4 Dross Crocodile
4 Emperor Crocodile
4 Grayscaled Gharial
4 Marsh Crocodile
4 Sandbar Crocodile
4 Skeletal Crocodile
4 Veiled Crocodile
4 Predator's Strike
4 Pack Hunt
6 Forest
4 Island
6 Swamp
4 Salt Marsh
4 Yavimaya Coast |
   Afterwhile,
Crocodile.
Description of deck by it's author
(quoted):
This deck is your simple crocodile deck. I
included crocs in Green, Blue and Black. As a result, I had to really
stretch the manabase, and it might need some work. I'll talk about the
two non-crocodile cards first. When I build a fun theme deck like this,
I want everything to fit. Even my two non-basic lands are places where
crocs can hide out. Maybe there are crocs slithering along the Yavimaya
Coast? I think everything should be in flavor.
Pack Hunt represents crocs when they are hunting as a
group. In this deck, every croc is included in a full set, so you can
always use Pack Hunt to get three other crocs. I love that not only does
this card fit the theme of the deck from a flavor standpoint, but also
what it does fits the deck mechanically. Play a croc, and more will
follow. The other non-croc is Predator's Strike. Crocs are predators, and
they do strike in one blinding flash. Again, this worked for me because it
fit the flavor of crocs.
The Green croc is the basic Emperor Crocodile. He is the
big mama, but not really (as we'll see later). You need other creatures
for the Emperor Crocodile to truly function, and Pack Hunt can help here.
We also have some crocs that are cheaper than the Emperor so you hopefully
won't be staring at him as a four-drop and wondering why you can't play
him.
Dross Crocodile and Skeletal Crocodile are very similar.
That's because they are both 5/1 and Black for four mana. These are
fragile crocs and you have to treat them as such. Depending on what the
board situation looks like, you'll either want to wantonly attack and
force trades or hold them back for a more appropriate time, like a
Predator's Strike that will turn these into an 8/4 trampler, like Silvos.
The Grayscaled Gharial is a cheap 1/1 croc for one mana
and it can get through with its Islandwalk. I love this little croc,
because he's so cute compared to the other crocs. Veiled Crocodile is not
a croc, but an enchantment. Don't worry about that though, because he can
croc it up real easy. The “I'm Bigger Than the Emperor Croc” croc is the
Sandbar Crocodile. This guy is a 6/5, topping out on all crocs. The only
problem is he forgot to bring a watch, so he'll pop out for a bit caught
in the time stream every other round. Phasing means you only get you 6/5
beater half of the time. Still, it beats a croc in the eye.
I really decided to stick to them and refused to put in
Rootwater Alligator. I didn't pick gators, I picked crocs. I wasn't sure
if the gators are taboo in croc land or not, but I figured to err on the
side of croc purity in the deck. No gators here! Again, I can't stress
enough how important a theme is to me. I'd rather leave out gators and
good card if there are more flavorful options. Obviously, in this deck,
I'd rather have removal that could take out flyers, but instead, I'm
running the flavorful cards of Pack Hunt and Predator's Strike. Being in
theme, where possible, is worth playing a worse deck, because the theme is
the important thing to me.
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