Budget Commander Challenge Week 1|Krav & Regna

Commander / EDH VampDemigod

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And...Release! —Oct. 18, 2020

Here we have it. My final version of this deck.

Shoutout to griffstick for submitting these commanders!

Shoutouts to griffstick and Destroyerbirb for their card suggestion!

Remember, you can suggest commanders for future weeks in the comments, as well as telling me what you think!

I’ve already started work on next week’s deck, BCC Week 2 | Slimefoot the Stowaway! Please check it out!

VampDemigod says... #1

Commanders submitted by: griffstick

October 14, 2020 5:01 p.m.

griffstick says... #2

You can make the deck a lot cheaper if you change tha basics to a non full art basic

October 14, 2020 5:05 p.m.

VampDemigod says... #3

griffstick I found out today, TappedOut does not include the cost of basic lands in deck cost. This is how much it cost before adding basic lands, to the cent.

October 14, 2020 5:10 p.m.

griffstick says... #4

Really lol I did not know that. I dont like Knight of the Last Breath. You've got to cut this for something else. I was thinking Angel of Vitality

October 14, 2020 5:13 p.m.

VampDemigod says... #5

Fair. I put it in mostly because of the Afterlife 3. I’ll probably have to cut the temple for something, to keep within the budget. Probably, that’s the best thing I can do.

October 14, 2020 8:10 p.m.

VampDemigod says... #6

Ok, deck has been updated.

Temple of Silence was swapped out for Orzhov Basilica, Knight of the Last Breath was replaced with Angel of Vitality

October 14, 2020 8:36 p.m.

griffstick says... #7

Oh what about Glory!

October 14, 2020 9:27 p.m.

VampDemigod says... #8

griffstick looks fun, the $1.99 cost looks pretty high for an effect that I’m not sure would give a significant advantage to the deck. It’s definitely good, and I’ll put it in either the maybeboard or make a section in the description for upgrades.

October 14, 2020 9:40 p.m.

griffstick says... #9

What about Reverent Hoplite and/or Evangel of Heliod? Do you think that they deserve a spot?

I'm also thinking Undying Evil and/or Supernatural Stamina would be fun includes

October 14, 2020 10:01 p.m.

VampDemigod says... #10

I do like those. I’ll put them in the maybeboard for now, will revisit them tomorrow.

October 14, 2020 10:10 p.m.

Destroyerbirb says... #11

VampDemigod I love the inclusion of my pet card, Corrupted Grafstone.

Here are my suggestions:

Sacrifice Outlets: Your deck is low on free sacrifice outlets. Carrion Feeder gets big fast, Viscera Seer is card advantage/selection, and Altar of Dementia is a great budget card, and can even be played in higher power games. I will go into deeper analysis below for Priest of Forgotten Gods.

Card Draw/Advantage/Selection: Another thing your deck needs is MORE card advantage. Get ready for a LONG list. Viscera Seer was mentioned above, Midnight Reaper and Dark Prophecy will draw you a heap of cards, and so will Grim Haruspex. Woe Strider is another Viscera Seer with a body. Priest of Forgotten Gods is a sac outlet, card draw, life drain and ramp in ONE CARD!

Dead Triggers: Last section! Just extra things that trigger when others die. Pawn of Ulamog should be an auto-include in all aristocrats decks. Syr Konrad, the Grim and Vindictive Vampire are all draining cards, and Ayara, First of Locthwain is drain, draw and sac.

I'll let you decide what you want to take out.

+3 from me. (Well, I'm told I can't do three, so 1 will have to do.)

(That took a long time to write, I hope you enjoy it! These were all budget cards, otherwise )

October 15, 2020 4:52 a.m.

VampDemigod says... #12

Thanks a lot Destroyerbirb! I’ll have to mess around with those but I’ll probably end up including a lot of them!

Two notes: 1. I intentionally made this deck sac-light as I’m trying to sacrifice most creatures to Krav. I’ll still probably add a few more outlets, but the outlets I have other than Krav are mostly included because they can be used to trigger Regna every turn to build up the army of tokens that will inevitably get sacced, again, probably most going to Krav. 2. Because my main method of fodder creation (Regna) creates white tokens, I’m hesitant to play Ayara, especially because she costs $2.49, which is nothing to sneeze at.

Other than that, these are probably all going into the maybeboard, and probably into the maindeck if I can work out cuts.

October 15, 2020 7:19 a.m.

VampDemigod says... #13

Oh, one other thing I just noticed, the haruspex and the reaper both require the creature to be nontoken. Because of both that, and their price above $1, I’m hesitant to add them. I can understand adding them in most other Aristocrats decks, but this one is specifically built around breaking a token generator.

I do not deny that they’re good cards. I just feel that their nontoken requirement does not make them worth the money one would pay for them. If you build this deck and want to include them, I wouldn’t discourage it, but I personally will probably not include them.

October 15, 2020 7:26 a.m.

VampDemigod says... #14

Btw, I will not be updating this deck’s mainboard after Sunday, though I will still put suggestions in the maybeboard.

October 15, 2020 11:07 a.m.

VampDemigod says... #15

I am hesitantly taking out Trading Post for Midnight Reaper. I feel that using my spare 20 cents on the Reaper is a good choice. I may end up switching them back if changes in card pricing cause me to go overbudget.

Admittedly, this post is as much for my reference as yours.

October 15, 2020 1:06 p.m.

griffstick says... #16

Last suggestion. Requiem Angel

October 15, 2020 4:02 p.m.

griffstick says... #17

October 15, 2020 9:32 p.m.

VampDemigod says... #18

So much for “last suggestion” XD

I’ll add it to maybeboard, not sure if it fits my idea for this deck, but I’m definitely putting it in the Evra deck I’m making for a friend.

October 17, 2020 11:44 a.m.