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***This deck is for post-rotation standard. There are no Zendikar block cards in this deck and never will be****

Okay, so I my initial design for this deck failed miserably at a local standard tourney. Granted, I'm playing at a massive disadvantage, but I still want to win. I put up a fight in every game, but my lack of mass removal and large quantities of dead cards held me back. I've tweaked the deck heavily and it's pretty streamlined right now. I've included M12 cards, and there are a few good ones.

4 Birthing Pod

Creatures (sorted by cc)
4 Birds of Paradise
3 Viridian Emissary
2 Skinshifter
2 Phyrexian Rager
2 Glissa, the Traitor
1 Solemn Simulacrum
1 Phyrexian Metamorph
1 Thrun, the Last Troll
1 Skinrender
1 Precursor Golem
2 Acidic Slime
1 Wurmcoil Engine
1 Massacre Wurm
1 Sheoldred, Whispering One

Non-Creatures:
2 Beast Within
2 Dismember
2 Go for the Throat
2 Hunter's Insight
2 Black Sun's Zenith
3 Despise

Land:
3 Inkmoth Nexus
9 Forest
8 Swamp



Sideboard (pretty random right now, hard to make a board for a format that doesn't exist):
2 Ratchet Bomb
1 Steel Hellkite
2 Hex Parasite
2 Rust Tick
1 Molten-Tail Masticore
1 Brutalizer Exarch
1 Massacre Wurm
2 Melira, Sylvok Outcast
1 Thrun, the Last Troll


Explanation of Choices (feel free to skip this if you're not interested):
Skinshifter- This is a M12 card I was super excited about when I saw it. I still haven't tested it, but it seems like a fail-safe. IMO it is a vastly superior Pod target than Myr Superion due to the evasion and flexibility, and it is vastly easier to hardcast.

Phyrexian Rager- I know what you're saying, "There are much better 3cc creatures out there than Rager".....wrong. After searching through every single black and green 3cc creature that will be standard legal after rotation, this guy and glissa are the only two I've considered running in this deck. Rager provides some early card-drawing, which is something this deck desperately needs.

Solemn Simulacrum- This is another M12 card that fits perfectly into this deck as it has an ETB and ETG effect. This guy + Pod, holy card advantage Batman! The only reason I haven't put more than 1 in yet is because there are so many other good 4 drops. I might end up moving thrun to the SB and putting in another.

Hunter's Insight- Yet another M12 original. This card is either going to end up making this deck beastly or getting cut. It works extremely well with Glissa (no one ever blocks her) and Skinshifter (two types of evasion). It won't likely end up netting me more than 2-3 cards but how much instant card-drawing is there for green or black?

Inkmoth Nexus- This guy was originally added to help hardcast Myr Superion when necessary. However, even without the Myr I've discovered several interesting functions for this card. Most importantly, it allows me to restart my Pod chain immediately after a board wipe even if I don't have any other creatures to cast. The most important thing to make sure of in this deck is that you never run out of threats. As another bonus, I have never been mana screwed because of this card.

TL;DR- I haven't tested any of the M12 cards yet, but they look awesome

Feedback is greatly appreciated.