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					Deck Garage Well, Scott, let me just thank you for coming to me for help. I'm quite flattered, and I'll be happy to assist in any way. 
 
																			
																			Now, 
																			you 
																			said 
																			the 
																			focus 
																			of 
																			your 
																			deck 
																			is 
																			mostly 
																			Library 
																			of 
																			Leng/Multani, 
																			Maro-Sorcerer, 
																			plus 
																			lots 
																			of 
																			big 
																			creatures.  
																			The 
																			trouble 
																			is, 
																			you 
																			only 
																			have 
																			one 
																			copy 
																			each 
																			of 
																			Library 
																			of 
																			Leng 
																			and 
																			Multani, 
																			Maro-Sorcerer.  
																			A 
																			general 
																			rule 
																			of 
																			thumb 
																			is 
																			that 
																			if 
																			your 
																			deck 
																			is 
																			built 
																			around 
																			a 
																			card, 
																			you 
																			need 
																			four 
																			copies 
																			of 
																			it.  
																			I 
																			know 
																			it 
																			can 
																			be 
																			hard 
																			to 
																			get 
																			four 
																			copies 
																			of 
																			older 
																			cards 
																			like 
																			that, 
																			but 
																			usually 
																			you 
																			can 
																			use 
																			other 
																			cards 
																			with 
																			similar 
																			effects.  
																			Library 
																			of 
																			Leng 
																			is 
																			similar 
																			to
																			
																			Spellbook 
																			or
																			
																			Graceful 
																			Adept, 
																			and 
																			Multani 
																			is 
																			similar 
																			to
																			
																			Maro,
																			
																			Masum 
 I also noticed that you have 15 cards devoted to life gain and holding off your opponent. This tells me you're having trouble staying alive long enough to get your big creatures out. The solution is that your deck isn't fast enough. Green decks normally get their speed from having more mana than just one land per turn, with cards like Llanowar Elves, Sakura-Tribe Elder, and Kodama's Reach. Any of these cards would help you play your expensive spells earlier. Blue, on the other hand, likes to draw lots of cards, and with Multani in your deck, you should be drawing cards like crazy. Right now, Omen and Opt are the only things really helping you in that respect, so I would advise getting cards that draw cards, like Telling Time, Tidings, Petals of Insight, and Lore Broker. Lore Broker especially combos nicely with Library of Leng, since your opponent will have to discard while you can just put a card on top of your library. There’s also Jungle Barrier, a green and blue Wall that draws you a card when you play it. My very first deck was green/blue, and used Jungle Barrier quite well, so I know what I’m talking about. Once you can reliably fill your hand with cards, you’ll be much more likely to have the card you need when you need it. 
 Also, you should realize that having only one copy of a card is a bad idea. In a typical game, you only draw about half your deck. If you only have one copy of a card, you will only draw it in half your games. And even in some of those games, it may be too late or you may not even need it. As far as making room for the cards I’ve suggested goes, I suggest you take a hard look at each card you only have one of and ask yourself: is it worth adding more copies? If so, then do that. Otherwise, it probably isn’t good enough for your deck, unless of course you can “tutor” for it. 
 
																			
																			“Tutors” 
																			are 
																			just 
																			cards 
																			that 
																			let 
																			you 
																			search 
																			your 
																			library 
																			for 
																			another 
																			card.  
																			You 
																			can 
																			get 
																			away 
																			with 
																			only 
																			having 
																			one 
																			copy 
																			of a 
																			card 
																			if 
																			you 
																			have 
																			ways 
																			of 
																			searching 
																			for 
																			it, 
																			since 
																			the 
																			tutor 
																			card 
																			essentially 
																			acts 
																			as a 
																			second 
																			copy 
																			of 
																			the 
																			card.  
																			Most 
																			tutors, 
																			however, 
																			restrict 
																			what 
																			type 
																			of 
																			card 
																			you 
																			can 
																			get 
																			with 
																			them.  
																			Green, 
																			for 
																			example 
																			is 
																			good 
																			at 
																			tutoring 
																			for 
																			lands 
																			but 
																			not 
																			much 
																			else.  
																			The 
																			only 
																			card 
																			in 
																			your 
																			deck 
																			I 
																			see 
																			worth 
																			adding 
																			tutors 
																			for 
																			is 
																			Multani, 
																			Maro-Sorcerer, 
																			and 
																			I 
																			have 
																			just 
																			the 
																			tutor 
																			to 
																			search 
																			for 
																			it:
																			
																			Time 
																			of 
																			Need, 
																			which 
																			searches 
																			for 
																			a l 
 
																			
																			That 
																			should 
																			be 
																			plenty 
																			for 
																			you 
																			to 
																			think 
																			about, 
																			so 
																			I’ll 
																			wrap 
																			up 
																			here.  
																			I’ve 
																			listed 
																			a 
																			lot 
																			of 
																			cards 
																			for 
																			you 
																			to 
																			consider 
																			adding, 
																			but 
																			please 
																			realize 
																			I 
																			don’t 
																			mean 
																			you 
																			should 
																			add 
																			ALL 
																			of 
																			them, 
																			I’m 
																			just 
																			trying 
																			to 
																			provide 
																			options.  
																			You 
																			might 
																			find 
																			better 
																			cards 
																			that 
																			I’ve 
																			forgotten, 
																			and 
																			that’s 
																			okay 
																			too 
																			because 
																			it’s 
																			your 
																			deck 
																			and 
																			you 
																			have 
																			to 
																			play 
																			the 
																			cards 
																			you 
																			like.  
																			You 
																			can 
																			find 
																			plenty 
																			more 
																			options 
																			at 
																			gatherer.wizards.com, 
																			a 
																			comprehensive 
																			card 
																			database 
																			containing 
																			every 
																			Magic 
																			card 
																			ever 
																			printed, 
																			with 
																			a 
																			search 
																			function.  
																			Thanks 
																			again 
																			for 
																			letting 
																			me 
																			share 
																			in 
																			the 
																			fun 
																			of 
																			building 
																			your 
																			deck, 
																			good 
																			luck 
																			to 
																			you, 
																			and 
																			happy 
																			holidays.  
																			I’ll 
																			end 
																			by 
																			adding 
																			some 
																			comments 
																			to 
																			each 
																			card 
																			in 
																			the 
																			decklist 
																			you 
																			sent, 
																			just 
																			to 
																			make 
																			clear 
																			which 
																			cards 
																			would 
																			best 
																			be 
																			dropped. Overrun Deck: 
 Land: 11 forest 10 island 
 Creatures: 
 1x Muktani, Maro Sorcerer 3x Gaea's Skyfolk(good, hard to block, easy to pump up) 3x Glade Gnarr(could be good if you’ve got plenty of blue instants) 2x Penumbra Kavu(good) 3x Penumbra Bobcat(good) 1x Gorilla Titan(I guess if you can keep your graveyard empty, but there’s better cards) 1x Scaled Wurm(BIG, but not much else. Give him trample or flying and then we’ll talk) 1x Vizzerdrix(not worth the mana) 
 Pump Up Cards: 1x Yamimaya's Embrace(8 mana is a lot, but it’s worth it) 3x Monstrous Growth(see above) 1x Giant Growth(excellent) 2x Elephant Guide(good) 1x Shimmering Wings(I’m underwhelmed) 
 Life Gain Cards: 3x Blossoming Wreath(This is at odds with gorilla titan. It is very cheap though, so...) 1x Soul Net(not too bad, but life gain as a rule isn’t that great anyway) 1x Wooden Sphere(you want to get this deck to the point where it doesn’t need life gain) 
 Survival/Hold Off Cards: 
 1x Regeneration(meh) 1x Opt(nice) 2x Omen(nice) 1x Bamboozle(meh) 1x Tangle(this one’s pretty darn good, actually) 1x Boomerang(you definitely want more of these) 2x Fog(very nice) 1x Rhystic Deluge(rule of thumb: all the ‘rhystic’ cards are lousy. This one’s hardly an exception) 
 Main Focus Card: Library of Leng | |||
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