Elektra: Assassin (Massacre Girl Ultra-Budget)

Commander / EDH Bracket 2 Mono-Black

clayperce

BFSs (6)

• 1x Ace's Baseball Bat
• 1x Butcher's Cleaver
• 1x Forebear's Blade
• 1x Hero's Blade
• 1x Hylderblade
• 1x Lashwrithe

Card Advantage (8)

• 1x Altar's Reap
• 1x Costly Plunder
• 1x Dusk Legion Zealot
• 1x Liliana's Standard Bearer
• 1x Read the Bones
• 1x Skullclamp
• 1x Skulltap
• 1x Syphon Mind

Card Advantage+ (3)

• 1x Necrosynthesis
• 1x The Regalia
• 1x Vault Plunderer

Card Selection (1)

• 1x Shadows of the Past

Lands (38)

• 1x Myriad Landscape
• 1x Rogue's Passage
• 1x Spawning Bed
• 35x Swamp

Payoffs (5)

• 1x Pitiless Plunderer
• 1x Sengir, the Dark Baron
• 1x Slaughter Specialist
• 1x Venomcrawler
• 1x Vincent Valentine  ^Flip

Ramp (9)

• 1x Arcane Signet
• 1x Charcoal Diamond
• 1x Everflowing Chalice
• 1x Fractured Powerstone
• 1x Mind Stone
• 1x Pilgrim's Eye
• 1x Prismatic Lens
• 1x Wayfarer's Bauble
• 1x Worn Powerstone

Ramp+ (1)

• 1x Charisma Bobblehead

Recursion (5)

• 1x Beacon of Unrest
• 1x Demonic Gifts
• 1x No Rest for the Wicked
• 1x Puppeteer Clique
• 1x Thrilling Encore

Support (3)

• 1x Conjurer's Closet
• 1x Synod Sanctum
• 1x Voyager Staff

Support+ (1)

• 1x Erratic Portal

Targeted Disruption (3)

• 1x Hero's Downfall
• 1x Infernal Grasp
• 1x Tragic Slip

X/1s (14)

• 1x Captain's Claws
• 1x Carrier Thrall
• 1x Dauthi Marauder
• 1x Dauthi Mercenary
• 1x Desecrated Tomb
• 1x Easterling Vanguard
• 1x Genesis Chamber
• 1x Infestation Sage
• 1x Myr Sire
• 1x Nested Shambler
• 1x Nezumi Linkbreaker
• 1x Nuisance Engine
• 1x Reassembling Skeleton
• 1x Wriggling Grub

X/1s+ (2)

• 1x Altar of Bhaal
• 1x Royal Assassin

Commander (1)

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Other (1)

• 1x Fake Your Own Death

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I've been a fan of Daredevil and Elektra FOREVER, so I'm extremely excited to see we're getting a Massacre Girl reprint in the upcoming Marvel Super Heroes set, using Bill Sienkiewicz' cover art from Elektra: Assassin.

Elektra: Assassin, vol 1.6

There are a bunch of different directions I could take the deck, but I'm starting with ...

• A bunch of X/1s, to get the party started.
  
• Some BFSs for the after-party.
  
• A few blink effects for Elektra, for when the party gets out of hand again.

I've never brewed anything like this though, so any and all comments are VERY welcome!

That said, please keep in mind that I mostly play in an ultra-budget (USD $25) Bracket 2 pod. So ...

• Inexpensive > "optimal" ... as a reference point, any card above USD $3 has to be better for the deck than Skullclamp.
  
• Fun > "optimal" ... I'm already bringing plenty of salt to the table with a repeatable board-wipe in the Command Zone; I don't want to bring much more. As an example, I'm avoiding Blood Artist effects.

Cheers!

P.S. Please +1 Upvote if you like the deck so far ... or if you just think the world needs more Elektra! :-)

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Date added	1 month
Last updated	1 month
Legality	This deck is Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	1 - 0 Mythic Rares 18 - 0 Rares 25 - 0 Uncommons 21 - 0 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	2.58
Tokens	Bat 1/1 B, Eldrazi Scion 1/1 C, Human 1/1 W, Insect 1/1 BG w/ Flying, Kor Ally 1/1 W, Mercenary 1/1 R, Myr 1/1 C, On an Adventure, Orc Army, 0/1 C Artifact Creature Pest, Phyrexian Germ 0/0 B, Phyrexian Myr 1/1 C, Skeleton 4/1 B, Soldier 1/1 W, Squirrel 1/1 G, Treasure, Worm 1/1 BG
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