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Commander / EDH Aristocrats BG (Golgari)

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Target (27)

• 1x Acidic Slime
• 1x Awakening Zone
• 1x Caustic Caterpillar
• 1x Diligent Farmhand
• 1x Disciple of Bolas
• 1x Eternal Witness
• 1x Farhaven Elf
• 1x Fleshbag Marauder
• 1x Kokusho, the Evening Star
• 1x Merciless Executioner
• 1x Noxious Gearhulk
• 1x Phyrexian Delver
• 1x Plaguecrafter
• 1x Ravenous Chupacabra
• 1x Reclamation Sage
• 1x Sakura-Tribe Elder
• 1x Sidisi, Undead Vizier
• 1x Solemn Simulacrum
• 1x Spore Frog
• 1x Thragtusk
• 1x Treasure Keeper
• 1x Tukatongue Thallid
• 1x Veteran Explorer
• 1x Vindictive Lich
• 1x Viridian Emissary
• 1x Wall of Blossoms
• 1x Wurmcoil Engine

Reanimation (5)

• 1x Hell's Caretaker
• 1x Journey to Eternity  ^Flip
• 1x Living Death
• 1x Phyrexian Delver
• 1x Phyrexian Delver

Outlet (20)

• 1x Attrition
• 1x Birthing Pod
• 1x Diabolic Intent
• 1x Disciple of Bolas
• 1x Fleshbag Marauder
• 1x Hell's Caretaker
• 1x Jarad, Golgari Lich Lord
• 1x Killing Wave
• 1x Merciless Executioner
• 1x Perilous Forays
• 1x Priest of Forgotten Gods
• 1x Quagmire Druid
• 1x Razaketh, the Foulblooded
• 1x Sadistic Hypnotist
• 1x Sidisi, Undead Vizier
• 1x Thoughtpicker Witch
• 1x Viscera Seer
• 1x Vraska, Golgari Queen
• 1x Westvale Abbey  ^Flip
• 1x Yahenni, Undying Partisan

Passive (8)

• 1x Blood Artist
• 1x Deathreap Ritual
• 1x Dictate of Erebos
• 1x Lifecrafter's Bestiary
• 1x Savra, Queen of the Golgari
• 1x Shadows of the Past
• 1x Skullclamp
• 1x Zulaport Cutthroat

Rock (4)

• 1x Birds of Paradise
• 1x Commander's Sphere
• 1x Golgari Signet
• 1x Sol Ring

Commander (1)

Land (34)

• 1x Command Tower
• 1x Evolving Wilds
• 11x Forest
• 1x Golgari Rot Farm
• 1x Grim Backwoods
• 1x Jungle Hollow
• 1x Overgrown Tomb
• 12x Swamp
• 1x Tainted Wood
• 1x Temple of Malady
• 1x Temple of the False God
• 1x Terramorphic Expanse
• 1x Woodland Cemetery

Value (7)

• 1x Buried Alive
• 1x Entomb
• 1x Fauna Shaman
• 1x Grim Flayer
• 1x Phyrexian Arena
• 1x Swiftfoot Boots
• 1x Vampiric Tutor

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Sideboard

Other (4)

• 1x Hope of Ghirapur
• 1x Mindslicer
• 1x Phyrexian Revoker
• 1x Riftsweeper

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Maybeboard

Other (2)

• 1x Dread Summons
• 1x Song of the Dryads

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Meren’s Tavern: Diggin’ and Robbin’- Overview

This deck is truly unique. Toeing the line between tier 1 and still fun to play, between casual and competitive, it's something I'm really happy to bring to the table. Pun fully intended.

Goal of the Deck

In theory, the goal of this deck is to overwhelmingly value your opponents out of the game. How? Glad you probably didn't ask! As with most aristocrat decks, my goal is for each of my creatures to be a number of different spells, somewhere between two and, ideally, four or more. 'And how does one do that?', you once again didn't ask. Well, the goal is to be 'casting' one spell when the creature enters the battlefield or dies, to be 'casting' another when you sacrifice the creature, and at least one more whenever one of your creatures dies.

Sac Targets: The Engine's Fuel

The sac targets in this deck could be vaguely cut into a few different packages:

Ramp: Diligent Farmhand , Farhaven Elf , Sakura-Tribe Elder , Solemn Simulacrum , Veteran Explorer , Viridian Emissary . Now Veteran Explorer seems an odd choice but it's actually pretty great. Not only does it ramp, and BOY does it ramp, it also bolsters alliances with other players.

Creature Removal: Fleshbag Marauder , Merciless Executioner , Noxious Gearhulk , Plaguecrafter , Ravenous Chupacabra , and Vindictive Lich . This deck can often win by just locking creatures out of the game, permanently stopping opponents from having any thanks to Fleshbag Marauder s and Merciless Executioner s combined with Dictate of Erebos effects.

Noncreature Removal: Acidic Slime , Caustic Caterpillar , and Reclamation Sage .

Card Advantage: Disciple of Bolas , Eternal Witness , Sidisi, Undead Vizier , Treasure Keeper , and Wall of Blossoms .

Tokens: Avenger of Zendikar , Blisterpod , Grave Titan , Thragtusk , Tukatongue Thallid , and Wurmcoil Engine .

Wincons: Kokusho, the Evening Star , Spore Frog .

Cards to Get

Attrition ,

Birds of Paradise ,

Birthing Pod ,

Buried Alive ,

Diabolic Intent ,

Diligent Farmhand ,

Disciple of Bolas ,

Entomb ,

Eternal Witness ,

Fauna Shaman ,

Grim Flayer ,

Jarad, Golgari Lich Lord ,

Journey to Eternity  ,

Noxious Gearhulk ,

Overgrown Tomb ,

Perilous Forays ,

Phyrexian Delver ,

Ravenous Chupacabra ,

card: Sadistic Hypnostist,

Savra, Queen of the Golgari ,

Sidisi, Undead Vizier ,

Spore Frog ,

Survival of the Fittest ,

Temple of Malady ,

Thoughtpicker Witch ?,

Treasure Keeper ,

Tukatongue Thallid ,

Vampiric Tutor ,

Vindictive Lich ,

Wall of Blossoms ,

Westvale Abbey  ,

and Woodland Cemetery ,

Also- opinions on the maybeboard??

Top Ranked	Achieved #40 position overall 6 years ago
Date added	6 years
Last updated	5 years
Legality	This deck is Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	7 - 0 Mythic Rares 30 - 3 Rares 24 - 1 Uncommons 16 - 0 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	3.09
Tokens	Beast 3/3 G, Eldrazi Spawn 0/1 C, Emblem Vraska, Golgari Queen, Experience Token, Human Cleric 1/1 BW, Saproling 1/1 G, Wurm 3/3 C w/ Deathtouch, Wurm 3/3 C w/ Lifelink
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