frenzy

Planeswalker (4)

• 2x Domri, Anarch of Bolas
• 2x Vivien Reid

Artifact (2)

• 2x Sorcerous Spyglass

Sorcery (3)

• 1x Declare Dominance
• 2x Rabid Bite

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With the spoiling of Marauding Raptor , I thought that the dinosaurs could be very good from just this one piece. I don't have the physical deck, but from the tests I ran, this specific build looked to be decent against many decks, and destroyed the most aggressive decks. This guide should teach you how I think the deck works best. If you have any suggestions, those would be greatly appreciated.

Ramp Show

First off for ramp, we have Marauding Raptor . This card is insane. It is a 2/3 for 2 that enables enrage, gets bigger when you play dinos, and gives you a free Mana that you don't need to tap for. In this deck, there only has about 7 non-creatures and it only kills Llanowar Elves . Running 4 copies is a no-brainer. The main issue is that drawing two is pretty bad, since it kills most of my creatures. When this happens, hopefully I'll have a Vivien's Arkbow to discard it to. My other ramp includes Llanowar Elves , Domri, Anarch of Bolas , and Drover of the Mighty . Llanowar Elves and Drover of the Mighty are obvious choices. Domri, Anarch of Bolas is mainly in for the "can't be countered" but can also serve as removal.

Middle-curve Show

Next, we have the middle-curve creatures. In the four-drop slot I included Forerunner of the Empire , Ripjaw Raptor , and card:Territorial Alloaurus. I don't have any three-drop creatures mainboard, since I almost always have 4-6 mana by turn 3, and Marauding Raptor is often a better follow up to Llanowar Elves since it can play a Drover of the Mighty on the same turn and/or a Regisaur Alpha the following turn. Anyway, back to the four-drops. Forerunner of the Empire is a very good card in this deck. It can tutor for any dinosaur, whether it be Regisaur Alpha for value or to try to push through twelve haste damage with card:Ghalta, the Primal Hunger, Thundering Spineback for a board stall, or anything else. It can even find Polyraptor , creates 8 5/5's when you have both. Polyraptor also creates a truly infinite loop with card:Marauding Raptors since neither trigger says "may." I'm not quite sure, but in paper magic, I think this loops to a draw. But when you have all three of these guys, you'll create 63 5/5's. Next in the four drop slot we have Territorial Allosaurus . Originally, I had more Savage Stomp s and less of this guy, but more creatures are better for Marauding Raptor , and I can usually kick him by turn 3 or 4. The one issue with Territorial Allosaurus and Marauding Raptor is that the Allosaurus often does because of the extra damage. I may swap this for more Savage Stomp s or something else entirely. next in the four-drop slot I have Ripjaw Raptor . This card draws me cards and combos well with Marauding Raptor . I may want more of this card or maybe just more creatures with enrage. Another of my mid-game dinos is Regisaur Alpha . This card is just good value and will almost always allow me to play out a Ghalta, Primal Hunger the following turn. It also gives haste to my dinosaurs, which is most important when I can give haste to Ghalta, Primal Hunger or my Polyraptor combo.

Top-end Show

Finally for creatures we have our top-end. I have Ghalta, Primal Hunger , Thundering Spineback , and Polyraptor . Ghalta is often a two drop 12/12 by turn 4-6 depending on the matchup and my luck. Thundering Spineback is a card that I'm iffy on since I haven't tested this card much, but seems very powerful in a board stall and may end up being a sideboard card for the mirror. Polyraptor is great at ending the game with Forerunner of the Empire , but I can't quite figure out the right number for it. I settled on two, but I'm still not completely sure.

Other Spells Show

I'm not running much other than my creatures. Commune with Dinosaurs can prevent me from getting screwed and finds me the creatures I want. Savage Stomp is another piece of my removal suite and enables enrage. Vivien's Arkbow is another card that I haven't been able to test much. I included it to discard dead cards in my hand in the late game. It seems strong, but I'm not entirely sure about it. Finally, I have Domri, Anarch of Bolas for anti-control and extra removal in the same card, which I mentioned earlier.

Sideboard Show

I'm not too experienced with sideboards in the current standard, and I haven't tested this much, but this is what seems good to me. For very aggressive decks I have Rabid Bite as additional removal, Declare Dominance as an absolute gottem, and Vivien Reid against Aggro decks with high flier counts. Vivien Reid also goes great against Mono-White because of Conclave Tribunal . For control decks, I have Rhythm of the Wild , Gruul Spellbreaker , sometimes Experimental Frenzy , and sometimes Sorcerous Spyglass . For graveyard decks, like Sultai, dreadhorde, and zombies if it becomes a thing I have Deathgorge Scavenger . For decks with many planeswalkers I have Sorcerous Spyglass . For any grindy matchup I have Experimental Frenzy , and for additional artifact/enchantment hate I have Thrashing Brontodon . I don't really know how to board against simic Nexus, a deck that feels strong against me.

Date added	5 years
Last updated	5 years
Legality	This deck is not Standard legal.
Rarity (main - side)	2 - 2 Mythic Rares 29 - 7 Rares 10 - 4 Uncommons 7 - 2 Commons
Cards	60
Avg. CMC	3.80
Tokens	Copy Clone, Dinosaur 3/3 G w/ Trample, Emblem Vivien Reid