Here is another deck archetype I’ve come up with for the Gatecrash Standard format. The reference to the idea was from my card pool mate Charles wherein he made a Simic deck with flash critters combined with tempo & counter spells.

I’ve noticed the lack of spot removals in the list and so my third color of choice was Red, also basing the idea from Saito’s Gruul Aggro.

Here is the list I’ve come up with:

Lands
4 Stomping Ground
4 Breeding Pool
4 Steam Vents
3 Hinterland Harbor
2 Forest
4 Rootbound Crag
1 Island

Creatures
4 Burning-Tree Emissary
2 Yeva, Nature’s Herald
4 Experiment One
4 Wolfir Avenger
4 Flinthoof Boar
2 Wolfir Silverheart
2 Strangleroot Geist
4 Arbor Elf

Spells
4 Spell Rupture
2 Rancor
2 Simic Charm
4 Searing Spear

The deck’s usual aggressive start is curving into Experiment One, Burning Tree Emissary and Pumba err Flinthoof Boar. It also has resilient critters against removal with the Wolfir Avenger and the green geist. Yeva also makes things interesting for the deck, in which you can play around counterspells.

Spell Rupture is Mana Leak with most of your creatures at 3-power. Also, Rancor helps achieve that aside from giving Trample.

Searing Spears are your sole spot removal against most creatures in the format and by far the popular choice among other aggro decks.

Let me know what you think of the deck archetype or for any sideboard suggestions. Just hit the comment box below.

Until the next post and thanks for reading.