Thanks for the feedback. I'll try putting Elder of Laurels and dropping BeastMaster Ascension and compare.

It's been pretty rare that I've actually triggered the desired ascension in actual play (only once that I recall) as the game is usually already decided before then one way or the other so this is definitely worth testing out.

What is your current list carbon, how is aura gnarlid, I am not a fan of too many 3 drops. I like jade mages ability to help when you get flooded

So I thought I would break down another mono coloured aggro deck just like I did mono red.

As with most aggro decks we need a low curve. We have 12 one drops available to us

4 x young wolf
4 x spire tracer
4 x elvish pioneer


The pioneer looks a bit odd in an aggro deck but an extra 1 drop is important and pioneer on turn 1 leads to your best draws.

Next we have the 2 drops

4 x wandering wolf
4 x timberland guide
4 x elvish visionary
2 x jade mage


Again wolf and guide are obvious. Elvish visionary helps smooth out draws whilst also advancing your board. Jade mage is the best card available to protect against flood or recover from a sweeper.

We now want ways to push through damage and we all know green is great for pump spells.

3 x primal bellow
4 x gather courage
4 x titanic growth
1 x Darksteel axe


Now to top the curve with some anthem effects. We are playing 26 creatures so let's put that to good use.

1 x hall of triumph
2 x beastmaster's ascension


1 hall because it is legendary and beastmaster's is very easy to trigger in this deck

And finish with 19 land

So here is the list

19 x forest
1 x Darksteel axe
3 x primal bellow
4 x elvish Pioneer
4 x spire tracer
4 x young wolf
4 x gather courage
2 x jade mage
4 x elvish visionary
4 x timberland guide
4 x wandering wolf
4 x titanic growth
2 x beastmaster's ascension
1 x hall of triumph


As usual any feedback would be much appreciated.

I disagree, I don't like the idea of dead draws in my deck. If you want more anthems you could add the Paragons, but that probably pushes the curve up a bit too high.

Not a big fan of Mono-G but I've decided to give it a try since I had started from the scratch on wife's tablet. Thing is I'm not planning to buy a second set of premiums because I rarely get to play with it So, that leaves me without beast-themed builds in general and specifically the most awesome card for big stompy decks - Garruck's Packleader. So, what do you guys think of this non-prem build?

Forest x 24

Creatures x 20

4 x Elvish Pioneer
4 x Elvish Visionary
1 x Vengevine
2 x Nylea's Disciple
2 x Arbor Colossus
1 x Soul of Zendikar
1 x Phytotitan
2 x Terra Stomper
3 x Pelakka Wurm

Spells x 16

3 x Prey Upon
3 x Primal Bellow
2 x Triumph of Ferocity
4 x Cultivate
2 x Enlarge
2 x Hunter's Prowess

I'd also like to stick some Primal Huntbeasts in here to 1) raise the creature count and 2) raise the 4cmc slot which is a little low now. So, what's your ideas?