Selesnya Conclave (Modern)

Restricted Theme Deck for Modern

This deck is currently being playtested.

> Brewer's Note

I've recently returned to MtG to find that there has been a new Ravnica block in the form of Guilds of Ravnica. With Ravnica being my favorite plane in the Multiverse, I couldn't resist finally reworking all of my Guild theme decks to use only cards from the plane of Ravnica itself, something I've wanted to do since I decided back in 2013 to make a deck for every guild. Unfortunately this means I'll be heavily changing the way that these decks work in Modern in order to accommodate for the loss of some key combo pieces and win conditions that came from outside of the block. My original Guild decks will be archived in the appropriate folder in my "Classic Ten Guilds" folder.
Selesnya Changes
I tried to make the focus of the deck to create as many unique tokens as possible, but unfortunately I had to cut out several types of tokens in order to trim the deck to a reasonable size. The commander deck has the full roster available, including plants, saprolings, humans, birds, pegasi, soldiers, phytohydras, knights, elf knights, wolves, centaurs, beasts, rhinos, wurms, oozes, elementals, and more.
You have no idea how much I am going to miss playing Howl of the Night Pack in this deck.

Description

This is an aggressive token generation GW deck focused entirely on making as many token creatures as possible and gaining life in the process. Mainly focused on the creation of soldiers and saprolings to use as chump blockers and as a way to power up your big hitters like Wayfaring Temple and the elemental tokens made by Voice of Resurgence. Populate is your friend, and so there are spells to tutor for creatures that facilitate this in Congregation at Dawn and Chord of Calling, as well as several spells that populate on their own.

Sideboard contains graveyard hate in Rest in Peace and Dryad Militant, as well as some situational removal in Sundering Growth and Devouring Light. Loxodon Hierarch is there to resist board wipes or offer an extra combat in full swing if your opponent blocks well. Ivy Dancer is an alternative to trample against green and finally Eyes in the Skies and Scion of Vhitu Ghazi give you a small stretch of resistance to flying, hopefully enough to start snowballing.

Key Combos & Win Conditions

• Wayfaring Temple / Elemental Tokens + Populate
• Wayfaring Temple / Elemental Tokens + Conclave Guildmage / Pollenbright Wings
• Emmara, Soul of the Accord + Selesnya Evangel + Populate
• Chord of Calling / Congregation at Dawn + Emmara, Soul of the Accord / Selesnya Evangel / Trostani, Selesnya's Voice