I decided that I would post this deck after playing with it since the beginning of April. This deck was made to show that mono green budget can beat a heavy removal meta/overrun expensive decks.
This deck is built around getting your creatures out big and strong or making your creatures grow extremely big.
Before we start, if you have a stricter budget than ~$45, I have extra-budget options for some indicated by the // after a card
Landbase: Simple. Run your 19 forests and a Nykthos, Shrine to Nyx//Forest(It's a mono-colored deck, it would be silly not to run it if you can afford it).
Enchantments/Artifacts:
Ordeal of Nylea
: Ramps your creatures and gets you land for 2 mana.
Bow of Nylea: Gives your attacking creatures death touch is a nice plus, but it can put 1/1 counters on your creatures for 2 mana. Adds to devotion for the Nykthos, Shrine to Nyx(//Forest) as well.
Hardened Scales: Puts extra counters on your creatures to make em a tiny bit bigger. When moving counters around or using Bow of Nylea, this can make something huge!
Instants/Sorceries:
Map the Wastes
: Finds you land and bolsters. Simple enough if you're in a pinch for mana.
Inspiring Call
: This card can fill up your hand and best of all, protect your creatures. There's no reason not to run this.
Solidarity of Heroes
: Makes your creatures huge threats for 2 mana each. This can be used to trample over or to sneakily swing for lethal.
Sudden Reclamation
: You can effectively fetch back your powerful bombs that happened to get in the grave. You can also grab a land in addition to the creature if one got in the grave in the process of milling.
Creatures:
The support:
Elvish Mystic: The mana dork of this deck. 'Nuff said.
Servant of the Scale
: A 1/1 body for 1 mana is okay, but we care about him being able to move his counters around. Has synergy with Hardened Scales.
Satyr Grovedancer: A 1/1 that can put a 1/1 counter on any of your creatures(and if need be itself). This can give your creatures the slight boost they need to push through that fat creature your opponent has. Provides a weenie to block with as well.
Nylea, God of the Hunt//Tuskguard Captain: This thing is an amazing finisher to this deck. The creatures that have all those counters can push through and swing for lethal. Works best with Heroes' Bane when it gets to be ridiculous. If running the Nylea, God of the Hunt, It becomes a creature quickly due to the amount of double green permanents in this deck and can temporarily pump.
Bombs:
Avatar of the Resolute: This thing is your main bomb in this deck. This thing can be amazing early and late game. This has amazing synergy with
Servant of the Scale
and Hardened Scales early game, giving you a 4/3 reach trample on turn 2(Eat my dust, Fleecemane Lion)!
Reverent Hunter
: This can come out of nowhere late game and win you the match. Its low cost combined with its high potential can let you drop it and still be able to protect it.
Surrak, the Hunt Caller: I honestly don't know why this card isn't played very much. Right now they're 1.30$ and they're worth it. Snatch em up while you can. This card is insanely powerful in this deck. Drop one of them and drop a big threat such as
Reverent Hunter
and swing in for a poop ton of damage. With him giving all your creatures haste, this thing squeezes the last bits of value out of your creatures. If you have a Bow of Nylea and Nylea, God of the Hunt out, they have to start throwing all their creatures under the bus to be able to stay alive. This guy is worth every cent.
Heroes' Bane: Its ability can make itself into an absolute menace. This thing can get into the hundreds of +1/+1 counters just by using its ability. Once this is out with Nylea, God of the Hunt//Tuskguard Captain, this needs an immediate answer.
Hornet Queen: I know it might seem really stupid with the curve I have, but with the ordeals and the nykthos, I get surprising amounts of left over land. This thing can usually come out and it can save you if you survive late game.
Mistcutter Hydra: I don't see a reason not to mainboard at least one of these babies. It's mono green, power and toughness based off of +1/+1 counters and has haste and protection from blue?! He has so much value for the deck in terms of triggering the Avatar of the Resolute mainly. Also combos really well with Hardened Scales and
Solidarity of Heroes
(Due to his power and toughness being all +1/+1 counters.
I will be constantly testing this deck at FNMs and posting my records from time to time. The first time trying to run the deck I went 2 and 2. I'd love to hear what you guys have tried and what worked for you. Any feedback is welcome.
