Thank you so much for checking out my deck, below I've made a list of why I have put in the cards I did. Any help and suggestions would be great especially for the (non-existent) sideboard.
A perfect play: A perfect game with this deck would be over in four turns.
Turn 1- Play a forest and then a mana dork.
Turn 2- Play a Swamp and then Primordial Hydra
Turn three- Play a forest and then Corpsejack Menace, Primordial Hydra will be a 2/2.
Turn four- Play a land. Primordial Hydra doubles it's counters, then Corpsejack Menace doubles those, giving it +4/+4. Primordial Hydra is now a 6/6. Use Solidarity of Heroes which is affected by Corpsejack Menace. This now makes Primordial Hydra an 18/18. Use Essence Harvest to deal 18 and then attack with Primordial Hydra who now has trample.
Now usually this doesn't happen this fast. It usually takes me 5-7 turns to beat someone due to land burn, lack of hydras or Corpsejack , and because I usually protect my hydras with Alpha Authority early on. This deck has potential to quickly overwhelm and defeat opponents. Below is a list of why I included the cards I did.
Alpha Authority- Completely protects my Hydra or Corpsejack from opponents spells my opponent uses while still allowing me to use Solidarity of Heroes.
Corpsejack Menace- key card of this deck as it doubles all +1/+1 counters allowing me to make low level hydras like Mistcutter Hydra more powerful early on.
Elvish Mystic- Cheap mana dork with cool art.
Essence Harvest- easy game finisher or saver. Can easily win u a game without attacking if you have a big Hydra while also giving some much needed life gain.
Forced Adaptation- Cheap card that gives you a +1/+1 counter every turn. Easily comboed with a hydra, Corpsejack Menace, or Solidarity of Heroes to super charge creatures.
Hydra Broodmaster- added this one as a late game card. It's monstrosity effect can be comboed with Corpsejack Menace To make Broodmaster huge and create an army of Hydras.
Jungle Hollow- "dual land" with life gain, it helps.
Kalonian Hydra- super-powered Hydra that doubles all +1/+1 counters when attacking. Useful, and similar to Corpsejack Menace but I only included 2 due to it doubling when attacking opposed to Primordial Hydra.
Llanowar Elves- Mana dork with slightly less cool art.
Mistcutter Hydra- cheap hydra, can't be countered, and has protection from blue and haste. No downside and easy to put down early.
Primordial Hydra- Best Hydra in this deck due to it doubling it's +1/+1 counters every upkeep. Used as my main attacking creature.
Putrefy- great removal for creatures and artifacts.
Solidarity of Heroes- simply just makes all your hydras better, amplified with Corpsejack Menace.
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And did I mention how budget this deck is? Go ahead, checkout that pricetag.
