4 Birds of Paradise
4 Llanowar Elves
4 Wood Elves
4 Ivy Elemental
4 New Frontiers
4 Heroes' Reunion
4 Sterling Grove
4 Mirari's Wake
3 Armadillo Cloak
1 Pariah
1 Aura Shards
1 Nature's Revolt
11 Forest
5 Plains
4 Brushland
2 Sungrass Prairie |
  Mister
Ivy.
Description of deck by it's author
(quoted):
Which brings me back to Ivy Elemental. With
Mirari's Wake, Mr. Ivy is just how I want him: As big as the mana you
pay. Even better, the Wake allows me to pay a lot more mana than usual.
My first crack at a Wake deck, then, had the simple goal of seeing how
big an Ivy Elemental I could cast.
I started with 4 each of Ivy Elemental and Mirari's Wake
as the core of the deck. With the Wake, I figured more creatures were
better and creatures that could produce mana were better still. In went
the regular assortment of Llanowar Elves and Birds of Paradise. I added
Wood Elves too, since they have some natural synergy with Mirari's Wake.
The deck relied heavily on Mirari's Wake, so I needed a
way to find it. I settled on Sterling Grove -- a tutor, Wake protector,
and something that fit my colors. More tutorable enchantments followed.
In tapping my lip, deep in thought, I pondered another
green X-spell. No, not Hurricane. New Frontiers is a “symmetrically
constructive” card I had called “bad” previously. Undoubtedly, New
Frontiers helped fulfill my Ivy Elemental quest by supplying ridiculous
mana in combination with Mirari's Wake and thinning virtually all land
from my library. I added Heroes' Reunion in the final slot to keep myself
alive long enough to see the deck work.
By my calculations, I should be able to bust out an
exactly gabillion/gabillion Elemental. Good enough for me. I now like Ivy
Elemental. |
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