See the Xenagos?

by iCounter on 27 May 2015

Main Deck (60 cards)

Sideboard (15 cards)

Instants (5)


Planeswalkers (2)

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Deck Description

This Temur list is powerful and proactive, with a linear ramp-into-big-dumb-creatures strategy. It also has a very powerful combo-esque strategy of casting a Ferocious-enabled See the Unwritten, hitting Xenagos, God of the Revels + Dragonlord Atarka or Sagu Mauler, and attacking with a hasty 12/12 hexproof trample or hasty 16/16 flying trample.

The downside of this deck is that it has very, VERY few ways of interacting with an opponent's game plan and relies on having a more powerful strategy with a higher threat density than other midrange decks.

How to Play

The deck has two overlapping gameplans:

1. Ramp out big dumb green creatures ahead of the curve and outsize the board.
T1 Yavimaya Coast -> Elvish mystic
T2 Mountain -> Savage Knuckleblade
T3 Land -> Polukranos
T4 Surrak

2. Play a creature that enables Ferocious and cast See the Unwritten on the first main phase, ideally putting into play Xenagos, God of the Revels (or Surrak if you miss on Xenagos) and either Sagu Mauler or Dragonlord Atarka, give the latter options haste (and double power and toughness), and attack for 12-16 trample damage immediately. Since the deck hinges on having early creatures that enable Ferocious, it's common to be able to attack for 16-21 points of damage in one turn.

*Another interaction to look for is the potential of:
T1 Elvish Mystic
T2 Face-down Rattleclaw Mystic
T3 Morph Rattleclaw Mystic to play out Sagu Mauler

This deck is incredibly explosive and can win from behind out of nowhere.

Deck Tags

  • Temur
  • See the Unwritten
  • Standard
  • Competitive

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Mana Symbol Occurrence

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Card Legality

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

Deck discussion for See the Xenagos?

Atarka's Command for the land drop and reach ability seems very useful in here. The prevention of life gain has the potential to be the deciding factor as well. Just a thought.

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Posted 27 May 2015 at 16:30

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I really appreciate the feedback. I have looked at that card a few times and really like the additional land drop ability in this deck and it does seem great in some match-ups. I haven't tested it yet, but if I were to, I think I could maybe shave 1 caryatid for 1. I do like the idea of playing a land on the opponent's end step and really ramping out of nowhere.

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Posted 27 May 2015 at 16:48

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Not sure what to cut just think it would be a nice addition. I'd probably cut the Stubborn Denial but that's only B/C I'm not much of a control player and it doesn't seem like that's what the deck is about. Probably makes your opponent play around a lot if you show it once. I'm really not sure the Caryatid is what you want to cut. Possibly 1 or 2 Polukranos, World Eater from main deck since it's not that effective against any dragons which seem to be everywhere in the format right now.

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Posted 27 May 2015 at 17:03

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Can you tell I hate making cuts. LoL

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Posted 27 May 2015 at 17:04

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