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    [Deck] Motherf'n Treefolk!

    Aww hell son, is that some Legacy Treefolk? Yeah. Yeah it is.


    3 Murmuring Bosk
    1 Dryad Arbor
    3 Savannah
    6 Forest
    1 Horizon Canopy
    4 Treefolk Harbinger
    2 Dungrove Elder
    3 Leaf-Crowned Elder
    2 Doran, the Siege Tower
    4 Green Sun's Zenith
    2 Bayou
    2 Wickerbough Elder
    3 Sensei's Divining Top
    1 Woodfall Primus
    4 Swords to Plowshares
    2 Pernicious Deed
    4 Veteran Explorer
    4 Cabal Therapy
    4 Verdant Catacombs
    3 Windswept Heath
    2 Maelstrom Pulse


    So yeah, clearly not tier1, but silly enough to be fun and decent once it gets rolling. The main issue is that most of the guys are pretty high CMC, and while they can get bonkers together, they're pretty unimpressive on their own.

    I thought about Hierarch to ramp out guys/GSZ, but I also wanted some kind of discard, so I opted for Explorer/Therapy. Explorer helps to ramp more reliably, plays nice with deed, and pumps Dungrove. Therapy is also fun with Woodfall Primus for nuking all kinds of stuff, and Harbinger is also a good sac outlet since it's basically just a chump blocker once in play.

    Just from some initial testing, Leaf-Crowned Elder is completely nuts if he stays in play. With Top/Harbinger, you can pretty much guarantee an activation every turn, which is like Bob on steroids. In fact, I might cut the 2nd Doran for a 4th, since Doran is more of a finisher, and there are plenty of ways to tutor him up when you need him.

    I'll probably never actually put this together or play it, but whatever, Treefolk deserve their day in the (casual) spotlight. Suggestions always welcome regardless.
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    Re: [Deck] Motherf'n Treefolk!

    Just realized I can put this together for less than $50. Totally running it at the next local event.
    I think the biggest thing is the deep seeded emotional understanding that the right play is the right play regardless of outcomes. The ability to make a decision 5 straight times, lose 5 times because of it, and still make it the 6th time if it's the right play. - Jon Finkel

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    Maybe you could try something like Mirri's Guile or Sylvan Library so that you aren't tying up mana for the top effect.
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    Re: [Deck] Motherf'n Treefolk!

    the little Brother of a friend of mine plays a Mono Green Version with 4 Mirri's Guile.

    The Deck sometimes can really own you, the only nonbasic is dryad arbor, and a Wordly Tutor ( and Treefolk Harbinger ) Tutorbox and a Green Sun's Zenith Tutorbox.

    Also, a lot of of indestructible Trees laugh about Tarmogoyfs and Lightning Bolt
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    Re: [Deck] Motherf'n Treefolk!

    Quote Originally Posted by kusumoto View Post
    Maybe you could try something like Mirri's Guile or Sylvan Library so that you aren't tying up mana for the top effect.
    Guile might work since it also triggers during upkeep. One thing I like about top though is its ability to dodge deed, which I am debating cutting the 4th Zenith to add a 3rd of.
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    Re: [Deck] Motherf'n Treefolk!

    Dustin has a legacy deck very similar to this that I was playing against on Cockatrice once upon a time.

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    Re: [Deck] Motherf'n Treefolk!

    I'm a huge fan of janky decks that do insane things as long as they have time to durdle around for 5-6 turns.
    I think the biggest thing is the deep seeded emotional understanding that the right play is the right play regardless of outcomes. The ability to make a decision 5 straight times, lose 5 times because of it, and still make it the 6th time if it's the right play. - Jon Finkel

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    Re: [Deck] Motherf'n Treefolk!

    At one time, I was using tribal Shamans in these colors with Doran. I ended up using Wolf-Skull Shaman and Vampire Nighthawk which both fall in-line with your tribal card advantage theme. Nighthawk in particular was a mid-range all-star against anything resembling aggro. He's better with Doran but just fine on his own.

    Wolf-Skull Shaman clogged up the board nicely, and the best part was that he curved out nicely. I would be looking for turn 1 Birds into turn 2 Doran, or turn 1 Harbinger, turn 2 WSS, turn 3 Doran. I was only using 2 Tops, but I found I was getting a lot of kinship activations simply from having like 26 shamans in the deck.

    Rough list:

    4x Birds of Paradise
    4x Treefolk Harbinger
    4x Wolf-Skull Shaman
    4x Leaf Crowned Elder
    4x Doran, the Siege Tower
    4x Vampire Nighthawk
    2x Eternal Witness
    2x Wickerbough Elder
    2x Ashling the Extinguisher
    4x Swords to Plowshares
    2x Sensei's Divining Top
    2x Crime//Punishment
    22x lands


    It was a casual/budget legacy deck that was fun but not really competitive. It scratched the aggro itch I got occasionally.
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    Re: [Deck] Motherf'n Treefolk!

    Quote Originally Posted by .dk View Post
    Dustin has a legacy deck very similar to this that I was playing against on Cockatrice once upon a time.
    Damnit I should have known better than to spoil my new super-secret tech on the Source before the tournament!

    @Safety: You're missing the point man! Treefolk = awesome. Shamans = lamesauce.
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    Re: [Deck] Motherf'n Treefolk!

    Quote Originally Posted by Richard Cheese View Post
    Damnit I should have known better than to spoil my new super-secret tech on the Source before the tournament!

    @Safety: You're missing the point man! Treefolk = awesome. Shamans = lamesauce.
    yep, meta-gaming my brew as we speak... ;)

    and judging by your description of decks you like (durdle-durdle-vomit-win)... shouldn't you be more of a fan of stax or stompy?

    seriously though, it doesn't look like fun to play. always interesting to take wacky things like this that people just aren't expecting - provided you aren't playing against fast combo, you'll get some free ones just because of that.

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    Nah, Stax is more like "do stuff, durdle, durdle, durdledurdledurdledurdledurdledurdledurdledurdledurdledurdledurdledurdledurdledurdledurdledurdledurdledurdledurdledurdledurdledurdledurdledurdledurdledurdledurdle, draw."

    Does or doesn't look like fun? Eating someone's hand and board with Therapy and a free Woodfall Primus is pretty fun.

    Anyway, not sure if I can run it this weekend or not, depends on whether StrikeZone gets my Harbingers here on time. That card was disturbingly hard to find.
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    Re: [Deck] Motherf'n Treefolk!

    I could have mailed you 4 Harbingers and you could have had them already...

    Many apologies for not being cool enough by tainting my deck with non-Treefolk...

    I'm diggin' the SDT + LCE synergy.
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    The only shaman that's cool enough to hang with my Ents is Thrun, because dude keeps to himself. I need to add a Phyrexian Tower and possibly a Mortarpod, to have more sac outlets for Explorer. Also need to remember not to give opponents the opportunity to off him on their turn.

    Other than that the deck is not as terrible as it looks at first glance. It does have an awkward gap in the curve between 1 and 3. I guess I could steal from Nic Fit and run a MD Ooze, Goyf, or Wall of Awesomes.
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    Re: [Deck] Motherf'n Treefolk!

    Quote Originally Posted by Mr. Safety View Post
    Yeah he was originally in the list, just never seemed to be worth much other than chump blocking. Most of the time I'm either putting guys into play via GSZ or Kinship
    I think the biggest thing is the deep seeded emotional understanding that the right play is the right play regardless of outcomes. The ability to make a decision 5 straight times, lose 5 times because of it, and still make it the 6th time if it's the right play. - Jon Finkel

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    Re: [Deck] Motherf'n Treefolk!

    Quote Originally Posted by Richard Cheese View Post
    Yeah he was originally in the list, just never seemed to be worth much other than chump blocking. Most of the time I'm either putting guys into play via GSZ or Kinship
    Maybe a one-shot of Noble Hierarch and Birds of Paradise to make a turn 2 GSZ a little more valuable then? If you're not getting a turn 2 Doran, a turn 3 LCE seems just as good.
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    Re: [Deck] Motherf'n Treefolk!

    Needs more Wood Elemental.
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    Re: [Deck] Motherf'n Treefolk!

    Quote Originally Posted by thefringthing View Post
    Needs more Wood Elemental.
    Only if we can petition WotC to errata him to be a Treefolk, since he OBVIOULSY is one.
    I think the biggest thing is the deep seeded emotional understanding that the right play is the right play regardless of outcomes. The ability to make a decision 5 straight times, lose 5 times because of it, and still make it the 6th time if it's the right play. - Jon Finkel

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    Re: [Deck] Motherf'n Treefolk!

    SUPER IMPORTANT UPDATE:

    I am either extremely awesome, or extremely lame:

    Probably the latter.
    I think the biggest thing is the deep seeded emotional understanding that the right play is the right play regardless of outcomes. The ability to make a decision 5 straight times, lose 5 times because of it, and still make it the 6th time if it's the right play. - Jon Finkel

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