Lurrus Aristocrats (with primer)

Pioneer* staggy97

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Update #2 —April 29, 2020

Wow! Over 250 views - thank you.

I've now added a primer/explainer to tell you which cards do what and why I've chosen them. This deck is still a work in progress, but I think the idea behind it and it has enough flexible slots so it can be easily tweaked to your meta.

Swilliam says... #1

Hey, cool deck. +1 from me. I'd just mostly suggest adding more sacrifice outlets. Pitiless Pontiff and Qarsi Sadist are pretty good. Qarsi Sadist also has an enter the battlefield trigger if that helps. Final Payment is also really great removal for this deck.

April 28, 2020 12:49 a.m.

staggy97 says... #2

Thanks for the feedback Swilliam. I didn't know about Pitiless Pontiff or Qarsi Sadist, good suggestions. I agree about needing another sac outlet. I was considering Priest of Forgotten Gods but I think she might be too fragile to be useful in Pioneer. Should I swap out Corpse Knight for one of them?

I was also looking at Final Payment as removal, but I thought Fatal Push would be OK assuming that this deck would amp it up a lot of the time.

I think the 1 drops might need to be looked at as well, Serrated Scorpion might be a better fit here than Bloodsoaked Champion with it's ETB.

April 28, 2020 3:07 p.m.

BioProfDude says... #3

Immortal Servitude has a CMC = 3, so won't work in the Lurrus of the Dream-Den deck, unfortunately.

April 28, 2020 3:29 p.m.

Flooremoji says... #4

BioProfDude: Lurrus acctually only cares about permanents, so servitutude is fine.

April 28, 2020 3:32 p.m.

Swilliam says... #5

@BioProfDude - Lurrus only affects permanents, but it is easy to be mistaken!

April 28, 2020 3:32 p.m.

staggy97 says... #6

Hi BioProfDude, CMC restriction is only for permanents so Immortal Servitude is safe (thankfully).

April 28, 2020 3:33 p.m.

BioProfDude says... #7

Yep, I realized that and went to delete it just a moment ago and you both beat me to it. My bad!

April 28, 2020 3:33 p.m.

Swilliam says... #8

I like the Priest of Forgotten Gods. It seems good for card advantage and draining, which is what I was trying to get at recommending Qarsi Sadist. That might just be better though. Do not cut Corpse Knight because it seems important to your strategy at the moment. I still like Bloodsoaked Champion because you never run out of things to recur. However, you can always have a couple of Hunted Witness or Garrison Cat which replace themselves for more targets.

April 28, 2020 6:47 p.m.

Swilliam says... #9

Also Tithe Taker might be good in the mainboard or sideboard as a utility card that is annoying for your opponents to play against

April 28, 2020 6:48 p.m.