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I've examined multiple Aristocrat decks and put together what I feel is the best parts of all of them. This is budget, but the only things I really feel it is missing are Hangarback Walker, which would take the place of Sultai Emissary, and of course better lands. Any advice would be greatly appreciated thanks.

Creatures

Blisterpod: This is a 1 cost chump blocker that with our sacrifice strategy becomes a 2 for 1.

Carrier Thrall: Same thing as Blisterpod except he is 2/1 allowing him to trade better.

Liliana, Heretical Healer  : Fits in with this deck very nicely. You can often sacrifice a creature and immediately transform her after summoning. Her -X ability is extremely useful for returning a Nantuko Husk to the battle field when you need him. Once you have a board advantage from trading, you can repeatedly bring back Merciless Executioner and keep their board empty.

Merciless Executioner: Great for dealing with decks that go big on heavy hitting creatures. Sacrifice your Blisterpod and watch them grimace in pain as they put their Siege Rhino into the graveyard.

Nantuko Husk: This is the heavy hitter and the main aristocrat in this deck. With all of our sacrificial creatures we can keep him pumped up. You can also use Rally the Ancestors to return many creatures, including your chump blockers that are 2 for 1's, and immediately sacrifice all of them to make Nantuko Husk 12/12 or some other obscene number.

Smothering Abomination: The biggest creature in the deck, he creates value by allowing us to draw a card EVERY TIME we sacrifice a creature. If he's on the field during a Rally the Ancestors combo that can mean a huge card advantage. He also has flying as evasion so he can get in 4 damage if we need. His only drawback is that a creature is required to be sacrificed during your upkeep, so make sure you keep something on the battlefield otherwise you'll be sacrificing him instead.

Sultai Emissary: Another chump blocker, but this one is a little better as he allows you to manifest the top card as a 2/2. If you're lucky this will be a creature that you can flip over for its summon cost and create even more bodies. If not, the manifest counts as a nontoken creature so you can still sacrifice it to gain another chump blocker from Abzan Ascendancy.

Zulaport Cutthroat: His ability fits in so nicely with this deck it's insane. Use him during the early phases to bleed your opponent. Then bring him back with the Rally the Ancestors combo and deal massive damage by sacrifice creatures. You can often win the game this way without even swinging with your Nantuko Husk.

Enchantment

Abzan Ascendancy: This creates board advantage by allowing any nontoken creature you control to leave behind a 1/1 flying spirit after it dies. These are valuable chump blockers that will even work to block those pesky thopters that Hangarback Walker leaves behind.

Sorcery

Bone Splinters: Cheap effective removal. Requires you to sacrifice a creature, but you should be doing that anyway.

Planeswalker

Sorin, Solemn Visitor: Grants your creatures lifelink and +1/+0. Great for turning things around against an aggro deck.

Instant

Abzan Charm: A versatile card that can help in a number of situations. Exile a pesky dragon. Draw two cards late in the game. Or simply distribute two +1/+1 counters. The choice is yours.

Collected Company: A great engine for creating creature advantage. It can summon every creature in the deck onto the battlefield except for Smothering Abomination. Using this to find a Nantuko Husk and then playing Rally the Ancestors the next turn is a great combo.

Rally the Ancestors: The main tool in this deck and primary wincon if you have not been able to bleed them to death with Zulaport Cutthroat. Can be used during your opponent's turn and then sacrifice the creatures in response to the requirement of exiling them on your upkeep. This is the best strategy because the creatures don't receive haste.

Sideboard

Abzan Charm: More copies of Abzan Charm in case you go up against a control deck.

Anafenza, the Foremost: For mirror matches and dealing with Hangarback Walker.

Caustic Caterpillar: Jeskai Ascendancy? Peace out. Swap this in for anyone using a deck that relies on an enchantment or artifact.

Fleshbag Marauder: A clone of Merciless Executioner bring him in when facing big creatures or to get rid of creatures that have Hexproof or Indestructible.

Minister of Pain: Gets rid of your opponents tokens and his Exploit ability plays right into our sacrifice strategy.

Surge of Righteousness: Gets rid of Siege Rhino and pumped up creatures in Atarka Red. A staple of sideboards in the current meta.

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Revision 12 See all

(8 years ago)

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Date added 9 years
Last updated 8 years
Legality

This deck is not Standard legal.

Rarity (main - side)

3 - 2 Mythic Rares

25 - 0 Rares

15 - 10 Uncommons

14 - 3 Commons

Cards 60
Avg. CMC 2.41
Tokens Eldrazi Scion 1/1 C, Emblem Liliana, Defiant Necromancer, Emblem Sorin, Solemn Visitor, Manifest 2/2 C, Spirit 1/1 W, Vampire 2/2 B, Zombie 2/2 B
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