Cool Cats and Kittens (Kaheera companion with cats)

So I've yet to see much work done on the new companion Kaheera. There's a number of critter type options to try, but in honour of the show Tiger King I decided to try cats first. I considered a suppression field version too, it might be better. Thoughts?

Edit: gsz and arbiter don't work well...need to cut one.


4 leonin arbiter
4 adorned pouncer
4 king of the pride
3 stalking leonin
1 Lurrus of the Dream-Den
2 Brimaz, King of Oreskos
2 Pride Sovereign
2 Mirri, Weatherlight Duelist
1 alms collector
2 leonin warleader
1 Regal Caracal
1 Frondland Felidar

4 chalice of the void
2 trinisphere
2 winds of abandon
1 sword of fire and ice
1 jitte

4 chrome mox
2 karakas
4 cavern of souls
4 ancient tomb
4 savannah
2 forest
3 plains

SB
1 Kaheera
4 rest in peace
2 winds of abandon
2 sorcerous spyglass
2 null rod
2 qasali pridemage
2 thorn of amethyst

Questing Beast is creature type beast. Kaheera works with beast too. I don’t think you’re restricted to just one of the creature types Kaheera identifies.

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Originally Posted by Fox

Questing Beast is creature type beast. Kaheera works with beast too. I don’t think you’re restricted to just one of the creature types Kaheera identifies.

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Yeah I put him in the SB. Might be md worthy. The issue is between tomb and cavern double green is tough. I'll peruse through the other tribes when I'm bored. Something else might be better or possibly even a mix.

It doesn't restrict you to only running permanents. It just says creature cards must be one of those types. Any of these cards are legal to play:


Brainstorm
Force of Will
Oko, Thief of Crowns
Veil of Summer
Arcum's Astrolabe
Green Sun's Zenith
Abrupt Decay
Swords to Plowshares
Sylvan Library
Ponder
Thoughtseize
Cabal Therapy
Spell Pierce
Once Upon a Time


Unfortunately you can't play Young Pyromancer to make Elemental tokens, but other token generation should be good.

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Originally Posted by FTW

It doesn't restrict you to only running permanents. It just says creature cards must be one of those types. Any of these cards are legal to play:


Brainstorm
Force of Will
Oko, Thief of Crowns
Veil of Summer
Arcum's Astrolabe
Green Sun's Zenith
Abrupt Decay
Swords to Plowshares
Sylvan Library
Ponder
Thoughtseize
Cabal Therapy
Spell Pierce
Once Upon a Time


Unfortunately you can't play Young Pyromancer to make Elemental tokens, but other token generation should be good.

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Yeah it could be built lots of different ways, which I quite like.

If we drop cavern and use all 5 critter types we get lots of interesting options. I think fiend hunter/md lurrus deserve some thought but infinite options on how to build kaheera.

Edit: -1 fulminator mage +1 ashiok


4 entomb
2 reanimate
2 animate dead (works with lurrus)
1 thunderkin awakener
2 lightning skelemental
3 thoughtseize
3 Lurrus of the Dream-Den
3 fiend artisan
1 rotting regisaur
1 mesmeric fiend
1 cabal therapy
3 urza's bauble
1 ashiok, dream render
1 questing beast
1 Wasitora, Nekoru Queen
1 hellkite overlord
3 lightning bolt

2 once upon a time
3 dark ritual (t1 lurrus plz)
1 lotus petal
21 L

SB:
1 kaheera
4 leyline of the void
1 oath of ghouls
2 helm of obedience
1 hoarding dragon
1 Thrashing Brontodon
2 trophy
2 null rod
1 thoughtseize



Or...



3 lurrus
4 fiend artisan
1 skullbriar (interesting with lurrus)
1 q beast (the one of's r fiend options)
3 voice of resurgence
3 vengevine
4 loam lion (the kaheera 1cc options seem terrible)
1 rotting regisaur
1 qasali pridemage
1 feral hydra
4 mesmeric fiend (combo exists but I need critters for vengevine)

1 bitterblossom (fiend fodder)
4 bauble
4 buried alive (pumps fiend or gets stuff for lurrus)

4 drit (t1 lurrus plz)
21 L

SB:
1 kaheera
2 helm
4 leyline of the void
1 oath of ghouls
3 stp
4 thoughtseize

ThrabenU played the cats tribal version in a league, pretty fun: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D_hM65R770w .

Solnox is working on a version which uses multiple of the 5 critter types together in a good stuff stompy shell with chalice/suppression field/leonin arbiter followed up by shifting ceratops or questing beast.

Not sure why you wouldn't play like 3 Pridemage Maindeck. It's great with the double strike cat, it pins under chrome mox very well, and it's just a great all around card.

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Originally Posted by Megadeus

Not sure why you wouldn't play like 3 Pridemage Maindeck. It's great with the double strike cat, it pins under chrome mox very well, and it's just a great all around card.

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Might be right, seems meh vs. delver though. They were md in the first try.

Some creatures that work with Kaheera:


Steppe Lynx
Wild Nacatl
Prowling Serpopard
Runic Armasaur
Kinjalli's Sunwing
Leonin Relic-Warder
Voice of Resurgence


I also think Suppression Field will be strong in this meta of Baubles, multicolor greed, and Zirda. Especially if you can't run Collector Ouphe. Null Rod seems good in the SB. Runic Armasaur also draws a card off every fetchland and Karakas activation.

With Lynx + Loam Lion + Wild Nacatl you could push an aggro cats Zoo build. Otherwise the Suppression Stompy plan seems good, with payoffs like Questing Beast.

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Originally Posted by FTW

Some creatures that work with Kaheera:


Steppe Lynx
Wild Nacatl
Prowling Serpopard
Runic Armasaur
Kinjalli's Sunwing
Leonin Relic-Warder
Voice of Resurgence


I also think Suppression Field will be strong in this meta of Baubles, multicolor greed, and Zirda. Especially if you can't run Collector Ouphe. Null Rod seems good in the SB. Runic Armasaur also draws a card off every fetchland and Karakas activation.

With Lynx + Loam Lion + Wild Nacatl you could push an aggro cats Zoo build. Otherwise the Suppression Stompy plan seems good, with payoffs like Questing Beast.

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Good ideas! King of the pride plus the one drop cats is quite the clock. Could throw in thorn for disruption.

I think a stompy shell like the one in the OP is a good choice. I would ditch green, add some Thorn of Amethysts in the md, move up the lurrus count to 2 (just op, frankly) and add Mirror entity and maybe Adaptive Automaton.

how many quasali ambushers did you end up playing

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Originally Posted by Reeplcheep

how many quasali ambushers did you end up playing

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One, the mana really isn't good enough but still tried it.

Suppression Field has always seemed so good on paper. I’d like seeing it find a home, since its home wouldn’t be quite like any existing deck.

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Originally Posted by BirdsOfParadise

Suppression Field has always seemed so good on paper. I’d like seeing it find a home, since its home wouldn’t be quite like any existing deck.

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+1, I think mono white cats with suppression field could be decent. It would be like the mono w kytheon list, but bigger.

Would collected company make sense?

I don't see room for Coco. OUAT and GSZ are already a lot.

These are two directions I see.

Catggro


//Creatures: 26
4 Steppe Lynx
4 Loam Lion
4 Wild Nacatl
4 Voice of Resurgence
4 Qasali Pridemage
3 Prowling Serpopard
2 Lurrus of the Dream-Den
1 Brimaz, King of Oreskos

//Enchantments: 5
3 Deafening Silence
2 Sylvan Library

//Artifacts: 1
1 Umezawa's Jitte

//Spells: 8
4 Swords to Plowshares
4 Once Upon A Time

//Lands: 20
2 Karakas
4 Windswept Heath
4 Wooded Foothills
3 Arid Mesa
3 Savannah
1 Taiga
1 Plateau
1 Forest
1 Plains

//Sideboard: 15
1 Kaheera, the Orphanguard
2 Rest in Peace
1 Tormod's Crypt
1 Return to Nature
1 Abrade
1 Path to Exile
1 Council's Judgment
4 Thalia, Guardian of Thraben
3 Veil of Summer


GW aggro is usually soft to combo, so I put in the MD Silences. Postboard you can bring in Thalia + other tools, boarding out the 6 3-drops and declaring Lurrus as companion instead.

The other direction is the Suppression Field stompy version. Sadly Suppression Field is a nonbo with Ghost Quarter, which you normally want with Arbiter.


//Lands: 21
3 Karakas
3 City of Traitors
4 Ancient Tomb
4 Cavern of Souls
7 Snow-Covered Plains

//Articats: 11
4 Chrome Mox
4 Chalice of the Void
3 Thorn of the Amethyst

//Encatments: 4
4 Suppression Field

//Felines: 21
4 Leonin Arbiter
4 Adorned Pouncer
4 King of the Pride
3 Stalking Leonin
1 Lurrus of the Dream-Den
1 Brimaz, King of Oreskos
2 Leonin Warleader
2 Regal Caracal

//Spells: 3
3 Winds of Abandon

//Sideboard: 15
1 Kaheera, the Orphanguard
2 Trinisphere
2 Sorcerous Spyglass
3 Rest in Peace
1 Alms Collector
1 Leonin Relic-Warder
1 Null Rod
1 Seal of Cleansing
1 Banishing Light
2 Leyline of Sanctity

I like the steppe lynx list, it would be cool if zoo could get up to tier 2. I would make the SB thalias into thorns so you don't lose kaheera, plus path over swords.

I might try coco in paper, more likely in modern though.

3-2 with Cool Cats and Kittens. I think it's a strong tribal deck if you like big cats! Lost to elves, would replace sb thorns. Close G3 loss vs. reanimator too. Dovin impressed, stops inkmoth!


4 Adorned Pouncer
1 Sword of Fire and Ice
4 Ancient Tomb
2 Brimaz, King of Oreskos
4 Cavern of Souls
4 Chalice of the Void
4 Chrome Mox
2 Forest
1 City of Traitors
1 Karakas
4 King of the Pride
4 Leonin Arbiter
3 Leonin Warleader
1 Mirri, Weatherlight Duelist
3 Plains
1 Pride Sovereign
4 Savannah
3 Stalking Leonin
1 Umezawa's Jitte
1 Once Upon a Time
2 Winds of Abandon
1 Dovin, Hand of Control
2 Feline Sovereign
3 Savannah Lions

SB
2 Qasali Pridemage
4 Rest in Peace
3 Thorn of Amethyst
1 Settle the Wreckage
2 Winds of Abandon
1 Kaheera, the Orphanguard
2 Trinisphere