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4 Naturalize 2 Walking Atlas

Comment: I would like to replace "Liege of the Tangle" and "Pelakka Wurm" with other heavy hitters.
Comment: I would like to replace "Seek the Horizon" with 4 "Courser of Kruphix"

Tuesday, October 14, 2014

Deck Name: Party Pooper’s Pile of Nastiness. Deck colors: Green. Format: Legacy. Version: 2

This deck used to be called 3^rd Mega Mana Ramp

Creatures: 24

3 Ambush Viper 2 Deadly Recluse

2 Sedge Scorpion

1 Arbor Elf 1 Boreal Druid

1 Dryad Arbor (Land Creature) 2 Joraga Treespeaker

1 Llanowar Elves 3 Somberwald Sage

4 Gigantomancer 4 Mitotic Slime

Enchantment: 8

4 Gigantiform 4 Wild Growth

Instant/Sorcery: 8

3 Gelatinous Genesis 2 Naturalize

3 Wrap in Vigor

Land:

Forests 20

Thursday, October 2, 2014

Deck Name: Beaver in Captivity. Color: Blue and Green. Format: Pauper. Version: 1 (edited)

Creatures: 14

1 Blight Mamba

3 Blighted Agent

2 Blight Widow

3 Cystbearer 3

4 Glistener Elf

1 Llanowar Elves

Enchantments: 12

1 Cloak of Mists

4 Curse of Chains

2 Forced Adaptation

4 Spectral Flight

1 Tricks of the Trade

Instants and Sorceries: 11

3 Distortion Strike

3 Groundswell

2 Mutagenic Growth

2 Nature’s Claim

1 Turn Aside

Lands: 23

Evolving Wilds 1

Forests 10

Island 9

Terramorphic Expanse 3

Saturday, September 6, 2014

Deck Name: Mega-Slam Ya! Deck colors: Green. Format: Pauper. Version: 2

This deck used to be titled, “Mega Mana Ramp.”

Creatures: 30

1 Arbor Elf

1 Boreal Druid

4 Axebane Guardian

1 Giant Warthog

2 Llanowar Elves

3 Oakgnarl Warrior

4 Overgrown Battlement

1 Stampeding Rhino

2 Steel Wall

4 Vulpine Goliath

4 Wall of Tanglecord

2 Wall of Vines

1 Yavimaya Wurm

Instants: 9

4 Giant Growth

2 Naturalize

3 Titanic Growth

Enchantments: 6

2 Forced Adaptation

1 Regeneration

3 Wild Growth

Lands:

15 Forests

Wednesday, July 23, 2014

Deck Name: 3rd Mega Mana Ramp. Deck colors: Green. Format: Legacy. Version: 1

Creatures: 17

4 Gigantomancer

2 Joraga Treespeaker

4 Mitotic Slime

3 Somberwald Sage

4 Timbermaw Larva

Enchantment: 6

2 Gigantiform

4 Wild Growth

Instant/Sorcery: 6

Cultivate

3 Gelatinous Genesis

Plummet

Naturalize

Artifact: 6

4 Bladed Pinions

Explorer’s Scope

Viridian Claw

Land:

25 Forests

Sunday, April 6, 2014

Deck Name: Michael Jackson, Deck Colors: Black and White, Format: Legacy, Version 1.0

Artifact Creature

Molten-Tail Masticore

Artifact Equipment

Gorgon Flail

Creature

3 Drainpipe Vermin

Golden Glow Moth

Linvala, Keeper of Silence

2 Transcendent Master

Enchantment

4 Contaminated Ground

2 Journey to Nowhere

Pacifism

Painful Quandary

Personal Sanctuary

Revoke Existence

Spirit Mantle

Instant

1 Doom Blade

2 Go for the Throat

Leave No Trace

Ultimate Price

Unmake

Planeswalker

Elspeth, Knight-Errant

Gideon Jura

Sorcery

Day of Judgment

2 Disentomb

3 Mind Rot

3 Raven’s Crime

LAND

Crypt of Agadeem

Evolving Wilds: 3

Plains: 8

Swamps: 8

Terramorphic Expanse: 3

Sideboard

Bladed Pinions

2 Darksteel Myr

2 Goldenglow Moth

Loyal Sentry

Luminous Wake

Ornithopter

Raven’s Crime

1 Revoke Existence

4 Star Compass

1 Demystify

Percentages (Exclusive of Sideboard):

Percentage Creatures: 8 / 60 = 12%

Percentage Enchantment and Equipment: ( 11 + 1 ) /60 = 20%

Percentage Instants and Sorceries: ( 10 + 5 ) / 60 = 27%

Percentage Land: 23 / 60 = 38%

Wednesday, October 23, 2013

Deck Name: X-tras. Colors: Green and Red. Format: Pauper. Version 1.0

Creatures:

2 Argothian Swine

2 Centaur Courser

4 Dwarven Berserker

4 Kiln Fiend

2 War Mammoth

1 Wickerbough Elder

2 Wild Elephant

Instants:

4 Brute Force

4 Giant Growth

2 Groundswell

1 Incinerate

2 Kindled Fury

3 Lightning Bolt

2 Naturalize

1 Plummet

Sorceries:

4 Assault Strobe

Lands:

2 Evolving Wilds

2 Terramorphic Expanse

8 Forests

8 Mountains

Wednesday, June 26, 2013

2nd MTG Mono Green Pauper Deck 1.0 - Heavy On Creatures w/ Defender

The following blog is the most recent update of this deck
http://craig-hamilton-mtg.blogspot.com/2013/07/2nd-mono-green-pauper-deck-20-mana-ramp.html

Creatures With Defender: 15 The main purpose of these creatures with defender is to build up a strong defense that can produce a lot of mana. Both Overgrown Battlement and Axebane Guardian work off of defenders to produce mana. In future decks I may decide to add more than just these 8 cards that boost mana by the number of creatures with defender.

4 Overgrown Battlement

4 Axebane Guardian

4 Wall of Vines

2 Steel Wall

Wall of Tanglecord

Creatures Without Defender: 15 So, these creatures are all huge, and there is a reason for that of course, the first being to annihilate my opponent, the second is the premise that I can use mana from my creatures that give mana to cast them. Please notice that some of them have trample.

Horncaller’s Chant

Timbermaw Larvae

4 Thundering Tanadon

Axebane Stag

4 Yavimaya Wurm

4 Ulamog’s Crusher

Other Cards: 10 Since this deck relies on having a lot of mana, I thought it would be good to include three Strider Harnesses which can give my huge creatures haste. Also, the flyer artifacts can give either offense or defense flying, as is needed.

Naturalize

Untamed Might

Nature’s Claim

Cobbled Wings

3 Strider Harness

Kitesail

2 Bladed Pinions

Lands:

20 Forests

Sideboard:

3 Wall of Roots

3 Wall of Tanglecord

3 Untamed Might

3 Naturalize

2 Steel Wall

1 Timbermaw Larvae

Sunday, April 21, 2013

***** Vines of Vastwood - One of the Most Powerful Booster Cards

This card is most likely key or close to being key for many Legacy decks that rely on boosting cards. Playing mono green, or even a two color infect deck? Then, this card comes with my highest recommendation. However, don't play it unless you can kick it.

Sunday, March 3, 2013

***Deadly Recluse – If You Play This Card Well Chances Are Your Opponent Sacrifices Big

One thing I like about this card is that it has reach. It gets rid of that fly over bull, while it can also stop something on the ground if necessary. It only costs 2 mana, so it won’t break your mana piggy bank.

**** Joraga Treespeaker – If I Pull This Card With 2 Other Mana I Keep

Some cards, such as Llanowar Elves, Arbor Elf, and Fyndhorn Elves if you pull just one mana, then you can keep, but this one only costs one mana, but just to be safe, mulligan it if you don’t have two other mana. However, if you do have 2 mana, Joraga Treespeaker is an awesome way to get your game on early. The advantage to this card is precisely that it can be put at level 1, where it taps for 2 mana, on your second turn. That is nothing to sneeze about. Because by turn 3 you will have 4 or more mana, and that is the way green gets ahead, through mana growth, such that you will destroy your opponent before he or she even gets to make a move.

**** Cultivate – Cultivate Is Essentially Kodama’s Reach and Vise Versa

A good formula that you may consider as far as mana acceleration is concerned is that paying 3 mana should at least give acceleration equal to two mana. Thus, this card makes the mark, and there are a few others like Kodama’s Reach, Fyndhorn Elder, and Joraga Treespeaker that all do the trick. Thus, I would rate all these cards highly. One added advantage to this card is that you can get a double landfall, which works excellent with Baloth Woodcrusher. Thus, in my opinion there are better choices than cards such as Quirion Elves, Wirewood Elf, and Leaf Guilder, all of which cost 2 mana for a return of 1 mana as an activated ability. If it is mana you want, go with Joraga Treespeaker, Fyndhorn Elves, Llanowar Elves, this card, or Fyndhorn Elder, etc.

**** Ambush Viper – Your Opponent Won’t Expect Flash Destruction If You Are Playing Mono-Green

And, with one strike of the Viper, suddenly your opponent will be cut down to size. That is because Ambush Viper has flash and deathtouch, not to mention that this Viper only costs 2 mana to play. That is a bargain mana cost. Though I have to admit, if someone is attacking with trample, deathtouch isn’t much use. However, I’d take that bet and guess that Ambush Viper if properly played will unwittingly poison the blood of one of your opponents larger creatures.

**** Arbor Elf – Another Fairly Innocuous Card That Can Be Turned Into a Slammer

With my Sylvan Ranger review, I suggested playing it with Gigantiform. This would be another card that words well with Gigantiform. I’ll also state that you may think of using this one with Gigantomancer, but chances are you won’t get Gigantomancer out, or even if you do it is just a 1/1 and is easily dealt with. Green is the mana acceleration color. Pay 1 for 1 acceleration with this card. It is a very good deal.

**** Dungrove Elder – One Heck of a Bad Ass Card for Just 3 Mana to Cast

If you are playing mono-green, and especially with a few extra mana in your deck this card works wonders. It just keeps getting bigger. It’s one of those cards that if your opponent is smart, then he or she will try to stop it before it multiplies. Stab, hack, slash and kill your opponents while they can’t even get to you because this baby has hexproof. Some cards you might want to consider playing in a deck with Dungrove Elder are Elvish Herder, Cultivate, and Kodama’s Reach.

**** Sylvan Ranger – Some Cards Cost 2 And Add 1 Mana As An Activated Ability, But This Is Better

I really like Sylvan Ranger. She seems innocuous, but really she isn’t. There are several cards out there that will add 1 mana that cost two mana, usually a green and a colorless, but the problem with these cards is that they are vulnerable. In the case of Sylvan Ranger, you separate these abilities into two cards. One is a separate land card. The other is Sylvan Ranger herself. Sylvan Ranger herself is zero threat to your opponent, such that he or she probably won’t bother with this creature. However, the secret to this card is combining it with something like Primal Bellow and/or Gigantiform.

Tuesday, February 5, 2013

***** Rancor - This Card Is Good Enough Even For Legacy Format

= Durability:3.0 out of 5 stars = Fun:5.0 out of 5 stars = Educational:5.0 out of 5 stars

This review is from: Magic: the Gathering - Rancor (185) - Magic 2013

I just bought 4 of these for my pauper deck. This card is so good that I hope it doesn't get banned in Pauper format. I also use this card in my Legacy Infect deck, where I run 4 of them. That this card comes back to your hand makes it indisposable. Trample is better than making a creature have flying. Trample enchantments are usually awesome, and that is especially the case with Rancor.

***** Groundswell - Get Your Infect Deck Cookin' Quickly

Get Infect Deck Cookin' Quickly, February 4, 2013

By Craig Nelson Hamilton "Craig Nelson Hamilton" (Sandwich, MA)

= Durability: = Fun: = Educational:

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This review is from: Magic: the Gathering - Groundswell - Worldwake

Want to win on your second turn with an Infect deck? Get 4 of these for your deck and help make your dreams of domination come true. This card is nearly impossible to beat with Glistener Elf and other Infect cards that cost 2 mana to cast.