King Macar's Fleet Vehicles (~$25)

Commander / EDH Budget Casual Mono-Black Vehicle

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Creature (24)

• 1x Cabal Paladin
• 1x Darksteel Juggernaut
• 1x Deadeye Tormentor
• 1x Deadeye Tracker
• 1x Dire Fleet Hoarder
• 1x Dire Fleet Interloper
• 1x Dross Golem
• 1x Etched Champion
• 1x Fathom Fleet Captain
• 1x Forerunner of the Coalition
• 1x Frogmite
• 1x Golden Guardian  ^Flip
• 1x Guardians of Koilos
• 1x Jhoira's Familiar
• 1x Leaden Myr
• 1x Metalwork Colossus
• 1x Mishra's Self-Replicator
• 1x Myr Enforcer
• 1x Palladium Myr
• 1x Ruthless Knave
• 1x Scaretiller
• 1x Seekers' Squire
• 1x Shambling Suit
• 1x Tomb Robber

Planeswalker (2)

• 1x Ob Nixilis Reignited
• 1x Ob Nixilis, the Hate-Twisted

Artifact (22)

• 1x Aethersphere Harvester
• 1x Aradara Express
• 1x Bomat Bazaar Barge
• 1x Consulate Dreadnought
• 1x Cultivator's Caravan
• 1x Daredevil Dragster
• 1x Demolition Stomper
• 1x Fell Flagship
• 1x Fleetwheel Cruiser
• 1x Golden Urn
• 1x Heart of Kiran
• 1x Irontread Crusher
• 1x Mobile Garrison
• 1x Renegade Freighter
• 1x Rusted Relic
• 1x Shadowed Caravel
• 1x Skysovereign, Consul Flagship
• 1x Sleek Schooner
• 1x Sol Ring
• 1x Thundering Chariot
• 1x Untethered Express
• 1x Weatherlight

Land (36)

• 1x Barren Moor
• 1x Darksteel Citadel
• 1x Desert of the Glorified
• 1x Mortuary Mire
• 30x Swamp
• 1x Vault of Whispers
• 1x Witch's Cottage

Commander (1)

Instant (13)

• 1x Alchemist's Gift
• 1x Butcher's Glee
• 1x Cruel Feeding
• 1x Dash Hopes
• 1x Doom Blade
• 1x Grotesque Mutation
• 1x Murder
• 1x Rush of Vitality
• 1x Snuff Out
• 1x Tidy Conclusion
• 1x Tragic Slip
• 1x Unexpected Fangs
• 1x Vampire's Bite

Sorcery (2)

• 1x Contract Killing
• 1x Heartless Pillage

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Instant (14)

• 1x Fatal Blow
• 1x Flesh to Dust
• 1x Foul-Tongue Shriek
• 1x Songs of the Damned
• 1x Spatial Contortion
• 1x Spoils of Blood
• 1x Sudden Spoiling
• 1x Tendrils of Corruption
• 1x Transmutation
• 1x Tribute to Hunger
• 1x Ultimate Price
• 1x Undying Evil
• 1x Unlikely Aid
• 1x Vile Rebirth

Enchantment (2)

• 1x Quag Sickness
• 1x Revel in Riches

Creature (9)

• 1x Balustrade Spy
• 1x Chrome Steed
• 1x Desperate Castaways
• 1x Dinosaur Hunter
• 1x Gleaming Barrier
• 1x Necropolis Regent
• 1x Queen's Agent
• 1x Razorfield Rhino
• 1x Sangromancer

Sorcery (8)

• 1x Assassinate
• 1x Bad Deal
• 1x Deception
• 1x Despise
• 1x Diabolic Tutor
• 1x Gild
• 1x In Garruk's Wake
• 1x Ruinous Path

Artifact (9)

• 1x Ballista Charger
• 1x Conqueror's Galleon  ^Flip
• 1x Dusk Legion Dreadnought
• 1x Enchanted Carriage
• 1x Ovalchase Dragster
• 1x Prying Blade
• 1x Sky Skiff
• 1x Smuggler's Copter
• 1x Treasure Map  ^Flip

Land (3)

• 1x Ash Barrens
• 1x Myriad Landscape
• 1x Rogue's Passage

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[Budget $25, commander inclusive, basic lands exclusive]

I built this deck as part of a budget build challenge with a few of my buddies and purchased the entire mainboard (excluding basic lands) at our local card shop for $25, even. This was my first experience building on a budget and I find that it made me re-evaluate the usability of niche card abilities. For this deck, I chose crew. When I first saw vehicles, I thought it seemed completely unnecessary. I mean, why tap 1+ creature(s) I control to attack with a vehicle when I could just attack with the original creature? However, when I started doing research for this deck and found King Macar, the Gold-Cursed I realized that the crew mechanic could be abused into providing a ton of extra value with tap/untap activated support cards. At approximately $0.50, Macar is no slouch, hence he takes the commander role of this mono-black, heavy-removal build.

Between Treasure tokens, Gold tokens, the explore ability, a handful of mana dorks (Leaden Myr, Palladium Myr, Cultivator's Caravan), and even a Sol Ring which is increasingly rare in budget builds, this deck mana ramps reasonably well. Even still, if the mana isn't flowing abundantly, most of this deck's biggest creatures can be played for far less mana than their CMC, or even for free, with the right field because of their abilities (Metalwork Colossus, Myr Enforcer, Dross Golem). And those that can't be played on a discount are super high value (Demolition Stomper, Darksteel Juggernaut, Shambling Suit). Aside from King Macar, the Gold-Cursed, another excellent crew member is Scaretiller which helps fix mana issues and can even bring back lands that you may have discarded to fuel Tomb Robber's exploration ability. In addition to the heavy removal, I've opted to include a number of spells that provide power buffs and lifelink such as Butcher's Glee, Unexpected Fangs, and Grotesque Mutation because who doesn't love having more than 40 life? Also, I have to give a shout out to Cabal Paladin and Etched Champion for being just plain cruel in an artifact-heavy deck. Remove threats on your opponents' boards that you don't want to run-off-the-road with Murder, Doom Blade, Snuff Out, Tidy Conclusion, and Ob Nixilis Reignited.

Overall, for being a budget deck, I think there is a lot of synergy between the parts here and I'm really excited to see what other budget contraptions I can come up with!

Please feel free to leave comments or suggested modifications as I'm always eager to see other people's ideas!

Date added	4 years
Last updated	4 years
Legality	This deck is Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	4 - 0 Mythic Rares 14 - 0 Rares 19 - 0 Uncommons 33 - 0 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	3.36
Tokens	Copy Clone, Emblem Ob Nixilis Reignited, Energy Reserve, Gold, Golem 4/4 C, Pirate 2/2 B, Treasure