Formidable Green in Standard Pauper

Many magic players start out playing green decks with big monsters. Eventually we all learn that is not a very efficient strategy but there are sometimes exceptions to this rule. Now is the time of such an exception.

Meet Formidable Green, a Standard Pauper deck by Gq1rf7 (yes, that is a player's online name).

4 Elvish Mystic

4 Stampeding Elk Herd

4 Swordwise Centaur

3 Alpine Grizzly

3 Glade Watcher

3 Nylea's Disciple

2 Atarka Beastbreaker

2 Nessian Courser

2 Vulpine Goliath

1 Leafcrown Dryad

1 Sedge Scorpion

Spells

4 Epic Confrontation

3 Aspect of Hydra

2 Hunter's Ambush

Lands

22 Forest

SIDEBOARD

2 Savage Punch

2 Leafcrown Dryad

2 Hunter's Ambush

2 Ranger's Guile

2 Sedge Scorpion

1 Return to the Earth

1 Nessian Courser

1 Dragon-Scarred Bear

1 Aspect of Hydra

1 Nylea's Disciple

Play mana. Play big monsters. Swing for the win. OK, you have to use some combat tricks but this deck is surprisingly efficient.

Sample matches

Here are three matches I played with the deck. I have not yet figured out how to sideboard, but I am enjoying the list very much.

First a match vs a heroic deck. The heroics decks are falling out of favor, possibly because of new, better removal at common.

As I mentioned a couple of weeks ago there are now infinite combos in Standard Pauper. In this second match I run into one of them ... but the green guys provide a pretty fast clock!

Can Formidable Green be contained? Well, if it can, I bet a UR Control deck would be the one deck to be able to. What about a Grixis Control deck? Well, lets see: