Servants into Monsters

Standard*

Loccomat

Creature (26)

• 4x Elvish Mystic
• 4x Generator Servant
• 1x Nylea, God of the Hunt
• 4x Reaper of the Wilds
• 1x Ruric Thar, the Unbowed
• 4x Satyr Hedonist
• 2x Soul of Shandalar
• 3x Stormbreath Dragon
• 3x Underworld Cerberus

Planeswalker (1)

• 1x Garruk, Apex Predator

Land (23)

• 3x Blood Crypt
• 4x Forest
• 4x Mana Confluence
• 1x Mountain
• 3x Stomping Ground
• 3x Temple of Abandon
• 2x Temple of Malady
• 1x Temple of Malice
• 2x Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth

Instant (6)

• 1x Back to Nature
• 2x Golgari Charm
• 2x Hero's Downfall
• 1x Silence the Believers

Sorcery (4)

• 1x Gaze of Granite
• 1x Hunter's Prowess
• 2x Sign in Blood

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Sideboard

Creature (6)

• 2x Arbor Colossus
• 2x Ob Nixilis, Unshackled
• 2x Sire Of Insanity

Instant (7)

• 1x Back to Nature
• 2x Golgari Charm
• 2x Plummet
• 2x Setessan Tactics

Sorcery (2)

• 2x Act of Treason

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With the addition of Generator Servant a fast ramp deck becomes feasible. You play Servant / Satyr Hedonist on turn 2 and on turn 3 you drop 5-mana Monsters. Servant is clearly better than the Hedonist, but you can't play 8. Alternatively, with a Elvish Mystic in your starting hand, you can drop a 6-mana Monster. Now, most of the Monsters have some kind of evasion or bring utility.

• Underworld Cerberus is a certain 6 dmg swing after it has been dropped (12, if it has haste). So it has to be removed quickly.
• Ruric Thar, the Unbowed shuts down control and burn decks.
• Stormbreath Dragon is an auto-include, mostly because of its protection from white.
• Soul of Shandalar is a tryout creature. I really like its mana-dump utility in late game.

Sideboard monsters:

• Arbor Colossus will be hard to cast in a 3 color-deck, but helps against flyers anyway.
• Ob Nixilis, Unshackled shuts down Chord of Calling and other tutors. I have the feeling, that he will be important in the coming meta.
• Sire Of Insanity shuts down control.

Now, the weak point of this deck is a removal on turn 3 by our opponent. The most common method at that point is a Detention Sphere or Banishing Light or something similar. Therefore, the deck also harbours enchantment removal. Hard removals like Hero's Downfall are hard to answer if you are untapped in turn 3, which happens almost all the time. So, there is some clear weakness. For late game, you may need to refill your hand, hence some card draw spells.

Strategies against some deck of current meta:

RW Burn: Drop Ruric Thar, the Unbowed to cockblock the opponent. Our creatures won't die that easily just from Burn, so if you don't have a Ruric Thar, just race the opponent.

Other Monsters: The classic GR/Jund/Naya Monster decks may be more consistent but a bit slower. Also, most Monster decks rely on Enchantment Creatures like Courser of Kruphix and Eidolon of Blossoms for card advantage. However, that leaves them vulnurable to cards like Back to Nature .

Mono Black: This will be our hardest Matchup, due to the amount of hard removals in our opponent's deck. It may be good to use the Sire Of Insanity on turn 3.

Control: Control players will have a hard time without immediate answers.

Date added	10 years
Last updated	10 years
Legality	This deck is not Standard legal.
Rarity (main - side)	14 - 0 Mythic Rares 21 - 8 Rares 5 - 3 Uncommons 15 - 4 Commons
Cards	60
Avg. CMC	3.32
Tokens	Beast 3/3 B, Emblem Garruk, Apex Predator