Post Rotation Selesnya

Standard*

Timsey

Creature (22)

• 1x Archangel of Tithes
• 4x Deathmist Raptor
• 4x Den Protector
• 1x Hidden Dragonslayer
• 3x Knight of the White Orchid
• 2x Nissa, Vastwood Seer  ^Flip
• 4x Warden of the First Tree
• 3x Wingmate Roc

Planeswalker (4)

• 4x Gideon, Ally of Zendikar

Land (25)

• 2x Canopy Vista
• 4x Flooded Strand
• 5x Forest
• 1x Lumbering Falls
• 4x Plains
• 1x Prairie Stream
• 4x Windswept Heath
• 4x Wooded Foothills

Enchantment (5)

• 4x Silkwrap
• 1x Stasis Snare

Instant (4)

• 3x Dromoka's Command
• 1x Valorous Stance

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Sideboard

Creature (2)

• 2x Archangel of Tithes

Enchantment (2)

• 2x Mastery of the Unseen

Instant (11)

• 3x Disdainful Stroke
• 1x Dispel
• 1x Dromoka's Command
• 2x Hallowed Moonlight
• 1x Negate
• 1x Surge of Righteousness
• 2x Valorous Stance

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DESCRIPTION OBSOLETE

Selesnya in Standard has gone through a few iterations over the last few months. Regaining popularity with the printing of Collected Company and subsequently omitting that card in favor of Hangarback Walker and Ajani, Mentor of Heroes, the deck has seen some success in the hands of skilled pilots such as Brian Kibler.

Soon we will lose access to Elvish Mystic, Boon Satyr, and worst of all Fleecemane Lion. With these aggressive cards out of the picture it seems prudent to take a step back and reconsider our game-plan. Deathmist Raptor and Den Protector have made the deck surprisingly resilient for an aggro deck, even sometimes outplaying control decks on card advantage.

With that in mind, I present a new version of Selesnya in Standard. The deck can be aggressive between an early Hangarback Walker or Avatar of the Resolute (which incidentally work quite well together as well), followed by a Deathmist Raptor or Dromoka's Command, but it also has insane late-game potential between Nissa, Vastwood Seer  , Den Protector, Whisperwood Elemental and Evolutionary Leap.

Now lets discuss some synergies:

• There is, of course, the underlying +1/+1 counter theme between Hangarback Walker, Avatar of the Resolute, Dromoka's Command and Undergrowth Champion. Even the Megamorph creatures can get in on the fun here. A 4/3, 5/4 or even 6/5 Trample+Reach Avatar for GG can be surprisingly hard to deal with, especially when played alongside another threat.

• The lands. With Canopy Vista being searchable by fetchlands like Windswept Heath and Wooded Foothills we are unlikely to ever encounter mana color problems, assuming we actually draw some lands. Windswept Heath is of course an auto-include for Selesnya decks, but even Wooded Foothills serves a purpose beyond just fetching Canopy Vista when necessary: that is, fetchlands have a natural synergy with Landfall creatures, notably Undergrowth Champion. A turn 4 Champion into fetchland results in a 4/4 Bolt&Combat-proof Elemental, while leaving mana up for either Hangarback or Evolutionary Leap.

• Speaking of the Leap; the card is just amazing with Hangarback. Need to get over a wall? Sacrifice it for Thopters. Need more creatures? Sack Thopters for creatures. Further applications are saving your card advantage from removal, sacking a Raptor before flipping Den Protector, getting some use out of chump blockers, sacrificing Whisperwood's Manifests, or using its sacrificial ability and proceeding to sacrifice our field to get a bunch of Manifests and creatures both. Gideon, Ally of Zendikar provides a steady stream of Ally tokens ready to evolve as well. You could even sacrifice Planeswalker Nissa's Legendary Ashaya token if necessary, and summon another.

• Gideon's ultimate loves creature decks. Ours is one of the most creature decky decks in Standard: even our Planeswalkers make creatures. The Anthem effect works great with Avatar of the Resolute's Trample, Den Protector's unblockability, and the swarm of Thopter tokens and Manifests Hangarback Walker and Whisperwood Elemental respectively provide.

• Manifesting Deathtouch creatures such as Raptor and Heir of the Wilds can lead to some nasty surprises for unwary opponents.

• Manifesting Hangarback off of Whisperwood looks terrible on paper right? Might as well be another noncreature permanent. Not so! Hangarback is a creature that can flip for zero mana: sure, it will die, but not before it reanimates all Deathmist Raptors in your graveyard. How's that for a surprise?

The deck has a great early and late game, new cards, a bunch of interaction, and a ton of amazing synergies: what more could anyone want?

Date added	9 years
Last updated	9 years
Legality	This deck is not Standard legal.
Rarity (main - side)	18 - 2 Mythic Rares 27 - 5 Rares 6 - 6 Uncommons 0 - 2 Commons
Cards	60
Avg. CMC	2.63
Tokens	Ashaya, the Awoken World, Bird 3/4 W, Emblem Gideon, Ally of Zendikar, Knight Ally 2/2 W, Manifest 2/2 C, Morph 2/2 C