I think 4 Cavern of Souls is overboard. even 3 is pushing it. I would definitely consider changing 2 of them for 2 more Stomping Ground . I'm still not 100% sold on Giant Growth in these blitz decks either, I think Rancor or Rally the Peasants still hold the spot better. What is your experience with Giant Growth so far?

@Stone_MunkeeI had actually considered attacking enchantments and spells like Rancor , but after some playtesting I found that Giant Growth works supremely well. While Rally the Peasants will work better for getting early and extra damage in, against decks that are heavy in the Pillar of Flame , Searing Spear , and Mizzium Mortars department (decks that include aristocrats, surgeon generals, and america control) the health and damage from Giant Growth is irreversible.

What is your logic on taking out Cavern of Souls ? For a deck that has only humans besides Flinthoof Boar , I find that it is the best mono-creature mana fixer.

I absolutely dread the times I get 2 Cavern of Souls and a fistful of creatures, but you draw into a Giant Growth , Searing Spear , or a Rally the Peasants without the corresponding color to cast it, when you get into the situation where you would win if you could cast the card. Drives me INSANE when this happens

Thatcher Revolt maximizes your turn 3 wins

Deranged Outcast may be decent since you can use it's ability whenever. Especially handy when your creature was blocked or you block with and don't want it to die in vain. Lol.

@daveandkenz: This deck is about SPEED. Casting a creature that sits there and sacs a creature on a later turn is no good for Naya Blitz. This deck looks to have the opponent dead by turn 4-5 at the latest.

Now if you were running naya humans midrange I could see the card being decent as a SB against removal heavy decks.

Giant Growth > than Rancor in this deck as it is instant speed. Yes if you are lucky and get stick a Rancor on something before it dies you get it back, but you are setting yourself up for easy 2 for 1's against removal (Junk Midrange, Aristocrats, Esper, etc)

Giant Growth also has the added benefit of protecting your dudes against damage based removal in case the situation arises later and can punch through dudes like Loxodon Smiter and Trostani, Selesnya's Voice after blocks. I would like to point out though that burn gives a lot of reach after other decks stabilize at 5 or so life, I would personally drop the Ghor-Clan Rampager for either another Searing Spear or some Pillar of Flame s. Pillar of Flame will be especially helpful in taking out Voice of Resurgence when the new set comes out.

I'd recommend Daring Skyjek or Hamlet Captain over Flinthoof Boar since they're humans.

I think Flinthoof Boar is in just because its most likely to be 2 for a 3/3, not to mention haste for another mana, much better then most humans. I have always wondered why Hamlet Captain isn't in any of these Naya Human Decks... can somebody explain that to me.

@Phyrexia108

I've always found Hamlet Captain to be too slow for a Blitz deck. Firstly, he is a bit more prone to removal than most other humans as nobody wants you to get the buff, so other than Thalia he will pretty much always be hit by a Pillar of Flame . I don't want to use two mana on an insurance card like him, otherwise the deck will lean too much toward midrange and I wan't as much aggro as I can possibly fit to be in this deck. Mayor of Avabruck  ^Flip is a much better choice than Hamlet Captain as he will distribute his buff all the time, even when you are not attacking.

I have to disagree with TristanTaylorsVoice and Stone_Munkee. I play a Grixis control deck that I've been testing around the site, and this is the first deck that really stomped me (pre-board.) Between Cavern of Souls and Ghor-Clan Rampager my counters were dead draws and I couldn't keep up with the speed or power.

I like Mugging over Pillar of Flame because what you can't destroy you can always just dodge around, and usually that gets in the extra damage you need. Plus exile isn't too relevant now that zombies are a thing of the past (and zombies is too slow anyways, they come in tapped or can't block)

If you want a good target for Giant Growth , how about Wild Beastmaster ? Triggers the champ and gives a pump to all attackers!

@ jminute14 Ah, I didn't even consider that Rampager's buff can't be countered. If he's really looking for speed though I would still say that the curve would have to be lowered a bit, which would mean cutting this guy. Also, for your grixis deck, have you tried Rolling Temblor ? It hits most creatures in naya blitz besides Champion of the Parish and Flinthoof Boar and can hit earlier more reliably than Blasphemous Act can.

Just a random thought I had, since you enjoy Giant Growth 's so much. Have you considered Rubblebelt Maaka instead of the boar? It gives you four extra giant growth's, even if it's just in combat. Just a thought.

Colossal Might

Sorry elan, Standard Deck, Colossal Might won't work.

Nice deck, + 1 from me, but a few questions:

Why Frontline Medic over Silverblade Paladin ? The doublestrike is probably more relevant, especially if you're running Giant Growth . Also I would suggest Rubblebelt Maaka over Giant Growth . It does the same thing and gives you more options.

Why no Thatcher Revolt ? That can spell game over with Champion of the Parish and/or Mayor of Avabruk.

How about Hellrider over Ghor-Clan Rampager ?

Domri Rade for creature draw?

@Apoptosis

Remember that this is not a midrange deck, it is absolutely blitz. Silverblade Paladin costs the two white mana which is pretty inconsistent and doesn't have the indestructible utility that Frontline Medic has. Same reason for Giant Growth over Rubblebelt Maaka , as I will pretty much only cast rubblebelt while attacking, and not as a creature, while giant growth will save my creatures no matter what phase it is.Ghor-Clan Rampager is usually easier to cast than Hellrider , as I only need a red and a green instead of two red. Also, the bloodrush can't be countered.Definitely not Domri Rade ,I want to maximize my turn three wins and domri would just slow me down. If I was making a midrange deck, then definitely.

Do you think that Thatcher Revolt will speed the deck up? It would be a dead card without a Champion on field.

I was making my suggestions based off of another Naya Blitz deck that I love, which was crafted by Vos_Is_Boss called The Kessig Township. She runs Thatcher Revolt and swears by it. Remember with the Mayor of Avabruck  ^Flip on the field, those three tokens with haste all hit for 2 each. Vos_Is_Boss prefers it over the other human token generators because of the haste and that it gives the best return for the cost on a turn 3 drop (T1: champion, T2: Mayor, swing for 3, T3 thatcher, swing for 12, and that doesn't consider a Burning-Tree Emissary , which would boost the T3 swing to 16). I've only run a bastardized version of it when I didn't have the proper cards to get it right, but as an old fart with kids I get to discuss Magic more these days then I actually get to play (usually once every few weeks at the local store). Anyway, The Kessig Township is a pretty damn devastating deck and Vos_Is_Boss has done a lot of experimenting with it. It's the Naya Blitz deck that I'll probably run again soon. Hope this helps. -Apop.

@Apoptosis: And that is a reason why Golgari Charm will see more action post board :)