Initiative Ponza

Pauper Competitive GW (Selesnya) Land Destruction Lands Midrange Ramp

jonjonhholt

Creature (22)

• 4x Annoyed Altisaur
• 4x Arbor Elf
• 4x Avenging Hunter
• 2x Generous Ent
• 4x Goliath Paladin
• 2x Llanowar Visionary
• 2x Pegasus Guardian

Land (20)

• 2x Botanical Plaza
• 12x Forest
• 4x Plains
• 2x Radiant Grove

Instant (3)

• 3x Generous Gift

Enchantment (7)

• 3x Utopia Sprawl
• 4x Wild Growth

Sorcery (8)

• 4x Mwonvuli Acid-Moss
• 4x Settle Beyond Reality

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Sideboard

Instant (10)

• 2x Deglamer
• 2x Ephemerate
• 3x Moment's Peace *list*
• 3x Pulse of Murasa

Artifact (3)

• 3x Relic of Progenitus

Sorcery (2)

• 2x Dust to Dust

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Maybeboard

Instant (2)

• 2x Ephemerate

Sorcery (2)

• 2x Thermokarst

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Selesnya Ponza list that looks to abuse powerful effects like Mwonvuli Acid-Moss and Avenging Hunter/Goliath Paladin to push an advantage against the opponent. Generous Gift is a great flexible addition that was downshifted in CMM.

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Deck Tech:

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Mana Dorks:
Wild Growth + Utopia Sprawl let our lands make more mana and Arbor Elf lets us double dip on that extra mana.

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More Ramp!:
Mwonvuli Acid-Moss + Llanowar Visionary round out the rest of the ramp for the deck

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Big Bois:
Goliath Paladin + Avenging Hunter both give us a nice long-term value engine via the initiative and have bodies to boot. An important note is that we have 8 total copies of initiative creatures, this allows us to almost always find another one off of the final trigger of the undercity which allows us to get a creature from the top 10 cards of our library into play, allowing us to continue the initiative chain. Annoyed Altisaur is our true top-end and allows us to cheat even MORE mana >:) while we arent usually looking to actually spend 6 mana on Generous Ent, is can be cycled for a land early and is a great card to cascade into with Annoyed Altisaur. The first half of Pegasus Guardian is essentially a poor mans Cloudshift which can double as protection for our creatures against opponent removal or as an extra etb trigger. Then when the actual Pegasus Guardian does hit the board, it gives us a nice value engine turn after turn. Additionally, just like Generous Ent its 6 mana so is a great card to cascade into.

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Removal:
Settle Beyond Reality is a nice 2-in-1 giving us both removal and an etb trigger. Mwonvuli Acid-Moss is not only ramp but can put your opponent behind curve and punish greedy decks that struggle to find their colors. Generous Gift is an incredibly flexible removal option(it can blow up lands too btw) and all of your creatures can eat a 3/3.

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as always i would love any feedback, ideas, or suggestions, and i have a ton of other pauper builds if you enjoyed this one :) --> jonjonhholt

Date added	1 year
Last updated	1 year
Legality	This deck is Pauper legal.
Cards	60
Avg. CMC	3.85
Tokens	Dungeon: Undercity, Elephant 3/3 G, Food, On an Adventure, Pegasus 1/1 W, Skeleton 4/1 B, The Initiative, Treasure
Folders	Competitive Pauper, All Pauper, Deck Techs, Built Pauper