Sideboard


Modern Abzan Aristocrats.

Lots of sacrifice synergy for value, lifegain and opponent lifedrain for explosive finishes. The triggers from a Rally the Ancestors or Return to the Ranks can be insane and just win on the spot.

Maindeck:
Blood Artist and Zulaport Cutthroat - 8 blood brothers. Not very imposing alone, but in a group the death triggers add up to devastating effect.

Return to the Ranks, Rally the Ancestors, and Eternal Witness - 8 spells to reload the battlefield and fuel lifegain/life loss triggers.

Cartel Aristocrat and Viscera Seer - 8 sacrifice outlets. They are both very powerful in this deck in their own way. Cartel Aristocrat protects herself from removal, get in for unblockable damage, or block a big threat, while Viscera Seer can find the right card to finish the game. Example: If Viscera Seer, Kitchen Finks, and Melira, Sylvok Outcast are in play, you can scry through the entire deck to find the missing game finisher (assuming the opponent hasn't scooped from infinite lifegain). Another example: Chain Rally spells together. Cast Rally the Ancestors, sacrifice everything for triggers, scry each time to dig for the next Rally/RttR spell.

The Combo
Previously made infamous in Melira Pod:
Kitchen Finks + Melira, Sylvok Outcast + sac outlet = infinite lifegain. Add a Blood Artist or Zulaport Cutthroat and it's also infinite lifeloss. With this combo, like Twin or Infect, the deck can pull out a win in a flash.

Satyr Wayfinder - Provides a 2-for-1: helps dig for needed lands and fills the graveyard with potential game finishers. Example real game: Kitchen Finks is in play. Cast Satyr Wayfinder, get a land plus Melira, Sylvok Outcast, Viscera Seer, and Zulaport Cutthroat which go to the graveyard. Play the land, cast Return to the Ranks with convoke and a turn 4 win.

Collected Company - Similar to Satyr Wayfinder putting a win condition in the graveyard, it can get a win condition on the battlefield, but it can do it at instant speed.

With the redundancy in the deck, it is very consistent and fun. Most of the time it pulls out the win between turn 4-6. The longer games involve pinging the opponent by chumping with Blood Artist and Zulaport Cutthroat until a finisher is drawn.

Original infinite sac combo by Saffron Olive except using Anafenza, Kin-Tree Spirit.

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Match 1: Zombie Hunt (2-1)
Match 2: Naya Burn (2-0)
Match 3: Grixis Delver (2-0)
Match 4: Mono Green Aggro (ID)

The Zombie Hunt match up was comical. It featured a turn 3 combo off followed by a mulligan to 1 two games later. Go big or go home I guess.

My deck was fun and consistent. It feels great to win at instant speed on your opponent's end step.

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Revision 19 See all

(1 year ago)

+2 Assassin's Trophy main
-2 Eternal Witness main
Date added 9 years
Last updated 1 year
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Legality

This deck is Modern legal.

Rarity (main - side)

0 - 1 Mythic Rares

32 - 6 Rares

16 - 6 Uncommons

8 - 2 Commons

Cards 60
Avg. CMC 2.21
Tokens Elemental */* GW, Human Cleric 1/1 BW
Folders Modern Fun?, Blood Brothers, Cool decks, Modern, Modern, zzInspiration (not own), Vault - Archived
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