Lands:
4 Simic Growth Chamber
10 Forest
6 Island
4 Novijen, Heart of Progress
Creatures:
4 Anurid Barkripper
4 Anurid Swarmsnapper
4 Chub Toad
4 Omnibian
4 Plaxcaster Frogling
Other Spells:
4 Confiscate
4 Moldervine Cloak
4 Careful Consideration
4 Erratic Mutation |
  Amphibious
Assault.
Description of deck by it's author
(quoted):
Finally, a tribe which has many tribal
afficionados hopping with delight: The amphibians have been consolidated
into Frogs, and all the Odyssey and Onslaught block Anurids have joined
them. There are many paths to build a frog deck around: Anurid Scavenger
and Anurid Murkdiver can lean
towards an anti-black deck, whereas Wretched Anurid can lean heavily
towards you losing very quickly. Morgue Toad is an interesting bit of
manafixing, but the real powerhouses of the tribe came from Dissension,
namely Plaxcaster Frogling and Omnibian.
Building our deck around these two, we have the ability
to pump our frogs, protect them and turn them, or our opponent's
creatures, into 3/3s. Green and blue are short on removal, but Erratic
Mutation in a deck with a minimum CMC of three does the job nicely, even
able to take out Akroma, at least the original flavor. As to pumpable
frogs, let's look at (Chub Toad) and Anurid Barkripper, circumstantial
+2/+2 bonuses which stack with the Omnibian transfrogrification. Anurid
Barkripper needs to reach threshold, so let's round out our support cards
with Moldervine Cloak and Careful Consideration. We lack a means of
dealing with problem permanents, so a set of Confiscate ensure they remain
our opponent's problem.
The deck weaknesses include a slow start: with a
converted mana cost of three as a baseline, an aggro deck can have you
down to dangerous levels before you can stabilise behind a wall of frogs.
Only Anurid Swarmsnapper can deal with fliers, and even pumped with
counters from Novijen and Plaxcaster, it will have a hard time doing so.
Remember Omnibian's ability overrides sliver, elf, goblin or similar in
the type line, which can make all the difference sometimes. |
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