Here’s a little something to do with your extra copies of Nykthos, Shrine to Nyx copies you have lying around:

 

 

Nykthos Green Modern Format Creatures: 23 4 Arbor Elf 4 Burning Tree Emissary 4 Eternal Witness 3 Birds of Paradise 3 Wistful Selkie 3 Primeval Titan 1 Joraga Treespeaker 1 Craterhoof Behemoth Sorceries: 6 2 Genesis Wave 4 Primal Command Planeswalkers: 4 4 Garruk Wildspeaker Enchantments: 6 2 Abundant Growth 4 Utopia Sprawl

Lands: 21 7 Forest 1 Temple Garden 2 Stomping Ground 4 Verdant Catacombs 2 Misty Rainforest 1 Kessig Wolf Run 4 Nykthos, Shrine to Nyx Sideboard 1 Stony Silence 1 Spellskite 1 Scavenging Ooze 1 Rest in Peace 2 Ghost Quarter 2 Fracturing Gust 1 Dismember 2 Courser of Kruphix 1 Combust 1 Ancient Grudge 1 Beast Within 1 Obstinate Baloth

 

The original list ran 1 x Grafdigger’s Cage, but I opted to run 1 x Beast Within instead (also cage stops your Genesis Wave from putting creatures into play). I also cut a Stony Silence in favor of an Obstinate Baloth. I find it is a rather decent surprise card against non-targeted discard (Liliana of the Veil) as well as being a nice pocket of life for when you are not being the aggressor.

 

You also get to cast this sweet card. It still looks awesome despite being about 10 + years old.

The deck can have some absurd sequences, such as:

 

Turn 1 : Forest (or Stomping Ground or Temple Garden) into Utopia Sprawl

Turn 2: Burning-Tree Emissary, Burning-Tree Emissary, play Nykthos, tap for 5 green mana. Cast Garruk Wildspeaker, untap Nykthos and Utopia Sprawl land, tap Nykthos for 7 (plus the one mana you still have leftover) to cast Primeval Titan or Primal Command (putting one of their lands back on top and getting Eternal Witness maybe?)

Turn 3: Opponent is completely disgusted and is unsure that this even actually turn 3.

Some cards like Wistful Selkie can be Boggart Ram-Gang or Leatherback Baloth if you’re feeling slightly more aggressive, but I prefer the cantrip and they both pretty much contribute the same towards devotion. Having only run the deck once, I can’t really say that Selkie is the right card here. I also adore Eternal Witness in this particular deck since it does a lot for it. It can even do ‘unimpressive’ things like grab back a fetchland if you haven’t accelerated at all, so that you can cast your turn 4 Garruk Wildspeaker. The deck also features another card that’s been slightly underplayed in Modern thus far:

Remember this guy ?

Playing Nykthos Green will oftentimes feel like you are playing a game of Commander (minus Primeval Titan, since he’s banned). It’s actually one of the more reasonably priced Modern decks out there ( you don’t ‘have’ to run the fetches) and its cost to fun ratio is pretty great. Give it a try, you won’t regret it.

Warning:  Casting Primal Command versus mill decks might cause opponents to rage quit.