Lands:
16 Forest
4 Treetop Village
Creatures:
4 Boggart Ram-gang
4 Groundbreaker
4 Kitchen Finks
4 Llanowar Elves
4 Safehold Elite
2 Spike Feeder
4 Tattermunge Maniac
4 Wren's Run Vanquisher
Other Spells:
4 Giant Growth
2 Stonewood Invocation
2 Creeping Mold
2 Overrun
Sideboard:
4 Thorn of Amethyst
4 Firespout
3 Krosan Grip
2 Gleeful Sabotage
2 Undecided |
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Aggro 2008.
Description of deck by its author
(quoted):
Shadowmoor is really what got me thinking
about it. At the Pre-Release, I drafted a Mono-Blue fliers deck, and I
was shocked how easy Shadowmoor makes playing a single color. At the
Release Party this weekend, I seriously toyed with playing a number of
single colors before remembering that I should maximize my creature
base, which necessitated a second color. The hybrid mana means that a
single-color player has a lot of choices to pick from - more than from a
regular set. I think MaRo covered that in one of his articles during
Shadowmoor previews: In a normal set, any one color gets only 20% of all
colored cards; in Shadowmoor, it’s 30% (10% monocolored, plus 10% for
each of the hybrids).
One of the important things about Mono-Green
specifically and about beatdown decks in general is to have a good
curve. Take a look at the decks I listed above. While not spectacular in
terms of money cards, they both follow the curve principle, letting you
maximize your mana every turn. The creature base of the first deck: 8x
1cc, 9x 2cc, 11x 3cc; the second deck: 12x 1cc, 8x 2cc, 2x 3cc, 4x 4cc.
Tattermunge Maniac: As an aggressive deck, we
definitely want early attackers. Old Stompy decks used Wild Dogs,
Pouncing Jaguar, and Ghazban Ogre as a one-casting-cost, two-power
attacker. The Maniac is better than all these guys because (a) there are
no worries about him defecting to the dark side and (b) there’s no
impact to your development next turn.
Safehold Elite: A Grizzly Bear by any other name, but
still that little bit sweeter, as he comes back from mass removal.
Providing yourself with mass removal protection has always been one of
aggro’s biggest problems; in the past, Green got cards like Caller of
the Claw to try and make up for the focus on Magic’s most easily-removed
resource. Persist seems like a great mechanic in this type of deck,
letting your guys come back for another round of attacking.
Boggart Ram Gang: A 3/3 for three mana certainly seems
to be the usual “going rate” for Green these days; Wizards went from the
1GG Gnarled Mass to the 2G Nessian Courser as the standard in 10th. So
what do we get for the extra color “requirement”? Haste? Sounds good.
Wither too? Okay, I’m sold. I like that 3-power attacker on turn 2 -
it’s why I played Rogue Elephant. I also like that this guy will
eventually batter his way through a Wall of Roots. I always had problems
with those.
Groundbreaker: The Green Ball Lightning never really
saw much love, but I think he’s still pretty good. Six power of trample
is going to be hard to stop early in the game, guaranteeing that your
opponent is going to take some damage from your one-shot guy. And thanks
to his lack of popularity, he’s yours for the bargain-basement price of
$2.50.
Kitchen Finks: Okay, down the page one entry. Kitchen
Finks are great - I don’t think there’s any secret about that any more.
The 3/2 body is acceptable for three mana, and the lifegain is certainly
a nice perk. Once again, the Persist mechanic pushes him over the edge.
And with the right number of +1/+1 counters around, the Finks could come
back for more than just one extra attack.
Creature pump is a necessity. The old standby, Giant
Growth, is still around - and they reprinted Overrun in 10th Edition. A
slump in popularity has also seen Stonewood Invocation fall to the
reasonable price of $2.50. That’s all fine and dandy, but what about
disruption? Both of the decks listed above had an element of disruption,
albeit small. The only option that I could find would be Thorn of
Amethyst ($2.50), but that only hurts your opponent if he isn’t playing
creatures - which, unfortunately, most decks are centered around
nowadays.
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