Let's start with the land and work our way up. Obviously i need an Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth or 2, but I haven't had any problems yet with land so far. Would also like to get another Polluted Delta as well.
Now on to creatures. Elvish Mystic nice 1 drop to get the ball rolling, especially nice with bow of nylea in opening hand as well.
Sylvan Caryatid...duh
Satyr Wayfinder let's us find land and hopefully self mill a hornet queen. if not no big deal.
Hornet Nest is a great blocker, tends to stall aggro decks pretty well. It's nice when the opponent has Goblin Rabblemaster, especially if we can get a 1/1 counter on it or a setessian tactics to clear what we need.
Sagu Mauler
is a beast that they have to deal with. along with a lot of removal and counter magic this guy can just win games for us. and it's possible to turn 2 morph and turn 4 flip him, but we save mana for counters and do this at end of opponent's turn.
Hornet Queen. the best whip card for us. gains us board control as far as creatures go and works like a charm with
Setessan Tactics
. turns her into a pseudo-board wipe. (although an expensive one). cool tricks are to be had here.
Clever Impersonator has super-ultility here. can become something that the opponent played. can become another hornet queen or a sagu mauler. can become planeswalker. so much utility to not play.
Now on to the goodies that make this deck fun. Whip of Erebos brings back the queen, brings back the impersonator, or a sagu mauler for 6/6 trample, lifelink, haste, hexproof, even if it is just for a turn. Hornet Queen still leaves behind the hornet horde.
Setessan Tactics
. Don't wanna attack with my bugs out? ok fight em anyways. clear the way with
Sagu Mauler
,
Dig Through Time look at top 7 and pick the two we need at instant speed. i'll take as many of these as i can get my hands on.
Fated Return
. indstructible hornet queen at instant speed. wish i had 2. can also grab goodies from our opponents if necessary. gotta love when they have an Ashen Rider in their graveyard.
Sultai Charm
good card. kinda hard to drop from the deck.
Dissolve
. save it for the win condition. comes in really handy.
Hero's Downfall. toss up between this and Murderous Cut. chose this instead for planeswalkers. easy choice in my opinion
Swan Song. I just love this card. i'll let you have a bird instead of your god card or empty the pits.
Bow of Nylea kills little flyers (like the one swan song makes). 1/1 counters on our bugs or carytids. heal against aggro decks. and put stuff we need back into our deck like lily, kiora, whip, whatever we think. Plenty of shuffle with fetches and a lily tutor.
Why do we mainboard a single Bile Blight. lily tutor plain and simple. also can be used on our own sylvan caryatid to wipe their carytids if we're desperate
Kiora, the Crashing Wave
if we have our wall up. we win if they don't try to get through
Liliana Vess allows us to tutor to what we need, she's why there is not a lot of 4 of's in this deck. in control matches she forces discard and her ultimate synergizes well with the deck
Will update as this Deck gets played. All criticism is welcome as long as it's constructive. As always get out there and have fun guys, no matter what or how you play, just get out there and have some fun.
