You didn’t read patch notes, did you? 
Both cards cost 3 mana since 1.96.
So you can do Makantor + Verdant.
The mana cost change was important, otherwise the card was just too expensive.
If you don’t play the Beastlands the turn before but on the same turn for 8 mana Verdant gives you 1 more tile.
A naked Beastlands is really slow. It is almost like Shadow Nova.
Badabump-tshh
Been testing a lot of decks (mainly Lyonar), nothing much yet that would hit the soft spot between memery and playability. I feel like I’ve become a bit pickier about the decks I post over the years… 
That is the ultimate struggle. How do I shtpost… but be good at shtposting? Almost an oxymoron.
On a more serious note, there’s nothing inconsistent about wanting your memes be playable. Dat Dank Hart Gargantuan Growth deck may look fun on paper, but no one’s going to stay sane playing that thing all day long against whatever “cancer of the month happens” to be popular in the rank you’re at. If you take a look at my decks, I always include a winrate which tends to be 60+ % for the decks I put more effort into (mostly in Silver/Gold so they’re obviously not tier 1-2 material, but this easily achieves my goal of the decks being useable not just on paper).
Tldr: I like to build fun, original decks and actually ladder with them with a convenient enough winrate.
That about sums it up for me dude. I don’t wanna suffer the grind, just make some hotness.
Heal Strategos
Here’s a derpy deck I’ve had a fine amount of success with lately. Basically it’s a version of Strategos suited for Ziran, maximizing the heal synergies memery while still being able to get Strategos out most of the games. Lancer and Sunriser give enough juice for heal payoffs, which come from the obvious sources of Herald, Sunrise Cleric and Trinity Oath, as well as Araras Prophet which finally has a (somewhat) reasonable argument for her inclusion in a deck. Plumes can be really terrifying for example with Sunriser + bbs + Plume on 5 mana what do you mean you never get those Plumes out, just draw better smh Since most games end with Strategos, all that extra healing doesn’t hurt to have against the more aggressive decks.
Jax Truesight, Zyx and Dreamgazer are the usual Strategos inclusions (and Gazer hurts us as well) Impervious Giago doubles as a small proc for the trial, great heal target and generally just a big boi which people don’t usually expect or reserve removal for. Decorated Enlistee on the other hand is really just there for the lolz, and to confuse people who don’t realize what his effect does.
Wr was 11-4 (73 %) in Diamond/Gold.
Oh, and one important thing considering this deck is that post-trial, when you’re standing with a damaged Ziran on a heal tile, the promotion happens before the heal effect procs. So for example if you play Lancer you won’t get an attack boost at the end of turn, but if it promotes to a Sunriser or Sterope their effects will trigger from the tile.
i absolutely love discoverable interactions. thanks for the enlightenment. also, was shroud VERY important or more of a flex pick?
It’s pretty good in general in Strategos, but could be swapped for Lightbender or Martyrdom I guess
Personally I’d ditch Zyx for Sarlac and utilize better removal other than Shroud ie LBD you mentioned, or even Sun Bloom. Hell, no one plays around Sun Bloom. Not a single soul I have met at least.
True, so many options. I actually only realized about Sarlac after facing a Strategos opponent using him hehe
The 3 mana slot is very crowded though and Sarlac doesn’t add any power to the deck.
Yep, in this case it also doesn’t benefit the heal synergies.
Yeah no healing synergies for sure. Sarlac also makes it very Xor’Xuul like, more depending on the highroll.
Calcaros
Sometimes I get so weird ideas that I surprise even myself. Ever realized that our good ol’ big boi Calculator counts for Strategos trial? Say no more. We bring our smol bois Slo & Sol, plus Rawr, Mantella and Fighting Spirit for fetching pets for just enough amount of Calculator boosts. Thanks to Oni, Fog and Slo, Rawr and Mantella have a 1/3 chance and Fighting Spirit has a 3/8 chance of benefitting the trial as well (Rawr ofc having a chance for multiple procs)! Hence, we are usually able to bring out Strategos around 7 mana while having a decent chance for early Calc highrolls too.
The gameplan is mainly just alternating between the two general themes: either go out with a big Calculator play early on, or stall with Zyx, Slo, Sarlac etc. going for Strategos. Usually our Calculators are not enough by themselves to win, but they do give a lot more breathing room while we build up for the trial and can make the opponent run out of removal early on. The deck is pretty heavy on draw, so on hindsight Sojourner could be switched for Cleric, Puppydragon, Auroara or Fiz depending on your preference.
Wr was 12-8 (60 %) in Gold/Silver this season and Diamond last season.
I… must… craft… this !
I haven’t a single Calculator and this deck might finally convince me.
Hehe, if you craft Calc & Rawr then I have tons of previous lists you can try out as well 
Btw does anyone have an idea why Fighting Spirit is an epic instead of rare? Makes absolutely no sense to me 
Are there any rules defining the rarity of a card?