This is a deck concept that Hakeem brewed up back in the day.. we've spoken about it and tweaked it some. It's not a finished product but its pretty close. There are still a few debatable slots which I'd love to have feedback from my Magic bros (and babassoonist too) about. Basically the deck wants to: Stall/ramp into a Species Gorger/self bounce plan with Warstorm Surge/big bodies as the finisher. Genesis Hydra is how we get Surge out consistently.. I have rarely hardcasted it during testing. There's a lot of lifegain here, which is how we deal with fast aggressive decks.. also Anger. If we resolve a Warstorm Surge it's pretty much GG. The deck draws cards very well.
The main weakness of the deck is to Auras. They get outside of Ground Assault range pretty fast, especially Hero of Iroas. That's why the two Vapor Snags are in the deck.. for that specific matchup.. because otherwise we roll over and die to Auras. Hakeem suggested perhaps Peel from Reality. I haven't tested it yet, but I worry that I often don't have too much of a board to bounce bc Species Gorger doesn't exactly let you build a wall of bodies (hence.. no Craterhoof).
The spots open for debate are:
2x Vapor Snag
2x Mold Shambler
Shambler was orgininally in as a singleton.. but he performed well destroying all kinds of things like Bone Wands, Angelic Accords, Sanguine Bonds, etc. as well as land screwing people. The second Shambler spot was for Archaeomancer to get back Ground Assaults.. but I never really wanted to cast him. There aren't a lot of instants/sorceries in the deck. So.. I just made him a second Shambler.. but that spot is debatable.
I'm thinking about cutting the Vapor Snags and just saying "F it... I can't beat Auras.. I'll just accept that as a bad matchup and die." but I really don't want to do that. Maybe Shock so I could 2 for 1 the aura guys and kill Talrands/Kiln Fiends/etc.
Anyway.. I would love your feedback. Please.. give it some spins.
Lockhammer asked me about this list so I'm bumping it since he'll be putting some.playtime into it. It's pretty strong.. but I feel it could be optimized.