Hello everyone and welcome back to another edition of the emporium, today will be covering the Green/White Humans build currently around in standard which may or may not include my new favorite card of all time Hero of Bladehold so let's begin as per usual with a list courtesy of Star City Games and it's open series which comes to us via a player named Steven Wilson
Steven Wilson's Green/White Humans - 3rd Place [Standard] Star City Open Invitational Qualifier
Creatures
4 Avacyn's Pilgrim
4 Champion of the Parish
4 Elite Vanguard
1 Fiend Hunter
4 Hamlet Captain
4 Hero of Bladehold
4 Mayor of Avabruck
4 Mentor of the Meek
3 Mirran Crusader
Spells
2 Oblivion Ring
4 Green Sun's Zenith
Lands
2 Forest
2 Plains
4 Razorverge Thicket
4 Sunpetal Grove
3 Gavony Township
2 Ghost Quarter
Sideboard
2 Fiend Hunter
1 Mirran Crusader
2 Silverchase Fox
2 Oblivion Ring
2 Dismember
3 Purify the Grave
3 Creeping Corrosion
Green/White humans is the first deck that is so packed full of creatures spells and lands are cut to make room for these dominant 1 and 2 drop humans, Mentor of the Meek to provide draw power for your lower power creatures, Mayor of Avabruck to give them a needed +1/+1 boost and of course Hero of Bladehold for it's constant 7 power worth of creature combination and it's threatening ability to always have tokens at the ready making this a decent and devastating archetype of a deck in standard, with that being said let's take a look at the next list courtesy of the Star City Open Invitational's with a deck brought to us by Noah Winslow and his 7th place finish at the open invitationals for Doylestown, Pennsylvania
Noah Winslow's Green/White Humans - 7th Place [Standard] Star City Open Invitational Series
Creatures
4 Phyrexian Metamorph
4 Avacyn's Pilgrim
4 Blade Splicer
4 Champion of the Parish
4 Hero of Bladehold
4 Mayor of Avabruck
4 Mirran Crusader
2 Mikaeus, the Lunarch
Spells
2 Oblivion Ring
2 Beast Within
3 Garruk Relentless
Lands
7 Forest
6 Plains
2 Gavony Township
4 Razorverge Thicket
4 Sunpetal Grove
Sideboard
3 Angelic Overseer
2 Angelic Destiny
1 Oblivion Ring
4 Celestial Purge
2 Dismember
3 Surgical Extraction
This list is a bit different then normal as the important stuff is all 4's in this deck including Hero of Bladehold, Mirran Crusader and of course Champion of the Parish, however here's the surprising card i never thought i'd see in a humans list, Phyrexian Metamorph which basically is a new and improved Clone for all colors for a change thanks to of course the phyrexian mana in it's cost, but the surprising cards are Mikaeus, the Lunarch and Garruk Relentless in this list which are both main deck choices of course, however the surprising part of this is the lack of Mentor of the Meek which was switched out for Blade Splicer in this list, anyways enough about this list let's move onto our third list which is provided via Tom Hendricks whom got 8th place at the same invitational qualifier
Tom Hendrick's Green/White Humans - 8th Place [Standard] Star City Open Invitational
Creatures
3 Adapative Automaton
4 Avacyn's Pilgrim
4 Champion of the Parish
4 Elite Vanguard
3 Gideon's Lawkeeper
4 Hamlet Captain
4 Mayor of Avabruck
4 Mentor of the Meek
Spells
2 Nevermore
3 Oblivion Ring
2 Dismember
3 Gitaxian Probe
Lands
8 Forest
9 Plains
4 Sunpetal Grove
Sideboard
4 Fiend Hunter
3 Mirran Crusader
2 Nevermore
2 Dismember
1 Naturalize
2 Purify the Grave
1 Creeping Corrosion
This third list is a bit different as it focuses on the lords aspect of a mass creature deck with 11 lord type creatures in the deck that include Mayor of Avabruck, Adaptive Automaton and of course Hamlet Captain, of course the standard package of humans include Mentor of the Meek for the card draw, Lawkeeper, Vanguard and Champion to beat down with a mana ramp creature in the form of Avacyn's Pilgrim, the lack of Hero of Bladehold in this list is a surprise though but the sideboarded Mirran Crusader's are a tad surprising as well, i never thought they'd be in the sideboard of this deck, plus this deck has only 21 lands in it, 17 basics and 4 Sunpetal Grove instead of the standard package of Gavony Township/Razorverge Thicket/Sunpetal Grove that was seen in other lists, that's why this deck is so interchangable i feel and gives a new style to rogue deckbuilders. Now without further ado let's take a look at the MTGSalvation.com Primer list for this deck style of choice.
MTGSalvation.com Primer - Green/White Humans
Creatures
4 Avacyn's Pilgrim
4 Birds of Paradise
4 Blade Splicer
2 Geist-Honored Monk
4 Hero of Bladehold
2 Llanowar Elves
3 Mentor of the Meek
1 Elesh Norn, Grand Cenobite
2 Mikaeus, the Lunarch
Spells
1 Mortarpod
2 Oblivion Ring
2 Naturalize
3 Elspeth Tirel
3 Overrun
Lands
7 Forest
4 Plains
4 Gavony Township
4 Sunpetal Grove
4 Razorverge Thicket
Sideboard
1 Mortarpod
1 Spellskite
2 Mirran Crusader
1 Stony Silence
2 Dismember
1 Naturalize
1 Thrun, the Last Troll
2 Creeping Corrosion
4 Timely Reinforcements
Now as you may come to expect from this list it's more green then anything, with very few actual white creatures besides our legends in this list, Elesh Norn and Mikaeus, the Lunarch, this list reflects the basics of humans and the fact they are 1-3 drop creatures most of the time but the good stuff is usually 4 and above in casting costs, this deck shows that humans aren't always cheap, let's move onto the neceessites of the Green/White Humans basics
Avacyn's Pilgrim - If your running any kind of ramp, this guy filters into white and is a human himself, so the bonus of having a turn 2 Mentor of the Meek is showing here with this guy as a 4 of in our team.
Hero of Bladehold - Again if your running white why aren't you running this dude, 4 drop that can be ramped by either Birds of Paradise/Avacyn's Pilgrim, drops 4 extra power worth of creatures when it attacks and is a mere 4 drop in our deck, not bad, consider him as a 3-4 of with 3 maindeck and 1 in the sideboard.
Mentor of the Meek - For humans i could think of no other card drawing creature then him that is currently in standard right now, 2/2 for a 3 drop that you can pay one when another 2 power or lower creature hits the board, draw a card off and go right back into the thick of things, should at least be a 3 of in this deck.
Mirran Crusader - Sure he may cost 1WW but when the thick of things come through this guy is a must have for any human deck, protection from green and black, double strike and equipping something onto him he is nasty, plus he's a 2/2 so mentor card draw is possible off him.
Mikaeus, the Lunarch - If i was you folks, i'd put this guy as a 2 of in any humans list, he's versatile, can be cast for a rather nice 3 mana to make himself a 2/2 triggering Mentor of the Meek again is big when we need extra cards to draw into good threats
Gavony Township/Sunpetal Grove/Razorverge Thicket - Fixing our mana and powering up our creatures is a must in this list, we need to deal as much damage as humanly possible with each creature and township is a perfect 4 mana pump spell that effects all creatures on the board, plus coupled with Lunarch this is like having a serious swinging force on the team, consider this a 4x for each card listed here.
Elspeth Tirel - Life gain/Making more creatures for mentor to target plus a ultimate board wipe, this is just asking for trouble, plus it costs 5 mana to bring her out, in this list she's a 3 of easy.
Champion of the Parish - If your not playing ramp but need a good one drop, this is your man for the job, 1 white mana for a 1/1 that gets bigger off humans, triggers on mentor when it hits the battlefield right away and is easy to get out consider it's cost, consider this a must have 4 of in lists that don't run Avacyn's Pilgrim as a ramp creature
The rest of humans varies from time to time, with different lists popping up everywhere if you want to take a look at the current humans lists, then i suggest you check out the star city games link that is provided, till next time this is vergil signing off.
Green/White Humans Lists ---> Star City Games Deck Database Green/White Humans
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