This is a deck I have been working on for the last few months, it is my baby. This deck spends early game ramping, and mid-late game comboing or flooding the board with giant creatures. There is a TON of synergy in this deck, which creates a slow but powerful engine that can hold its own against top tier pioneer decks. (I have spent many hours playtesting countless variations of this deck in a competitive setting, with surprisingly good results).
Here I will list the synergies and small combos that make this deck function
Playing lotus field into repudiate as early as turn 2 gives you a very large mana pool early game, which is vital for this decks high mana consumption. Even without this combo, the deck can hold its own by ramping with small creatures, which is often enough to get some card draw going.
Kiora, behemoth beckoner is one of the most crucial cards in this deck, as she can untap lotus field, crew Heart of Kiran, and she turns our big creatures into cantrips. She can also untap Traxos in a pinch. Playing kiora off of lotus field is one of the best feelings in the world, as she can instantly untap it, leaving you with a free Kiora.
Replicate//repudiate is a strange card that I have been in love with ever since its release. It has endless utility, but oftentimes is lackluster in decks that cant make much use of it. This deck has no shortcomings making use of replicate//repudiate. Other than the lotus field combo, R//R can keep Uro from sacrificing itself when it enters the battlefield. This is a very large tempo swing, and is often unexpected by the opponent. Repudiate can also interact with our opponent, though its niche there is not so large. Moving on to its other half, replicate would seem to have no use in our deck full of legendary creatures. However, comboing it with Greenwarden of murasa creates a cheap loop. When used on greenwarden, it copies greenwarden, which returns R//R to our hand. For 3 mana we can create a 5/4, which is an endlessly repeatable effect. This combos well with kiora, letting us draw a card whenever we create a token
Although many decks suffer from "uro-pile syndrome", I would argue that this deck makes perfect use of him. He has utility with R//R, he untaps Traxos, he can activate Heart of Kiran before he dies, he can draw 2 cards with a kiora out, and oftentimes, he just sticks as a 6/6 with an insane ability. You can use lotus field to fill your graveyard with lands to later exile with uro if need be.
All creatures in this deck serve a few mutual purposes, which I will list here. Some purposes listed may have been mentioned prior
Draw cards with Kiora
Activate Heart of Kiran
Activate ferocious mechanic
Allow rhonas to attack
Reduce the cost of the great henge
The deck will put pressure on our opponents while also gaining card advantage, mana advantage, or board presence. Every possible interaction is not listed here (having traxos entered untapped by casting repudiate, for example, is viable but slow), but plenty more exist.
This is in no way shape or form the final product, and still requires a lot of testing to become truly competitively viable. That is where you (the reader) come into play. Please do not hesitate to give advice or make comments about this deck, but otherwise, enjoy!
