Deck Name: Epic Battle. Color: Green. Format: Legacy. Version: 2

Creatures: 31

4 Elvish Piper

4 Joraga Treespeaker

1 Kozilek, Butcher of Truth

4 Overgrown Battlement

1 Pathrazer of Ulamog

4 Progenitus

2 Seeker of Skybreak

3 Steel Wall

1 Ulamog, the Infinite Gyre

3 Wall of Tanglecord

4 Wall of Vines

Artifact: 4

4 Quicksilver Amulet

Enchantment:

3 Wild Growth

Instant and Sorcery:

3 Green Sun’s Zenith

Land:

21 Forest

Deck Name: Mrs. Pot’s Green Delight. Color: Green. Format: Legacy. Version: 2.0

A Newer Version Is Available Here: http://anarchy-squared-mtg.blogspot.com/2014/03/deck-name-mrs.html

Please note: this deck as 61 cards.

Creatures:  37

2 Arbor Elf

4 Axebane Guardian

1 Brawn

1 Dryad Arbor

4 Gigantomancer

1 Liege of the Tangle

2 Llanowar Elves              

4 Mitotic Slime

4 Overgrown Battlement

1 Seeker of Skybreak

3 Steel Wall

4 Wall of Tanglecord

4 Wall of Vines

Sorceries:  11

4 Gelatinous Genesis (Instead of 1)

3 Green Sun’s Zenith

4 Revive

Land:  13

15 Forests

61 cards total

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Creatures:

2 Arbor Elf

4 Axebane Guardian (The Elvish Archdruid of Defenders)

4 Battle Rampart

1 Brawn

1 Dryad Arbor (Newly added)

4 Gigantomancer

1 Kozilek, Butcher of Truth

1 Liege of the Tangle

2 Llanowar Elves (Newly added)               

1 Lobber Crew

1 Melira, Sylvok Outcast               

4 Mitotic Slime (Instead of 2)

2 Ogre Sentry

4 Overgrown Battlement (The Priest of Titania of Defenders)

1 Seeker of Skybreak (Pump that Mana)

3 Steel Wall (Instead of 2)

Wolfbriar Elemental

4 Wall of Tanglecord (Newly added)

4 Wall of Vines (2 Newly added)

Notes  Some of these may not be the best defenders or the best slammers.  At this point this is just a loosely cobbled together idea for a deck.

Sorcery:

4 Gelatinous Genesis (Instead of 1)

3 Green Sun’s Zenith

4 Revive (Get Axebane Guardian or Overgrown Battlement out of the graveyard)

Land:

1 Eldrazi Temple

15 Forests (Instead of 12)

7 Mountains

My Definition of Deck Versions

I know that I often update my decks, especially as I get new ideas.  This led me to create a version system for my MTG blog.  However, previously I was unsure how I would differentiate between say, Version 7.2 and 7.5, in the tenths digit, as well in the unit’s digit.  And, for example, why should I call one deck Version 5.0 and another deck Version 6.0.

Well after pondering this conundrum I came up with a solution that makes me very happy.  That solution is that each time I switch out 1 card, and put another card in its place, the tenth’s digit will increase one tenth.  However, I will start at 1.0, not 0.0.  And, if I switch more than 10 cards, that will result in a change of a single unit.

For example, if I switched out 1 Unnatural Predation, and put in 1 Primal Frenzy, if the original Version that contained that Unnatural Predation was 7.0, then the version with Primal Frenzy as a replacement for Unnatural Predation would be deemed, “Version 7.1,” and so on, such that if 10 cards in total were changed from 7.0, then that would merit that the deck would merit the distinction of Version 8.0.

My Decks and Their Names – Most Recent Update Date.

 

1.  Mrs. Pot’s Green Delight             Friday, November 1^st 2013

2.  Redundancy                               Monday, October 28, 2013

3.  Silvos, Rogue Elemental              Sunday, July 14, 2013

4.  Sickness                                     Sunday, July 14, 2013

5.  Green Pauper                             Sunday, July 14, 2013

6.  2^nd Mono Green Pauper             Sunday, October 20, 2013

7.   Succumb To It                             (NOT YET PUBLISHED)   

8.  Feebleness                                 Friday, October 25, 2013

9.  Pauper: Green + Red*                Sunday, June 24, 2012

10.  X-tras                                     Wednesday, October 23, 2013

11.  Desire 4 Disease*                    Sunday, September 23, 2012

12.  Green Legacy                         Saturday, April 27, 2013

*New deck name is not yet posted.

Deck Name: Mrs. Pot’s Green Delight. Color: Green. Format: Legacy. Version: 1.0

This is not the most recent update for this deck.  The most recent update is here http://anarchy-squared-mtg.blogspot.com/2014/02/deck-name-mrs-pots-green-delight-color.html

Creatures:

4 Axebane Guardian (The Elvish Archdruid of Defenders)

4 Battle Rampart

4 Gigantomancer

1 Kozilek, Butcher of Truth

1 Liege of the Tangle

1 Lobber Crew

1 Melira, Sylvok Outcast

2 Mitotic Slime

2 Ogre Sentry

4 Overgrown Battlement (The Priest of Titania of Defenders)

1 Seeker of Skybreak (Pump that Mana)

2 Steel Wall

Wolfbriar Elemental

4 Wall of Vines

Notes  Some of these may not be the best defenders or the best slammers.  At this point this is just a loosely cobbled together idea for a deck.

Sorcery:

Gelatinous Genesis

3 Green Sun’s Zenith

4 Revive (Get Axebane Guardian or Overgrown Battlement out of the graveyard)

Land:

1 Eldrazi Temple

12 Forests

7 Mountains

My Definition of Deck Versions

I know that I often update my decks, especially as I get new ideas.  This led me to create a version system for my MTG blog.  However, previously I was unsure how I would differentiate between say, Version 7.2 and 7.5, in the tenths digit, as well in the unit’s digit.  And, for example, why should I call one deck Version 5.0 and another deck Version 6.0.

Well after pondering this conundrum I came up with a solution that makes me very happy.  That solution is that each time I switch out 1 card, and put another card in its place, the tenth’s digit will increase one tenth.  However, I will start at 1.0, not 0.0.

For example, if I switched out 1 Unnatural Predation, and put in 1 Primal Frenzy, if the original Version that contained that Unnatural Predation was 7.0, then the version with Primal Frenzy as a replacement for Unnatural Predation would be deemed, “Version 7.1,” and so on, such that if 10 cards in total were changed from 7.0, then that would merit that the deck would merit the distinction of Version 8.0.

My Decks and Their Names – Most Recent Update as of This Blog and Link

 

1.   Mrs. Pot’s Green Delight  (Friday, November 1^st 2013)

2.  Redundancy                                 Monday, October 28, 2013 http://www.craig-mtg-magic-the-gathering.blogspot.com/2013/10/deck-name-redundancy-colors-black-and.html

3.  Silvos, Rogue Elemental          Sunday, July 14, 2013 http://www.craig-mtg-magic-the-gathering.blogspot.com/2013/07/updated-silvos-rogue-elemental.html

4.  Sickness                                         Sunday, July 14, 2013 http://www.craig-mtg-magic-the-gathering.blogspot.com/2013/07/1st-legacy-deck-now-titled-sickness.html

5.  Green Pauper Infect                              Sunday, July 14, 2013 http://www.craig-mtg-magic-the-gathering.blogspot.com/2013/07/updated-25-tweaked-green-pauper-infect.html

6.  2^nd Mono Green Pauper          Sunday, October 20, 2013 http://www.craig-mtg-magic-the-gathering.blogspot.com/2013/10/2nd-mono-green-pauper-deck-30-mana-ramp.html

7.   Succumb To It                             (NOT YET PUBLISHED)   

8.  Feebleness                                   Friday, October 25, 2013  http://www.craig-mtg-magic-the-gathering.blogspot.com/2013/10/deck-name-feebleness-colors-red-black.html

9.  Pauper: Green + Red*             Sunday, June 24, 2012 http://www.craig-mtg-magic-the-gathering.blogspot.com/2012/06/8th-pauper-deck-green-red-and-colorless.html

10.  X-tras                                            Wednesday, October 23, 2013  http://www.craig-mtg-magic-the-gathering.blogspot.com/2013/10/deck-name-x-tras-deck-colors-green-and.html

11.  Desire 4 Disease*                    Sunday, September 23, 2012 http://www.craig-mtg-magic-the-gathering.blogspot.com/2012/09/green-and-white-pauper-deck-updated.html

12.  Green Legacy                            Saturday, April 27, 2013 http://www.craig-mtg-magic-the-gathering.blogspot.com/2013/04/2nd-legacy-deck-mono-green-10_27.html

*New deck name is not yet posted.

Deck Name: 2nd Mono Green. Color: Green. Format: Pauper. Version 3.0 – Mana Ramp w/ Defender

This is an update of the following blog: http://craig-mtg-magic-the-gathering.blogspot.com/2013/07/2nd-mono-green-pauper-deck-20-mana-ramp.html

Creatures w/Defender: 16

2 Wall of Roots

4 Axebane Guardian (no change)

4 Overgrown Battlement (no change)

3 Wall of Vines

3 Wall of Tanglecord

Thuggish Creatures: 14

4 Thundering Tanadon   I don’t know what I was thinking when I selected this card.  It’s no good.

3 Rootbreaker Wurm  not necessary

2 Oakgnarl Warrior not necessary

2 Timbermaw Larvae

4 Timbermaw Larvae because this is such an awesome common.

3 Stampeding Rhino

4 Yavimaya Wurm

2 Giant Warthog

1 Ulamog’s Crusher

Other Stuff: 7

2 Naturalize

Untamed Might

2 Strider Harness

2 Kodama’s Reach

Having tried this deck, what I discovered was that my opponent quickly caught up on my mana ramp scheme.  Thus, to combat that by getting Axebane Guardian and Overgrown Battlement out of the graveyard:

3 Reclaim

3 Salvage

1 Kodama’s Reach

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

Review of Cudgel Troll *** Regeneration Is a Great Feature.

Cudgel is a 4/3, and it costs 4 to cast, so to me this means it had better have a really good ability, and it does. Cudgel Troll can be used as an attacker or blocker. A power of 4 is my minimum for considering a card an attacker. For blockers I often use tokens, and in that way, it may be best to consider Cudgel Troll as a token generator where you only have to pay G to regenerate it as a token. So, if you use its regeneration ability even once that is( 4*2+3*2)/2 = 7, using my vague formula where (power+toughness)/2>casting cost = a good card. Thus, in my way of thinking this card is worth nearly double what its casting cost is, where with this card 8 would be double. Think of it this way, every time you regenerate Cudgel Troll, it is as if you paid a single G to get a 4/3. That is exceptionally cost effective. Lastly, if there is any color that is going to have a spare mana for something like regeneration, it is a green deck. Thus, since Cudgel Troll is green, it goes well with deck that has primarily green mana. I would have rated this card higher if it had reach.