MTG Salvation

This was just a fun deck that I thought of when I saw this general for cheap at a store. I got some ideas from Primers here (Post Construction) and am always looking for suggestion. This deck is more casual and less competitive.

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And with the new set, I figure that there are some great new RUG cards that can help with some of the decks mechanics.

Cards that I'm unsure of are:

• Progenitor Mimic
  
• Steel Hellkite
  
• Surrak Dragonclaw
  
• Sylvok Replica
  
• Terastodon

Update - I have to credit to doomprevails88 for a couple of cards I didn't think about (Body Double and Slithermuse)

Needs a heartwood storyteller

your playing some big guys, have you ever considered mosswort bridge?

bloom tender
somberwald sage
garruk's horde
tomorrow, azami's familiar
deadwood treefolk
great whale
wickerbough elder
magus of the future
primordial sage
spearbreaker behemoth
oracle of mul daya
other cards i really like for heavy creature builds.

I used to play a creature heavy Animar with only 5 instants/sorceries weird harvest, time warp glimpse of nature, regrowth, and flusterstorm, but I played eternal witness, anarchist, mnemonic wall, charm breaker devils, izzet chronarch and archaeomancer, eratic portal, crystal shard, and tons of other cards to abuse the value of my spells while my deck kept vomiting out creatures into my hand faster than i could take extra turns to play them. I guess what i'm saying is ,if you have the extra turns to set up in your meta and don't have to run tons of accelerates to play, then you can really have fun with an army like yours. how full does your hand stay and how fast do you get out guys? treasure mage may be a good fit for you too.

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Needs a heartwood storyteller

Do you find that you get tons of draw out of it? Or does it play into politics with other opponents?

I'm usually involved in multiplayer games, with the occasional 1v1.

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your playing some big guys, have you ever considered mosswort bridge?

Mosswort Bridge eh? In other decks I've run this card and has been pretty clutch. Totally missed it, thanks for the suggestion.

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Needs a heartwood storyteller

Do you find that you get tons of draw out of it? Or does it play into politics with other opponents?

I'm usually involved in multiplayer games, with the occasional 1v1.

Yes. It is my favorite card in Animar. Usually in early turns when I have a tutor I will tutor for it, since my friends like to chain rocks/ramp spells/enchantments. I usually will net 5-8 cards in a turn before they decide that the creature is doing them more harm than good lol. It also makes counter-heavy opponents think twice about countering, since each counter they cast has "each opponent draws a card" tagged to it.

As for politics, players are hesitant to get rid of it, as each other opponent will let them draw too from their spells. It doesn't really affect Animar though, more then half the deck is creature based. In short, it is a really valuable creature to have for Animar, it throws a wrench into opponent's plans but opponents are hesitant to get rid of it as it brings them benefits too. Worse is opponents can't afford to stop casting with Animar around (since animar is a very fast tempo deck), casting stuff makes Animar draw more cards...

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bloom tender
somberwald sage
garruk's horde
tomorrow, azami's familiar
deadwood treefolk
great whale
wickerbough elder
magus of the future
primordial sage
spearbreaker behemoth
oracle of mul daya
other cards i really like for heavy creature builds.

I used to play a creature heavy Animar with only 5 instants/sorceries weird harvest, time warp glimpse of nature, regrowth, and flusterstorm, but I played eternal witness, anarchist, mnemonic wall, charm breaker devils, izzet chronarch and archaeomancer, eratic portal, crystal shard, and tons of other cards to abuse the value of my spells while my deck kept vomiting out creatures into my hand faster than i could take extra turns to play them. I guess what i'm saying is ,if you have the extra turns to set up in your meta and don't have to run tons of accelerates to play, then you can really have fun with an army like yours. how full does your hand stay and how fast do you get out guys? treasure mage may be a good fit for you too.

Thanks for the ideas.

Bloom Tender and Somberwald Sage are great ramp sources. My only concern with Somberwald is that it gives three of any one colour, which posses a problem for some of the RUG cards like Maelstrom Wanderer and Ciroc Vodka. Although, if two of the three colours are out on board, then it renders this point moot.

I like Garruk's Horde, great synergy with Prophet, I'll try it out again next time I play this deck. What would you suggest cutting for it? Magus of the Future is more versatile, but Blue heavy (Shout out to Somberwald Sage lol)

I have Palinchron and Cloud of Faeries in for land untapping. I have a Whale chilling in a box of rares, if I were to add more untap effects, I would go to the Peregrine Drake. The one blue makes it faster IMO.

I like Sylvok Replica over Wickerbough Elder. It's colourless and cheaper, although you to get multiple uses out of the Elder.

Draw is always good, but I've found that I drew into Primordial Sage or Soul of the Harvest when I needed to top into an actual win-con, because of this I sided with Soul. The Non-token ETB draw hits more triggers for me with the Glen Elendra Pranksters and Cloudstone Curio interactions and tricks.

I've found that indestructibility isn't as secure as a counter. In most of the games that I play, I have cards like Chaos Warp, Sower of Temptation, and Cyclo Rift thrown around relatively frequently, so indestructible isn't high on my priority list so much as a counter spells. My example would be Glen Elendra Archmage or the Pact to deal with the above disruptions. I may test out Sylvan Safekeeper

I have an extra Oracle sitting around from a dismantled project, completely missed it. I do like it over mana dorks, simply because of the lands remaining in play to be reused. In the even of a board clear, unless a lands centred one (Armageddon to which I would probably be okay if the board state is strong for the RUG player) then the resource is lost.

Yeah i just noticed the "noncreature" part of the text, seems stronger than it was upon first glance.

Thanks for the suggestion, now I need to find one...

Update:

Forest > Mosswort Bridge

Consecrated Sphinx > Tomorrow, Azami's Familiar = I find that Consecrated Sphinx gets mauled before it can see lots of value. It also has a slower effect (needing to be when an opponent draws) whereas, Tomorrow tricks every time you would draw. Given that there are Soul of the Harvest type creatures on board, drawing will be frequent.

tomorrow is also cool because it applies a replacement effect to your draw thereby negating an opposing sphinx or other draw based effects.

and its just silly with sylvan library

I can only imagine, I'm changing out Yavimaya Elder with Oracle of Mul Daya as well.

Any thoughts on what to switch out for Garruk's Horde?

just due to your mana curve nullstone gargoyle, terrastadon and draining whelk stand out. however, you may consider sages of the anima over the horde. it's way more cost efficient.

Ironically, I found that I didn't hit enough creatures in the original build with Sages of the Anima. Although, simply because I don't want to give my opponents blockers, Terastodon may see the axe for the Sages. It'll help the curve a bunch and now that the deck has more than 50% creatures it should see some success.

Pretty great turnout today, went 1-1 although the second game would have went my way if I had went all in, had a 10/10 Prime Speaker Zegana on board with a bunch of other things (Including a Xenagos). I wanted to see if my buddy could get out of it, needless to say he tron-ed up on a Thassa and went unblockable. Shouldn't have played with the food, but the deck ran better than it has in a while so it is a good sign of improvement.

I want to see what kind of a difference these two make to the deck.

Trying Gyre Sage over Evolutionary Leap. Leap has too many hits that aren't great in most situations.

Consecrated Sphinx and Clever Impersonator were cut for Woodland Bellower and the posthumous Evolutionary Leap (removed above for Gyre Sage)

clever impersonator not preforming? I've never been able to make room for it but I keep telling myself I'm going to try. I eventually took out consecrated sphinx also. it's a great card, but it doesn't flow well.

Clever Impersonator costs UU minimum, which ties up mana. Granted, it can clone a planeswalker, and in a game I copied a guys Nicol Bolas, Planeswalker and +3'd it destroying the original copy. I like Mercurial Pretender over it because it costs 1U less and can be pitched back to hand if I'm in a bind. And I like Phyrexian Metamorph even more, because it can be a free drop (well for 2 life but...), it also can copy artifacts, which were primary targets for the Impersonator anyway. I may find a spot for it again but I wanted to run other cards, so far a majority of positive outcomes in games.

I may try Sakashima the Impostor first though...

Quick Update just to get things in perspective of how the deck looks.

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