This is a VERY good deck.
One of the few at the moment that can stop my Cast a Shadow [SOI BW Control] deck stone cold dead.
+1 from me.
March 27, 2016 11:42 p.m.
17hthompson says... #6
This deck has no play against silkwrap, reflector mage, or any boardwipes. I suggest some type of card to give everything indestructible, or hexproof
March 28, 2016 10:30 a.m.
Snipperman says... #13
Question:I've been thinking about a deck around Arlinn Kord for a while, don't you want to splash red in this deck for her? Or is your manabase becoming to inconsistent to do that?Looks like a nice deck, I'll be sure to keep it in view for post rotation purposes, since Hardened Scales is no longer a deck after rotation...
March 29, 2016 6:50 a.m.
Zorynjaibro says... #16
For sideboard, Nissa's Renewal could be good in this deck. It gets you plenty of mana to play things, and 7 life can usually buy you the turn it took to cast a 6 drop. I'd also suggest Tragic Arrogance in case you get outnumbered by another tokens deck, or wide aggro. I've seen a token deck almost the same as this with Sylvan Advocate and blue splashed for Eldrazi Skyspawner instead of the morph creatures. Also no Evolutionary Leap. It was quite strong.
If your considering splashing a color, I'd choose black just to get Hissing Quagmire or Shambling Vent. Maybe red for Needle Spires considering you could add some Cinder Glade.
March 29, 2016 3:42 p.m.
PlagueRats says... #17
I don't think Nissa's Renewal would be worth it since I only really want 6-7 lands.
I've played around with sideboarding Tragic Arrogance in other decks and it's never really worked out for me. It seems like a mistake with so many tokens, but you could play into it here maybe, side out secure the waste and Nissa, Voice of Zendikar. I'll wait and see what the meta looks like.
It would be cool to have some creature lands, but it would mean a lot of tapped lands. I could add 4 each of Hissing Quagmire and Shambling Vent. You'd have to draw 2 of the 8 cards to activate one creature land though. I hate the idea of 12 - 16 tap lands, maybe that's the new format?
March 29, 2016 5:24 p.m.
Zorynjaibro says... #19
The battle lands are good to fall back on if your opponent plays any cards that shut down your mainboard like Infinite Obliteration and Virulent Plague. If you're not considering any black cards, Nantuko Husk might fit this build though it is pretty janky, I guess battle lands aren't an option since they're only in enemy colors.
This deck may be as good as you think since I'm sure everyone's meta will change next month. But it doesn't hurt to at least consider 3 colors since I see a strong weakness in running less than 10 creatures main board.
I think your Sylvan Advocate paired with some battle lands seems pretty good, but only the next few weeks will tell.
March 29, 2016 7:56 p.m.
PlagueRats says... #25
I got to play some casual games and tried out some sideboard strategies. Plummet was too limited, but I realized how good Hidden Dragonslayer is here with Evolutionary Leap, it let's you tutor up sideboarded creature removal. That's something few other decks have access to.
It's pure upside that Hidden Dragonslayer returns Deathmist Raptor's from the grave.
noobplayer17 says... #4
+1 really like the deck as it seems very streamlined.
GW looks really good for rotation and I am really surprised no one is writing about it on tcgplayer/channelfireball etc. As I see it, GW has 3 potential directions:
(I think humans will be a fun deck but I doubt it is good enough)
I am unable to play the token theme as I do not have 4x Gideon and Nissa. I would appreciate any input you had on my deck though... More of a value build.
G/W valuetown SOI
March 27, 2016 4:47 p.m.