4 Llanowar Elves
4 Bull Aurochs
4 Coiling Oracle
4 Mistform Dreamer
2 Mistform Ultimus
4 Rimehorn Aurochs
2 Mistform Wakecaster
4 Aurochs Herd
4 Aether Mutation
3 Repeal
1 Unnatural Selection
10 Snow-Covered Forest
9 Snow-Covered Island
4 Simic Growth Chamber
1 Novijen, Heart of Progress |
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City Woman.
Description of deck by its author (quoted):
You see, there's another series of cards from
the set that needs a little love. They're big and have a shaggy mop up
top and they work very well as a team. No, not the Beatles. I'm talking
about the Aurochs. There's the diminutive Bull Aurochs, the Aurochs with
Rime on their Horns, and, of course, the captain of the team, Aurochs
Herd.
Occasionally, I get deckbuilding requests. A reader who
goes by the name Flavio asked me to build an Auroch deck. Usually, I don't
play requests but in this case, I was already working on such a deck. How
can you build an Auroch deck (online) with only three Aurochs? That
doesn't sound like much of a stampede to me. Well, you seem to be
forgetting something. That little asterisk there. The one beside the
oft-forgotten Mistform Ultimus, the black Sheep (literally) of the Auroch
family.
Why stop there? The other Mistforms, like Mistform
Dreamer, are quite happy to turn into long-haired buffalo-esque creatures
for the day. Or at least for an attack phase. Mistform Wakecaster has the
unfortunate tendency to turn all of your creatures (Elves, Snakes,
Saprolings, and Illusions alike) into stampeding snow-cows. Unnatural
Selection will allow to do the same thing. To clear out any
stampede-stoppers, I decided that Aether Mutation was the way to go. Not
only can you bounce annoying blockers, but you can turn around and make
them into stampeders the following turn. It's the circle of life. Or not. |
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