Scarab Hero

Pioneer WUB (Esper)

BanoMD

Land (25)

• 4x Choked Estuary
• 4x Drowned Catacomb
• 4x Glacial Fortress
• 4x Godless Shrine
• 4x Hallowed Fountain
• 1x Island
• 4x Watery Grave

Planeswalker (2)

• 2x Liliana, the Last Hope

Creature (19)

• 2x Atris, Oracle of Half-Truths
• 4x Champion of Wits
• 4x Deputy of Detention
• 2x Dream Trawler
• 4x Hero of Precinct One
• 3x The Scarab God

Instant (8)

• 2x Dig Through Time
• 4x Fatal Push
• 2x Tyrant's Scorn

Sorcery (6)

• 2x Thought Erasure
• 4x Thoughtseize

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Sideboard

Instant (8)

• 3x Aether Gust
• 3x Dovin's Veto
• 2x Noxious Grasp

Creature (2)

• 2x Dragonlord Silumgar

Sorcery (2)

• 2x Devout Decree

Artifact (3)

• 3x Damping Sphere

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Maybeboard

Creature (7)

• 1x Dragonlord Ojutai
• 1x Hostage Taker
• 1x Kambal, Consul of Allocation
• 1x Kunoros, Hound of Athreos
• 1x Reflector Mage
• 1x Tasigur, the Golden Fang
• 1x Tomebound Lich

Planeswalker (4)

• 1x Ashiok, Dream Render
• 1x Ashiok, Nightmare Muse
• 1x Teferi, Hero of Dominaria
• 1x Teferi, Time Raveler

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I like how Hero of Precinct One, the various multicolored creatures available in Pioneer, and The Scarab God work together. Let’s explain the deck a bit more. Let’s start with the creatures:

• Early game, use Hero of Precinct One with cheap removal to keep the board clear and apply a bit of pressure.

• Champion of Wits: I want to try this in place of Teferi, Time Raveler. This can draw us cards early AND come back on its own to help us dig fairly deep.

• Deputy of Detention: All-purpose removal that can be brought back from the graveyard with The Scarab God. Normally, I feel like this card can be a bit hit-or-miss. Being able to recur it with The Scarab God makes it exponentially better in my opinion.

• Atris, Oracle of Half-Truths: Fantastic card-draw for this deck. Places cards you want for now into your hand, and cards you may want for later into your graveyard.

• This deck wins through The Scarab God and Dream Trawler. I feel like I don’t really need to explain why both of these creatures are good.

Now, let’s take a moment to discuss the non-creature spells.

• Thoughtseize and Fatal Push are pretty straightforward. Can easily trigger Revolt on Fatal Push by sacrificing tokens made by Hero of Precinct One.

• Thought Erasure: Discard always relevant. Surveil always relevant.

• Tyrant's Scorn: Additional removal vs Aggro decks. Never a completely dead card since you can always use it to bounce / protect your own creatures.

• Dig Through Time: This deck does a fairly decent job of filling the graveyard. Use those cards to delve through the deck.

• Liliana, the Last Hope: I want to try this out. Seems reasonable in a deck: 1. Creature-tokens to protect it. 2. Enough creatures to make her second ability relevant. 3. The Scarab God valuing the Zombie tokens.

SIDEBOARD

• Currently, my Sideboard is heavily skewed towards the combo-oriented decks in the format that are winning using Jace, Wielder of Mysteries. Damping Sphere, and Dovin's Veto are all relevant in those matchups.

• Dragonlord Silumgar: This seems like a fun and effective way of interacting with Uro, Titan of Nature's Wrath. Can also bring it in at Instant-Speed from the grave with The Scarab God to potentially snag a Jace, Wielder of Mysteries.

MAYBEBOARD

• Really, if the deck is focused around The Scarab God, the deck should have creatures with powerful ETB triggers. Can consider Reflector Mage, Hostage Taker, Basilica Bell-Haunt, etc.

• Teferi, Time Raveler: Interacts great with our discard-removal as well as Deputy of Detention. In general, very good against Spirits and Instant-speed oriented decks. Awkward in this deck when it’s so creature-heavy,

Top Ranked	Achieved #42 position overall 4 years ago Achieved #2 position in Pioneer 4 years ago
Date added	4 years
Last updated	4 years
Exclude colors	RG
Legality	This deck is Pioneer legal.
Rarity (main - side)	5 - 2 Mythic Rares 46 - 0 Rares 8 - 13 Uncommons
Cards	60
Avg. CMC	3.00
Tokens	Champion of Wits 4/4 B, Copy Clone, Emblem Liliana, the Last Hope, Human 1/1 W, Zombie 2/2 B
Folders	Esper scab god