I stopped playing this game back before they changed the card design, circa 2000

Core set mythics tend to be more expensive because drafting core is boring. There is also the fact that everyone loves +1/+1 counters.

Your curve is wacky. I would suggest dropping burst of strength, flesh // blood, and corpsejack because you are really going to end up swinging for lethal more often than getting amassing +1/+1.

Burst of Strength doesn't save a creature most of a time (doomblade / oblivion ring / supreme verdict), and is really only a makeshift vigilance with a marginal upside. Consider replacing with Ranger's Guile, or Giant Growth.

Flesh // Blood will only have you "winning" if you're already winning. If you're playing such large creatures, why not just swing with them, and let that card become a card to protect them? Ghor-Clan Rampager will end up allowing the same type of win, but it will also become a combat trick, and a body when you need it.

I mainly have a problem with Corpsejack Menace because your deck will be hurting trying to assemble all the different colored mana you need. I would cut black, and focus more on red, or do the opposite.

I would honestly go Naya so you can do 4 Mystic, 4 Pilgrim, 4 Farseek, and smoosh them with the Hydra plus "Not Quite Armadillo Cloak". turn 4.

lol there is no curve at the moment. i just assembled a ton of cards that looked potentially helpful to my deck. i did breakdown and order 100$ worth of hydras though. i feel horrible rofl

i did order a few more ghor clans as well because i cant decide on if i want to go gruul or golgari more.and i dont have shocklands yet. ill wait to see what theros dual lands loo like before i invest in 10 dollar land cards. now that you mention it i might side deck flesh and blood. though i can see flesh and blood being infinitely useful in those long multiplayer games where everyone CAN kill another player but wont due to it leaving them open to attack. getting hydra up to 24/24 in one attack with corpsejack then hitting some other guy with blood will be amazing lol and i know burst of strength wont save a creature. its meant as a combat trick and cheap counter giver. i have golgari charm for saving my creatures from destruction. i wouldnt drop black just cause golgari charm is so good in this deck

I did notice that you were "future proofing" the deck.

Also note that corpsejack doesn't let the hydra start with 8, as it enters the battlefield with the counters rather than having them put on the creature.

TBH, I would invest in land rather than a creature, because it's far more useful more often. You land is what gates you for play, and making that more consistent can bring a deck's power level up considerably. The shock-lands are also very valuable if you ever wish to play modern.

There will be little to no dual lands in Theros as a whole (it's got a mono-color theme), and there are no dual lands in the first block. Also, because the check-lands will be out of standard for the first time in AGES, it's highly suspect that near the end of theros there will only be the shock lands for duals, and rampant growth if we're lucky.

actually its been confirmed on both points that corpsejack menace does cause hydra to come into play with 8 counters, and its been confirmed by game devs that there WILL be a dual land cycle in the theros set.

I will let you in on a secret—there will be a cycle of dual lands in Theros block. I can't tell you anything else about them yet, but I am very excited about them. Releasing the dual lands in that set will let us better control how Standard plays out, and will let us create a better experience for Theros block, which will in turn improve Theros-"Huey" Standard."

-- http://www.wizards.com/magic/magazi.....g/daily/ld/254

i do want gatecrash shocklands but maybe on a different paycheck lol and yes id love to see rampant growth come back in some form. also arbor elves. i wanted to put them in my deck so bad but they will be out in a month same with rangers guile

I been gipped then! Gave, Guru of Spores is much better as my commander now...

I imagine our next ramp spell would encourage either more basics, or be an explore.

I've honestly been playing commander more than standard, and when I did run standard, I was playing something like this: http://www.channelfireball.com/home.....oor-thragfire/

so glad thrag is going away

Some people were saying the dual lands could be Filterlands or Fetchlands... and since shocklands + fetchlands is a little broken as a combo I'm think we'll probably see Filterlands in Theros! I could be wrong tho!

also im not sure if you noticed but i assembled this deck without any cards from innistrad or m13 because i dont want to have to remove anything good like rancor or predator ooze etc in a month from now.,

I know how you feel, lol. Two weeks ago I ordered 200 USD worth in shocklands and now I'm seriously debating if I should order more shocklands, Deathrite Shaman, Sphinx's Revelation and Abrupt Decay (I want to build a JUNK deck)

About your deck, I personally think it lacks synergy... I'd think a bit more about the cards you have. And yes, Ranger's Guile is an awesome card.

If I were myself I'd think to make it Green/Blue/Red because of Simic!

ive actually rebuilt it several times since then. i just havent altered the link. now trying blue green black for corpsejack, hydra and biomancer