Hey all! I was sitting around a few days ago and decided to throw together a new deck with extra cards I had laying around. I put this together in 20/30 min thinking it would just be a fun thing to play once or twice, but after playing it a bunch I love it! Here's the list:
The basic idea of the deck is to have a bunch of mana producing creatures that can quickly ramp you into the Chorus and then churn out huge beaters. I also wanted the deck to have reach and not be so reliant on having the commander out (since she's so expensive).
Gaddock Teeg and Dauntless Escort are also great for protecting your team from a wrath after you flood the board.
The deck has a lot of fun synergies to explore (<3 Scryb Ranger & Wirewood Symbiote ) and is overall a blast to play. However like I said I threw this together with cards that I had laying around and would like to build it up into something even better.
I've been floating the idea of making a Chorus deck for a while now, so I've had some time to think about it. I've come to a few conclusions about things that work very well with them.
First, and probably most obvious, is excessive ramp. You've already got a chunk of elves in there, so you might consider Priest of Titania and Wirewood Channeler in addition to the Archdruid. Mana doublers can also go a long way. Mirari's Wake and Mana Reflection are obviously the best ones, but Keeper of Progenitus will double up all of you basics and is an elf to fit in with the first part. Odds are you're always going to be able to make more use of it than your opponents. This also helps to offset the high cost of Chorus if you want to replay them, or play them and a threat in the same turn.
Second, keywords. Having huge creatures is no good if they can't connect, so trample is pretty helpful here. Brawn is an easy one to fit in, and any kind of overrun effect can help pick up the slack when Chorus isn't down or do excessive amounts if you've been abusing them. Overwhelming Stampede in particular can get ridiculous in a hurry, and Kamahl, Fist of Krosa fits the creature criterion. The other keyword I was a fan of with Chorus was double strike. My two favorite options for the deck were Silverblade Paladin and True Conviction - again, both strong without Chorus and deadly with.
Third is something you're already looking at adding, and that's card draw. All the mana in the world can't win you the game if you have nothing to spend it on. Soul of the Harvest and it's older friend Primordial Sage are both solid options here, but your Chorus-fueled high powered creatures turn on Garruk's Packleader and Kavu Lair very nicely as well, and Packleader can trigger off a number of creatures even without Chorus assistance. I'm also a fan of the Drumhunter in your list. This seems like a great place for him.
Things I would be wary of are cards that put creatures directly into play, as rare as that might be. While they're frequently powerful, using Hymn of Rebirth to grab a 1/1 elf is a terrible play, while Regrowthing it to recast through Chorus can be fairly powerful. I'd also be careful about Hibernation's End - it's fairly slow and eats a lot of mana each turn.
I like the deck overall. It looks like you have a fairly good balance of cards that work well with Chorus without relying on them. Final note, Gigantomancer is a beautiful thing here. I'm definitely stealing that if I put Chorus together.
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1x Chorus of the Conclave
Creature (46)
1x Acidic Slime
1x Avacyn's Pilgrim
1x Centaur Omenreader
1x Dauntless Escort
1x Drumhunter
1x Elvish Archdruid
1x Elvish Harbinger
1x Elvish Lyrist
1x Elvish Pioneer
1x Elvish Visionary
1x Essence of the Wild
1x Farhaven Elf
1x Fauna Shaman
1x Frontier Guide
1x Gaddock Teeg
1x Gigantomancer
1x Gilt-Leaf Seer
1x Greenweaver Druid
1x Harabaz Druid
1x Juniper Order Ranger
1x Knight of the Reliquary
1x Kor Cartographer
1x Llanowar Elves
1x Magus of the Vineyard
1x Mentor of the Meek
1x Mikaeus, the Lunarch
1x Mold Shambler
1x Mother of Runes
1x Pendelhaven Elder
1x Qasali Pridemage
1x Quirion Elves
1x Ranger of Eos
1x Regal Force
1x Sakura-Tribe Elder
1x Scorned Villager
1x Scryb Ranger
1x Selesnya Evangel
1x Selesnya Guildmage
1x Sigil Captain
1x Steward of Valeron
1x Sun Titan
1x Sylvan Ranger
1x Viridian Emissary
1x Wirewood Symbiote
1x Wood Elves
1x Yavimaya Elder
1x Evolving Wilds
10x Forest
1x Gavony Township
1x Grasslands
1x Mystifying Maze
10x Plains
1x Saltcrusted Steppe
1x Secluded Steppe
1x Stirring Wildwood
1x Sunpetal Grove
1x Terramorphic Expanse
1x Tranquil Thicket
1x Treetop Village
1x Winding Canyons
1x Wirewood Lodge
1x Yavimaya Hollow
Artifact (1)
1x Tangleroot
Sorcery (11)
1x Altar of Bone
1x Austere Command
1x Cultivate
1x Day of Judgment
1x Enshrined Memories
1x Genesis Wave
1x Grim Flowering
1x Harmonize
1x Hymn of Rebirth
1x Journey of Discovery
1x Lead the Stampede
1x Aura Shards
1x Glare of Subdual
1x Gutter Grime
1x Hibernation's End
Instant (3)
1x Beast Within
1x Congregation at Dawn
1x Path to Exile
Ranger of Eos, Regal Force, Sun Titan, Genesis Wave, Grim Flowering, and Enshrined Memories can all help you to reload after playing out your hand or post wrath.
Gigantomancer, Essence of the Wild, Mentor of the Meek, Mikaeus, the Lunarch, Juniper Order Ranger, Selesnya Guildmage, and Gavony Township all reward you for playing a large amount of small creatures even without the chorus.
Gaddock Teeg and Dauntless Escort are also great for protecting your team from a wrath after you flood the board.
The deck has a lot of fun synergies to explore (<3 Scryb Ranger & Wirewood Symbiote ) and is overall a blast to play. However like I said I threw this together with cards that I had laying around and would like to build it up into something even better.
Some newer cards that caught my eye are:
I was also thinking of throwing in more creature based draw like:
What do you guys think?
First, and probably most obvious, is excessive ramp. You've already got a chunk of elves in there, so you might consider Priest of Titania and Wirewood Channeler in addition to the Archdruid. Mana doublers can also go a long way. Mirari's Wake and Mana Reflection are obviously the best ones, but Keeper of Progenitus will double up all of you basics and is an elf to fit in with the first part. Odds are you're always going to be able to make more use of it than your opponents. This also helps to offset the high cost of Chorus if you want to replay them, or play them and a threat in the same turn.
Second, keywords. Having huge creatures is no good if they can't connect, so trample is pretty helpful here. Brawn is an easy one to fit in, and any kind of overrun effect can help pick up the slack when Chorus isn't down or do excessive amounts if you've been abusing them. Overwhelming Stampede in particular can get ridiculous in a hurry, and Kamahl, Fist of Krosa fits the creature criterion. The other keyword I was a fan of with Chorus was double strike. My two favorite options for the deck were Silverblade Paladin and True Conviction - again, both strong without Chorus and deadly with.
Third is something you're already looking at adding, and that's card draw. All the mana in the world can't win you the game if you have nothing to spend it on. Soul of the Harvest and it's older friend Primordial Sage are both solid options here, but your Chorus-fueled high powered creatures turn on Garruk's Packleader and Kavu Lair very nicely as well, and Packleader can trigger off a number of creatures even without Chorus assistance. I'm also a fan of the Drumhunter in your list. This seems like a great place for him.
Things I would be wary of are cards that put creatures directly into play, as rare as that might be. While they're frequently powerful, using Hymn of Rebirth to grab a 1/1 elf is a terrible play, while Regrowthing it to recast through Chorus can be fairly powerful. I'd also be careful about Hibernation's End - it's fairly slow and eats a lot of mana each turn.
I like the deck overall. It looks like you have a fairly good balance of cards that work well with Chorus without relying on them. Final note, Gigantomancer is a beautiful thing here. I'm definitely stealing that if I put Chorus together.