| Mana Producers (19): | Critters (32): | Spells (25): |
|---|---|---|
| 4 Forest | 2 Balduvian Bears | 1 Citanul Flute |
| 1 Gaea's Cradle | 2 Bear Cub | 1 Coat of Arms |
| 1 Library of Alexandria | 4 Caller of the Claw | 2 Howling Mine |
| 1 Thran Quarry | 4 Elvish Spirit Guide | 1 Bearscape |
| 4 Tropical Island | 2 Forest Bear | 1 Desert Twister |
| 1 Black Lotus | 2 Golden Bear | 4 Giant Growth |
| 1 Blacker Lotus | 2 Grizzly Bears | 2 Grizzly Fate |
| 1 Lotus Petal | 2 Pale Bears | 1 Hurricane |
| 5 Moxen (1 each) | 2 Razorclaw Bear | 1 Kamahl's Summons |
| . | 2 River Bear | 2 Overrrun |
| . | 2 Spectral Bears | 4 Wild Growth |
| . | 2 Striped Bears | 2 Words of Wilding |
| . | 4 Werebear | 1 Ancestral Recall |
| . | . | 1 Time Walk |
| . | . | 1 Timetwister |
Chicken Deck:
OK, this deck is pretty crazy.
It abuses the card Chicken a la King to make a ton of huge Chickens.
The basic idea is this: If you have lets say 3 Chicken a la Kings out, and roll a "6", each Chicken a la King will trigger, so each Chicken gets three +1/+1 counters (for a single "6" roll!).
So, what you want to do is Clone and Vesuvan a bunch of Chicken a la Kings, then have ways to untap them all (Vitalize, Seedborn Muse, etc.).
Having ways to roll lots of dice help too.
The result is insanely large Chickens in a very short amount of time (they are usually well over 100/100 by the tenth turn).
Some card commentary follows after the deck list.
| Mana Producers (24): | Critters (27): | Spells (18): |
|---|---|---|
| 2 Undeground Sea | 4 Chicken a la King | 1 Fowl Play |
| 1 Bayou | 4 Vesuvan Doppleganger | 1 Conspiracy |
| 1 Badlands | 4 Clone | 4 Vitalize |
| 1 Scubland | 2 Seedborn Muse | 1 Serra's Blessing |
| 2 Tropical Island | 2 Clam-I-Am | 1 Goblin Tutor |
| 2 Volcanic Island | 1 Poultrygeist | 1 Eladamri's Call |
| 2 Tundra | 1 Free-Range Chicken | 1 Worldly Tutor |
| 1 Taiga | 1 Zodiac Rooster | 1 Diamond Valley |
| 1 Plateau | 1 Chicken Egg | 1 Citanul Flute |
| 1 Savannah | 1 Mesa Chicken | 1 Soldevi Digger |
| 1 Reflecting Pool | 1 Urza's Science Fair Project | 1 Time Walk |
| 1 Library of Alexandria | 1 Spark Fiend | 1 Timetwister |
| 1 Black Lotus | 1 Mindless Automaton | 1 Ancestral Recall |
| 1 Sol Ring | 1 Tetravus | 1 Capsize |
| 5 Moxes (1 each) | 1 Triskelion | 1 Jayemdae Tome |
| 1 Jack-in-the-Mox | 1 Workhorse | . |
Clam-I-Am: Lets me reroll the 3's, so I have a better chance of rolling a 6.
Zodiac Rooster: Since gender (e.g. brother/sister) indicates the same summon type, technically a "Rooster" counts as a "Chicken".
Tetravus: So after a while you have a Vesuvan with a ton of +1/+1 counters on it. Switch it to a Tetravus during upkeep and pull the counters off, and you've got a large army. Similar abuses are possible with Mindless Automaton, Triskelion, and Workhorse.
Serra's Blessing: I can attack with my Chickens then tap them before damage dealing to see if they get bigger.
I will finally note that (just like most of my decks) you don't really need any "power" cards to get this deck to work. The deck could be reduced to Blue/Green and run on basic land pretty easily. Except for the Clones/Vesuvans and the Seedborn Muses, most of the "core" cards of the deck's combo/theme are crap uncommons and rares no-one uses. :)
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