AristiStax

Commander / EDH Group Slug Mono-Black Sacrifice Stax Suicide Black Tokens

OTPHJ

Subjects (19)

• 1x Cult Conscript
• 1x Viscera Seer
• 1x Bitterblossom
• 1x Bloodghast
• 1x Dreadhorde Invasion
• 1x Jadar, Ghoulcaller of Nephalia
• 1x Nether Traitor
• 1x Priest of Forgotten Gods
• 1x Reassembling Skeleton
• 1x Ophiomancer
• 1x Chittering Witch
• 1x Rite of Belzenlok
• 1x Sengir Autocrat
• 1x Endrek Sahr, Master Breeder
• 1x Gray Merchant of Asphodel
• 1x Great Unclean One
• 1x Tevesh Szat, Doom of Fools
• 1x Kokusho, the Evening Star
• 1x Abhorrent Overlord

Tribute (8)

• 1x Skullclamp
• 1x Deadly Dispute
• 1x Demonic Tutor
• 1x Tarrian's Journal  ^Flip
• 1x Braids, Arisen Nightmare
• 1x Dark Prophecy
• 1x Morbid Opportunist
• 1x Necropotence

CrownJewels (2)

• 1x Lightning Greaves
• 1x Panharmonicon

ChemicalWarfare (12)

• 1x Strip Mine
• 1x Sinkhole
• 1x Smallpox
• 1x Contamination
• 1x Pox
• 1x Toxic Deluge
• 1x Court of Ambition
• 1x Grave Pact
• 1x No Mercy
• 1x Phyrexian Obliterator
• 1x Smokestack
• 1x Dictate of Erebos

Kingdom (34)

• 1x Bojuka Bog
• 1x Castle Locthwain
• 1x Reliquary Tower
• 1x Spawning Pool
• 27x Swamp
• 1x Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth
• 1x Westvale Abbey  ^Flip
• 1x Witch's Cottage

Assassinate (4)

• 1x Fatal Push
• 1x Tragic Slip
• 1x Feed the Swarm
• 1x Hero's Downfall

Graveyard (3)

• 1x Reanimate
• 1x Undying Evil
• 1x Witch of the Moors

Commander (1)

Treasure (11)

• 1x Dark Ritual
• 1x Sol Ring
• 1x Arcane Signet
• 1x Carnival of Souls
• 1x Soldevi Adnate
• 1x Thought Vessel
• 1x Ashnod's Altar
• 1x Coalition Relic
• 1x Crowded Crypt
• 1x Crypt Ghast
• 1x Pitiless Plunderer

BlackMarket (4)

• 1x Blood Artist
• 1x Zulaport Cutthroat
• 1x Bastion of Remembrance
• 1x Bontu's Monument

Crowning (2)

• 1x Grave Betrayal
• 1x Plague of Vermin

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Other (29)

• 1x Bloodchief Ascension
• 1x Defile
• 1x Persistent Specimen
• 1x Augur of Skulls
• 1x Dance of the Dead
• 1x Humble Defector
• 1x Piper of the Swarm
• 1x Reassembling Skeleton
• 1x Swiftfoot Boots
• 2x The Meathook Massacre
• 1x Torment of Hailfire
• 1x Agent of the Iron Throne
• 1x Corpse Dance
• 1x Death Cloud
• 1x Marauding Blight-Priest
• 1x Necromancy
• 1x Diabolic Tutor
• 1x Dread Presence
• 1x Revenge of Ravens
• 1x Twilight Prophet
• 1x Black Market
• 1x Exquisite Blood
• 1x Lolth, Spider Queen
• 1x Sidisi, Undead Vizier
• 1x Reaper from the Abyss
• 1x Butcher of Malakir
• 1x Grave Betrayal
• 1x Sheoldred, Whispering One

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When the aristocrats catch a cold the poor die of pneumonia.

The crown jewel has been split in two, the stability of the monarchy is at risk. Queen Marchesa rules with the powers granted by the kingdom with its wisdom and weaponry. Ayara is consumed by external powers, making deals to monstrous machines which devour all those before it. Key pawns have infiltrated The kingdom for information; double agents play both sides for personal gain during the power struggle. Ayara’s rogue following capture and seduce the weak into a war for the monarchy they don’t often return from.

This was also a practice of cost savings. I own a number of high value black spells for Queen Marchesa and her aristocratic potential. These cards felt needed for the two themes to be successful in one deck.

Group Slug is an often overlooked strategy, and I didn’t know that this deck would turn into one when I took interest in Ayara.

This deck was born out of my Wicked Witch of the West deck, my original EDH basher. The captain, Queen Marchesa and the other 99 are agents of chao, aggro battle cruising dominating the ground, and drawing hate along the way. Her assassins make it difficult for retaliation and are later forced into a sac outlet as needed.

Ayara, First of Locthwain nearly became an addition but her 3 Swamp cost made it difficult to play her effectively. With the two so similar in flavor I settled on giving the Elf Noble Ayara her own evil underworld.

Date added	2 years
Last updated	9 months
Legality	This deck is Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	8 - 0 Mythic Rares 35 - 0 Rares 20 - 0 Uncommons 10 - 0 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	3.00
Tokens	Cleric 0/1 B, Demon 6/6 B, Faerie Rogue 1/1 B, Harpy 1/1 B, Human Cleric 1/1 BW, Human Soldier 1/1 W, Plaguebearer of Nurgle 1/3 B, Rat 1/1 B, Serf 0/1 B, Snake 1/1 B, Monarch Emblem, Thrull 0/1 B, Thrull 1/1 B, Treasure, Zombie 2/2 B w/ Decayed, Zombie Army 0/0 B
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