The weird Cat Lady next-door

Commander / EDH Aristocrats Casual Counters Humans Multiplayer RBW (Mardu) Sacrifice Tokens Voltron

Phantomias

Land (36)

• 1x Battlefield Forge
• 1x Bojuka Bog
• 1x Command Tower
• 1x Evolving Wilds
• 1x Exotic Orchard
• 1x Forge of Heroes
• 1x Hanweir Battlements  ^Meld
• 1x Ifnir Deadlands
• 1x Isolated Chapel
• 4x Mountain
• 1x Nomad Outpost
• 1x Path of Ancestry
• 8x Plains
• 1x Shadowblood Ridge
• 1x Shefet Dunes
• 1x Smoldering Marsh
• 1x Spinerock Knoll
• 6x Swamp
• 1x Tainted Field
• 1x Unclaimed Territory
• 1x Windbrisk Heights

Life Drain (6)

• 1x Agent of the Iron Throne
• 1x Bastion of Remembrance
• 1x Cruel Celebrant
• 1x Impact Tremors
• 1x Syr Konrad, the Grim
• 1x Zulaport Cutthroat

Evasion (5)

• 1x Kediss, Emberclaw Familiar
• 1x Silent Arbiter
• 1x Thalia, Heretic Cathar
• 1x Vorrac Battlehorns
• 1x Whispersilk Cloak

Aristocrats (4)

• 1x Bontu the Glorified
• 1x Falkenrath Aristocrat
• 1x Fleshtaker
• 1x Immersturm Predator

Ramp (10)

• 1x Boros Signet
• 1x Commander's Sphere
• 1x Knight of the White Orchid
• 1x Orzhov Signet
• 1x Rakdos Signet
• 1x Sol Ring
• 1x Talisman of Conviction
• 1x Talisman of Hierarchy
• 1x Talisman of Indulgence
• 1x Traveler's Amulet

Card Advantage (8)

• 1x Grim Haruspex
• 1x Heirloom Blade
• 1x Mentor of the Meek
• 1x Morbid Opportunist
• 1x Priest of Forgotten Gods
• 1x Skullclamp
• 1x Species Specialist
• 1x Village Rites

Removal (8)

• 1x Cathar Commando
• 1x Despark
• 1x Dire Tactics
• 1x Fracture
• 1x Juri, Master of the Revue
• 1x Swords to Plowshares
• 1x Terminate
• 1x Wear / Tear

+1/+1 (5)

• 1x Blade of the Bloodchief
• 1x Sadistic Glee
• 1x Star Pupil
• 1x Sword of Hours
• 1x Tempered Veteran

Wrath (3)

• 1x Ruinous Ultimatum
• 1x Single Combat
• 1x Slash the Ranks

Commanders (2)

Tokens (8)

• 1x Adeline, Resplendent Cathar
• 1x Call the Coppercoats
• 1x Cemetery Protector
• 1x Hanweir Garrison  ^Meld
• 1x Hanweir Militia Captain  ^Flip
• 1x Increasing Devotion
• 1x Outlaws' Merriment
• 1x Wedding Announcement  ^Flip

Reanimation / Reclamation (5)

• 1x Bloodsoaked Champion
• 1x Palace Siege
• 1x Phyrexian Reclamation
• 1x Sun Titan
• 1x Victimize

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Maybeboard

Tokens (8)

• 1x Anointed Procession
• 1x Castle Ardenvale
• 1x Cathar's Call
• 1x Elspeth, Sun's Nemesis
• 1x Jirina Kudro
• 1x Sunset Revelry
• 1x Visions of Glory
• 1x Westvale Abbey  ^Flip

Reanimation / Reclamation (5)

• 1x Chainer, Nightmare Adept
• 1x Gix's Command
• 1x Hell's Caretaker
• 1x Ravos, Soultender
• 1x Revival / Revenge

Wrath (5)

• 1x Blasphemous Act
• 1x Kaya's Wrath
• 1x Last One Standing
• 1x Martial Coup
• 1x Vanquish the Horde

Ramp (1)

• 1x Ashnod's Altar

Other (7)

• 1x Altar of Dementia
• 1x Bastion Protector
• 1x Eldrazi Monument
• 1x Pitiless Plunderer
• 1x Skirsdag High Priest
• 1x Teysa Karlov
• 1x Winota, Joiner of Forces

+1/+1 // Power modifiers (5)

• 1x Cathars' Crusade
• 1x Drana, Liberator of Malakir
• 1x Martyr for the Cause
• 1x Mikaeus, the Lunarch
• 1x Unspeakable Symbol

Removal (5)

• 1x Attrition
• 1x Butcher of Malakir
• 1x General Kudro of Drannith
• 1x Rip Apart
• 1x Utter End

Aristocrats (6)

• 1x Aron, Benalia's Ruin
• 1x Braids, Arisen Nightmare
• 1x Butcher of the Horde
• 1x Fain, the Broker
• 1x Hostile Hostel  ^Flip
• 1x Yahenni, Undying Partisan

Card Advantage (6)

• 1x Diabolic Intent
• 1x Harvester of Souls
• 1x Humble Defector
• 1x Idol of Oblivion
• 1x Imperial Recruiter
• 1x Pyre of Heroes

Evasion (3)

• 1x Smogsteed Rider
• 1x Trailblazer's Boots
• 1x Unquestioned Authority

Life Drain (2)

• 1x Garna, Bloodfist of Keld
• 1x Kambal, Consul of Allocation

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Based on the Ruthless Regiment precon decklist with Trynn and Silvar as Commanders. Tried to upgrade it and make it playable.

Since I'm a fan of tribals I took this chance to make a human tribal. I liked the idea of my humans not playing a combat role, but just existing to be sacrificed to Silvar, Devourer of the Free, where Trynn, Champion of Freedom lures them in with a promise of freedom.

With this idea in mind the deck went in a aristocratic / Voltron direction, which I think is an interesting combination. So the general strategy is to create human tokens or play cheap humans and sacrifice either to Silvar, making him stronger and stronger to scratch our opponents faces with his kitty paws while simultaneously weakening opponents through life drain.

Recruiting the offerings

With Silvar out we need to make him stronger to be a real threat first. Also we want to protect him. Therefore we need to lure in some victims, promising them freedom. Trynn, Champion of Freedom and Silvar's partner in crime is the first choice of course. Furthermore cards like Hanweir Garrison   can ensure a steady flow of victims while cards like Call the Coppercoats give a mob of humans at an instant.

Life drain

Of course we want to have more advantages of our humans dying than just making Silvar stronger and indestructible; we want to weak our opponents. Zulaport Cutthroat or Cruel Celebrant come handy in here. Impact Tremors or Bontu's Monument drain life when we play or resurrect humans, which we also would like to do frequently. Bontu's Monument also makes a lot of creatures cheaper, including our Commander.

Reclamation / Reanimation

Probably we will not be able to only rely on sacrificing tokens, but will have to feed a nontoken human to Silvar from time to time. In that case bringing them back from the graveyard is a nice option to gain access to their effects and / or being able to sacrifice them once more. Bloodsoaked Champion lives to be sacrificed, while Phyrexian Reclamation is a cheap way to revive the dead. Palace Siege gives us the option of reclamation or life drain, which is pretty neat.

+1/+1

Of course we want to give our humans some air to breathe and not permanently sacrifice them to get +1/+1 tokens...or we are just greedy and want as much +1/+1 as possible. Either way, cards like Sword of Hours or Blade of the Bloodchief provide us with what we seek.

Evasion

Menace is ok evasion, but can be really good, if only one creature is allowed to block. Vorrac Battlehorns and Silent Arbiter make Silvar unblockable while Thalia, Heretic Cathar raises the chance of our opponents having less blockers availabale. Also Butcher of Malakir could be seen as kind of evasion, since he makes the path free for Silvar.

A Family act goes in to see a talent agent...

What if Silvar is not available (for whatever reasons)? Without Sac Outlets our hands are tied. So putting in some alternatives to Silvar seems reasonable. Immersturm Predator, Falkenrath Aristocrat or Bontu the Glorified (I love this card) all fit in quite good, mechanic wise, and so are good substitutes for Silvar.

Recent Changes

Out // In

Dusk / Dawn // Slash the Ranks

Chain Reaction // Ruinous Ultimatum

Overall it's just for fun and casual playing. Nevertheless, opinions and reckommendations always welcome!

Date added	3 years
Last updated	1 year
Legality	This deck is Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	5 - 0 Mythic Rares 29 - 0 Rares 32 - 0 Uncommons 16 - 0 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	2.73
Tokens	Human 1/1 R, Human 1/1 W, Human Cleric 1/1 BW, Human Cleric 2/1 RW, Human Rogue 1/2 RW, Human Soldier 1/1 W, Human Warrior 3/1 RW, Morph 2/2 C
Based on	Ruthless Regiment precon MrG EDH