With Innistrad and M14 rolling out, just about everything good is leaving mono green. Rancor, Silverheart, Garruk Relentless, Strangleroot Geist, Predator Ooze, Prey Upon, etc....
But I don't like playing anything else, so I'll try and force it anyway.
So far all I could think of was some kinda Mid-Rangeish deal with a focus on Devotion.
On a good day you can drop a 5/5 or 6/6 Reverent Hunter on turn 3 and keep up the threats with Pulkranos, Nylea and Hydras on the next few turns. Hydra does cool stuff with Reverent Hunter, kinda sorta Pulkranos and Scavenging Ooze too.
What else would be cool as far as trying to drop big Reverent Hunters and get Nylea going fast?
This doesn't look like it recovers well (if at all) to wrath effects. If you still had Predator Ooze on the format this might look a bit better. Perhaps splash black for Golgari Charm?
Development is probably pretty wary of potentially huge creatures that cost 1G, nowadays.
Not that the card you're suggesting would be as good as Tarmogoyf, of course. I would simply contend that it'd be a stronger card than necessary. This is a timmy/johnny card that'll be great in limited and has a little potential in standard. That's enough for me.
Well, it depends on what the aim is, right? But seriously, it's the 3cc that kills it. Had this been a 0/1 for 1G it would have better chance to see constructed play.
Yeah, wrath effects do suck. With no Predator Ooze, Rancor, Strangleroot Geist, Young Wolf and Garruk Relentless to stick around after a Verdict and make tokens. This definitely doesn't bounce back as well from wrath effects.
Nevertheless, I wanna try to see how far we can go with this whole devotion thing.
I definitely see Hunter as being more than just "meh". Sure, it has it's faults. But even with a single GG costing permanent out it's at least 4/4 for 2G. Being able to pretty consistently come down as a 5/5 or a 6/6 (more if can throw Burning-Tree Emissaries in with him) seems cool enough to me.
I'm hoping we'll see some GGG casting costs on some permanents in this block. I'd LOVE to see Leatherback Baloth back.
Replace Dryad Militant with Experiment One to give some resilience to board wipe. Sideboarding Mending Touch could also help. Regenerating a beefy Reverent Hunter or some other fatty might be enough to push through that last bit of damage vs control.
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But I don't like playing anything else, so I'll try and force it anyway.
So far all I could think of was some kinda Mid-Rangeish deal with a focus on Devotion.
4 Elvish Mystic
4 Dryad Militant
4 Kalonian Tusker
4 Burning-Tree Emissary
3 Scavenging Ooze
4 Reverent Hunter
2 Pulkranos, World Eater
3 Nylea, God Of The Hunt
4 Kalonian Hydra
4 Pit Fight
Lands: 24
17 Forest
4 Mutavault
3 Nykthos, Shrine To Nyx
On a good day you can drop a 5/5 or 6/6 Reverent Hunter on turn 3 and keep up the threats with Pulkranos, Nylea and Hydras on the next few turns. Hydra does cool stuff with Reverent Hunter, kinda sorta Pulkranos and Scavenging Ooze too.
What else would be cool as far as trying to drop big Reverent Hunters and get Nylea going fast?
Well, it depends on what the aim is, right? But seriously, it's the 3cc that kills it. Had this been a 0/1 for 1G it would have better chance to see constructed play.
Nevertheless, I wanna try to see how far we can go with this whole devotion thing.
I definitely see Hunter as being more than just "meh". Sure, it has it's faults. But even with a single GG costing permanent out it's at least 4/4 for 2G. Being able to pretty consistently come down as a 5/5 or a 6/6 (more if can throw Burning-Tree Emissaries in with him) seems cool enough to me.
I'm hoping we'll see some GGG casting costs on some permanents in this block. I'd LOVE to see Leatherback Baloth back.