Budget Modern Cats - Comments

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Budget Modern Cats

[Akira Foxmind]

Savannah Lions or Loam Lion for more aggro and budget removal (Swallow Whole for the flavor maybe).

[Potato Chop]

Good thoughts! I think I’ll trade out Garrison Cat for Loam Lion and find 4 slots for Swallow Whole, because the two from Keeper of Fables won’t be enough.

[Akira Foxmind]

Oh and Regal Leosaur for more mutate triggers. Although I think the mana curve is to high with the mutate creatures.

You don't necessary need 4 removal if slots are limited.

[Potato Chop]

Revision 2

Added/removed cards:
-2 Adventurous Impulse
-4 Garrison Cat
-2 Keeper of Fables
+4 Loam Lion
+4 Swallow Whole

[Potato Chop]

Speaking of limited slots, any ideas on what to cut? Magical fairy land with Cubwarden and a ton of tokens sounds awesome, but might be rough on the mana curve.

[Potato Chop]

Decided to cut 2x Regal Caracal and 1 Loam Lion in favour of a smoother mana curve and better overall resilience with more mutate triggers.

Revision 5

Added/removed cards:
+2 Adventurous Impulse
+2 Regal Leosaur

Changed amounts:
-1 Loam Lion
-2 Regal Caracal
-1 Swallow Whole

[Potato Chop]

Did some playtesting and worked out a couple kinks. The Regal Leosaur and Feline Sovereign ended up being a little clunky, and I wanted more room for effects that would let me keep up the pace such as Adventurous Impulse.

Cubwarden really is the star of the deck, so finding ways to draw into more of it has become a priority,

Revision 6

Added/removed cards:
-2 Regal Leosaur

Changed amounts:
+1 Adventurous Impulse
-2 Feline Sovereign
-1 Forest
+2 Fortified Village
+1 Huntmaster Liger
+1 Lead the Stampede
+1 Loam Lion
-1 Plains

[Nils]

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[dbagan13]

I liked your deck a lot and I bought it as my first modern deck, and I would like yo make some suggestion. What about feline sovereign? It si powerful and majes kitties with lifelink. And esika's chariot?

[dbagan13]

I wanted to say pride sovereign, not feline

[Potato Chop]

I liked your deck a lot and I bought it as my first modern deck, and I would like to make some suggestions. What about pride sovereign? It is powerful and makes kitties with lifelink. And esika's chariot?

It's really cool to know you're having fun with the deck! I'm sure you know by the price tag that this was meant to be extremely budget, hence the omission of Esika's Chariot, which is a little expensive. You could try it yourself and see how it goes, but that mana cost of 4 might not be exactly what we're looking for as far as the highly aggressive strategy goes, since it doesn't have an immediate effect on the creatures you already have ready to attack like Regal Caracal or Cubwarden do to make up for their higher costs.

As far as Pride Sovereign goes, it was both a couple dollars above what I wanted to pay and a tiny little bit slow. It might be a reliable body, but when we're  looking to win on turn 5 every game, we basically ignore the exert ability. It isn't bad at all, but we'll only get half the use out of it. It's probably a great idea for a card to swap out with one of the budget options like Huntmaster Liger if you're looking to upgrade, which I can see from your list that you are!

Great list by the way! It's cool seeing people take an idea and run with it. I hope you have fun with your deck and have a great day!

[ROMAR97]

I think Dromoka's Command is a must have, lighly better than Primal Might. Also Path to Exile is very cheap. Very cool deck btw!

[ROMAR97]

And probably Qasali Ambusher instead of Wild Nacatl on the sideboard