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Naya Midrange!


Mainboard

Avacyn's Pilgrim - Acceleration, becomes a threat with Kessig Wolf Run

Farseek - Acceleration

Huntmaster of the Fells   - 2 bodies for one card, a bit of lifegain, and he is great friends with Restoration Angel

Restoration Angel - 3/4 flyer is a surprise blocker, likes letting Huntmaster of the Fells   flip, abuses ETB effects, and can save creatures in a pinch.

Loxodon Smiter - 4/4 for 3 mana, On turn two, he pushes aggro around. Also makes Liliana cry, and that's no small feat.

Boros Reckoner - 3/3 which invites a 2-for-1, 1-for-0, or even a 2-for-0 against aggro. Great 3 drop, very versatile.

Mizzium Mortars - Early game spot kill, can become a one-sided sweep as early as turn 4 or 5. Yum!

Thragtusk needs no explanation, he's a 2-for-1, big body, lifegain, target for flicker.

Thundermaw Hellkite and Aurelia, the Warleader are great finishers.

Kessig Wolf Run makes everything a threat.

Domri Rade is effectively card draw at 27 creatures, and decent creature removal in a pinch with naya's fatties. His emblem is a great finisher, too.

Garruk, Primal Hunter makes fat tokens, and typically ends up drawing 4/5+ cards at once.


Sideboard

Angel of Serenity - 5/6 Flyer which can either A) sweep the board of another midrange player or B) recycle 3 threats against control

Aurelia's Fury - 3 mana essentially guarantees an unchanged board presence for one turn against control - enough to win. an extra mana or two nails their token blockers as well.

Boros Charm - Extra 4 reach, great against control. Indestructibility trumps verdict, and double strike is a neat combat trick against midrange.

Rest in Peace - Because FU Human Reanimator. Also, zombies are still sort of a thing.

Selesnya Charm - Say no to just about any huge creature in the format. Great card vs rites & heartless summoning decks.

Triumph of Ferocity - More gas vs. control, esper seems to have problems dealing with both planeswalkers AND enchantments, with not enough rings or spheres to go around.

Zealous Conscripts - Thanks for the finisher, opposing midrange/rites deck! Also makes good friends with Restoration Angel.

So far I've had pretty great success with this deck. Feedback is invited!

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Went 3-1 again this week at FNM. I was satisfied with how this deck performed, I like the pressure it generates vs. most matchups.

Match 1: Bant Counters - Won 2/0 This deck revolved around +1/+1 counters, with lots of evolve creatures, Master Biomancer, Primordial Hydra, Bioshift, Gyre Sage, Ajani, Caller of the Pride... you get the point. Won this matchup tidily, he just couldn't keep up with my threats. A well-timed Domri -2 and/or Mortars sealed his fate.

Match 2: Naya Humans - Lost 0/2 This is a fairly strong matchup for me, but I lost game one due to keeping too slow of a hand (only two land, neither shock, 1x pilgrim, all 5 drops.). Game two I had an okay hand after mulling to six, only to meet his one Champion of the Parish, one Burning-Tree Emissary, and THREE Mayor of Avabruck  Flip... eww!

Match 3: Red Deck Wins - Won 2/1 Again, a fairly strong matchup for me. Game one he met turn two Loxodon Smiter... Things didn't pick up for him after that. Game two, he double Boros Charmfoiled me for 8 before I could play the two Thragtusks in hand. Ouch! Game three, he met the same fate as game one. T2 Boros Reckoner, T3 Huntmaster of the Fells  Flip, T4 Huntmaster flip into Restoration Angel on his turn,

Match 4: Junk Control/Midrange - Won 2/0 Game one, I dropped Domri Rade on turn 2 and hosed him with threats to win on turn 6/7 Game two, I managed to stick Garruk, Primal Hunter to sac him and draw 5 cards off of Thragtusk. With Kessig Wolf Run and 3 other threats among them, I did him in quickly.

In conclusion, I should make a point to not keep slow hands - taking the mulligan to six is often a better choice.

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Legality

This deck is Modern legal.

Rarity (main - side)

12 - 6 Mythic Rares

40 - 2 Rares

4 - 7 Uncommons

4 - 0 Commons

Cards 60
Avg. CMC 3.35
Tokens Beast 3/3 G, Emblem Domri Rade, Human 2/2 G, Knight 2/2 W w/ Vigilance, Wolf 2/2 G, Wurm 6/6 G
Folders Mayan Fun
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