Arthropod Aristocrats

Commander / EDH Aristocrats BG (Golgari) Dredge Midrange Reanimator Sacrifice Tokens Value Engine

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Creature (41)

• 1x Archon of Cruelty
• 1x Beledros Witherbloom
• 1x Birds of Paradise
• 1x Bone Shredder
• 1x Boreal Druid
• 1x Burning-Rune Demon
• 1x Butcher of Malakir
• 1x Demonlord Belzenlok
• 1x Doom Whisperer
• 1x Druid of Purification
• 1x Elves of Deep Shadow
• 1x Elvish Mystic
• 1x Fiend Artisan
• 1x Fyndhorn Elves
• 1x Gisa, Glorious Resurrector
• 1x Golgari Grave-Troll
• 1x Golgari Thug
• 1x Gray Merchant of Asphodel
• 1x Incubation Druid
• 1x Krav, the Unredeemed
• 1x Llanowar Elves
• 1x Massacre Girl
• 1x Massacre Wurm
• 1x Phyrexian Delver
• 1x Rankle, Master of Pranks
• 1x Ravenous Chupacabra
• 1x Reclamation Sage
• 1x Sakura-Tribe Elder
• 1x Sheoldred, Whispering One
• 1x Shriekmaw
• 1x Skull Prophet
• 1x Stinkweed Imp
• 1x Stitcher's Supplier
• 1x Sylvan Caryatid
• 1x Twilight Prophet
• 1x Undead Butler
• 1x Underrealm Lich
• 1x Vilis, Broker of Blood
• 1x Viscera Seer
• 1x Woe Strider
• 1x Yahenni, Undying Partisan

Land (35)

• 1x Bojuka Bog
• 1x Command Tower
• 1x Crypt of Agadeem
• 1x Dakmor Salvage
• 1x Darkbore Pathway  ^Flip
• 11x Forest
• 1x Gilt-Leaf Palace
• 1x Llanowar Wastes
• 1x Necroblossom Snarl
• 1x Overgrown Tomb
• 10x Swamp
• 1x Tainted Wood
• 1x Temple of the False God
• 1x Twilight Mire
• 1x Undergrowth Stadium
• 1x Woodland Cemetery

Planeswalker (5)

• 1x Garruk, Cursed Huntsman
• 1x Grist, the Hunger Tide
• 1x Liliana, Death's Majesty
• 1x Liliana, Waker of the Dead
• 1x Tevesh Szat, Doom of Fools

Artifact (3)

• 1x Altar of Dementia
• 1x Bolas's Citadel
• 1x Skullclamp

Commander (1)

Sorcery (8)

• 1x Blood on the Snow
• 1x Command the Dreadhorde
• 1x Dread Return
• 1x Incarnation Technique
• 1x Living Death
• 1x Reanimate
• 1x Toxic Deluge
• 1x Victimize

Enchantment (4)

• 1x Binding the Old Gods
• 1x Dictate of Erebos
• 1x Journey to Eternity  ^Flip
• 1x Moldervine Reclamation

Instant (3)

• 1x Assassin's Trophy
• 1x Baleful Mastery
• 1x Hagra Mauling  ^Flip

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This deck seeks to play a slower game, controlling the board with an ample supply of removal in spells like Assassin's Trophy, Toxic Deluge, and Dictate of Erebos. As we do, we are also ramping into powerful creatures like Beledros Witherbloom or Vilis, Broker of Blood.

As these creatures get answered, it only fills the graveyard we've been milling into all game, allowing us to bring those same creatures and more back with cards like Liliana, Death's Majesty and Reanimate.

If I start running out of gas, Izoni, Thousand-Eyed is just the value engine this deck needs, providing card draw, life gain, and depending on the state of the game and the number of creatures in your graveyard, a win condition. Late game her ETB ability can be back breaking, forcing an opponent to wipe the board, only for you to get a brand new army of creatures off of your next Izoni trigger.

From there, we choke out the rest of our opponent's value until we're ready for the finishing blow, and there are no shortage of win conditions in powerful recursion cards like Living Death and solid beaters like Archon of Cruelty.

Enjoy!

Date added	4 years
Last updated	2 years
Legality	This deck is Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	15 - 0 Mythic Rares 36 - 0 Rares 17 - 0 Uncommons 11 - 0 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	3.85
Tokens	City's Blessing, Emblem Garruk, Cursed Huntsman, Emblem Liliana, Waker of the Dead, Goat 0/1 W, Insect 1/1 BG, Pest 1/1 BG, Thrull 0/1 B, Wolf 2/2 BG, Zombie 2/2 B