Overgrown Battlement: rather weak, I'd prefer an elf or Utopia tree if you insist on a mana wall Masked Admirers: not really necessary, always ok, rarely super Primeval titan or Rampaging Balloth or Genesis: cut one of these slower creature. Genesis felt too slow in our cube, but has a lot of lovers here Birthing Pod: seems nifty, but is it actually powerfull and reliable? Harmonize/Acid Moss: Both good cards, but a tad slow
Where are Creeping Mold and Bramblecrush? Both these have been excellent here. Never fast, but always reliable and targets aplenty.
Another thing I am missing are the Uktabi monkies and his elf friend. With all the Swords and other crazy stuff (moxen, Winter Orb, Jitte or just a signet,..) these always come in handy. Very nice intoolbox decks as well.
Overgrown Battlement: rather weak, I'd prefer an elf or Utopia tree if you insist on a mana wall Masked Admirers: not really necessary, always ok, rarely super Primeval titan or Rampaging Balloth or Genesis: cut one of these slower creature. Genesis felt too slow in our cube, but has a lot of lovers here Birthing Pod: seems nifty, but is it actually powerfull and reliable? Harmonize/Acid Moss: Both good cards, but a tad slow
Where are Creeping Mold and Bramblecrush? Both these have been excellent here. Never fast, but always reliable and targets aplenty.
Another thing I am missing are the Uktabi monkies and his elf friend. With all the Swords and other crazy stuff (moxen, Winter Orb, Jitte or just a signet,..) these always come in handy. Very nice intoolbox decks as well.
Yes yes yes and yes. Creeping Mold, Bramblecrush, Sex Monkies and his elf brother are all really really really good green cards. I don't play green without having at least two artifact removal spells.
Basking Rootwalla - Same as above.
Arbor Elf - Having too many elves opens you up to getting blown out by Wrath effects.
Overgrown Battlement - Much worse than the other two walls. Same with Arbor Elf. Low impact on the board.
Acid-Moss - Too slow and ineffective for my taste. The best land-searching effects are the ones that also fix colors. This one only does if you have duals.
Ohran Viper - I've found that it's almost impossible to get him to connect, and cut him long ago. Is that not the case? I've actually had more success with Hystrodon, but I recently cut him also.
Genesis - Too slow to cast and usually too hard to get in the graveyard.
Is Birthing Pod good? I've never played with it in cube. I assumed that it'd be too difficult to draft around, but I kind of want to try it out.
I really like Green Sun's Zenith, for the record.
Edit: Just wanted to add, I think having good artifact removal is one of the biggest appeals of playing green. Definitely need to fit in some sex monkies.
Is Birthing Pod good? I've never played with it in cube. I assumed that it'd be too difficult to draft around, but I kind of want to try it out.
I drafted a Birthing Pod deck the last time I drafted... I ended up missing a 5-drop though and that really hurt the deck, although it actually didn't cost me a game.
It's a really fun archetype, that's great for the experienced drafter.
I wouldn't miss any of these cards if they were cut in my list (and many have been). I highly suggest against cutting cards like Birthing Pod, Prime Time, or Genesis, as they lend themselves to better archetype drafting. If you don't run a lot of drafts (Winston or Sealed only); however, I might suggest removing Pod as well.
Thanks everyone for the advice. I have less than average artifacts so disenchants don't get as much play. I think I'll put a couple back in (Maybe Viridian Shaman + Uktabi).
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Creatures:43
1cc: 9
Arbor Elf
Joraga treespeaker
Birds of Paradise
Llanowar Elf
Noble Hierarch
Jungle Lion
Pouncing Jaguar
Wolfbitten Captive
Basking Rootwalla
2cc: 13
Wall of Roots
Wall of Blossoms
Overgrown Battlement
Lotus Cobra
River Boa
Albino Troll
Fauna Shaman
Tarmogoyf
Skinshifter
Mayor of Avabruck
Strangleroot Geist
Wild Mongrel
Rofellos
3cc: 6
Call of the Herd
Eternal Witness
Ohran Viper
Troll Ascetic
Great Sable Stag
Yavimaya Elder
4cc: 7
Blastoderm
Chameleon Collosus
Masked Admirers
Phantom Centaur
Thrun, the Last Troll
Vengevine
Obstinate Baloth
5cc: 4
Acidic Slime
Genesis
Vorpapede
Thornling
6+cc: 4
Rampaging Baloths
Primeval titan
Pelakka Wurm
Woodfall Primus
Spells+Land: 17
1cc: 1
Rancor
2cc: 2
Survival of the Fittest
Sylvan Library
3cc: 5
Beast Whithin
Kodama's Reach
Krosan Tusker
Ice Storm
Winter's Grasp
4cc: 5
Birthing Pod
Garruk Wildspeaker
Garruk Relentless
Harmonize
Mwonvuli Acid-Moss
5+cc: 3
Plow Under
Green sun's zenith
Garruk, Primal Hunter
Land: 1
Treetop Villiage
Masked Admirers: not really necessary, always ok, rarely super
Primeval titan or Rampaging Balloth or Genesis: cut one of these slower creature. Genesis felt too slow in our cube, but has a lot of lovers here
Birthing Pod: seems nifty, but is it actually powerfull and reliable?
Harmonize/Acid Moss: Both good cards, but a tad slow
Where are Creeping Mold and Bramblecrush? Both these have been excellent here. Never fast, but always reliable and targets aplenty.
Another thing I am missing are the Uktabi monkies and his elf friend. With all the Swords and other crazy stuff (moxen, Winter Orb, Jitte or just a signet,..) these always come in handy. Very nice intoolbox decks as well.
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Yes yes yes and yes. Creeping Mold, Bramblecrush, Sex Monkies and his elf brother are all really really really good green cards. I don't play green without having at least two artifact removal spells.
Then for the last two cuts, they would be two of the following:
I dunno though, your green section looks so different from mine.
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Arbor Elf - Having too many elves opens you up to getting blown out by Wrath effects.
Overgrown Battlement - Much worse than the other two walls. Same with Arbor Elf. Low impact on the board.
Acid-Moss - Too slow and ineffective for my taste. The best land-searching effects are the ones that also fix colors. This one only does if you have duals.
Ohran Viper - I've found that it's almost impossible to get him to connect, and cut him long ago. Is that not the case? I've actually had more success with Hystrodon, but I recently cut him also.
Genesis - Too slow to cast and usually too hard to get in the graveyard.
Is Birthing Pod good? I've never played with it in cube. I assumed that it'd be too difficult to draft around, but I kind of want to try it out.
I really like Green Sun's Zenith, for the record.
Edit: Just wanted to add, I think having good artifact removal is one of the biggest appeals of playing green. Definitely need to fit in some sex monkies.
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I drafted a Birthing Pod deck the last time I drafted... I ended up missing a 5-drop though and that really hurt the deck, although it actually didn't cost me a game.
It's a really fun archetype, that's great for the experienced drafter.
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Then I'd probably make about 5 or 6 other changes to get some great green cards in that are missing, but that's a place to start for cuts anyways.
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I wouldn't miss any of these cards if they were cut in my list (and many have been). I highly suggest against cutting cards like Birthing Pod, Prime Time, or Genesis, as they lend themselves to better archetype drafting. If you don't run a lot of drafts (Winston or Sealed only); however, I might suggest removing Pod as well.
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These are the cards that stand out to me for cutting. I agree with the other posters that Creeping Mold, Bramblecrush, Uktabi Orangutan, and Viridian Shaman should come in. Indrik Stomphowler and Wickerbough Elder would be good adds as well. Actually, Stomphowler and Elder are better than Creeping Mold, IMO, but all of these cards are good for green.
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I seem to have missed these somehow. These have to be included as well. Does your playing group not like Disenchants or something?
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