Reduced cost post deck. The blackless version requires the use of Shardless Agent, so it's not modern legal yet : borderpost2.0
This a slightly cheaper post deck. Some examples of how:
Instead of running Maelstrom Pulse, it has Beast Within.
Instead of Damnation, it has
Firespout
Leyline of Sanctity can be replaced with
Circle of Protection: Red
to save $30, but it doesn't do nearly as much (against burn, you typically don't need to wipe the board so it's fine to cascade into it).
The maybe board contains the more expensive cards that would help make the deck more competitive.
Due to these changes, there was more focus on green mana over black mana. This led to some land changes as well as a few other choices.
Dropping a
Reminisce
for Bow of Nylea being the first. With bow, you can still put the
Restore Balance
s into your deck to use, but you also get more utility from it such as life gain, target damage to fliers (like faerie tokens), and you can use it to pump your Keyrunes.
With the bow, and being a five-color post deck instead of four (using
Demonic Dread
over Shardless Agent as the agent isn't modern legal) there is more strain on mana. This makes using Keyrunes a bit better than the Totems as they can provide multiple colors.
The obvious Keyrune is
Simic Keyrune
as we need blue for March of the Machines and there is more focus on green mana.
Boros Keyrune
however, is more focused at supplying white for the double cost in Leyline of Sanctity, and for the fact that it has double strike as a creature. This makes it a real threat when attacking, as the opponent will lose their blocker. Bow of Nylea also can give it +1/+1 counters, doubling the effectiveness of the ability.
For Planeswalker choices, There's a 1/2 split with Ajani Vengeant and Tezzeret, Agent of Bolas. This gives the deck a more control archetype feel.
Ajani Vengeant provides land control after a
Restore Balance
, or single large creature control with his +1. Provides small creature control with his -2, or it can be used to manipulate life totals directly should the need arise. Finally, he can wipe out our opponent's land if you can't get a good
Restore Balance
to do that for you.
Tezzeret, Agent of Bolas is mainly for the card draw, as you will almost always hit an artifact. It's good to dig for a Keyrune or the Bow of Nylea with his +1. If for some reason, you need to end it a little more quickly, or just need a blocker or two and you can't get off a
Restore Balance
soon, then his -1 can turn a post into that body you need. His -4 can finish off your opponent or keep you in the game long enough to do so the normal way with your artifact beat-down.
Sideboard :
Firespout
- cheap board wipe (with great art)
Ingot Chewer - Chalice of the Void is rather mean, and free. So we need to get rid of this asap so we can cascade.
Leyline of Sanctity - to say no to burn and discard (3 so there's a good chance we start with one)
Ricochet Trap
- counters are really annoying when you only have one cascade spell and you really need to restore some balance.
Wispmare
- Stony Silence ruins the game for us
Shriekmaw - mainly for infect problems, but can be replaced with Dismember if that is the only reason these get sided in for.
