Im Desperately trying to make Aristocrats in standard right now and this is the closest i've gotten to with using Ravnica allegiance as the base of the deck (As this is my first Standard deck im making and i wanna use the latest set coming out so i can save money). So any recommendations would help as im not the best with mana bases in general.
HOW IT WORKS:
Tithe Taker, Seraph Of the Scales
Are used for their ability of Afterlife.
Tithe Taker -
Low CMC hate bear that deals with the common control matchups in standard and isnt that bad if it dies as you get a 1/1 spirit
Reassembling Skeleton -
As Judiths effect only activates when a nontoken creature dies then i added this low CMC recurring creature i can sac consistently and a decent mana sink when im flooded or topdecking for awnsers.
Judith, The Scourge Diva
Only Reason this deck has to be Mardu (I dont wanna use Abzan and Poison Tip as there are enough 4 drops)
+1/+0 on flying spirits doesnt sound too bad.
Is our aristocrat in this deck
If she gets flooded in our hand then because of the legend rule we are able to play the other one. It gets sacrificed and BOTH Judiths death triggers happen. meaning we will do 2 damage. Not too bad.
Teysa Karlov -
Double death triggers like afterlife and Judiths pings? Yes please.
Seraph Of the Scales -
Boss Creature that will leave 2 1/1 flying spirit tokens when it dies? Vigilance, Deathtouch, and Flying?
Yes Please.
Only problem is it dies to removal really easy and there are 2 really good exile effects (lava Coil and Vraskas Contempt) making it a little hard for me to want to put more ,but i dont mind it and if it would help the deck be a little better then i dont mind. (And the 3 toughness doesnt help it either)
(Instants)
Costy Plunder -
Good Sac outlet and gives this deck the needed card draw that it was missing.
(Removal)
Mortify OR Bedevil-
Mortify is alot easier to cast than Bedevil but Bedevil is way more relevant since it can deal with Teferi.
so i dont know which one to add 4 of
(Sorcery)
Consecrate//Consume -
Graveyard hate for the cards like the ones listed in Kaya's Description and adds a little bit more card draw in this deck. Also Removal for big creatures and annoying creatures like Vine Horse Mayor AND Carnage Tyrant.
Gruesome Menagerie
Late Game. 5 CMC. Bring back Firebrand, Fireblade Artist, and Judith.
Firebrand and fireblade can both attack. or if you chose priest of the forgotten gods. then you can easily just sac Judith and Firebrand. Judiths triggers will go off EVEN WHEN SHE DIES. and youll get value for it. just a really good card for doing up to 5 DAMAGE with. that can really end games.
(Maybe)
Kaya's Wrath -
Good Boardwipe that wouldnt hurt us too much if we have our afterlife creatures out
(Graveyard Hate)
Kaya, Orzhov Usurper -
Planeswalker which makes it hard to remove, messes up the Phoenix's, drakes, Jumpstart, and golgari.
Messes up a little bit of aggro. and maybe does a bit more dmg to maybe close out a game.
(Return from graveyard effect?)
Revival//Revenge -
Revival might be good? theres a lot of removal in the format so recursion isnt that bad imo if i lose any key pieces. Its low CMC and might synergy well with Afterlife?
Revenge Even if being really late in the game might do atleast 2 more points of dmg and bring me back (I doubt ill use revenge too much but i cant imagine it being too bad)
I feel like i can make this deck just a rakdos deck. but losing Tithe Taker will be kinda sad especially in this meta where its mostly just Draw Go Blue white decks. but if you really wanna go Rakdos. then just replace Mortify with more Bedevils. Tithe Taker with Orzhov Enforcer. Teysa And Seraph can be replaced with 1 more Fireblade Artist. and any amount of. Demon Catastrophe And Spawn of Mayhem.
