There's an issue in Pioneer with white : removal sucks. In green there's not much to play with either. Then, Selesnya has to be very proactive and overwhelm the board somehow, or assemble a combo, etc... Something big and unbeatable. Let's not forget allied colors have bad mana.
The only thing you add here is another 3-cmc cat lord (and not a great one). It's not enough to make the archetype more viable. It's a deck you play for fun, for now.
That said, you can optimise your list by playing a better manabase, cut the cute cards, lower your curve, and so on. A good start would be sthg like that :
As you can see, removal is horrendous, the manabase is awkward af, there's either room for Coco or big cats but not both, the curve is stacked at 3, you want mana dorks for Coco and turn 2 3-cmc cats, so you add elves... There's no combo or super strong synergy...
The archetype is not competitive at all no matter what list you put up. Let's wait for another cat-focused set before anything competitve happens.
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Thanks for sharing. I have played a similar version of GW Cats on MTGO but its been a few months since.
Personally I would cut one Kaheera from the main and just run 2, as a legend you usually don't want to see more than one. Ditch the mana dorks, they aren't cats. I would also just run 2 Brimaz, you usually don't want to see more than one. I would also cut the 2 Adorned Pouncers, or move them to the side bumping out Leonin Warleader altogether. I know Warleader is for lifegain but the 8 card package of Leonin Vanguard and Ajani's Pridemate in the main is so much better. Squeezing Regal Caracal back in as a 1 or 2 of might be in order as well.
Again all my personal preferences but I think they could be upgrades to your list. Good luck and let us know how it goes or any changes.
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a little late in the thread, but I agree that manadorks are not really needed here. They are not cat, lowers the aggressiveness of the deck, and most of the cats can be cast on curve anyway.
Here's a quick draft I thought of. Of course, if you can recall any other better card that could fit in the deck, feel free to comment it.
2x Animal Sanctuary
4x Fabled Passage
3x Forest
3x Plains
2x Sunpetal Grove
4x Temple Garden
2x Temple of Plenty
2x Unclaimed Territory
Creatures
3x Kaheera, the Orphanguard
4x Feline Sovereign
1x Regal Caracal
3x Adorned Pouncer
3x Brimaz, King of Oreskos
4x Bronzehide Lion
1x Cubwarden
4x Fleecemane Lion
4x Pride Sovereign
4x Collected Company
4x Heroic Intervention
3x Dromoka's Command
2x Declaration in Stone
2x Knight of Autumn
2x Leonin Warleader
4x Leyline of Sanctity
3x Prowling Serpopard
2x Settle the Wreckage
Updated for sideboard and cards
There's an issue in Pioneer with white : removal sucks. In green there's not much to play with either. Then, Selesnya has to be very proactive and overwhelm the board somehow, or assemble a combo, etc... Something big and unbeatable. Let's not forget allied colors have bad mana.
The only thing you add here is another 3-cmc cat lord (and not a great one). It's not enough to make the archetype more viable. It's a deck you play for fun, for now.
That said, you can optimise your list by playing a better manabase, cut the cute cards, lower your curve, and so on. A good start would be sthg like that :
1x Animal Sanctuary
6x Forest
4x Plains
4x Sunpetal Grove
4x Temple Garden
3x Mana Confluence
4x Llanowar Elves
4x Adorned Pouncer
4x Bronzehide Lion
4x Fleecemane Lion
3x Brimaz, King of Oreskos
3x Kaheera, the Orphanguard
4x Feline Sovereign
4x Pride Sovereign
4x Collected Company
2x Dromoka's Command
2x Declaration in Stone
As you can see, removal is horrendous, the manabase is awkward af, there's either room for Coco or big cats but not both, the curve is stacked at 3, you want mana dorks for Coco and turn 2 3-cmc cats, so you add elves... There's no combo or super strong synergy...
The archetype is not competitive at all no matter what list you put up. Let's wait for another cat-focused set before anything competitve happens.
2x Adorned Pouncer
3x Brimaz, King of Oreskos
4x Bronzehide Lion
4x Feline Sovereign
4x Fleecemane Lion
3x Kaheera, the Orphanguard
4x Pride Sovereign
4x Llanowar Elves
Land (22)
2x Animal Sanctuary
2x Fabled Passage
5x Forest
5x Plains
4x Sunpetal Grove
4x Temple Garden
2x Declaration in Stone
Instant (8)
4x Collected Company
2x Dromoka's Command
2x Heroic Intervention
2x Heroic Intervention
2x Knight of Autumn
2x Leonin Warleader
4x Leyline of Sanctity
3x Prowling Serpopard
2x Settle the Wreckage
Personally I would cut one Kaheera from the main and just run 2, as a legend you usually don't want to see more than one. Ditch the mana dorks, they aren't cats. I would also just run 2 Brimaz, you usually don't want to see more than one. I would also cut the 2 Adorned Pouncers, or move them to the side bumping out Leonin Warleader altogether. I know Warleader is for lifegain but the 8 card package of Leonin Vanguard and Ajani's Pridemate in the main is so much better. Squeezing Regal Caracal back in as a 1 or 2 of might be in order as well.
Again all my personal preferences but I think they could be upgrades to your list. Good luck and let us know how it goes or any changes.
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