Kreshin' Aristocrats

Commander / EDH Aristocrats BRG (Jund) Budget

NickyBolas

1a. Aristocrats-Engine (7)

• 1x Bloodthrone Vampire
• 1x Carrion Feeder
• 1x Dark-Dweller Oracle
• 1x Emrakul's Hatcher
• 1x Viscera Seer
• 1x Wild Cantor
• 1x Yahenni, Undying Partisan

2a. Aristocrats-Trigger (2)

• 1x Deathrender
• 1x Forebear's Blade

2b. Aristocrats-Trigger (2)

• 1x Catacomb Sifter
• 1x Judith, the Scourge Diva

2c. Aristocrats-Trigger (2)

• 1x Pawn of Ulamog
• 1x Sifter of Skulls

3a. Reanimator (2)

• 1x Anger
• 1x Brawn

3b. Reanimator (2)

• 1x Corpse Connoisseur
• 1x Tortured Existence

3c. Reanimator (3)

• 1x Golgari Findbroker
• 1x Living Death
• 1x Victimize

4a. Ramp (6)

• 1x Deathrite Shaman
• 1x Elves of Deep Shadow
• 1x Elvish Mystic
• 1x Llanowar Elves
• 1x Sol Ring
• 1x Wood Elves

4b. Ramp-Sac (3)

• 1x Dawntreader Elk
• 1x Sakura-Tribe Elder
• 1x Yavimaya Granger

5a. Removal (5)

• 1x Decimate
• 1x Flametongue Kavu
• 1x Indrik Stomphowler
• 1x Rakdos Charm
• 1x Reclamation Sage

5b. Removal-Sac (3)

• 1x Ingot Chewer
• 1x Shriekmaw
• 1x Spitebellows

5c. Removal-Sac (5)

• 1x Caustic Caterpillar
• 1x Fleshbag Marauder
• 1x Merciless Executioner
• 1x Plaguecrafter
• 1x Slum Reaper

6. Draw-Sac (3)

• 1x Disciple of Bolas
• 1x Evolutionary Leap
• 1x Yavimaya Elder

6a. Draw-Sac (4)

• 1x Fecundity
• 1x Grim Haruspex
• 1x Midnight Reaper
• 1x Smothering Abomination

6b. Draw-Rummage (3)

• 1x Azra Bladeseeker
• 1x Hazoret's Monument
• 1x Rix Maadi Reveler

6c. Draw (5)

• 1x Dusk Legion Zealot
• 1x Elemental Bond
• 1x Elvish Visionary
• 1x Guardian Project
• 1x Read the Bones

7. Spice (5)

• 1x Jarad, Golgari Lich Lord
• 1x Murderous Redcap
• 1x Ogre Battledriver
• 1x Primal Forcemage
• 1x Rhythm of the Wild

Other (37)

• 1x Canyon Slough
• 1x Cinder Glade
• 1x Evolving Wilds
• 1x Foreboding Ruins
• 7x Forest
• 1x Game Trail
• 1x Golgari Rot Farm
• 1x Graven Cairns
• 1x Gruul Turf
• 1x Llanowar Wastes
• 1x Mossfire Valley
• 1x Mosswort Bridge
• 5x Mountain
• 1x Mountain Valley
• 1x Rakdos Carnarium
• 1x Rocky Tar Pit
• 1x Savage Lands
• 1x Sheltered Thicket
• 1x Skarrg, the Rage Pits
• 1x Smoldering Marsh
• 5x Swamp
• 1x Tainted Wood
• 1x Terramorphic Expanse

Commander (1)

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Budget Kresh Aristocrats

Watch Kresh grow into a 1-shot monstrosity in just a few turns! And all for under $100!

Don't want to read this breakdown? Listen to my deck tech instead!

Concept

Using Aristocrat stylings - sacrificing our own creatures for advantage, combined with cards that force all of our opponents to sacrifice creatures, Kresh can grow to lethal size in a single turn.

Because Kresh grows for Each creature that dies, a single Fleshbag Marauder can result in 10+ counters being placed in Kresh. This leads to surprisingly dangerous boardstates at very blasting speeds.

How It Wins

Kresh can routinely reach 21 power in a turn or two. Removing a player's only remaining blocker or giving him trample will knock players out before they can figure out what happened. Additionally, a deck which is churning bodies from to play to graveyard, to grow Kresh's braids, will have some devastating Living End s.

Card Selection

Aristocrats - Sac Engines

Cards like Carrion Feeder and Viscera Seer give us the ability to sacrifice or creatures whenever we want, allowing us to control the flow of cards and triggers off of our other effects.

Aristocrats - Death Triggers

Cards that feed off of our creature's deaths, to produce powerful effects, include:

• Deathrender - allows us to play creatures for free. When paired with Evolutionary Leap this card goes bananas!
• Forebear's Blade pumps a creature for 3 power, and auto-re-equips when that creature dies, which vastly grows Kresh's braids especially when we start bouncing the Blade around Eldrazi Spawns and Scions!
• Of course we have a suite of draw card engines in Fecundity , Midnight Reaper , Grim Haruspex , and Smothering Abomination
• Catacomb Sifter , Judith, the Scourge Diva , Pawn of Ulamog , and Sifter of Skulls all enjoy watching our creatures die with various celebratory results.

Reanimation

• Brawn and Anger enchance the deadliness of Kresh when placed in our graveyard.
• Corpse Connoisseur and Tortured Existence fill our graveyard up with value.
• Golgari Findbroker , Victimize , and Living Death recur those cards with devastating effect. Living Death is our primary win con beyond pummeling people with an enormous Kresh.

Ramp

Standard Mana dorks like Llanowar Elves and Elvish Mystic are run, in lieu of ramping spells, to feed Kresh and other creature-centric synergies.

Sakura-Tribe Elder , Dawntreader Elk , and Yavimaya Elder pull double duty as they can sacrifice themselves for fixing & ramp.

Removal

Tons of interaction will keep this "fair" (non-combo) deck in the fight against stronger or more established lists.

• Decimate , Reclamation Sage , Indrik Stomphowler , and Flametongue Kavu give us a variety of answers most of which are on bodies that can be sacrificed later for additional effects.

• Spitebellows , Shriekmaw , and Ingot Chewer all are removal spells with the added bonus of a body ETBing and sacrificing itself. This works great with Kresh and other effects like Elemental Bond and Guardian Project

• Fleshbag Marauder , Merciless Executioner , Plaguecrafter , and Slum Reaper have similar effects, and keep our opponents screaming to produce enough blockers to stop our 30/30 Kresh from one-shotting then.

Draw

Recurring draw power allows us to sacrifice our creatures for effects without running out of gas.l, and wire possibly out-value-ing opponents despite our affordable budget.

• Guardian Project is a favorite of mine, although it should probably be a Beast Whisperer budget permitting.
• Elemental Bond works well with most creatures in our deck including this those Evokers who only love for a brief moment- long enough for us to draw. Judith's +1/+0 also pushed some of our 2 power creatures into range to trigger this enchantment.

• Fecundity , Midnight Reaper , Grim Haruspex , and Smothering Abomination , mentioned earlier, provide a ton of value when we start sacrificing our creatures for effects.

• Draw spells that come with bodies, like Elvish Visionary and Dusk Legion Zealot are great at gumming up the board and providing fuel for our engines while looting variants, like Azra Bladeseeker , Rix Maadi Reveler inable us to get rid of late-game lands and feed into our Living Death .

Spice

Jarad, Golgari Lich Lord provides us a recurrable Fling effect that hits all opponents which can turn Kresh into a pod killer.

Screwing around with it creatures power is the name of this game.

• Ogre Battledriver and Primal Forcemage pump our creatures to be sac'd for even more +1/+1 counters. This works great with evoking creatures, as their sacrifice effect is an ETB trigger, so you can stack it to resolve after they've grown from the pump! Also Eldrazi Spawns and Scions come in with power AND the ability to immediately sacrifice themselves!
• Murderous Redcap also synergizes very well with the Battledriver and Forcemage, but also goes infinite with Rhythm of the Wild , so long as we have a sacrifice engine in play, which gives us a way to instantly deal infinite damage.

Postmortem

Having played a dozen games with Kresh, he never ceases to shock and frighten foes. With an enormous amount of card draw, cheap creatures, and triggered abilities, turns are impressively active with plays all which serve to grow Kresh. Expect all opponents to band together to try and stop the 1-shot Warrior.

Competitive

Optimized

>Focused<

Casual

Jank

Gameplay

N/A

Date added	5 years
Last updated	4 years
Legality	This deck is Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	2 - 0 Mythic Rares 24 - 0 Rares 30 - 0 Uncommons 27 - 0 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	3.03
Tokens	Eldrazi Scion 1/1 C, Eldrazi Spawn 0/1 C, Morph 2/2 C
Folders	Aristocrats
Based on	Kresh the Bloodbraided (12 of 32) squire1 EDH