Welcome to Planeswalking with hydras

Howdy!

I'm an avid magic the gathering player. I've played since I was nine years old. Early on in my planeswalker career I primarily focused on developing humans. No...that's not right. Human armies...that's it.

For years I tested and tested to find the perfect balance of creatures, spells, and mana. I was almost always exclusively mono-white. Until I did it. I brewed a tier two deck. This deck was a mono-white tokens deck, that closely resembled the black and white lingering souls decks of the time. However, it was much more powerful and half the cost.

I would consistently go 3 out of 4 in most of my modern Friday Night Magic (FNM)tournaments.

But what I found most satisfying was the ability to beat decks that were in the quadruple digit range.

This became my new goal. Defeating opponents who had invested way more money into this hobby than I had.

My next big achievement actually occurred in the Standard format. There I consistently defeated the premier deck of the meta, green-black delirium. The deck cost anywhere between 250.00 to 300.00, depending on which version was built.

My deck was a home brew consisting of mono-green hydras.

I know what you're thinking.

"Hydra tribal in standard?"

Something like that hasn't been possible since Theros block...right?

Wrong.

Hydra's are green's iconic creature type, which means there will always be at least one running around in the standard format but usually three or four.

My deck used three. Not only that, it only cost 10.00!

Yep, that's right. I beat 300.00 decks with my 10.00 deck nearly every time. It didn't matter how poorly I did after that, those nights still felt like wins to me.

But satisfaction wasn't the only thing I found in those games, it was the way I won those games that surprised me. Like I said earlier I'd found great success in mono-white token strategies in the modern format. Swinging with an army of 9/9 fliers for the win is always fun. But something I found more satisfying was swinging with one creature.

One massive, unstoppable, 26/26 hydra to be exact. There was something beautiful about format staples like Ormendahl, Profane Prince.

A 9/7 indestructible demon not being able to do a thing against a forgotten card like my Oran Rief Hydra.

My deck turned many a head those nights.

But beyond that those nights provided me a new challenge. First I was going to make a mono-green hydra tribal decks from now on. Second, those decks were going to be budget (relative to the format of course).

So stay tuned! To see what fun and budget brews we'll come up with as the game progresses. Next time I'll get into my favorite mechanic in magic the gathering (MTG) history, and therefore my favorite creature in MTG. Along with some of my more successful brews featuring said card!