I like that Spear is cheaper and wards off attackers. That's proved useful in recent testing.

zaxinou and Ghostfim, Dictate of Heliod and Spear of Heliod are okay cards, but you still have to draw and play them just like anything else, and if not then Anger of the Gods still wins, and i dont see either of them being a more of two of in the sideboard because theres other things this deck would rather be playing. I used to run spear when i first made this deck, but anger became less popular so i took it out altogether. I have Ready / Willing which will protect my creatures at least once, which is especially good if they top deck an anger, and Gods Willing which will protect at least one creature (you could always bestow Boon Satyr onto something and Unflinching Courage will also make a creature bigger). Loxodon Smiter , Brimaz, King of Oreskos ,Advent of the Wurm and a monstrous Fleecemane Lion will all survive it, but if you're really concerned with that card, 2 spears in the sideboard would be awesome.

acousticcancer and zaxinou, I'm planning to take a slightly modified version of this deck to a mini tourney on Saturday and I'll let you know how it goes! I don't have the Temple Gardens or Mana Confluences, and I have a sideboard modified to deal with my aggro-heavy meta. Just thought I'd let you guys know!

Ah man, the Temple Garden s help out the most, but hopefully you do well anyway. Good luck and let me know how you do Ghostfim.

Hey guys, I've posted my decklist at Selesnya Defense M15 and there's a report of my time at the tournament lower on the page. I only went 1-3, but had a good time and will return next time with a slightly updated deck.

P.S. acousticcancer, when you side in Unflinching Courage , what do you take out? Thanks!

Also, thoughts of Sunblade Elf ? A GW Aggro list running it as a 2-of top 8'd SCG Baltimore today. That list was a lot more creature focused than this one, but perhaps it could replace some Experiment Ones or something?

man honestly Ghostfim im willing to bet that not having the Temple Garden /Mana Confluence is what made you lose. everything in here is mana intensive so those cards are kinda necessary. the gardens are a really good investment because theyll slowly increase again because of modern play. Sunblade Elf is good if you want to be more agressive, i dont want to be otherwise id run Soldier of the Pantheon too, but without Voice of Resurgence itll never be as good as it should be.