Modern Mondays: Naya Aggro

Ever since Wild Nacatl was unbanned in Modern, I've been considering building a Naya Aggro deck. Wild Nacatl and Kird Ape are big parts of this idea.

  

With all the cards available for this deck and the introduction of a couple more useful cards in M15, this deck should be very strong.

Naya (Red/Green/White) Aggro

Creatures x2 Loam Lion x4 Kird Ape x2 Vexing Devil x2 Sunblade Elf x4 Wild Nacatl x2 Burning-Tree Emissary x4 Ghor-Clan Rampager Land x4 Sacred Foundry x4 Stomping Ground x4 Temple Garden x2 Gavony Township x2 Plains x2 Mountain x2 Forest	Artifacts x1 Elixir of Immortality Other Spells x4 Path to Exile x4 Lightning Bolt x4 Giant Growth x3 Rancor x2 Titanic Growth x2 Lightning Helix
Sideboard x2 Leyline of Sanctity x2 Back to Nature x1 Aura Barbs x1 Creeping Corrosion x1 Kataki, War's Wage x1 Stony Silence x1 Pithing Needle x2 Nevermore x2 Torpor Orb x2 Tormod's Crypt

So the important players in this deck are Kird Ape and Wild Nacatl because of the boost they get from lands with the basic land types. I also threw in the new Sunblade Elf because of the same boost, but also because it can boost all of the creatures you control on the battlefield. Additionally, two Loam Lions are included as the color shifted version of Kird Ape. I also included Burning-Tree Emissary for ramp. Without card draw, I didn't want to combo off multiple Burning-Trees, so I limited it to two so that a Giant Growth and a Lightning Bolt or a couple creatures could be played. Ghor-Clan Rampager is also pretty useful because it can boost creatures when they are attacking. Vexing Devil is another creature I tossed in for either the body or the damage. Both are good, either way.

    

There are a few important spells included to help boost the creatures, like Giant Growth and Titanic Growth, and then we have burn spells like Lightning Bolt and Lightning Helix. Rancor is also around for creatures to punch through the defenses and Path to Exile is, of course, for removal. The land is pretty basic and self-explanatory, but included are a couple Gavony Townships to permanently boost the creatures. Additionally, included is a single Elixir of Immortality in order to recycle pump spells and any creatures that enter the graveyard.

    

Now the sideboard... Leyline of Sanctity is included for any direct burn spells, Aura Barbs and Back to Nature for Bogles, Creeping Corrosion, Kataki, War's Wage, and Stony Silence for Affinity, Torpor Orb, Nevermore, ad Pithing Needle to take care of particular spells, and Tormod's Crypt for anything dealing with graveyards.

    

This deck has relatively recent cards that can be obtained and if they were not printed in a Standard set, some of these were printed in supplemental sets. My initial idea for this deck came from looking at the Ajani vs. Nicol Bolas Duel Deck because Kird Ape, Loam Lion, and Wild Nacatl were all in Ajani's deck.