Help me tweak it before I playtest it on xmage?

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Posted on March 15, 2017, 2:38 a.m. by TheMountainLion

I found this decklist and fell in love with the concept. Does anyone have any suggestions for tweaks/mods/replacements before I test it out on xmage?

(trying to keep the total deck price under $30 but not necessary) Thrinax

As always thanks for all the friendly tips and advice!!!

Wizard_of_the_Broke says... #2

There were a couple of sac/recur decks that surfaced a couple years ago based on Abzan Ascendancy that were decent, you might also see them referred to as Abzan Aristocrats. They usually packed a bunch of stuff like Doomed Traveler and Blisterpod, and a set of Blood Artist, then a few of something like Return to the Ranks. The card I think could make that idea a little stronger is Hidden Stockpile, so that might be something you consider building around, and don't forget that Lingering Souls is one of the best cards in the format, yet still dirt cheap.

All that said, I think one of the most important things you could to improve the concept is go with a 2-color build, because any kind of consistent 3-color landbase is gonna be expensive, assuming you don't want to make a waay more expensive deck. I also think free tokens are what you want to make a sac-based deck run smoothly. So you could do something along the lines of what I mentioned above (but probably in BW), or you could build around something like Goblin Assault (though the other red token spells you have are decent), or Nissa, Voice of Zendikar or Awakening Zone.

As is, I'd say that deck is pretty slow, and needs more 1-drops and 2-drops, and a lot fewer 3-drops and 4-drops, and more ways to disrupt your opponent, whether that's Lightning Bolt, Fatal Push, etc..

Good luck.

March 19, 2017 6:09 p.m.