Mardu Expendables/Aristocrats

Modern* Aggro RBW (Mardu)

TranSpyre

Creature (25)

• 4x Bloodsoaked Champion
• 3x Cartel Aristocrat
• 4x Champion of the Parish
• 4x Doomed Traveler
• 3x Falkenrath Aristocrat
• 2x Grand Abolisher
• 1x Liliana, Heretical Healer  ^Flip
• 1x Tymaret, the Murder King
• 3x Zulaport Cutthroat

Land (21)

• 1x Arid Mesa
• 2x Blackcleave Cliffs
• 1x Blood Crypt
• 4x Bloodstained Mire
• 2x Godless Shrine
• 1x Isolated Chapel
• 1x Marsh Flats
• 1x Mountain
• 2x Plains
• 2x Sacred Foundry
• 2x Shambling Vent
• 1x Slayers' Stronghold
• 1x Swamp

Artifact (2)

• 2x Blade of the Bloodchief

Instant (10)

• 1x Kolaghan's Command
• 4x Lightning Bolt
• 4x Path to Exile
• 1x Rally the Ancestors

Sorcery (2)

• 2x Lingering Souls

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Sideboard

Creature (4)

• 2x Kataki, War's Wage
• 2x Mirran Crusader

Planeswalker (1)

• 1x Sorin, Solemn Visitor

Artifact (1)

• 1x Pithing Needle

Instant (7)

• 1x Extirpate
• 1x Kolaghan's Command
• 2x Rending Volley
• 1x Surgical Extraction
• 2x Zealous Persecution

Sorcery (2)

• 2x Molten Rain

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Maybeboard

Creature (2)

• 1x Abbot of Keral Keep
• 1x Truefire Paladin

Instant (1)

• 1x Terminate

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This is a variant of the Aristocrat deck first piloted in Innistrad standard. The deck relies on value creatures with recursion, as well as synergies between death and sacrifice. I call this version the Expendables because it's a lot more aggro than most Aristocrat builds, not relying on Blood Artist to finish games.

Every creature outside of Falkenrath Aristocrat is a human, which provides synergy with her sac effect. Each creature also provides value, whether with recursion/tokens (Doomed Traveler, Bloodsoaked Champion), damage potential (Cartel Aristocrat, Champion of the Parish, Zulaport Cutthroat), or control/protection (Grand Abolisher). Along with other value for cost spells such as Gideon, Ally of Zendikar (tokens or an irremovable anthem), Lingering Souls, Kolaghan's Command, as well as the ubiquitous Lightning Bolts and Path to Exiles, The deck has the potential to go wide before throwing down major threats that demand removal, and which have a decent chance at protecting themselves.

Date added	9 years
Last updated	9 years
Legality	This deck is Modern legal.
Rarity (main - side)	3 - 1 Mythic Rares 33 - 8 Rares 16 - 6 Uncommons 4 - 0 Commons
Cards	60
Avg. CMC	1.69
Tokens	Emblem Liliana, Defiant Necromancer, Emblem Sorin, Solemn Visitor, Spirit 1/1 W, Vampire 2/2 B, Zombie 2/2 B