{"ops":[{"insert":"Hi, this is my 2nd month playing Magic and this is the first real functioning deck I've made. The original version of this deck was made entirely from bulk, lots of bulk since I was just spam-buying Foundations Jumpstart packs for the anime cards. Therefore don't take this deck too seriously or competitively, it's a quirky niche voltron that you can use with a bunch of dog puns or somesuch. I like to say I'm walking my dog when I use this deck.\n\nBudget for this wasn't initially set but I tried to keep it decently low, though at this point it's by no means a super budget deck. Once again it's built from my bulk, and as a formerly non-green player I just happened to get lucky with green cards. I honestly didn't know how much Mossborn Hydra and Scythecat Cub (I pulled 2!) cost until I whipped up this here app, and I bought Ancient Bronze Dragon for my dragons deck before I decided I wasn't ready for 3 colors yet and moved it here for the time being.\n\nBasic premise of the deck is to stack +1/+1 counters on your choice of creature. Mowu is only there as an efficient Legendary Creature that you can stack on and protect but really there are a bunch of Hydras that can be stacked onto as well. Other buffs were considerable but my main focus is protection, hence the 20++ Instants with some kind of Hexproof or Indestructible. Adjust this to your liking if you wanna, I play a lot of protection thanks to my playgroup, it's removals every turn here.\n\nSome notes regarding this deck:\nVoltron substitutes in case Mowu himself gets too hard to cast are: "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Ancient Bronze Dragon"}},{"insert":" "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Mossborn Hydra"}},{"insert":" "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Kami of Whispered Hopes"}},{"insert":" "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Managorger Hydra"}},{"insert":" "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Wildwood Scourge"}},{"insert":". If you're confident your opponents don't have any more boardwipes, you can play multiple of them on the board to let them snowball together."},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":{"card-link":"Melira, Sylvok Outcast"}},{"insert":" is in the deck as a form of protection against Blight and Infect/Toxic, replace her as you will, or she can also be an inefficient but quirky +1/+1 sink if you like, she's cute."},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"One nice combo I found was with "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Scythecat Cub"}},{"insert":" + "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Roaring Earth"}},{"insert":" to add +1/+1 counters on each land played. You can burst this with either "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Evolving Wilds"}},{"insert":"/"},{"insert":{"card-link":"Terramorphic Expanse"}},{"insert":" and "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Sutina, Speaker of the Tajuru"}},{"insert":", though with Sutina you have to reserve your land drop for post-combat phase but you can send a tapped land back into the hand. Assuming Mowu, using the Sutina dance will net +6/+6 worth of counters on our dear doggy."},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"Cards that you can utilize to play multiple lands also help with these two: "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Explore"}},{"insert":", "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Azusa, Lost but Seeking"}},{"insert":", "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Druid Class"}},{"insert":" "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Azusa's Many Journeys // Likeness of the Seeker"}},{"insert":", "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Dryad of the Ilysian Grove"}},{"insert":", "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Exploration"}},{"attributes":{"indent":1,"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"There isn't much removal in this deck but the initial version had power-based creature removals such as "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Bite Down"}},{"insert":" "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Aggressive Instinct"}},{"insert":" "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Chocobo Kick"}},{"insert":" "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Devouring Tendrils"}},{"insert":" "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Hard-Hitting Question"}},{"insert":" "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Hunter's Talent"}},{"insert":" "},{"insert":{"card-link":"It's Clobberin' Time!"}},{"insert":" "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Master's Rebuke"}},{"insert":" "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Quarrel"}},{"insert":" "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Ram Through"}},{"insert":" "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Rabid Bite"}},{"insert":". I removed some of them in favor of protection, I'll have to strike the balance between protection and removal but typically it's the better option to save mana for protection unless there's a particularly problematic creature that you want to kill. I may adjust in the future after more trial and error."},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"Re-added "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Tifa's Limit Break"}},{"insert":". With enough mana and the right timing, you can use this to suddenly kill an opponent with a huge creature, either Mowu with commander damage or an obscenely large Hydra with trample. With 8 mana, you only need Mowu with 4x +1/+1 counters to go for game, but that's wishful thinking and assuming he doesn't get blocked."},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"}]}