Lands:
3 Forest
4 Horizon Canopy
3 Plains
4 Temple Garden
4 Terramorphic Expanse
3 Treetop Village
Creatures:
4 Birds of Paradise
4 Calciderm
4 Giant Solifuge
4 Heartwood Storyteller
4 Llanowar Elves
4 Ohran Viper
4 Riftsweeper
4 Tarmogoyf
4 Troll Ascetic
Other Spells:
3 Moldervine Cloak |
  Story
Time.
Description of deck by its author
(quoted):
Speaking of tempo, last but not least I have a
deck for you featuring Heartwood Storyteller, along with virtually every
good white or green creature in type II. This deck has been talked about
before, but now may have found a metagame where its capable of success.
After all, it's a bit rare that the dominant aggressive deck plays far
more spells than creatures, and the most popular midrange control deck
needs to play spells AND flash them back to get its engine going. Here's
the list I've been testing...
It doesn't look like much, but it would have trouble
losing to a Rakdos deck. In fact, pretty much any deck would have
trouble getting damage through with a creature – even the mighty
Hellkite or Angel of Despair would be forced to trade with a Calciderm,
provided you're ahead at all in the damage race. Heartwood Storyteller
and Ohran Viper provide multiple avenues for establishing card advantage
on turn 2. And remember, even if they burn out the Storyteller
immediately, it will already have created card advantage for you –
allowing it to stick around longer only sweetens the deal. Loxodon
Hierarch and Saffi out of the board would make the aggro matchup even
harder to lose.
And for the format's control decks – well, it does get
a little harder, I'll admit. A lot of the strategy relies on dropping a
turn-two threat, like Troll, Viper, or Storyteller, and following it
with a solid 4cc threat like Calciderm or Solifuge on turn three.
Players who are used to casting Wrath or Damnation for 2:1 trades will
soon find themselves overwhelmed by the sheer number of creatures
available to this deck. And Storyteller turns even mass-removal into a
dangerous prospect for your opponent.
Storyteller is truly the heart of this deck, as should
be apparent from the list, which includes but three spells. It is unique
in that it provides its own best defense mechanism – while it obviously
should quickly become the target of creature removal, it is played in a
list with so many creatures needing removal, that your opponent will
likely not have an answer ready when the time comes. And if they hold
back removal for it, well, you'll smash their face with all the other
good creatures they aren't killing. |
