Slow Dredge (Golgari TortEx)

Pauper BG (Golgari) Budget Control Dredge Jank Pauper

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Creature (24)

• 1x Battlefield Scrounger
• 3x Crypt Rats
• 1x Faerie Macabre
• 1x Fume Spitter
• 4x Golgari Brownscale
• 2x Grave Scrabbler
• 1x Krosan Tusker
• 1x Penumbra Spider
• 1x Rhizome Lurcher
• 2x Slum Reaper
• 3x Spore Frog
• 3x Stinkweed Imp
• 1x Tilling Treefolk

Land (23)

• 3x Ash Barrens
• 2x Barren Moor
• 1x Bojuka Bog
• 3x Forest
• 2x Golgari Rot Farm
• 4x Jungle Hollow
• 6x Swamp
• 2x Tranquil Thicket

Enchantment (6)

• 4x Tortured Existence
• 2x Vessel of Nascency

Instant (3)

• 3x Gnaw to the Bone

Sorcery (4)

• 4x Commune with the Gods

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Sideboard

Creature (12)

• 2x Carrion Feeder
• 1x Faerie Macabre
• 3x Mesmeric Fiend
• 3x Putrid Leech
• 1x Slum Reaper
• 2x Thoughtpicker Witch

Instant (1)

• 1x Doom Blade

Sorcery (2)

• 2x Chainer's Edict

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GB Tortured Existence, which I have affectionately dubbed Slow Dredge, is a combo/control deck in pauper that uses dredge to grind the opponent into dust. It is the height of graveyard synergy.

The goal is to dredge your deck, and drop a TortEx to make your graveyard a convenient toolbox. This can: recur Crypt Rats as a long term wrath/wincon, turn 2 brownscales into {B}: gain 2 life, recur frog for infinite fog, fuel large gnaws, and/or other annoying shenanigans.

Upped the Rot Farms back to 2, and cut Dead Weight for Fume Spitter. I've been impressed by Faerie Macabre, so I mainboarded 1 (I still have a second in the side). Down to 2 Slum Reaper main and 1 side, though that might go back up to 3 if I value the aggression and board control more. The sideboard is entirely focussed on the Tron matchup, making the deck more aggressive with Putrid Leach and controlling the hand and graveyard with Faerie, Thoughtpicker, Carrion Feeder and Mesmeric Fiend.

Date added	7 years
Last updated	5 years
Legality	This deck is Pauper legal.
Cards	60
Avg. CMC	2.68
Tokens	Spider 2/4 B
Folders	Pauper Battle Box