Hydra Pump up

Modern Competitive RG (Gruul)

Ajb39850

Creature (21)

• 4x Birds of Paradise
• 4x Kalonian Hydra
• 2x Mistcutter Hydra
• 4x Noble Hierarch
• 3x Primordial Hydra
• 2x Savageborn Hydra
• 2x Shaman of Forgotten Ways

Land (24)

• 10x Forest
• 2x Mountain
• 4x Rootbound Crag
• 4x Stomping Ground
• 4x Wooded Foothills

Instant (11)

• 4x Lightning Bolt
• 4x Solidarity of Heroes
• 3x Temur Battle Rage

Enchantment (4)

• 4x Utopia Sprawl

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Sideboard

Instant (7)

• 2x Ancient Grudge
• 3x Lightning Bolt
• 2x Wear / Tear

Creature (4)

• 4x Sylvan Caryatid

Sorcery (4)

• 4x Rough / Tumble

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Maybeboard

Instant (4)

• 1x Beast Within
• 1x Fracturing Gust
• 1x Nature's Claim
• 1x Soul's Grace

Enchantment (1)

• 1x Alpha Authority

Sorcery (3)

• 1x Armed / Dangerous
• 1x Give / Take
• 1x Slaughter Games

Artifact (1)

• 1x Glaring Spotlight

Creature (2)

• 1x Dark Confidant
• 1x Vorinclex, Voice of Hunger

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The goal of the deck is basically to ramp turn 1-2 with dorks then to begin applying pressure turn 3. one of the best creatures in the deck to do this is Kalonian Hydra which could cause lethal turn 4 with the right set up. Another alternate win condition is Soul's Fire it is extremely effective in this deck and is very cost effective. Solidarity of Heroes is very solid and makes the deck much more difficult to play against, and having strive makes it really insane. A notable combo is Kessig Wolf Run and Savageborn Hydra even giving it +0/+0 trample is extremely effective. Also if worst comes to worst pumping up Birds of Paradise is an option. Sideboard: Ancient Grudge: affinity doesn't like affinity at all. Also dropping 2 ancient grudges makes belcher unable to execute its combo. I would assume it would also be decent against decks such as 8-rack, tron, and ad nauseum as well. Wear: Thid is basically just a way to have additional artifact removal as well as some enchantment removal. Enchantments are typically not a huge problem but it is good to have some enchantment removal. Rough: this is a pseudo-wrath effect card in my sideboard. It's mainly to handle Geist of Saint Traft but it also has the ability to take out a lot of enemy creatures. It's worth noting that with Sylvan Caryatid boarded in for Llanowar Elves all my creatures are out of range for this card. Lightning Bolt: this is good against decks with low board states. It could also be used to give me an early tempo advantages. Also in some situations it could just win you the game. Sylvan Caryatid: this is mainly for decks with a lot of removal. It makes it really difficult for removal heavy decks to severely damage my mana base. Notable combos/cards: Kalonian Hydra: this can be dropped really early and buffs all my other main creatures. Primordial Hydra: if left unanswered is basically GG in just a couple turns. Solidarity of Heroes: makes blocking a very awkward situation for my opponent, and could allow me to push through lethal damage very early. Soul's Fire: this card can be very insane allowing me to do typically 8+ damage for 3 mana. Mistcutter Hydra: even though I only run two in my deck it makes attacking really awkward for my opponent because of the threat of it having haste. When paired with Kalonian Hydra it could deal a huge but of damage the turn its dropped. Kessig Wolf Run: Allows me to effectively use open mana late game or in a pinch in the early game as well. Birds of Paradise, Llanowar Elves, Rattleclaw Mystic, and Shaman of Forgotten Ways: the "dorks" in my deck. Allows for some crazy early game plays making my deck semi-competitive at least at my meta.

Any advise is appreciated as usual. Thanks! 8)

Date added	10 years
Last updated	6 years
Legality	This deck is Modern legal.
Rarity (main - side)	9 - 0 Mythic Rares 24 - 4 Rares 8 - 11 Uncommons 7 - 0 Commons
Cards	60
Avg. CMC	1.89
Folders	Huge, Hydra, Interesting Modern Decks, Interesting Decks, Decks, Tribal, tribal