Lands:
19 Forest
4 Llanowar Reborn
1 Pendelhaven
Creatures:
4 Devoted Druid
4 Farhaven Elf
2 Jagged-Scar Archers
4 Llanowar Elves
3 Wildslayer Elves
3 Witherscale Wurm
2 Woodfall Primus
Other Spells:
4 Blight Sickle
3 Dramatic Entrance
3 Flourishing Defenses
2 Primal Command
2 Rampant Growth |
 Wither
or Not.
Description of deck by its author
(quoted):
Perhaps the most exciting of all the "-1/-1
counters matter" cards is Flourishing Defenses. Besides causing insanity
(or at least headaches) with Blowfly Infestation, it serves a number of
other purposes. Check out these neat little tidbits from the Shadowmoor
FAQ (available on the Set FAQs page):
* This ability triggers both when a -1/-1 counter is
put on a creature in play and when a creature comes into play with a
-1/-1 counter on it. This includes when a creature returns to play as a
result of persist.
* This ability triggers once for each -1/-1 counter.
For example, if Leech Bonder (a creature that comes into play with two
-1/-1 counters on it) came into play, Flourishing Defenses's ability
would trigger twice.
This means that not only will you get Elf tokens
whenever a wither creature deals damage, whenever you use Devoted
Druid's untap ability, and whenever Witherscale Wurm is dealt damage in
combat, but you will also get Elves whenever you play Grim Poppet,
Chainbreaker, or Grief Tyrant. Heck, you will get Elves even if your
opponent plays these creatures!
Here's a pretty straightforward deck using some of
these cards. Devoted Druid can allow for some explosive starts, giving
you five mana on turn three if you play a land each turn or six if you
also have a turn one Llanowar Reborn and you graft a counter on to your
Druid. For five mana, you can do as Efrén R. suggests and play Dramatic
Entrance, dropping some expensive fatty into play (like Witherscale Wurm
or Woodfall Primus). With six mana, you can simply hardcast Witherscale
Wurm.
The Wurm, love child of Aboroth and Lichenthrope, is
pretty absurd when it's wielding a Blight Sickle and you have
Flourishing Defenses in play. It will either give you, at minimum, ten
Elf tokens if your opponent blocks, or deal 10 damage if your opponent
doesn't. Blight Sickle is also nice with Jagged-Scar Archers (and
Flourishing Defenses), since it allows you to double your Elves whenever
you nail a creature with flying. Llanowar Reborn serves a couple of
important purposes. It powers up Devoted Druid, as mentioned, but it
also allows a persisting Woodfall Primus to come around a second time. |
