Fiend hunter would give you some extra removal.
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You could adjust your curve a bit. Seems that your deck does not have much to do the first 2-3 turns. Perhaps go 4x on the smaller dragons.
How are you going to beat any deck that plays blue? They will just time walk you with think twice. WW or WU can cast two spells very easily aswell. It seems that your deck gets online in the nut draw at turn 3 which is not as good as other aggro decks. Some burn will give you reach perhaps. Mimic Vat might be a good thing to do something with your mana on your own turn. Not sure about the imprint rule and which side will get imprinted. They die as the side they are on, which would be cool if they are flipped. If that is the case they can not de transform either. And I do not really get Triumph in your deck. Rather have a PW at the 4 slot then.
Ethan Lewis said it all. If 40 card decks would be legal in Standard I would make them. Just better odds at drawing the right cards.
It has the same problem as the birthingpod deck has at the moment: it is not very consistent if you do not have it in the opening hand. Without the HS cloneshell is much weaker then anything your opponent will be playing (titans or hero of bladehold a the moment). You can add consistency by adding mimic vat and birthing pod. I just made a Heartless Pod deck,
I honestly would only put some removal in. Oblivion ring is the best in slot at the moment.
Perhaps make a pod deck with it? Venser can abuse all cards with 'comes into play' on them.
In limited the stalker might be insane with some equipment. However in constructed you have better options that are more consistent. Snapcaster mage is most likely to be the replacement in caw blade.
Nice idea. Good that you have 8 tutors.
Nice deck idea.
What is the use of Mephidross?
Nice deck idea. However what is the use of Gideon?
Really nice deck. You could add some ponders to make sure you keep getting your bears out. And since you have a aggro deck dismember is no problem aswell.
Even with Grand Architect the mana curve seems a bit off. Altough Consecrated Sphinx is awesome it will be a "win more card' in your deck I think. So maybe add some Tumbler magnets for early game. At this point Tempered Steel seems to be very big and by the time you have one architect they have you on a 1 or 2 turn clock.
Nice mana curve, you might run into some problems when an opponent gets into midgame though. Serra Avenger seems a bit of a dead card for any kind of rush.
Seems to be alright. With Birthing pod you are a bit board dependent but it is not really worth it to splash blue I guess. The Gitaxian probe is nice, but seems that at least 1 copy could go sideboard. Beast within is a good card but not for a deck that wants to rush. Acidic slime and Archon work nice and plenty of targets by then. Sun Titan lets you reboot your podding chain, perhaps add a second one, Appostle's blessing might be nice for sideboard. The stonehorn has a good ability but 2x mainboard is too much. With Thrun you can regen after a Day of Judgement or force your opponent to wait untill your mana is tapped. Stonehorn is still good for sideboard against tempered steel or whatever. Against cawblade I dont see it doing very much unless a sword is equipped. As the video said it is huge to get Pod in on 2nd turn. So adding some Llanowar elves, altough they are not great, helps you start the chain a turn early. And gives you the opportunity to summon it when your opponent has its mana tapped.
Why play monomania? Seems like a "win more" card. Mana curve seems a bit off aswell. Just 4 drops might be fine with your removal though.
Awesome deck, having 8 sources to get around the drawbacks seems to be plenty. Might want to play something in your sideboard like Hexmage or anything else against plainswalkers.
really nice deck idea.
Awesome response! I think you are right in your first point. 4 mana is a bit much for a counterspell, that card will be a dead card in most match ups. I am however not sure about Spellkite and Redirect. They still get targeted right? So would illusions not still be dead after the redirect? They die after being targeted. The redirect was there to protect the Lord and not illusions. Birthing Pod is nice, and I don't think he targets your bears but not sure there, however I think I would add ascetism sooner then pod if I wanted to splash green. 4 life is a steep cost otherwise.
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