The Cats of War, budget cats tribal

Casual Budget Casual GW (Selesnya) Lifegain Theme/Gimmick Tribal

CPD

Creature (29)

• 4x Ajani's Sunstriker
• 2x Fleecemane Lion
• 2x Healer of the Pride
• 1x Jedit Ojanen of Efrava
• 1x Jedit Ojanen of Efrava
• 1x Kemba's Skyguard
• 2x Leonin Skyhunter
• 1x Marisi's Twinclaws
• 2x Mirri, Cat Warrior
• 2x Nacatl War-Pride
• 1x Penumbra Bobcat
• 1x Seht's Tiger
• 1x Skyhunter Prowler
• 4x Temur Sabertooth
• 4x Trained Caracal

Planeswalker (2)

• 2x Ajani, Caller of the Pride

Land (21)

• 4x Blossoming Sands
• 8x Forest
• 1x Graypelt Refuge
• 8x Plains

Enchantment (7)

• 1x Cathars' Crusade
• 4x Market Festival
• 2x Path of Bravery

Instant (10)

• 1x Congregate
• 1x Feed the Clan
• 1x Fog
• 2x Heroes' Reunion
• 1x Holy Day
• 1x Natural End
• 1x White Sun's Zenith
• 1x White Sun's Zenith
• 1x Winds of Qal Sisma

Sorcery (1)

• 1x Waiting in the Weeds

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Sideboard

Instant (2)

• 2x Rootborn Defenses

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"The dogs of war are nothing compared to the cats!" --flavor text from Pather Warriors

Budget cat deck. Tends to grind on and last for a pretty long time in multiplayer, since it has a decent amount of lifegain. The green adds late-game, the white does early-game, and they together make this a pretty decent wear-em-out deck, capable of grinding the game on longer than it otherwise should, while keeping it interesting and fun.

I'm careful to balance Feed the Clan and Heros Reunion because if you have creatures, i.e. one with power of 4+, FTC is significantly better, however if you're finding yourself board wiped constantly, HR is better than the base 5 life.

I could use another White Sun's Zenith, but I can't find any more at my local card shop, and I don't need more badly enough to need to order some online. That card is best used with mana ramp from Market Festival, one of my most used cards.

Rootborn Defenses is a great anti-boardwipe card, or for when your opponents thinks that they can block and kill or swing and kill all of your creatures, even without the whole populate bit. Similarly, Temur Sabertooth is great for swinging, then pulling a creature that would be killed out of harm, while he himself remains indestructible.

Some of the bombs come a tad late in the game, so it's good news that it typically lasts long enough to get them out, as long as I'm not running against heavy duty decks. (Whenever somebody plays a heavy duty deck against it just to show off, the typical response is "Alright! You managed to beat a cat deck! Big glory there!")

Things that I know I need: (edited as I think of them)

swap Healer of the Pride for either Soul's Attendant or Soul Warden

One more White Sun's Zenith

Coat of Arms is needed, but I feel like the current buff works quite well for it.

ditch the last Angel's Mercy for something better, probably either FTC or HR

Get sleeves so I can use the other flying cat I have, which I didn't realize when I got it that somebody wrote on the back to make it a proxy of flipping sign in blood

As always, suggestions are more than welcome, they are needed! Thanks for looking! Yall come back now, ya'hear?

Date added	9 years
Last updated	9 years
Legality	This deck is Casual legal.
Rarity (main - side)	2 - 0 Mythic Rares 13 - 0 Rares 16 - 0 Uncommons 23 - 2 Commons
Cards	70
Avg. CMC	3.06
Tokens	Cat 1/1 G, Cat 2/1 B, Cat 2/2 W, Cat Warrior 2/2 G, Copy Clone
Folders	Not My Decks, CATZ, Want