Budget Cutthroat

Commander / EDH* Burn Discard Stax UB (Dimir)

Futuremonk

Land (38)

• 1x Barren Moor
• 1x Bojuka Bog
• 1x Choked Estuary
• 1x Desert of the Glorified
• 1x Desert of the Mindful
• 1x Dimir Aqueduct
• 1x Endless Sands
• 1x Evolving Wilds
• 1x Fetid Pools
• 1x Geier Reach Sanitarium
• 1x Halimar Depths
• 5x Island
• 1x Isolated Watchtower
• 1x Lonely Sandbar
• 1x Memorial to Folly
• 1x Mortuary Mire
• 1x Mystifying Maze
• 1x Polluted Mire
• 1x Remote Isle
• 1x River of Tears
• 1x Scavenger Grounds
• 10x Swamp
• 1x Tectonic Edge
• 1x Terramorphic Expanse
• 1x Warped Landscape

Instant (8)

• 1x AEtherize
• 1x Aetherspouts
• 1x Counterspell
• 1x Needlebite Trap
• 1x Skeletal Scrying
• 1x Soul Manipulation
• 1x Suffer the Past
• 1x Torment of Venom

Creature (20)

• 1x Archaeomancer
• 1x Asylum Visitor
• 1x Burnished Hart
• 1x Dinrova Horror
• 1x Dreamscape Artist
• 1x Entomber Exarch
• 1x Fell Specter
• 1x Fleshbag Marauder
• 1x Gray Merchant of Asphodel
• 1x Hollowborn Barghest
• 1x Lore Broker
• 1x Necroplasm
• 1x Plaguecrafter
• 1x Possessed Skaab
• 1x Psychic Symbiont
• 1x Ravenous Chupacabra
• 1x Scythe Specter
• 1x Urborg Syphon-Mage
• 1x Urgoros, the Empty One
• 1x Vampire Sovereign

Enchantment (10)

• 1x Breathstealer's Crypt
• 1x Creeping Dread
• 1x Quest for the Nihil Stone
• 1x Raiders' Wake
• 1x Shrieking Affliction
• 1x Soul Ransom
• 1x Tainted Remedy
• 1x The Eldest Reborn
• 1x Torment of Scarabs
• 1x Trespasser's Curse

Commander (1)

Sorcery (16)

• 1x Absorb Vis
• 1x Consult the Necrosages
• 1x Dark Deal
• 1x Deadly Tempest
• 1x Death Cloud
• 1x Diabolic Tutor
• 1x Discovery / Dispersal
• 1x Fraying Omnipotence
• 1x Mnemonic Betrayal
• 1x Pox
• 1x Profane Command
• 1x Remorseless Punishment
• 1x Stir the Grave
• 1x Strongarm Tactics
• 1x Syphon Mind
• 1x Urza's Guilt

Artifact (7)

• 1x Blood Clock
• 1x Dimir Signet
• 1x Elixir of Immortality
• 1x Geth's Grimoire
• 1x Mycosynth Wellspring
• 1x Umbilicus
• 1x Wayfarer's Bauble

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Sygg, River Cutthroat is a two-CMC commander with built-in card draw! And he's fairly cheap.

So this is a budget deck built around trying to maximize Sygg's value. Whenever an opponent loses 3 or more life in a turn, Sygg lets you draw a card. The best way to reliably do that in Dimir, I discovered, is with effects that punish your opponents for discarding and for having no cards in hand, such as Breathstealer's Crypt .

I think I pulled off an effective, budget-friendly build. The problem is that next to having their lands destroyed, people probably hate having to discard their cards more than almost anything else in Magic. So this is a deck for budget players who either have a playgroup where that sort of thing is fair game, or for budget players who want a deck to pull out for, well, sweet, sweet vengeance.

So if you fit that description, this deck is for you! Otherwise, probably best to find a deck that is a bit friendlier.

Suggestions welcome!

Date added	5 years
Last updated	5 years
Legality	This deck is Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	1 - 0 Mythic Rares 27 - 0 Rares 34 - 0 Uncommons 23 - 0 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	3.44