Sorry, but I don't get what you mean by "try to stick to the modern and standard cards first, that way you have a good skeleton to build off of"
sure, sacrificing everything is not an end objective except in rare cases
I was more intend to have
Mitotic Slime,
Sprouting Thrinax etc..., but your idea around
roaring primadox and creature with ETB effect is pretty cool !
I also know I shouldn't build a deck around my usual opponent but he is running a
Marath, Will of the Wild, that use all his resources on getting deathtouch so he can OS any of my dearest minions (thats why I use ramping spells instead of elves)
thanks again it helps to discuss