4-1 Games Day. Mardu Aristocrats Sacrifice. (Standard MTG Deck)

4-1 Games Day. Mardu Aristocrats Sacrifice.

Standard Aggro Competitive Midrange RBW (Mardu) Reanimator

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Creature (23)

Planeswalker (2)

2x Sorin, Solemn Visitor

Land (23)

Instant (6)

Sorcery (6)

Sideboard

Creature (2)

2x Hidden Dragonslayer

Instant (4)

Sorcery (9)

EVERY MOVE YOU MAKE, EVERY STEP YOU TAKE, EVERY SAC YOU MAKE, THEY BE HURTIN MAD.

enter image description here This is your opponent. Make him suffer.

Creatures

Butcher of the Horde is the Beast and the Ultimate Sac outlet for your deck. Feed him right and you'll see your opponent sighing across the board.

Nantuko Husk provides you with so much value when sacing your own creature, you can practically swing in and sac as accordingly. We all know how much of a bad ass this guy is when played correctly.

Bloodsoaked Champion lives to die. This guy right here is you recyclable sac target. Every time you swing with an attack, you can buy him back with just . When you have enough mana on your board, you can bring him back consistently on the stack and sacing him again and again for both Butcher of the Horde and Nantuko Husk. There are cases where you can litterally sac bloodsoaked for 4-5 times and have a oversized Nantuko Husk. Beyond the exceptional sacing ability, Bloadsoaked Champion is a turn 2 beater and being able to bring itself back provide constant pressure on the enemy board. This guy just does everything we want from a aristocrat deck.IMMORTALITY!

Zulaport Cutthroat. This guy makes removal terrible for your opponent, and makes your sacing insane. Remember when you can effectively sac your Bloodsoaked Champion 4-5 times? Well, this guy right here just gives you 5 life and made the other your opponent slam his palm on his/her face after losing 5 life. This guy practically hurts your opponent just by sitting here while you do your stuff. Nantuko Husk, Butcher of the Horde, Altar's Reap and Bone Splinters provides so much value if you have Zulaport Cutthroat on the board. This is literally hurting em for every move you make.

Hangarback Walker is the embodiment of value. Replace this over carrier thrall simply base on the fact you get a lot more value over time. The 1/1 flyers works wonder and really well with Kolaghan, the Storm's Fury. You can sac the token more effectively with Hangarback Walker and this capitalize on Zulaport Cuthroat effectiveness. play test has shown that I could deal 15 life loss with 2 Zulaport Cuthroat and Nantuko Husk on the board with a Hangarback Walker with 5 counters on it.

Vile Aggregate is pretty peculiar. Yes, the deck can flood the board with good amount of creatures and yes it does work pretty well with Vile Aggregate ability. But really, 3 mana, 5 toughness. It stops a god damn Siege Rhino or a Tasigur, the Golden Fang. The trample is super relevant when trying to squeeze in damage and this card serves as a alternate play when you can't find Butcher of the Horde or Nantuko Husk.

Wingmate Roc is your one-off beater. I would had preferred at least 2 of this flying crazies, but I'm not willing to skim on land nor the rest of the spells. So far, 1 is enough.

Kolaghan, the Storm's Fury is your second 5 mana beater. Was considering adding a second Wingmate Roc but felt this card might do better. It gives my creature on my board a huge amount of boost and with the 1/1 thopters, this card shines really well.

Planeswalker

Sorin, Solemn Visitor is the only Planeswalker we are playing. The lifelink capability allows you to avoid sacing creature with Butcher of the Horde and -2 simply give you a good flying creature, both for offensive and defensive usage with the fact you can sac it too. But without a doubt, Sorin, Solemn Visitor is a solid card and can provide you with insane life gain if protected well.

Instant and Sorcery

If you are playing Mardu colors, Crackling Doom is one of the best removal in game. As this deck has a great many low powered creatures, it will be hard trying to run larger creatures over. Crackling Doom Deals with whatever we can't deal with such as Siege Rhino or Ojutai Dragonlord or generally anything too large for Butcher of the Horde to fly through.

Dragon Fodder is your first token generator early on. Well this might not provide immediate sac capabilities early until you draw Butcher of the Horde or Nantuko Husk, it does provide an direct outlet to sac for Altar's Reap and Bone Splinters. Not only that, it does prove to be a quite a strong offensive card on turn 2 to a turn 3 beater.

Secure the Wastes. Both a token generator and possible finisher. Pretty sure Elspeth, Sun's Champion 1/1 soldier were a nightmare to many decks in the previous standard. This card revisit that moment where your board is filled with 1/1 and you laugh manically at your opponent. Of course, sac for value without doubt.

Bone Splinters is the best kind of removal in such a deck. Sacing a cheap creature and blowing up their big ass creature? Sign me up. This card is better than Murderous Cut mostly base on the low mana cost and that it can be played as a four-of due to the nature of this deck.

Kolaghan's Command Need that Butcher of the Horde that your opponent killed? Well, have it back and watch your foes grimace as they sulk in their sorrow of wasting their removal. The rest of the ability is simply icing on the cake and subjective to how you would want to use them.

Sideboard Tech

Despise provides you the most direct way of removing something you don't want to see. A Siege Rhino in the hand, how bout no? Going against Atarka Red? Lets pick off their Monastery Swiftspear.

Duress, solution to counter spells and annoying boardwipe. This card must be boarded in against control.

End Hostilities. You must be thinking, why the hell a boardwipe in this deck? Why, when shit goes down like a Gaea's Revenge or a Dragonlord Atarka you'd hope you see this card. Furthermore, it ain't all bad. Wipe your board full of creatures with Zulaport Cutthroat, hey, value enough I suppose.

Hidden Dragonslayer. A versatile creature replacement that kills off big creature. I find that the meta leans towards bigger creatures these days and this card does serve some usage with pretty decent upside.

Kolaghan's Command more Butcher of the Horde for you, sir?

Self-Inflicted Wound Color hate at it's best. Seeing people spamming Siege Rhino and Mantis Rider makes this card valuable as hell.

Utter End Absolutely want that card gone, this guy is your utter and only answer, I suppose.

Valorous Stance Protects and blows up shit you can't kill. All round effective against heavy removal decks or large creature decks. God damn rhinos.

STRATEGY PEOPLE, STRATEGY. Show

Your hands

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At least 2 land, no question asked, 1 land, Mulligan straight out. You'll best find a decent hand with 1 black source and 1 red source. This gives you access to early plays such as Dragon Fodder and Bloodsoaked Champion. Don't keep your hands if there isn't a turn 3 play too.

Start up

Try your best to pop out Bloodsoaked Champion as early as possible. This creates a turn 2 beater and forces the tempo to your end, if not , there are plenty of other cards to play at turn 2.

Be sure to get a few hits in as early as possible unless you have to block against aggro deck. Remember, Bloodsoaked Champion can't block, you'll need to be careful how you wannna decide your plays and make sure you get that 2 damage in as many times as possible.

Recurring

I think I've mention more than enough. but Bloodsoaked Champion is your best friend in a great many situation. It is extremely sac-able and you must always remember to ensure you have a way to bring him back. You could sac him to Butcher of the Horde and bring him back to get sacced again or cast a Bone Splinters to clear up the board for your Butcher of the Horde. With Nantuko Husk with enough mana, you can wreck for a good 10/10.

Board Presence

Land your Zulaport Cutthroat as a secondary priority after Bloodsoaked Champion. Simply because all interaction is heavily reliant on sacing your creature. Zulaport Cutthroat ensure every move you make is beneficial to you while being detrimental to your opponent. Possibly if not dealt with, Zulaport Cutthroat can provide you with 5-6 life gains and forcing your opponents to lose 5-6 life. Imagine if you had 2 on the board. Marvellous.

Life-Gain

Seeing the Atarka Red is insanely popular for bloody reason we all know why, life-gain is one the utmost importance in this deck. Butcher of the Horde is a possible 5 damage life-linker while Zulaport Cutthroat does what it does best, sit around and make life hard for everyone else but you. Sorin, Solemn Visitor is insanely useful just with Butcher of the Horde but even so with a bunch of low cost creature or token on board. This lets you fight a war of attrition with more mid-range decks and avoid getting kick in the ass by more aggressive decks. Against control, you might find yourself standing with a decent amount of life to sway tempo towards you later in the game as things drags out.

Blow their stuff up ASAP

Bone Splinters kill most things, and don't be afraid to kill off their creatures if you believe you and aim for lethal in the nearing turns. By the deck curve, you sit pretty decently to close the game early, and you could go ahead and clear out potential blockers and swing in hard with Nantuko Husk or Butcher of the Horde. Never ever let your opponent established a strong board presence, blow up their mana ramp especially against ramp decks. Kill off major threats like Siege Rhino or a cards that may be a future nuisance like Monastery Swiftspear and jace, vryn prodigy.

Saccing is really your best friend. enter image description here Of course don't sac everything for fun. The deck relies on sacing and given the right situation, can bleed out your opponents almostly instantly. Recurring 5 Bloodsoaked Champion with Zulaport Cutthoart and then swing for a 10/10 Nantuko Husk is hell of a beauty. Just imagine all possible combinations. Be it with Butcher of the Horde, this deck is pretty flexible and making sure your opponent tempo get drag around while you chip them off.

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Making some changes. — Oct. 25, 2015

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Took out Hordeling Outburst x2, Altar's Reap x2 and Carrier Thrall x3 Put in Hangarback Walker x4, Kolaghan, the Storm's Fury x1 and Secure the Wastes x1 Hangarback Walker pretty much is what you want for value and sacing and Kolaghan, the Storm's Fury is ideal as a finisher and helping the rest of the cards on board dish out more damage. Secure the Wastes for instant token and times where you have more mana then you need.

Games Day Result — Oct. 24, 2015

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Date added	9 years
Last updated	9 years
Legality	This deck is not Standard legal.
Rarity (main - side)	3 - 0 Mythic Rares 31 - 5 Rares 10 - 7 Uncommons 9 - 3 Commons
Cards	60
Avg. CMC	2.30
Tokens	Bird 3/4 W, Emblem Sorin, Solemn Visitor, Goblin 1/1 R, Morph 2/2 C, Thopter 1/1 C, Vampire 2/2 B, Warrior 1/1 W
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