Waste Not My Budget

Standard* Budget Discard Tokens UB (Dimir) Zombie

magnetcrocodile

Instant (14)

• 4x Anticipate
• 4x Dissolve
• 2x Empty the Pits
• 2x Murderous Cut
• 2x Ultimate Price

Creature (10)

• 4x Black Cat
• 3x Risen Executioner
• 3x Sibsig Icebreakers

Land (22)

• 4x Dismal Backwater
• 4x Island
• 10x Swamp
• 4x Temple of Deceit

Enchantment (4)

• 4x Waste Not

Sorcery (10)

• 3x Dark Deal
• 3x Despise
• 2x Duress
• 2x Sign in Blood

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Sideboard

Sorcery (6)

• 2x Duress
• 2x Self-Inflicted Wound
• 2x Treasure Cruise

Enchantment (2)

• 2x Encase in Ice

Instant (5)

• 3x Negate
• 2x Ultimate Price

Creature (2)

• 2x Archfiend of Depravity

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Maybeboard

Sorcery (5)

• 1x Crux of Fate
• 1x Damnable Pact
• 1x Fascination
• 1x Rakshasa's Secret
• 1x Thoughtseize

Creature (3)

• 1x Mardu Skullhunter
• 1x Palace Familiar
• 1x Siren of the Silent Song

Land (2)

• 1x Evolving Wilds
• 1x Polluted Delta

Planeswalker (2)

• 1x Ashiok, Nightmare Weaver
• 1x Liliana Vess

Instant (2)

• 1x Aetherspouts
• 1x Hero's Downfall

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My take on Waste Not in a Budget deck. New and improved with cards from DTK!! Quick description time:

Mainboard

1-drop

• Despise: Hand disruption, and with Waste Not, a bonus zombie. All for one

• Duress: Another hand disruption, and a bonus draw when Waste Not is in play. Solid early play

2-drop

• Waste Not: The Raison d'etre of the deck. Such an interesting enchantment. It would be a WASTE to NOT use it.. eh? eh?... ok...

• Anticipate: Deck filter which is useful early and late game

• Black Cat: Early blocker that can pose a discard threat. Zombie type also works with Risen Executioner

• Sign in Blood: Standard draw spell. Trade life for cards. The unique part is, you can target your OPPONENT. Make them feel some pain, and create some discard target. Two birds with one spell

• Ultimate Price: Pretty self-explanatory

3-drop

• Dark Deal: In this deck, this spell is a BOMB. Cast this when you already have Waste Not in play, and you'll hit the jackpot. Disrupting the opponent's strategy while getting benefit from doing that.

• Dissolve: I really want to avoid using cards from Theros block, but this one is still currently the best counterspell in the current format. So I'll stick with it

• Sibsig Icebreakers: Good for ice-breaking, discarding, and zombie type is a plus, too

4-drop

• Risen Executioner: The new kid on the block, and quickly on its way to become the king of the hill. Pump my zombies and can revive itself

• Empty the Pits: Not exactly a 4 mana spell, but you can still cast it for 4 mana if you got a stacked grave. In my experience, 4-5 zombies is enough to turn a game around or go for the kill

5-drop

• Murderous Cut: Extra removal against creature-heavy deck. Anything with a Delve is also a plus

Sideboard

• Archfiend of Depravity: 5/4 body and can reduce aggression. The only problem that it can be neutered by a simple removal and the opponent can get one good attack before their end phase. Still deciding whether to use this or Crux of Fate

• Duress: More of it to help deal with control decks

• Encase in Ice: Color-hate spell. 2-mana disable that can even hit fatties at instant speed is good

• Negate: Extra counterspell against control deck. Also a pre-caution against the dreaded Virulent Plague

• Self-Inflicted Wound: Another color-hate. Used to deal with Indestructible pest like Fleecemane Lion

• Treasure Cruise: Back-up draw spell. Delve to manage my grave

Please playtest, comment, and rate the deck!! Any suggestion is welcome. Thanks!!

Top Ranked	Achieved #91 position overall 10 years ago
Date added	10 years
Last updated	6 years
Legality	This deck is not Standard legal.
Rarity (main - side)	5 - 0 Mythic Rares 8 - 2 Rares 14 - 6 Uncommons 19 - 7 Commons
Cards	60
Avg. CMC	2.55
Tokens	Zombie 2/2 B
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