Essence Overrun

by KaiserJim on 18 January 2012

Main Deck (60 cards)

Sideboard (4 cards)

Instants (4)

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Deck Description

Small creatures to help build up to Essence of the Wild. From that point onwards you can overrun the enemy with your remaining 1 mana (6/6) creatures.

Deck Tags

  • Combo

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Mana Symbol Occurrence

400037

Card Legality

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

Deck discussion for Essence Overrun

Loving this deck Jim !!! Although I think it needs one more Essence of the Wild to make it more successful. Switch out the Viridian Emissary's for some Avacyn's Pilgrims too. :)

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Posted 19 January 2012 at 22:08

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Thanks Tone! I've taken your advice as those Viridian Emissary's were too expensive and didn't guarantee mana.

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Posted 19 January 2012 at 22:45

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Played some games with this deck, and have reworked it. Main changes:

• Moorland Haunt was not powerful enough to justify splashing Blue.
-> Replaced with more Green/White.

• Weak to Flying / Intimidate / Hexproof
-> Added Mimic Vat which can copy all of these (especially if forced to die with Beast within)
-> This works especially well with Parallel Lives

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Posted 20 January 2012 at 20:17

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Also, the biggest improvement with Mimic Vat is insurance against Essence of the Wild getting killed before he had time to "lock in" with copies.

With the Mimic Vat, I can take an Imprint and try again next turn.

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Posted 20 January 2012 at 20:25

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I think this is looking MUCH better!!!! 4 elves + 4 Birds + 3 rampant growths gives you 11 cards to ramp your mana base up to 6 to get Essence of the Wild out. Stick out Mimic Vat before hand for extra insurance as you said.

I like the adjustments to your removal spells - 9 cards to deal with threats. The additional of Prey upon is a nice cheap option!

I noticed you had removed the Avacyn's Pilgrim's. You could if you want to, remove 2 Llanowar Elves and replace with 2 Avacyn's Pilgrims so you have a mix of 4 ramp cards that produce both green and white mana. Not sure how badly you need white... but at least it's a bit more equal.

Overall, I'm quite excited to play against this new variation as it's looking alot more sturdier than before!!

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Posted 21 January 2012 at 02:03

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Posted 21 January 2012 at 02:28

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Jade Mage would work very well in this deck.

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Posted 30 January 2012 at 23:34

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That's a good point. That or maybe "Mayor of Avabruck" for some free tokens when he transforms.

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Posted 30 January 2012 at 23:41

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