Grim Guardian of the Greedy Gates

Standard*

YoungPyromancer

Creature (13)

• 2x Auramancer
• 2x Baleful Eidolon
• 2x Gatecreeper Vine
• 3x Gray Merchant of Asphodel
• 4x Grim Guardian

Land (25)

• 7x Forest
• 4x Golgari Guildgate
• 3x Orzhov Guildgate
• 3x Plains
• 2x Selesnya Guildgate
• 6x Swamp

Enchantment (14)

• 2x Font of Fertility
• 4x Font of Return
• 4x Pacifism
• 4x Stab Wound

Sorcery (8)

• 2x Commune with the Gods
• 2x Drown in Filth
• 4x Kruphix's Insight

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Sideboard

Creature (9)

• 3x Drudge Beetle
• 3x Gatecreeper Vine
• 3x Sluiceway Scorpion

Land (25)

• 13x Forest
• 4x Golgari Guildgate
• 8x Swamp

Enchantment (12)

• 2x Font of Fertility
• 3x Font of Return
• 1x Nyx Infusion
• 2x Quag Sickness
• 4x Stab Wound

Instant (9)

• 3x Devour Flesh
• 4x Grisly Salvage
• 2x Grisly Spectacle

Sorcery (10)

• 3x Drown in Filth
• 4x Duress
• 3x Kruphix's Insight

Unknown (3)

• 3x Oakheart Dryad

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This is a pauper Junk-colored (GWB) control-esque deck that wins by extracting value from Kruphix's Insight and Font of Return to set up wins with Grim Guardian / Auramancer combos.

Creatures

Grim Guardian is the deck's real win condition. Auramancer magnifies the value we get from Font of Return and provides an outlet for returning Grim Guardian from the graveyard. Gatecreeper Vine is simply a mana-smoothing agent: this deck is relatively greedy for pauper!

Instants / Sorceries

The deck's instants and sorceries fall into two very distinct groups: we have the cards that fuel our growth (Kruphix's Insight, Commune with the Gods, Grisly Salvage), hard removal (Grisly Spectacle, Devour Flesh, Stab Wound, Pacifism, and Duress out of the board) and both (Drown in Filth).

Enchantments

Along with the ability to recycle Stab Wound with Auramancer, we use Font of Return as our primary weapon for attacking the enemy.

Date added	10 years
Last updated	10 years
Legality	This deck is not Standard legal.
Rarity (main - side)	7 - 4 Uncommons 37 - 40 Commons
Cards	60
Avg. CMC	2.60