Its too slow, dies to removal, has too few creatures consistently, can't seem to get Tamanoa out consistently, etc... If you have any ideas on how to optimize this deck I would greatly appreciate it. With this deck I didn't expect to win any tournaments any time soon, but its absolutely terrible. 30 games in with this deck, even against some of my friend's super budget decks ($20-$50) it just get completely destroyed time and time again; managing to win an astonishing 3-4 games.
Basically, this deck revolves around a lot of removal and life gain. With Tamanoa, every instance of damage from a source I control--like my large usage of pain lands-- buffs cards like Ajani's Pridemate. I tried t I tried to compensate for the little amount of creatures on the battlefield with their size, but as you could imagine, removal always sucks me dry. Usually, every creature enters the battlefield with 4 toughness but still. Even when I do manage to get all of my creatures I need, life gain doesn't seem to be nearly ideal enough to take on aggro/rush/large amounts of enemie/burn. On the plus side, my mana base gets me consistently what I need.
So if you have better options (preferably budget) of cards or combos that could possibly help my deck, that would be awesome.
4 Ajani's Pridemate
3 Voracious Wurm
4 Tamanoa
3 Archangel of Thune
Enchantments
3 Manabarbs
Lands
4 Battlefield Forge
4 Brushland
3 Forest
3 Kabira Crossroads
4 Karplusan Forest
3 Mountain
3 Plains
4 Talisman of Impulse
Instant and Sorcery
3 Life Goes On
4 Lightning Bolt
4 Lightning Helix
4 Captured Sunlight
3 Searing Meditation
4 Deflecting Palm
4 Destructive Revelry
4 Savage Twister
Basically, this deck revolves around a lot of removal and life gain. With Tamanoa, every instance of damage from a source I control--like my large usage of pain lands-- buffs cards like Ajani's Pridemate. I tried t I tried to compensate for the little amount of creatures on the battlefield with their size, but as you could imagine, removal always sucks me dry. Usually, every creature enters the battlefield with 4 toughness but still. Even when I do manage to get all of my creatures I need, life gain doesn't seem to be nearly ideal enough to take on aggro/rush/large amounts of enemie/burn. On the plus side, my mana base gets me consistently what I need.
So if you have better options (preferably budget) of cards or combos that could possibly help my deck, that would be awesome.