What about adding Illusionary Mask ?

Ender666666

That seems like a good way to cheat in big creatures like Thieving Amalgam , but I don't like that it's sorcery speed. Would I be able to use this to cast morphs for free? Would they remain face down without a mask counter placed on them?

Sorry for the late response. With Illusionary Mask, what you get to do is cheat in morph effects without paying for them. It's just decent synergy, and utilizes an oldschool-cool card

That sounds like it could be really useful. I'm not exactly sure where I'd make a cut for it, though.

Muraganda Petroglyphs?

Awesome design, love it! +1000

Nice design, great name of the deck! +1 :-)

BTW Do you have enough removal cards / abilities?

cPute

Thanks!

It has functioned pretty well so far. Most of the control and removal package is in the morph creatures rather than instants or sorceries, so it can seem pretty bare at first glance. I have been considering Temur War Shaman to synergize with Deathmist Raptor, but I don’t know if he’s worth the slot for the possible repeatable creature removal since he doesn’t really help the rest of the deck.

Is kadena an alter or proxy? Who made it because it looks bad ass!

FaygoChugginFreek

It’s a proxy made by PurePazaak. You can find it in the alters list on TappedOut.

Excellent use of the theme here!! +1 just for that. looking to thew future the new Vivien from Ikoria will give you some additional top deck capabilities and if combined with Vivien, Champion of the Wilds it'll give you lots of tricks. I would also say Farseek could be a good addition if you need any more ramp.

shwanerz88

I just realized I hadn't replied! Oops!

Thank you! I had a lot of fun putting the deck and page together.

My only problem with the new Vivien is she cost 5 mana, and I'm not sure if that's worth the top deck utility she provides. At least I would have to find something to cut for her. Vivien, Champion of the Wilds was in a draft of this list but was ultimately cut for a few reasons. First off, once I have a flash effect (that's not a land) in play, any more flash effects become dead draws. I went with Leyline of Anticipation for the fact that enchantments are harder to get rid of than creatures or planeswalkers and can be set from my hand for free if I get it in my opening hand. I also went with Teferi, Mage of Zhalfir because he stops opponents from playing at instant speed and can be tutored. A successful Defense of the Heart means I can get a Prophet of Kruphix effect if I'm not going for a lock. Still, there is something to be said about her -2 which provides some decent utility. Maybe she can find a slot again, but at this point I'm not sure if it would be worth cutting anything I'm already running for her.

The deck has no problem ramping, so I don't see any need for Farseek. Even still I would probably prefer Nature's Lore for the fact that the land enters untapped. If I really need another color then I can just grab the appropriate shock.

Thank you for your suggestions, and I'm glad you like the deck! I'll seriously hear out any arguments for either Vivien if you think something is worth cutting for them.

have you considered Mindbreak Trap. A pretty solid counterspell but it also fits in the trap theme of the deck.

+1 to that ^^^^^

m_to_the_three

Ooh yeah...that is a good idea. Do you have any suggestions on a cut for it, though?

I think, even though the CMC is a bit high, the card Booby Trap is on flavor here. The ability isn't the best, unless you can catch someone top decking at instant speed. Also, along with the trap cards, Summoning Trap is pretty good if you are in a pod that has a lot of blue.

Maybe cut Guardian Project as the casting cost ins't the best and the deck seems to have plenty of card draw.

Sanguinolency

Yeah I'm not feeling Booby Trap. It just doesn't do enough to help the deck. I like the flavor, though.

Summoning Trap could be good, but I feel it's too situational. I do have some blue in my pod, but I don't find my creatures getting countered often when I play this deck.

Sanguinolency

Guardian Project is actually easier to cast than Beast Whisperer. Same cmc but slightly less reliant on green. I'm actually hesitant to take out any card draw in the deck since the options I'm running can be really clutch if Kadena is removed. I also just love the fact that it works with morph creatures because they have no name.

Abzkaban

It is your call, just any card that seems to be under performing or just doesnt synergize well. Im usually not a fan of Defense of the Heart just because it a very slow tutor, cause even if you meet the requirements when you play it you still got to wait a whole turn and that can easily get destroyed by single target removal or boardwipe. Gift of Doom also seems a bit meh to me but that's just because I don't see indestructible being that strong. It is your call at the end cause you been playing and testing this deck out so if both these cards turned out to be really powerful and synergize well then keep em.

If ya want more trap cards, Summoning Trap and Cobra Trap seem to synergize with your deck.

BTW if ya need more tutors Natural Order and Tooth and Nail are pretty amazing green creature tutors. Also if ya dont mind sacing your stuff Diabolic Intent is pretty much demonic tutor but you got to sac something first.

so Bontu's Monument can work with the combo too, and a +1 for the egyptian theme.

I'm not sure about this but how good can be Burgeoning ? I mean, drawing a lot of cards means a lot of lands waiting every round to be played. But with Burgeoning they can drop pretty fast, and with it more mana to activate our trap cards.

Omg, I got the 150th upvote!

SynergyBuild

Nice! Congratulations! And thank you!

what about Ruthless Ripper? if you bounce free you can kill everyone with the flip ability.

yago52

My only problem with that one is that there’s a total of 9 black cards in the entire deck, so there’s not a good chance of being able to morph it consistently. Not to mention the card itself doesn’t do enough until I’ve already hit that win threshold. The other win cons at least provide value in some form outside of the win. I could see it possibly replacing Altar of the Brood because it’s another card draw cantrip. I might have to test it to see how it plays.