{"ops":[{"insert":"The fact that "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Ghalta and Mavren"}},{"insert":" doesn't make the top 1,000 commanders list is proof positive of power creep. Seven-drop 12/12s with big upsides just can't catch a break these days, eh?\n\nMavren is gonna have to take a back seat today because this deck is all about the dinos. Vampires are all well and good, but they don't come in tapped and attacking do they? In a Selesnya deck, this is an important consideration, because white and green don't do much haste, so having to wait a turn to attack with your tokens is double-slow. Thus the aim of the deck is to ramp out early, put down a hefty body or two, then drop "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Ghalta and Mavren"}},{"insert":" to reap the dino harvest. And, of course if she does stick around, there is always the option of just killing opponents with Ghalta!\n\nThere isn't too much spot removal in the deck because the focus is on throwing down large volumes of damage, such that forcing players to throw valuable creatures under the bus, or just murdering them outright, becomes a surrogate for removal. Your boardwipes, such as they are, aim to preserve at least some of your own hitting power rather than truly resetting the board, such that you can get back to the beatings good and early.\n\nUnderstandably terrified players are going to target you, so the deck contains a fair bit of protection, including quite a few creatures that make your board hard to target or destroy. Their persistence in play means you can restart the dino factory straight away when you inevitably have to replay the commander.\n\nIn the high-cost end of the deck there is a balance to be struck between explosive power and resilience, such that you can take people out with surprising speed, but you don't totally dissolve on contact with wipes and removal. So "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Ojer Taq, Deepest Foundation // Temple of Civilization"}},{"insert":" lets you throw down triple dinosaurs but inevitably gets canned quicktime, while "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Spearbreaker Behemoth"}},{"insert":" allows you to keep some boardstate through the hard times. This deck is the spiritual home of "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Mossbridge Troll"}},{"insert":" . At 25/25-plus, sadly he doesn't trample, but he knows a dinosaur who does!\n\nAnthems and pump effects do work in the deck because the dino tokens bake in the pump. So a 5/5 hitting with a "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Collective Blessing"}},{"insert":" in play becomes an 8/8, but makes an 11/11 dino, which in turn will make a 14/14 the following turn, and so fourth.\n\nThere are several decent-sized creatures at the high end of your ramp package, which double up as dino producers. "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Journey to the Lost City"}},{"insert":" is especially good if dropped early, possibly not the entirely optimal choice but who can resist the chance of hitting the magic number 20 in the Lost City Lottery?\n\nSeven mana is obviously ridiculously high for a commander these days. Nevertheless, this can be quite a scary deck. The boardstate can get very beefy with surprising rapidity, and one or more players taking lethal damage in turn six is quite possible. It's also surprisingly resilient considering the high cost of the commander, because she only has to be out a little while to create long-term problems for your opponents, and your board is quite well protected. It meets all the criteria for bracket 2, but I think it has to go in bracket 3 because people will die before turn 8 if you are allowed to do your thing.\n"}]}