Wheel of Sun and Moon instead Rest in Peace. With the new Meta with Izzet Phoenix , to put all the opponent cards in the bottom on the library is much better if he really want to play Crackling Drake.
Con: The remaining cards in the graveyard aren't exiled.
Some other Pro: +2 devotion , ultimate protection against mill combos, The own graveyard is untouched, no color splash nedded
The white Splash give us access to the both best Sideboard Cards in Modern. Rest in Peace and Stony Silence. The Beauty in Green Devotion Decks are that we only need 1x Temple Garden. With our (typically) 8x Fetchlands and 4x Utopia Sprawl we have (virtually) 12 white Mana sources +1 (the temple garden itself) .
How important it is? Good Question: That is all about your Meta and which Tourney you're like to go. And the question how important it is for you to draw your hate-card just in time. If i got card 4x in my deck, then is my probability to draw it in Turn 4 57% , by 2 cards its only 34% in Turn4. In other Words only 2 cards are mostly to less to be effectiv, because in 66% of time, i will not see if i needed it. If i looked to the Pro's in there Sideboard Tech Vids, there are often boarding 4-7 cards. enough to be efficent but no overboarding. Sideboarding is a very complex theme.
In Anthony S. case that want to be the top 8 and better , its important to using the best cards in the right number. The Word budget is canceled. He had looked only what is needed to get most from his deck or to stop/beat the bad Matchups. Like i described above, the white splash is absolutly worth to be done.
BTE and Summoner's Pact are both for speed up the Matchups. And yes it is a thing if you played it right and you using the "silver bullets" instead the Command Modes from Primal Command. The whole Deck must be optimized to get explosive starts and not running out of Gas. Overall not a easy task, but a worthwile one.
Hidden Herbalists got the Problem that sometime it could be ackward to not activate Revolt. If you really consider this guys you need at minimum 8 cards that can you sacrifice anytime. The very simplest way to do are the fetch lands.
A quick look to your Matchups you must really pimped your Sideboard. you need more Artifact hate , 1-2 more Blood Moon's and a good Plan for aggro matchup's.
There aren't much BigMana Decks in Modern. But to find a list is also very simple. Scroll up und click on "Big Mana" Forum .
Woops, Unburial should be in there. And no, it's not a devotion deck. It's a Who Let the Hoof out deck. And really, isn't that what most Devotion decks really aim to do anyway?
I really love the crazy Brews around the Big Mana Decks. i believe somewhere in the future one of the shenanigans Decks lead to competiv version. Who Let the Hoof out (the right Soundtrack for this deck)
In a Counters Devotion matters deck , i really like to add this infinite mana Combo. Incubation Druid + Vigean Graftmage
, but hell i don't know i get viable version to abuse all the puzzle pieces .
Had someone mention the Incubation Druid + Vigean Graftmage in a Bant Counter Company Shell ?
I didn't play this Decktype, but i think it could be worth to think about to possible find 1 more infinite Mana Combo.
Nope. CurdBro is still working on the new Primer. He writing his progress from time to time. And ignore at best his own deadlines .
I believe he is close to finish his project.
A Gifts Devotion List. Nice! My own take, was to overload with other cards that slowing the Deck to much out. This much more streamlined version, could be worked much better. Most important parts i'm seeing,
Mystic Snake + Summoner's Pact are both "instant". A real nice surprise disrupt and virtually 5x Snakes. Don't know if it helped to protect your combo.
And a tip that i got in my mind: Jadelight Ranger . Land Draw, dig your deck and send cards to graveyard if you want. Growth Spiral is a Coiling Oracle on a stick.
I'm the same opinion as Gruul_me_harder. Domri is a very balanced Walker. Riot (aka Haste-enable) is very nice and in a empty board he can search for friends.
But Domri isn't a very social Walker and is a bad choice in a superfriends Devotion Deck.
Silhana Wayfinder isn't strong enough for modern imo. There far better choices to do that.
Galloping Lizrog got my attention. Something that can double counters can be very broken. I'm looking for Counters Matters Devotion again. Even Simic Ascendancy is now something that can be working --> Bioshift.
@Gruul_me_Harder <-- your Nickname is now just perfect
"Pumbaa presents...a Squadron of Watchcrabs"
Source: Frank Karsten on Twitter
Ravager Wurm is a little bit strict. i like more Acidic Slime to remove any land , because he is far more flexible. And Deathtouch kills any attacker, too.
"Guardian's Plan"
3G
Enchantment
Whenever a non-token creature enters the battlefield under your control, if that create does not share a name with another creature you control or have in your graveyard, draw a card.
Maybe something fun with Cloudstone Curio could be easily doing some absurd lethal turns.
As Example: Hidden Herbalists and Burning-Tree Emissary for example to draw the entire Deck, to play all the others Emissary's and Herbalits, to activate Nykthos, into Craterhoof Behemoth.
Con: Need a lot Setup, two different creatures and these creatures don't be in the graveyard.
Ok, finally a interesting card to brew around, that make me as a brewer happy. The spiker in me is still unimpressed at the moment.
Pyroclasm is already Mainboard and set
Yeah, you're right. After Natural Affinity , i will be using an additional move (if possible)Nissa, Voice of Zendikar +1 Ability or that from Sarkhan Vol , after that: Pyroclasm or anything that deals 2 Damage to each creature. My Lands survive , but not that from the Opponent. Sure it need a little time, but 1 more land to destroy is also good.
The decklist that i posted is not from me. You can enjoy 4 Matches in the youtube link that i posted or here is the same video https://www.twitch.tv/videos/337324577
i hoped an devotion shell could be helped. Even , if not: maybe with the next ravnica set is a sweet gruul effect to improve this idea or someone wish to troll his friends/local-meta. The most cards from this list are devotion staples.
[...] I don't feel like allies have the tools to stall it out as nicely as they do to try to race that clock.
Full agree !
If you decide to play vial, play less Lands, to get more pressure turn 3 and 4 in the end. A human deck these Days running only 19 Lands and a full copy of Vials and 37 creatures. Bant Spirits using vial only to replace Birds of Paradise and fight trough counters , that is the reason they use only 3 of them.
Vial is a hot topic since this thread exist. ISBPathfinder is absolut right if he talked about that vial a bit of a trap.
It seems there is a high potential in this idea. For that reason i post it in this thread. i mean, a one sided Armageddon is worth to brew around it.
You're right. It need only 5 Forest + Natural Affinity and Ghalta to get him out. Xenagos, the Reveler is great if he is out, as well as Garruk. Turn 4-5 they help both to combo off.
Turn 2: Land , Utopia Sprawl and Arbor Elf , Xenagos or Garruk
Turn 3: Land, Play Ability - play the Combo - Destroy all Lands
Sadly, Arbor Elf will be dying and also our own lands.
The other Planeswalker give +1/+1 effects for our own lands. In these case the final is very reasonable by Garruk and did him a bit better.
And turn all lands into 5/5 trample is very funny , too. Even the enemy can block with his own 2/2 lands. Now i want both
In my brew (maybeboarded) list i had Arlinn Kord. pumping the team and build tokens, too.
Rhonas the Indomitable and Flamewake Phoenix are both great. My concern is the beginning phase to protect our planeswalker. The other concern that i didn't get the puzzle pieces for the combo. i prefer more support cards in the early game.
Overall, i'm surprised how hard it is to improve this idea.
More Planeswalker? Maybe Wildfire if we got 2-3 Planeswalker out? Tutors like Wargate or Bring to Light (very Mana intensiv and unfriendly) or Blood Sun (don't hurt our own Manabase, draw card, and disturb the Opponent)
i brew already a list, but i'm still unhappy with it so far. My most favorite plan at the moment , is Gruul Superfriends with the Combo and use the Parts as disruption, too.
Any new Idea is welcome
With 10x 5Colour Lands, Aether Vial and Collected Company you can play easily Drana, Liberator of Malakir for your "TopEndCurve" with 3 Mana. Imo the strongest Ally (and in the very wrong colour) and a powerhouse by itself and can pumped even the Supporter. As a 2 drop it doing a fine Job.
With Akoum Battlesinger i got some of my best and worst experiences. Brutal early wins and some looses with some flashy 1/1 2/1 Weenies that kills my pumped 5/1 Allies. Kor Bladewhirl is a good choice alongside with the Battlesingers. Sadly a little Nonbo with Drana.
I like the range from Kalastria Healer and it got much better with mass resurrection effects like Return to the Ranks. In your strict fast aggro build, i believe other choices are stronger.
Overall i like your clean and strong aggro Ally Build. Sometimes it feels like an All-In , but in the same moment it is a good feeling to end the games quickly.
Wheel of Sun and Moon instead Rest in Peace. With the new Meta with Izzet Phoenix , to put all the opponent cards in the bottom on the library is much better if he really want to play Crackling Drake.
Con: The remaining cards in the graveyard aren't exiled.
Some other Pro: +2 devotion , ultimate protection against mill combos, The own graveyard is untouched, no color splash nedded
How important it is? Good Question: That is all about your Meta and which Tourney you're like to go. And the question how important it is for you to draw your hate-card just in time. If i got card 4x in my deck, then is my probability to draw it in Turn 4 57% , by 2 cards its only 34% in Turn4. In other Words only 2 cards are mostly to less to be effectiv, because in 66% of time, i will not see if i needed it. If i looked to the Pro's in there Sideboard Tech Vids, there are often boarding 4-7 cards. enough to be efficent but no overboarding. Sideboarding is a very complex theme.
In Anthony S. case that want to be the top 8 and better
Hidden Herbalists got the Problem that sometime it could be ackward to not activate Revolt. If you really consider this guys you need at minimum 8 cards that can you sacrifice anytime. The very simplest way to do are the fetch lands.
A quick look to your Matchups you must really pimped your Sideboard. you need more Artifact hate , 1-2 more Blood Moon's and a good Plan for aggro matchup's.
There aren't much BigMana Decks in Modern. But to find a list is also very simple. Scroll up und click on "Big Mana" Forum .
Who Let the Hoof out
In a Counters Devotion matters deck , i really like to add this infinite mana Combo.
Incubation Druid + Vigean Graftmage
, but hell i don't know i get viable version to abuse all the puzzle pieces .
I didn't play this Decktype, but i think it could be worth to think about to possible find 1 more infinite Mana Combo.
I believe he is close to finish his project.
Mystic Snake + Summoner's Pact are both "instant". A real nice surprise disrupt and virtually 5x Snakes. Don't know if it helped to protect your combo.
And a tip that i got in my mind:
Jadelight Ranger . Land Draw, dig your deck and send cards to graveyard if you want.
Growth Spiral is a Coiling Oracle on a stick.
But Domri isn't a very social Walker and is a bad choice in a superfriends Devotion Deck.
Silhana Wayfinder isn't strong enough for modern imo. There far better choices to do that.
Galloping Lizrog got my attention. Something that can double counters can be very broken. I'm looking for Counters Matters Devotion again. Even Simic Ascendancy is now something that can be working --> Bioshift.
@Gruul_me_Harder <-- your Nickname is now just perfect
"Pumbaa presents...a Squadron of Watchcrabs"
Source: Frank Karsten on Twitter
Ravager Wurm is a little bit strict. i like more Acidic Slime to remove any land , because he is far more flexible. And Deathtouch kills any attacker, too.
Maybe something fun with Cloudstone Curio could be easily doing some absurd lethal turns.
As Example: Hidden Herbalists and Burning-Tree Emissary for example to draw the entire Deck, to play all the others Emissary's and Herbalits, to activate Nykthos, into Craterhoof Behemoth.
Con: Need a lot Setup, two different creatures and these creatures don't be in the graveyard.
Ok, finally a interesting card to brew around, that make me as a brewer happy. The spiker in me is still unimpressed at the moment.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pwupO-f4wl8
Maybe it is for someone useful.
Have fun with watching it
Edit:
Mono-Green Devotion by TCGplayer(Corbin) from 02.12.2018
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q8hBR7Y2Sx8
Nothing Special but always nice to watch
Yeah, you're right. After Natural Affinity , i will be using an additional move (if possible)Nissa, Voice of Zendikar +1 Ability or that from Sarkhan Vol , after that: Pyroclasm or anything that deals 2 Damage to each creature. My Lands survive , but not that from the Opponent. Sure it need a little time, but 1 more land to destroy is also good.
The decklist that i posted is not from me. You can enjoy 4 Matches in the youtube link that i posted or here is the same video https://www.twitch.tv/videos/337324577
i hoped an devotion shell could be helped. Even , if not: maybe with the next ravnica set is a sweet gruul effect to improve this idea or someone wish to troll his friends/local-meta. The most cards from this list are devotion staples.
Full agree !
If you decide to play vial, play less Lands, to get more pressure turn 3 and 4 in the end. A human deck these Days running only 19 Lands and a full copy of Vials and 37 creatures. Bant Spirits using vial only to replace Birds of Paradise and fight trough counters , that is the reason they use only 3 of them.
Vial is a hot topic since this thread exist. ISBPathfinder is absolut right if he talked about that vial a bit of a trap.
You're right. It need only 5 Forest + Natural Affinity and Ghalta to get him out.
Xenagos, the Reveler is great if he is out, as well as Garruk. Turn 4-5 they help both to combo off.
Turn 2: Land , Utopia Sprawl and Arbor Elf , Xenagos or Garruk
Turn 3: Land, Play Ability - play the Combo - Destroy all Lands
Sadly, Arbor Elf will be dying and also our own lands.
The other Planeswalker give +1/+1 effects for our own lands. In these case the final is very reasonable by Garruk and did him a bit better.
And turn all lands into 5/5 trample is very funny , too. Even the enemy can block with his own 2/2 lands. Now i want both
In my brew (maybeboarded) list i had Arlinn Kord. pumping the team and build tokens, too.
Rhonas the Indomitable and Flamewake Phoenix are both great. My concern is the beginning phase to protect our planeswalker. The other concern that i didn't get the puzzle pieces for the combo. i prefer more support cards in the early game.
Overall, i'm surprised how hard it is to improve this idea.
More Planeswalker? Maybe Wildfire if we got 2-3 Planeswalker out? Tutors like Wargate or Bring to Light (very Mana intensiv and unfriendly) or Blood Sun (don't hurt our own Manabase, draw card, and disturb the Opponent)
i brew already a list, but i'm still unhappy with it so far. My most favorite plan at the moment , is Gruul Superfriends with the Combo and use the Parts as disruption, too.
Any new Idea is welcome
With Akoum Battlesinger i got some of my best and worst experiences. Brutal early wins and some looses with some flashy 1/1 2/1 Weenies that kills my pumped 5/1 Allies. Kor Bladewhirl is a good choice alongside with the Battlesingers. Sadly a little Nonbo with Drana.
I like the range from Kalastria Healer and it got much better with mass resurrection effects like Return to the Ranks. In your strict fast aggro build, i believe other choices are stronger.
Lantern Scout is a little bit better in aggro builds as the Ondu Cleric.
Reckless Bushwhacker <<-->> Aether Vial , surge cost only without vial (put into play isn't a cast) can beeing annoying.
Overall i like your clean and strong aggro Ally Build. Sometimes it feels like an All-In , but in the same moment it is a good feeling to end the games quickly.