Jolly Green Giant

by Ash1138 on 18 August 2011

Main Deck (60 cards)

Sideboard (15 cards)

Creatures (3)


Sorceries (4)


Instants (4)

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Deck Description

This deck originated from the infatuation I immediately had with Dungrove Elder when it was spoiled from M12. When I came across Primordial Hydra, it occurred to me that I had the tools to make a green stompy deck with eight (2x4) large beat sticks that only brought my mana curve to three. Adding Leatherback Baloths let me have even more 3-drop beaters.

Most big-beat-down decks have to ramp up to high cost threats. This deck could drop them as 3-drops, freeing up deck real estate for other high cost drops that would normally make the curve too steep.

I originally tried splashing a second color (Red) as I'm not a fan of the Achilles Heal that mono color decks always have. But after initial designs and playtesting it quickly became clear that Dungrove doesn't play nice with non-forest lands in the deck. So mono-green became an inevitability. Thankfully, Beast Within exists.

The weakness of green at removal and the relatively low mana curve of this deck made Karn a no-brainer. It then became clear that the comeback power Batterskull afforded made it a much better choice over Leatherback Baloth even at the higher cost. It didn't take long after that to discover how much Phyrexian Metamorph could add to the deck.

Format: Standard (Zendikar+Scars)
Designer: Eric Lucero

Deck Tags

  • Stompy

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Card Legality

  • Not Legal in Standard
  • Legal in Modern
  • Legal in Vintage
  • Legal in Legacy

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