GW++ 67 cards, 7 sideboard 8 {Forest} 10 {Plains} 4 {Blossoming Sands} 4 {Windswept Heath} 26 lands 4 {Warden of the First Tree} 4 {Phalanx Leader} 2 {Abzan Battle Priest} 3 {Enduring Scalelord} 2 {Hornet Queen} 15 creatures 1 {Ajani, Mentor of Heroes} 2 {Elspeth, Sun's Champion} 4 {Nature's Panoply} 4 {Raise the Alarm} 3 {Dromoka's Command} 2 {Valorous Stance} 3 {Banishing Light} 19 other spells Sideboard 4 {Feat of Resistance} 2 {Spirit Bonds} 1 {Ajani, Mentor of Heroes} 7 sideboard cards Notes: Enduring Scalelord and Phalanx Leader synergy, using tokens for multiple triggers on the Scalelord. |
Quote from: LinkCelestrial on March 19, 2015, 05:35:05 PMGods willing and ajani's presence are off theme, but I can definitely swap in the feats for the panoply's. Just felt like I was getting too white-heavy, but I guess that doesn't matter. 4 feats and 2 stances for protection. Elspeth and raise the alarm are in for the token generation - increase the trigger count for Scalelord if I don't have two. Basically can pump Scalelord to beastly heights with only a handful of mana, and leave chumps ready.
{Gods Willing}, {Ajani's Presence}, protect your wincons and get heroic triggers.
{Feat of Resistance} should maybe be main boarded.
{Warriors' Lesson}: some on theme card draw.
IMO lose {Nature's Panoply} for some combination of the above.
{Elspeth, Sun's Champion} is good but out of theme.
{Raise the Alarm} doesn't make very much sense in this build.
I feel like you need some ramp.
Quote from: Nfidel2k on March 19, 2015, 07:33:37 PMQuote from: LinkCelestrial on March 19, 2015, 05:35:05 PMGods willing and ajani's presence are off theme, but I can definitely swap in the feats for the panoply's. Just felt like I was getting too white-heavy, but I guess that doesn't matter. 4 feats and 2 stances for protection. Elspeth and raise the alarm are in for the token generation - increase the trigger count for Scalelord if I don't have two. Basically can pump Scalelord to beastly heights with only a handful of mana, and leave chumps ready.
{Gods Willing}, {Ajani's Presence}, protect your wincons and get heroic triggers.
{Feat of Resistance} should maybe be main boarded.
{Warriors' Lesson}: some on theme card draw.
IMO lose {Nature's Panoply} for some combination of the above.
{Elspeth, Sun's Champion} is good but out of theme.
{Raise the Alarm} doesn't make very much sense in this build.
I feel like you need some ramp.
Quote from: Nfidel2k on March 19, 2015, 08:52:00 PM
Have to test it, wanted opinions on feasibility and card swaps. May end up being a fun deck because I agree that it looks like it needs ramp. I'm also looking for ideas I missed - I will probably dump the hornet queens for the card draw you mentioned.
Quote from: Nfidel2k on March 19, 2015, 04:09:14 PM
12 isn't enough particle? :)
Edit: I should probably explain the combo - why the phalanx leaders are necessary. Basically when you hit a phalanx leader with any spell, your enduring scalelord gets +1/+1 counters equal to the number of creatures you have on the table - plus an extra counter if the spell produced one. So spit out three tokens, cast a Dromoka's command targeting phalanx +1/+1 and the scalelord, and your scalelord gets six +1/+1 counters and fights something as a 10/10. Then you swing...
Quote from: Crossed on March 20, 2015, 07:37:10 PM
Also, I would suggest removing {warden of the first tree} for {elvish mystic}; {nature panoply} for {gods willing}-if your creatures die, and they will, this is what you'd want to protect them and set up your draws. At 1 mana, this should be at least a 2 of in your deck. And remove {raise the alarm} and replace with another mana dork within budget. I would suggest {Sylvan caryatid} or {satyr wayfinder}
Quote from: LinkCelestrial on March 20, 2015, 07:48:26 PMQuote from: Crossed on March 20, 2015, 07:37:10 PM
Also, I would suggest removing {warden of the first tree} for {elvish mystic}; {nature panoply} for {gods willing}-if your creatures die, and they will, this is what you'd want to protect them and set up your draws. At 1 mana, this should be at least a 2 of in your deck. And remove {raise the alarm} and replace with another mana dork within budget. I would suggest {Sylvan caryatid} or {satyr wayfinder}
I'd rather be running {Voyaging Satyr} over {Satyr Wayfinder} in this style of deck. {Whisperer of the Wilds} might be worth considering though I doubt it.
Quote from: Nfidel2k on March 21, 2015, 02:43:43 AM
Thanks, I am going to rework it for ramp. I'm dumping the phalanx leaders and the rallies for the caryatids and probably whispers. Also going to fit in {Gleam of Authority} and work my {citadel sieges} back in; get rid of elspeth and probably the nature's panoply's. I realized tonight at prerelease I overlooked gleam because I was reading it's last ability as outlast when it is bolster... Way better.
Quote from: LinkCelestrial on March 21, 2015, 06:37:11 PMYeah, seems like that was the idea behind the deck....Quote from: Nfidel2k on March 21, 2015, 02:43:43 AM
Thanks, I am going to rework it for ramp. I'm dumping the phalanx leaders and the rallies for the caryatids and probably whispers. Also going to fit in {Gleam of Authority} and work my {citadel sieges} back in; get rid of elspeth and probably the nature's panoply's. I realized tonight at prerelease I overlooked gleam because I was reading it's last ability as outlast when it is bolster... Way better.
I thought the {Phalanx Leaders} were solid picks.
Quote from: Kaylesh on March 21, 2015, 06:57:30 PMQuote from: LinkCelestrial on March 21, 2015, 06:37:11 PMYeah, seems like that was the idea behind the deck....Quote from: Nfidel2k on March 21, 2015, 02:43:43 AM
Thanks, I am going to rework it for ramp. I'm dumping the phalanx leaders and the rallies for the caryatids and probably whispers. Also going to fit in {Gleam of Authority} and work my {citadel sieges} back in; get rid of elspeth and probably the nature's panoply's. I realized tonight at prerelease I overlooked gleam because I was reading it's last ability as outlast when it is bolster... Way better.
I thought the {Phalanx Leaders} were solid picks.
Quote from: particle on March 22, 2015, 07:13:03 AMDid go ramp bolster in my prerelease today. Worked nicely. 2nd PR opposed a bolster GW aggro deck, which worked fast as well :pQuote from: Kaylesh on March 21, 2015, 06:57:30 PMQuote from: LinkCelestrial on March 21, 2015, 06:37:11 PMYeah, seems like that was the idea behind the deck....Quote from: Nfidel2k on March 21, 2015, 02:43:43 AM
Thanks, I am going to rework it for ramp. I'm dumping the phalanx leaders and the rallies for the caryatids and probably whispers. Also going to fit in {Gleam of Authority} and work my {citadel sieges} back in; get rid of elspeth and probably the nature's panoply's. I realized tonight at prerelease I overlooked gleam because I was reading it's last ability as outlast when it is bolster... Way better.
I thought the {Phalanx Leaders} were solid picks.
They were but they needed more targeting to become effective. So this deck has the choice of either being heroic with enduring scale lord or ramp bolster which seems better.