Ferocious/Counters

Modern Budget Counters Persist RGW (Naya)

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Creature (21)

• 4x Avatar of the Resolute
• 1x Cankerbloom
• 4x Garruk's Harbinger
• 4x Growth-Chamber Guardian
• 2x Kitchen Finks
• 1x Scuzzback Marauders
• 4x Servant of the Scale
• 1x Shifting Ceratops

Land (21)

• 13x Forest
• 3x Llanowar Reborn
• 1x Oran-Rief, the Vastwood
• 4x Tranquil Thicket

Enchantment (2)

• 2x Ranger Class

Artifact (2)

• 2x Weatherseed Totem

Instant (7)

• 3x Massive Might
• 4x Snakeskin Veil

Sorcery (7)

• 3x Bushwhack
• 4x Thirsting Roots

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Creature (10)

• 1x Ghalta, Primal Hunger
• 1x Goreclaw, Terror of Qal Sisma
• 1x Herd Baloth
• 1x Mossbridge Troll
• 1x Oran-Rief Invoker
• 1x Oran-Rief Ooze
• 1x Prosperous Innkeeper
• 1x Spearbreaker Behemoth
• 1x Temur Sabertooth
• 1x Whisperer of the Wilds

Sorcery (6)

• 1x Nature's Way
• 1x Overwhelming Stampede
• 1x Primal Command
• 1x Roar of Challenge
• 1x See the Unwritten
• 1x Shamanic Revelation

Artifact (2)

• 1x Belt of Giant Strength
• 1x The Great Henge

Land (1)

• 1x Mosswort Bridge

Enchantment (4)

• 1x Colossal Majesty
• 1x Cream of the Crop
• 1x Durable Handicraft
• 1x Unnatural Growth

Instant (4)

• 1x Duel for Dominance
• 1x Feed the Clan
• 1x Inscription of Abundance
• 1x Vastwood Fortification  ^Flip

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"Simple" beatdown deck. ~9.00USD at time of writing, if you're willing to play with printings. Despite the name, the deck's grown out of any power-related mechanic. The ideas already present in the Harbingers and expanded on in the Guardians have been leant into wholly with the additions of persist and Ranger. It has the curve and basic composition of aggro, but the mentality of attrition and going bigger is in line with midrange. Can't tell if that means it's unfocused or versatile.

Creatures

• Servant of the Scale: A long-term investment that can force some inconvenient choices on opponents.
• Growth-Chamber Guardian: I'd take any two-drop that can semi-permanently grow to ferocious' requirement, but the recursion makes it pretty intimidating and consistent. Pairs extremely well with the greeters.
• Garruk's Harbinger: The workhorse of the deck. Digs for more creatures, triggers ferocious and as a bonus, immune to black removal.
• Shifting Ceratops: Nothing amazing, but it can adjust what it brings to the table based on the stage of the game. Early, and it's a fine body on the board. Later, it starts picking up keywords to make it a greater threat. Makes the deck somewhat more difficult to stop with blue tactics. Ultimately, a budget Carnage Tyrant.
• Avatar of the Resolute: Very reliable beater. Not much to say about it beyond "It's efficient."
• Cankerbloom: This is very rapidly becoming my preference across any deck with access to green. It's more lenient in cost than the caterpillar by only being 2G instead of 1GG, and it's a pushed threat.
• Kitchen Finks: 3/X is reasonably threatening, and it stumps both midrange and aggro by trading at least twice.
• Scuzzback Marauders: This is here solely because of the shenanigans persist lets you get up to. At least the above can interact with the opponent on multiple axes. If there's a Ranger Class or Oran-Rief, the Vastwood on the board, it'll just keep coming back until you can find a way to keep it dead.

Land

• Llanowar Reborn: Less potential but greater consistency than Vastwood. This deck's more likely to have trouble getting steam than closing out once it has momentum.
• Oran-Rief, the Vastwood: Pseudo multikicker and persist enabler.
• Tranquil Thicket: Consistency engine.

Other Permanents

• Ranger Class: A bear in addition to a strong enchant that scales well as the match progresses.
• Weatherseed Totem: Okay-ish, as far as rocks go. Threatening grind attached is welcome.

Spells

• Massive Might: Generic combat trick that affords you trample.
• Snakeskin Veil: Synergistic protection. I wonder if it'd be better to run with a Simic Initiate and at least be able to claim it's a threat in addition to the utility.
• Thirsting Roots: Between these two search spells, I can drop the generic dorks for something synergistic and shave off a few lands for even more cool things elsewhere.
• Bushwhack: Ram Through's better in a vacuum, but I wanted to get away from twenty-four lands. Being stuck at sorcery speed isn't too bad.

Date added	2 years
Last updated	1 year
Legality	This deck is Modern legal.
Rarity (main - side)	16 - 0 Rares 11 - 0 Uncommons 20 - 0 Commons
Cards	60
Avg. CMC	1.87
Tokens	Human 2/2 G, Wolf 2/2 G
Folders	Budget