Nissa Revane (Archenemy Bolas)

Archenemy*

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Creature (18)

• 2x Elvish Visionary
• 2x Fertilid
• 1x Forgotten Ancient
• 2x Jungle Wayfinder
• 2x Nightshade Peddler
• 1x Oran-Rief Hydra
• 1x Rampaging Baloths
• 1x Realm Seekers
• 1x Tatyova, Benthic Druid
• 1x Temur Sabertooth
• 2x Thornweald Archer
• 2x Veteran Explorer

Land (24)

• 16x Forest
• 3x Island
• 1x Mosswort Bridge
• 4x Thornwood Falls

Instant (5)

• 1x Clockspinning
• 2x Moment's Peace *list*
• 2x Vision Skeins

Artifact (2)

• 1x Rhonas's Monument
• 1x Sword of the Animist

Enchantment (6)

• 2x Ongoing Investigation
• 2x Rancor
• 2x Spidersilk Armor

Sorcery (4)

• 1x Mystic Speculation
• 1x Rain of Thorns
• 2x Rampant Growth

Planeswalker (1)

• 1x Nissa, Worldwaker

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I found the archenemy decks to be too weak for my taste, so I powered them all up while trying to retain as much Gatewatch flavor and balance as possible. This deck is what Nissa Revane morphed into. I like the group hug theme and decided to double down on it. However I didn't really care for the way landfall was playing in U/G so swapped her over to more conventional mana ramp into buyback spells. I also significantly cut back on her blue splash to focus more on green.

As with all the other decks my deck building restrictions were no more than 2-of any non-land card and no more than 1 of any rare. Monetary value is intentionally kept to a minimum.

Nissa's defining characteristics were elven, nurturing, and overwhelming. Representing her elf heritage are Elvish Visionary and Thornweald Archer. Seems she's not nearly as big a racist as she once was. Her group hug cards (like Vision Skeins, Jungle Wayfinder, and Veteran Explorer) give the Gatewatch a big advantage despite being synchronous, the theory being that a benefit given to all players gives the Gatewatch a 3-1 advantage! Further she has several more cards that she can use selflessly to ramp her allies like Fertilid, Realm Seekers, or Clockspinning. Finally she can really lay down the beatdown with her fatties late game. Forgotten Ancient can get huge and Realm Seekers is often massive when cast. Finally, like the other members of the Gatewatch, she has a couple of auras she can use to really amp her allies' creatures if need be.

What do you think about Nissa? Did I miss anything cool (as well as powerful and inexpensive) that would be quintessentially Nissa? If so comment below.

Other decks in my boxed Archenemy game:

Gideon Jura

Chandra Nalaar

Nicol Bolas

Date added	7 years
Last updated	6 years
Legality	This deck is Archenemy legal.
Rarity (main - side)	1 - 0 Mythic Rares 6 - 0 Rares 11 - 0 Uncommons 19 - 0 Commons
Cards	60
Avg. CMC	2.75
Tokens	Beast 4/4 G, Clue