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Beast of Burden
Artifact Creature — Golem
Beast of Burden's power and toughness are each equal to the number of creatures on the battlefield.
Crazyjala on
Ziatora, the Sacarator
2 years ago
Malignus Beast of Burden Stag Beetle Bonehoard Lord of Extinction Wall of Blood Tuya Bearclaw Arni Brokenbrow Stalking Vengeance Unleash Fury Choose Your Weapon Unnatural Growth Gratuitous Violence Fiery Emancipation
EnbyGolem on Looking for efficiently large creatures
2 years ago
in the right play group, Beast of Burden can be absolutely massive.
EnbyGolem on
Tuya & Friends ($30)
3 years ago
This doesn't help with the 'what do I take out' problem but I did think of Stag Beetle and Beast of Burden as other big beaters that might be fun :) They synergize well with your trample/haste enablers too!
It looks like you have 16 total ramp elements currently. You could maybe try taking 2 out and add 2 beaters in and see how that runs? I don't usually take out ramp for big creatures but you would still have 14 pieces to help get those higher cmcs out... And if it doesn't work, at least you know you can't touch your ramp going forward. Just a thought :)
zombiewarfare on
Riku of Two Reflections
4 years ago
Riku is a fun commander and can be built many ways. Generally, you want creatures with useful or powerful enter the battlefield abilities to make token copies of and generate extra ETB triggers and spells that scale up well when copied. Acidic Slime , for example is a fantastic creature for this deck. Using the ability plus the cost of the creature is mana intensive, so some more ramp might be useful. Creature ramp like Wood Elves and Farhaven Elf can be copied once your commander is put and ramp you early while for spell based ramp it is hard to beat Nature's Lore , Cultivate , and Kodama's Reach . Some recursion like Eternal Witness , Regrowth , and Archaeomancer can get key stuff back that has been destroyed and refill your hand as the game goes on. Cuts I would make to make room for some of those things would be Chalice of Life Flip since you are not doing much life gain, and some of the more generic creatures like Beast of Burden , Turntimber Basilisk , and some of the other big beaters. Oh, also, Mulldrifter . Amazing and super extra amazing if copied with Riku.
Pal00ka on
5 years ago
Cackling Counterpart, Fated Infatuation & Supplant Form could be especially fun in here with other creatures like Darksteel Juggernaut, Beast of Burden or Mage-Ring Responder!
passascats on
Alesha- the Merry Mardu Murderess
6 years ago
Here are some targets I like to get with Alesha:
Beast of Burden
Pack Rat
Malignus
Ignition Team
Drakestown Forgotten
Spike Cannibal (this one kind of depends on your meta, but it can wreck an Atraxa or Ramos deck).
Pal00ka on
Rakdrazi
7 years ago
I'm going to suggest you change this completely, here it goes! :)
Golems. Big golems. Go golem tribal like Altar Golem, Colossus of Sardia, Platinum Emperion, Phyrexian Colossus, Mage-Ring Responder, Colossus of Akros, etc.
But a weakness is many do not untap...but wait! Artifacts like Magewright's Stone, Voltaic Construct, Thousand-Year Elixir, Clock of Omens, Voltaic Key, etc. do just that. More fun though can be had with Threaten effects that you can use either on opponents' stuff or to untap your own. Interactive decks few!
A fun twist would be to have Bosh, Iron Golem out + Hijack, etc + Liquimetal Coating/Silverskin Armor to fling any of their creatures back into their faces.
And there's lots of fun utility golems to abuse. Ancestral Statue can bounce a big guy who attacked and just recast cheaply due to Rakdos' ability. Solemn Simulacrum is a staple. Beast of Burden takes advantage of token decks. Glass Golem's art looks wicked ;). Precursor Golem can add in some 1-shot draw spells like Crimson Wisps to draw a ton if lucky. Sundering Titan for fun control.
Feldon of the Third Path, Daretti, Scrap Servant, Kurkesh, Onakke Ancient, Slobad, Goblin Tinkerer, Tuktuk the Explorer, and Urabrask the Hidden are all legendaries that play nicely with a theme like this I think.
So keep your burn/damage to activate Rakdos' ability, add some haste enabler like Fervor so your golems can attack upon entering, include fun enchantments like Blood Mist, Flameshadow Conjuring, and Mana Echoes.
