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<uber_panda@hotmail.com> wrote:
This deck is a Rith Deck, i couldn't build a good deck around Invasion, so naturally i brought it back out during the next block involving Multicolors and Saprolings. This deck is in the first stages but i can already see that it has a little mana issues.

Lands (22)
4x Forest
3x Plains
4x Mountains
3x Boros Garrison
2x Selesnya Sanctuary
4x Rith's Grove
1x Sunhome
1x Vitu-Gazi

Creatures (13) or (14, if i added Tolsimir Wolfblood) 3x Conclave Phalanx (gaining tons of life, for free!) 2x Centaur Safeguard 2x Boros Recruit 2x Rith, the Awakener (enough said) 2x Verdeloth the Ancient 2x Selesnya Guildmage (or 1x Firemane Angel and 1x Argus Kos, Wojek Veteran)

Sorceries, Instants, Enchantments (22)
2x Scatter the Seeds
2x Rally the Righteous
1x Overwhelm
3x Dawn's Reflection
2x Divergent Growth
2x Priveleged Position
2x Doubling Season
1x Razia's Purification (Last Resort)
1x Glare of Subdual (A lot of Saprolings leaves your opponent wide open) 2x In the Web of War (Constant beatings) 3x Saproling Symbiosis 2x Lightning Helix 2x Fist of Ironwood

Artifact (1)
1x Sunforger

The deck usually does a good job, but i want to make it a lot better because i know there are still a lot of changes to be made.
 

This decklist has already got some of the best cars spanning several years of Magic, probably
because it's built around an idea as old as Magic itself- the Saproling. Just reading the deck
gets the ideas swirling around in my head like atoms in a particle accelerator. But let me try and calm down and see what in this deck doesn't need to be there.

Conclave Phalanx is good in the late game, but still not good enough. Centaur Safeguard and
Boros Recruit are easy for this deck to cast, but also not good enough. Divergent Growth is
too....temporary, Razia's Purification is a bit out of place, and there isn't much for Sunforger to tutor up.

Now that I've cut out the chaff, it's time to let the ideas flow. First of all, Verdeloth the
Ancient isn't as good as Nemata, Grove Guardian. Next, increase the count of Selesnya Guildmage to 4, and add a few Selesnya Evangel. Also try a copy of Ulasht, the Hate Seed(works great with Doubling Season). Next, forget Firemane Angel and Agrus Kos, but definitely add Tolsimir. And with Rith, Nemata (and maybe Verdeloth too), Ulasht, and Tolsimir, add in a few copies of Time of Need. Glare of Subdual is definitely a powerhouse in this deck, so probably switch the In the Web of Wars to Glares. Fires of Yavimaya would be a good way to go old-school, and you may want to switch Sunhome with Skarrg, the Rage Pits. Nullmage Shepherd fits right in here. Leyline of the Meek is just the kind of card this deck wants, and Hour of Reckoning works much better than Razia's Purification. Coat of Arms has been the finisher for Saproling decks for years. And find some room for Pollenbright Wings; you don't have much defense against flyers.

Now that I've just unleashed all those ideas upon you at once, I'll give you plenty of time to
let them soak in. Enjoy yourself!

~BMoor