Vexing Aristocrats

Modern* Aggro Combo RBW (Mardu) Weenie

kalle_knigti

Creature (33)

• 4x Athreos, God of Passage
• 4x Blood Artist
• 4x Cartel Aristocrat
• 4x Champion of the Parish
• 4x Doomed Traveler
• 4x Falkenrath Aristocrat
• 2x Skirsdag High Priest
• 4x Vexing Devil
• 3x Xathrid Necromancer

Land (22)

• 3x Clifftop Retreat
• 2x Dragonskull Summit
• 4x Isolated Chapel
• 3x Mountain
• 5x Plains
• 5x Swamp

Instant (3)

• 3x Tragic Slip

Sorcery (5)

• 3x Gather the Townsfolk
• 2x Immortal Servitude

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Sideboard

Creature (3)

• 2x Sin Collector
• 1x Xathrid Necromancer

Instant (4)

• 1x Tragic Slip
• 3x Zealous Persecution

Sorcery (8)

• 2x Dreadbore
• 2x Mark of Mutiny
• 1x Rakdos's Return
• 3x Revoke Existence

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This is a deck I've been wanting to build ever since I saw Athreos, God of Passage . I thought "He would be wonderful with Vexing Devils". Later I thought of the Aristocrat archetype, and I saw a possibility to put both Athreos, God of Passage and Vexing Devils into that deck. The results were partially satisfying, the main problem was the amount of cards that I wanted the deck to contain, currently the main board contains 63 cards, which is 3 more than what I want. I'm now looking feedback on my newest experiment.

The basic theory of this deck is the same as an Aristocrat deck, you summon weenies and sacrifice them to one of the aristocrats and swing for plenty or chip away slowly with Blood Artists. At the same time you gain zombies and demons from Xathrid Necromancer and Skirsdag High Priest. Athreos, God of Passage will return your weenies to your hand when they die and will provide more sac fodder and keep feeding the Champion of the Parish. The Vexing Devils will be very annoying with Athreos, God of Passage since your opponent will need to take a total of 7 damage in order to put them into the graveyard with their sac effect. If they don't they will be cheap powerhouses that swing for 4. As bonus they will still need to pay 3 when they die, or the cycle will repeat. If they manage to keep your one mana creatures in your graveyard you have Immortal Servitude to bring them back again for 4 mana, which is near nothing. If they play Rest in Peace I'm afraid this deck is going to get problems, the same goes for if a burn deck plays Anger of the Gods or similar things. If they use Rest in Peace it is important to put the Revoke Existence into the deck and pray that you wont even need to use them.

Date added	10 years
Last updated	10 years
Legality	This deck is Modern legal.
Rarity (main - side)	4 - 1 Mythic Rares 28 - 3 Rares 8 - 5 Uncommons 10 - 6 Commons
Cards	63
Avg. CMC	2.05
Tokens	Demon 5/5 B, Human 1/1 W, Spirit 1/1 W, Zombie 2/2 B
Folders	Decks I like!, Cool decks I like, That i liked, blood artists