Working on the first draft of a Grismold, the Dreadsower group thug type deck. Mid-tier power level. Gardening/Farming/Plant subtheme. The goal is to give my opponents a bunch of tokens and the wipe boards with Massacre Wurm for massive life loss and a bunch of counters on Ol' Gris. Back up win cons include Scapeshift and Titania, Protector of Argoth and/or Worm Harvest. That said, come tiptoe through my decklist:

Head Gardener
Grismold, the Dreadsower

Creatures
Birds of Paradise
Elvish Mystic
Llanowar Elves
Fyndhorn Elves
Elvish Reclaimer
Elves of Deep Shadow
Loaming Shaman
Skullwinder
Plague Engineer
Ramunap Excavator
Thallid Soothsayer
Mycoloth
Titania, Protector of Argoth
Creakwood Liege
Clackbridge Troll
Syr Konrad, the Grim
Massacre Girl
Massacre Wurm
Hogaak, Arisen Necropolis
Avenger of Zendikar


Enchantments
Exploration
Burgeoning
Illness in the Ranks
Earthcraft
Dark Privilege
Cryptolith Rite
Song of Freyalise
Rites of Flourishing
Heartbeat of Spring
Primal Vigor
Seed the Land
Dictate of Karametra
Sylvan Library
Asceticism

Artifacts
Zuran Orb
Engineered Explosives
Dowsing Dagger
Akroma's Memorial
Genesis Chamber
Skullclamp
Crucible of Worlds
Swiftfoot Boots
Lightning Greaves
Phyrexian Altar
Helm of the Host

Instant
Crop Rotation
Assassin's Trophy
Golgari Charm
Krosan Grip
Harrow

Sorceries
Parallel Evolution
Worm Harvest
Fungal Sprouting
Scheming Symmetry
Diabolic Intent
New Frontiers
Toxic Deluge
Life From the Loam
Mulch
Cultivate
Kodama's Reach
Scapeshift

Lands
Bayou
Overgrown Tomb
Nurturing Peatland
Woodland Cemetery
Khalni Garden
Verdant Catacombs
Polluted Delta
Prismatic Vista
Marsh Flats
Misty Rainforest
Bloodstained Mire
Wooded Foothills
Windswept Heath
Forbidden Orchard
Tranquil Thicket
Barren Moor
Ash Barrens
Phyrexian Tower
Gaea's Cradle
Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth
Rogue's Passage
Field of the Dead
Field of Ruin
Bojuka Bog
Grim Backwoods
3 Forest
3 Snow-Covered Forest
3Swamp
1 Snow-Covered Swamp

Open to suggestions!

i know you didnt do the lands yet, but khalni garden seems like an auto include, also mycoloth, love that guy in so many decks, and he seems perfect here too.

I'm blanking of farm themed cards, but I feel like I'd want some extra protection for Grismold, and maybe and extra buff or two for my own tokens (Beastmaster Ascension is usually good).

If you've got Scapeshift in as an alt-win, you might throw in Field of the Dead too.

Good calls. I need to update the decklist, as what I built looks pretty different. I already run Asceticism, but I'll also add either Dark Privilege or Touch of Doom as added protection for Grismold.

ooh, bonus points for making Dark Privlidge actually useful

Thanks! The art on Dark Privilege is too good to not use. I mean, the Creature from the Black Lagoon wearing a tentacle wig AND holding a pimp chalice? What's not to love?

A couple of updates:

-Vernal Bloom
-Greenwarden of Murasa

+Engineered Explosives
+Helm of the Host

Greenwarden may end up getting swapped back in for Creakwood Ghoul, we'll have to see which effect I want more. In the couple of games I've gotten to play with Grismold, I have found that my opponents quickly become reluctant to let their tokens die. Engineered Explosives will help with that. Helm of the Host was put in to help create more plants. Why settle for one troll gardener when I can make more?

"Why should I settle for one troll when I can make more?" - reddit's new byline

Hogaak will probably get the boot in favor of this beauty!

Big changes to the deck since I last posted.

- Elvish Farmer
- Liege of the Hollows
- Creakwood Ghoul
- Creeper Hulk
- Greener Pastures

+ Plague Engineer
+ Clackbridge Troll
+ Syr Konrad, the Grim
+ Illness in the Ranks
+ Birds of Paradise

You could use Virulent Plague as redundancy for Illness in the Ranks... or in case you're against a deck with a lot of anthem effects.