Lands:
9 Forest
7 Plains
3 Gaea's Cradle
Creatures:
3 Essence Warden
4 Fyndhorn Elves
3 Magus of the Candelabra
3 Timber Protector
Other Spells:
4 Upwelling
4 Mirari's Wake
3 Sterling Grove
3 Life and Limb
4 Vitalizing Cascade
4 Decree of Justice
4 Supply / Demand
2 Saproling Symbiosis |
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Description of deck by it's author
(quoted):
The basic premise is to tap for as much mana
as possible and either Supply or Decree of Justice for a horde of little
tokens (or big tokens if you hard-cast the Decree) and swing for lethal
next turn. I've been told that having both the Magus of the Candelabra
and Gaea's Cradle are completely redundant and I should drop one or the
other. After playing this deck about 60 times in it's current build and
only losing 8 times or so, I feel that they should both stay put. If you
don't draw the Cradle early or if you just need a blocker the Magus can
be a life saver. Once you get the Upwelling on the table you don't have
to worry to much about keeping it safe as long as you have Vitalizing
Cascade or Decree of Justice in your hand if it gets removed. If you are
facing some enchantment removal, Sterling Grove is dual purpose.
However, the look on your opponents face is priceless when they think
you're going to die due to mana burn and you cycle the Decree for a mass
of creatures AND you get to draw a card.
The deck can be rather quick from the get-go if you
have a decent starting hand and you don't want to risk waiting 6-8 turns
to fill up the kitchen table. That's where Saproling Symbiosis really
shines you get about 4-5+ guys on the table by turn 3-4 (not hard by any
means) and then double up. The Wardens are good for early game life
gain. Unless you are really low on health it's a safer bet to hang on to
Vitalizing Cascade so you don't die from mana burn.
Life and Limb with Timber Protector is you're answer
to a possible Wrath, Damnation, etc. and you have more mana than you're
opponents will think possible without going arbitrary.
The usual game with this deck should end up (by turn
6-8) look something like this: 300-500 saproling/forsests, Mirari's
Wake, Gaea's Cradle, Magus of the Candelabra. At this point you're
adding about 600-1000 green mana to your mana pool per turn. You can
wait if you're opponent can't do anything and have some fun (read:
Supply for 2000 tokens then start tapping for 9k per turn or so). I
personally don't like to give them the chance to find the one card they
need, but it will destroy their game mentally.
The Saproling Symbiosis can be replaced with Altar of
Dementia if you face a lot of anti-damage decks (Worship, Fog, Blazing
Archon and the like). This variation is very tough to deal with, as you
never need to attack once, and is just as fun and effective. |
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