The Energy of Rhonas

Standard* Aggro Counters Energy GU (Simic) Midrange

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Creature (23)

• 4x Bristling Hydra
• 4x Greenbelt Rampager
• 4x Longtusk Cub
• 2x Rhonas the Indomitable
• 1x River Hoopoe
• 4x Rogue Refiner
• 4x Servant of the Conduit

Land (22)

• 3x Aether Hub
• 4x Botanical Sanctum
• 11x Forest
• 4x Island

Planeswalker (1)

• 1x Nissa, Steward of Elements

Artifact (2)

• 2x Aethersphere Harvester

Enchantment (5)

• 2x Aether Meltdown
• 3x Cartouche of Knowledge

Instant (3)

• 2x Blossoming Defense
• 1x Unsubstantiate

Sorcery (4)

• 4x Attune with Aether

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Sideboard

Creature (5)

• 2x Narnam Renegade
• 1x Prowling Serpopard
• 2x Shielded Aether Thief

Artifact (1)

• 1x Skysovereign, Consul Flagship

Instant (6)

• 2x Dissenter's Deliverance
• 1x Heroic Intervention
• 3x Negate

Enchantment (1)

• 1x Aether Meltdown

Sorcery (2)

• 2x Nature's Way

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Maybeboard

Creature (27)

• 1x Aetherwind Basker
• 1x Curator of Mysteries
• 1x Glorybringer
• 1x Glyph Keeper
• 4x Gnarlwood Dryad
• 4x Lathnu Hellion
• 1x Oran-Rief Hydra
• 1x Plated Crusher
• 2x Rishkar, Peema Renegade
• 4x Servant of the Conduit
• 1x Skyrider Elf
• 1x Soul of the Harvest
• 4x Voltaic Brawler
• 1x Woodland Wanderer

Planeswalker (1)

• 1x Nissa, Steward of Elements

Instant (2)

• 2x Unsubstantiate

Sorcery (1)

• 1x Radiant Flames

Enchantment (4)

• 4x Cartouche of Knowledge

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This deck was built for my girlfriend and focuses on her favorite colors, while staying on a budget. The deck tries to be straightforward and since her colors lack good reactive interaction(blue is proactive and harder to anticipate since she is newer), I decided to go "low to the ground" on the curve. Without much interaction, clogging up the ground doesn't help. The previous build tried to use Nature's Way to fight through the ground, but it wasn't good enough, so Aether Meltdown replaced it. When you are flying over or trampling through, the downside of leaving a blocker is not as bad as it is normally, plus you get some energy! Cartouche of Knowledge has yet to see any meaningful standard play, but I think it is an aura that is just outside of playable in some decks. Although you can get blown out when you target your creature, it replaces itself any time it lands. The goal of the deck is to keep energy coming in for Longtusk Cub and Bristling Hydra to get huge and have them fly over or to trample in from Rhonas the Indomitable. If you have good attacks with your big cub or hydra, it is often times best to place the Cartouche on a Rogue Refiner or a Greenbelt Rampager, or even your worst creature to provide multiple threats. The game does end fairly quick with this deck though! We have not made it to FNM to test yet, but thanks for checking it out!

Date added	7 years
Last updated	7 years
Legality	This deck is not Standard legal.
Rarity (main - side)	3 - 1 Mythic Rares 14 - 2 Rares 21 - 7 Uncommons 7 - 5 Commons
Cards	60
Avg. CMC	2.16
Tokens	Energy Reserve
Folders	Old Standard