this deck aim to cast tooth and nail by turn 3 tooth and nail for emrakul and xenogos if without much disruption. i am choosing the aura route as it can be more diificult to interact.
aside from tooth and nail, this deck can with a garruk uptimate overrun or primal command eternal witness loop into craterhoof behemoth or a kessig wolf run creature.
i build this deck as a fun deck for a league that i am holding for my team. the meta i expect are affinity, titanshift, jund, jeskai nahiri, dredge, rg tron, bant eldrazi, abzan, ug infect. therefore the sideboard are build to interact with these archetype.
i will welcome feedback for some sideboard choice and main board choice. i am comtemplating the kiki-jiki and zealous conscript combo as i understand that blessed alliance is a thing in my leagues.
@jaccjacc, actually I have been with this thread since it's inception but have move on to play affinity, skred red. It is still at the back of my mind. My list is rather stock which I will post once I am free to do so. I need some advice on current meta and SB, especially I think against dredge. I incorporate various angle in my deck which you will see once I post the list and explain my choice.
Been away from this thread for quite a while. Am building a tooth and nail green devotion deck focusing in aura. Any advise for cards in main board and sideboard? Also, any play advice?
@hypaspist, you are trying to form a GW constellation deck in modern, i would play it more differently compared to you. the kill condition and control in your version is not not strong enough, i think leyline of sanctity and ghostly prison should be mainboard option compared to sideboard. sigil of empty throne will make for a good finisher. cards you can consider are herald of pantheon, citadel siege/frotier siege, hellion, god of the sun and such. arbor elf,genesis hydra wouldn't be that necessary. i would only run 2 starfield of nyx though. main reason being cmc is too high, don't do much until you have 5 enchantment and such.
Woodland bellower is a card that is good in terms of value. it is not really a finisher but an enabler. it is more suited in a GW build with restoration angels, kitchen finks and such. if you are going for the combo of genesis wave or primal command, he don't really fit in. but if you are talking about more towards a value generating and mid range sort of play, I think he is pretty good. the only problem is at 6cmc, I am not sure will it fit the curve or be a curve topper. it is a card that you will have to build around it in my opinion.
@Curdbros, during one of the GPT that i attended recently, there is a treefolk deck that play doran. would it fit into your defender devotion core as compared to playing assault formation? the thing about dotan is that it can be tutot out by primal command or chord of calling or even treefolks. this i think is a better configuration as compared to assault formation which is mana intensive.
I am trying out this list. adding more redundancy as I realized that after disruption, we are very weak against the tier 1 deck. also, the more mana we have means our business spells are more potent. add in a few mana sink to make use of the mana. sideboard needs to be tested.
Ugin is a nonbo for your version. i will prefer you play nissa worldwaker. if you play full set of the 12 aura ramp, i will suggest eidolon of blossom for card draw engine. you play a more aura centric version for draw power. knight of reliquary might be more essential to turot out the lands. boseiju should be mainboard 1, sideboard 1. this version bad match up are the blue based deck. summoning trap might be necessary. if your only kill-con is emerakul, add some spellskite mainboard. spellskite is a good card for current meta if your area have a lot of UR twin, burn, infect, bogle and such.
you can try arashi, the sky asunder for your air defense. hornet queen is good, but you might be dead when you cast it. otherwise, silklash spider is your best air defense. taking out the wolfbriar elemental will be a good choice.
i am looking at a green devotion tempo to mid range build that use land destruction/mana denial as a form of disruption and gaining tempo over other deck. this is the list i am brewing. it is not very original as it reuse some ideas from older post.
Corrected the mistake in my deck list
1x craterhoof behemoth
3x obstinate baloth
3x eternal witness
4x voyaging satyr
4x arbor elf
1x nissa, worldwaker
3x garruk wildspeaker
1x xenogos, god of revels
4x overgrowth
4x utopis sprawl
4x tooth and nail
1x primal command
3x harmonize
3x bonfire of the damned
12x forest
2x stomping ground
4x windswept heath
1x nykthos, shrine of nyx
1x kessig wolf run
3x fog
3x guttural response
3x sudden shock
2x creeping corrosion
2x tormod's crypt
2x blood moon
this deck aim to cast tooth and nail by turn 3 tooth and nail for emrakul and xenogos if without much disruption. i am choosing the aura route as it can be more diificult to interact.
aside from tooth and nail, this deck can with a garruk uptimate overrun or primal command eternal witness loop into craterhoof behemoth or a kessig wolf run creature.
i build this deck as a fun deck for a league that i am holding for my team. the meta i expect are affinity, titanshift, jund, jeskai nahiri, dredge, rg tron, bant eldrazi, abzan, ug infect. therefore the sideboard are build to interact with these archetype.
i will welcome feedback for some sideboard choice and main board choice. i am comtemplating the kiki-jiki and zealous conscript combo as i understand that blessed alliance is a thing in my leagues.
3x primeval titan
1x ruric thar, the unbowed
1x polukranos, world eater
1x nylea, god of the hunt
2x eidolon of blossoms
4x eternal witness
4x voyaging satyr
4x arbor elf
4x garruk wildspeaker
4x fertile ground
4x utopia sprawl
3x primal command
3x genesis wave
1x banefire
13x forest
2x stomping ground
4x nyxthos, shrine to nyx
1x kessig wolf run
3x rending volley
2x choke
2x creeping corrosion
2x scavenging ooze
1x thrun, the last troll
3x obstinate baloth
2x summoning trap
the deck and sideboard had not been tested. overall, just hate out blue based deck.
1x thragtusk
1x polukranos, world eater
1x thrun, the last troll
1x temur sabertooth
2x huntmaster of the fells
4x avalanche riders
3x kitchen finks
1x magus of the moon
4x eternal witness
1x scavenging ooze
4x arbor elf
4x garruk wildspeaker
4x utopia sprawl
4x primal command
4x beast within
7x forest
2x stomping ground
2x verdant catacombs
4x windswept heath
4x nyxthos, shrine to nyx
1x kessig wolf run
i have not think of the sideboard yet. just plain brewing. just give feedback on viability.