[In-Depth] Sultai Eldrazi

Standard* BUG (Sultai) Colorless Competitive Eldrazi Midrange Tempo

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Land (25)

• 4x Aether Hub
• 4x Blooming Marsh
• 4x Botanical Sanctum
• 4x Evolving Wilds
• 1x Forest
• 3x Island
• 1x Lumbering Falls
• 3x Sanctum of Ugin
• 1x Wastes

Creature (25)

• 4x Elder Deep-Fiend
• 4x Matter Reshaper
• 3x Reality Smasher
• 4x Rogue Refiner
• 4x Servant of the Conduit
• 4x Thought-Knot Seer
• 2x Tireless Tracker

Instant (8)

• 4x Fatal Push
• 3x Spatial Contortion
• 1x Warping Wail

Planeswalker (2)

• 2x Nissa, Vital Force

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Sideboard

Instant (13)

• 2x Ceremonious Rejection
• 3x Dispel
• 2x Natural Obsolescence
• 1x Natural State
• 2x Negate
• 1x Spatial Contortion
• 2x Warping Wail

Sorcery (2)

• 2x Transgress the Mind

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THE DESCRIPTION IS SLIGHTLY OUT OF DATE ILL UPDATE IT SOON TO THE DECK LIST

Sultai Eldrazi :

If you enjoyed the decklist and following walls of text that i just spent hours of my life typing (just kidding what life ;_;) dropping a up-vote and a comment its much appreciated friend.

Hello thanks for stopping by, lets get down to business. With wizards dropping the ban hammer on Emrakul, the Promised End, Smuggler's Copter, and Reflector Mage it left a huge gap in the meta game. With these meta defining cards out of the picture standard is a bright new world of possibilities and im confident the eldrazi menace which has plagued modern and continues to can sink its tentacles into standard as a competitive option.

Last edited: 1/26/17

Playstyle/Tips and Tricks

Building a fantastic standard deck is only half if not more of the battle, but ill give you a nudge in the right direction for sitting in the pilot seat. This is a strictly mid-range deck. Its game plan is to curve out with efficient creatures while running a suite of disruption ie: removal, counter spells, and tap effects. Your job is to beat in the face of the opponent while trying your best to stave off the opponents game plan as efficiently as possible.

First of all by far the best play is a turn two Heart of Kiran followed by a third turn 3 power dude followed by a Elder Deep-Fiend or Thought-Knot Seer and then one of your big bad 5 drops. A close second is a turn two Servant of the Conduit followed up by a turn 3 Thought-Knot Seer and if the magic gods have smiled upon you a turn 4 Reality Smasher or Nissa, Vital Force behind that. Sounds like candy land but happens more than you think. You back these sequences up with efficient removal and specialized hate cards post board and you have a force to be reckoned with!

Tips and Tricks

1. Warping Wail Is a 2 mana answer to the Copy Cat combo in response to Felidar Guardian's bounce on Saheeli Rai you can exile it and when it resolves the -2 has no target. Or if they play a Saheeli Rai with a Gaurdian on the battlefield you can just exile it in response.

2. Spatial Contortion can do more than remove >3 toughness creatures it can also buff your own creatures giving it +3 attack. It can be used to effectively Lightning Strike your opponents face

3. Another trick you can do with Spatial Contortion is block a +1'd Gideon, Ally of Zendikar with a 2+ power creature and then AFTER combat damage i repeat AFTER combat damage or else this will not work Spatial Contortion the Gideon, Ally of Zendikar and it will kill it through indestructible as the -3 isnt dealing damage.

4. A admittedly less than ideal way to trigger revolt is to play a 2nd copy of Heart of Kiran or Skysovereign, Consul Flagship sacrifice one to the legends rule and then cast your Fatal Push with Revolt

5. Remember when selecting your basic lands that Servant of the Conduit does NOT produce colorless mana as its technically not a color, sounds obvious but it can confuse a lot of people who haven't played this card in a colorless shell before

6. If you sacrifice Matter Reshaper to emerge Elder Deep-Fiend with Sanctum of Ugin in play make sure to put Matter Reshaper's trigger on the stack so it resolves first as A: your deck will have a higher creature density before you search and B: You have more information letting you know whats the best creature to search for ie; did you hit a land from Matter Reshaper that will let you search for a more expensive creature?

7. A interaction that i mistook for the longest time has to do with Matter Reshaper again, if you a reveal a nonpermanent (ie a instant/sorcery) it does not go back to the top of your library it instead goes into your hand. Again seems obvious but i played that wrong with reshaper ever since it came out

8. Which creature is best to emerge you ask? Matter Reshaper > Scrapheap Scrounger > Rogue Refiner > Servant of the Conduit > Tireless Tracker

9. Speaking of emerge dont be afraid to save your 3 drops and sac a Servant of the Conduit if its running low on energy or you would rather have a 3 drop, you can make up the 1 converted mana cost difference by tapping it and floating a mana then using it to emerge a Elder Deep-Fiend

10. Dont sideboard in to many spells! Remember keep the spell count to maximum 7 maybe 8 if your feeling ambitious post board. Remember this deck wins off playing creatures and interacting with their synergies dont dilute your deck to much with spells you might not be able to use when your tapping out for creatures

11. Wastes are basic lands! Most of you know this but this is for those who dont, the one wastes is for Evolving Wilds to fetch!

12. Make sure you have a 2nd colorless source ready before sacrificing Sanctum of Ugin to get a colorless creature. God knows ive face palm'd from this one a few to many times

What Trigger's Revolt? Show

This deck is laden with ways to make a good card Fatal Push into an even better card, Fatal Push with revolt

Trigger's Revolt:

• Cracking Evolving Wilds

• Emerging a Elder Deep-Fiend

• Cracking a Clue

• Sacrificing Sanctum of Ugin

• And if your that damn desperate Skysovereign, Consul Flagship'ing your own dude

Card Explanations

MAINBOARD-

Fatal Push Show

3 copies: Not to much to say about including this if your running black your probably running this card. Hands down best removal spell in standard as of the moment and in a deck that can trigger revolt easily (hint this one can) its even more busted. Slam dunk playable one of the only reason's we splash black.

Servant of the Conduit Show

4 copies: This card allows for some really retarded turn sequence's involving casting your scary Eldrazi a turn earlier than they should be able to be cast, with only 23 lands and a fair share of 4-5 drops this can ramp you and fix your mana since we have to accommodate 4 colors in our land base. Overall great card (and you can emerge with it on turn 4!)

Heart of Kiran Show

3 copies: Bread and butter of this deck, the best turn 2 play in the deck with tons of valuable 3 power creatures to crew it this cards a absolute beast. This card is also extremely good with Nissa, Vital Force, as you can crew him every combat phase with loyalty points while also having a 5/5 for offense/defense. Its so important for our gameplan but the legend rule makes me run 3 copies. Multiple copies of this cards are not redundant however, as your opponent is either removing this creature allowing you to cast a 2nd or... spending mana to kill your 3 power dudes who are hand picked for their expendiblity.

Scrapheap Scrounger Show

2 copies: This card is the 2nd reason we splash black aside from sideboard options. It crews all your vehicles it can recurs its self and its easy to cast. An opponents best line of defense pre boarding in artifact hate is to kill the creatures that are crewing your giant vehicles, well removing this guy is a big problem for the enemy making it hard to keep your vehicles uncrewed. The reason we are only running 2 is because the not blocking part sucks alot, although its not a huge deal because this guy loves to crew vehicles and get emerged just to be returned for 2 mana.

Matter Reshaper Show

4 copies: Probably one of the best creatures in this deck. Our curve is fairly low so 3 or below cmc isnt a big deal it crews all your vehicles, one of the best targets for Elder Deep-Fiend 's emerge cost and a excellent blocker. Slam dunk playset, excellent card.

Rogue Refiner Show

3 copies: 3 mana 3/2 is unimpressive stats but the fact that this guy immediately replaces himself and can power up your Aether Hub 's and Servant of the Conduit 's and crews well is a good enough reason for him to be in this list. Since he replaces himself and gives you raw card advantage it makes him a fairly good emerge target. There are alot of potential 3 mana creatures to run in this deck but i think this is one of the better options. Going down 1 copy for a 3rd tireless tracker could be an option.

Tireless Tracker Show

2 copies: With 4 copies of Evolving Wilds letting you get extra land drops, this cards value can get to an insane level. I really really want to run one more of this card because its a great creature, but it feels extremely mediocre to emerge a Elder Deep-Fiend with this and when it gets a few counters it becomes a inefficient crew target. But on the upside this card can take over the game if left unchecked drawing you cards and growing exponentially. The clues this card generates can trigger revolt when sacrificed and draw more fuel. I want this to be a 3 of but i cant find the room on the curve, but its few cons cant be ignored when thinking about adding more.

Elder Deep-Fiend Show

3 Copies: This and Heart of Kiran are the proverbial bread and butter of this deck. These two cards are the corner stones of this deck. A huge portion of your creature base can efficiently emerge this card and the value of doing so is unparalleled. Double blue is a stretch occasionally but we have enough mainboard mana fixing for it to be a non issue. Sac'ing Sanctum of Ugin and chaining these or even tapping their creatures and swinging for 10 with a fetched up Reality Smasher the following turn. This card has some back breaking turn sequences for your opponent to deal with.

Thought-Knot Seer Show

4 Copies: A modern and even legacy staple this is one of the best eldrazi creatures in existance. You can cheat it a turn early with Servant of the Conduit , its one of the best tools in your deck to fight the combo decks aether revolt brought. Its great against any mid-range or control strategy but can still net some value against aggressive shells to.

Reality Smasher Show

1 Copy: This card's statline is ok 5 mana for a 5/5 but the haste is just backbreaking and built in evasion is a kick in the nuts for any control deck. This card is a little slow against aggro decks as swinging in usually isnt a option so the haste clause becomes mediocre but this is your premier Sanctum of Ugin Target and is what you should be getting 85% of the time. Only 1 copy because there are so many amazing 5 drops i have to jam in this list and keep the curve reasonable but the fact that it can be tutor'd makes it show up more often than the 1 copy would have you believe.

Skysovereign, Consul Flagship Show

2 copies: Before i talk about this card can i just tell you how sick i am of typing the god forsaken paragraph of a name this card has. Ok... onwards to what your reading this for, its pretty good. Can bolt down a creature or deal with a planeswalker it can get crazy value crazy quick if you get to attack with it. Almost all of our creature base crews it, and it can take over a game extremely quickly

Nissa, Vital Force Show

2 Copies: Heart of Kiran makes an otherwise good planeswalker just retarded in this list. Essentially a Reality Smasher in planeswalker form it can protect itself crew your Heart of Kiran's each combat phase and is really hard for control decks to deal with if it has resolved. Your premier finisher card.

Sanctum of Ugin Show

3 Copies: This card combined with Elder Deep-Fiend can rake in value by the bushel. Allows chaining of Elder Deep-Fiend 's or my personal favorite tapping their creatures fetching Reality Smasher and then swinging for 10+. Enables some crazy sequences and gives us colorless mana for all of our colorless creatures. The fact that this only taps for colorless mana and we are running 3 colors 4 if you include colorless forces me to run 3 copies instead of 4 as multiples of this can leave you with uncastable cards but when it shows up and you get to sacrifice it its insane.

SIDEBOARD-

Ceremonious Rejection Show

2 copies: With 2 sets chok full of artifacts you can bet your last dollar your going to be boarding this in a bit. Counters anything from Heart of Kiran to Aetherworks Marvel to Metalwork Colossus. Bottom line there are alot of powerfull colorless cards running around and saying "nope" for 1 mana is about as good as it gets

Dispel Show

1 Copy: Control decks nowadays usually consist of a shit ton of insants and some number of Torrential Gearhulk's. Against those decks this card is usually just a 1 mana Negate. There are to many important instants in the format to list and this card handles all of them effeciantly. If your local meta is control heavy a 2nd copy to replace Dead Weight is recommended

Dead Weight Show

1 copy: As i have said a weakpoint for this deck is against super fast low to the ground wide decks that bash your face in before you can do all of your cool stuff. This combined with your plethora of other removal is a godsend. This card usually reads 1 mana kill anything if your against a deck that your considering boarding this in and thats pretty good. A huge portion of creatures in those decks have less than 2 toughness so this card is some extra hate for a extra hard matchup.

Natural State Show

Its this or Natural Obsolescence and most of the time the Obsolescence is better as this card doesnt hit some important artifacts because of the 3 mana clause. But this costs 1 less mana and can hit enchantments! Now this slot could easily be a 3rd copy of Natural Obsolescence but i think this being 1 mana and hitting enchantments is worth the slot. Mostly here for the mardu vehicle matchup.

Negate Show

3 Copies: We are running this for alot of matchups and its probably your most boarded in and versatile sideboard card we have. Gives some much needed counter play to combo decks. Handles planeswalkers, this comes in against anything low on creatures and can even be boarded in lesser numbers against mid-range strategies as they will probably be boarding in their own hate for you!

Spatial Contortion Show

1 Copies: A issue this deck can run into is getting swarmed by these really wide decks. Well all the formats sweepers cost double black and have the unfortuante side effect of wiping our board to. So with that option out of the way the only other one is have removal and good creatures to block with. This card is already in the mainboard but against those super wide decks or decks with Gideon, Ally of Zendikar in them you want a 3rd copy

Natural Obsolescence Show

2 copies: 2 mana instant speed answer for any artifact in the format including but not limited to Metalwork Colossus, Aetherworks Marvel, and any other popular and powerful artifact. Quite simple yet effective 2 mana get rid of any artifact so good!

Transgress the Mind Show

2 Copies: Cut and dry discard spell, take the best card (usually) from your opponents hand and gives you good game against anything thats not aggro. Hits a very large amount of decks in this format and its easy to cast sign me up!

Warping Wail Show

2 Copies: Instant speed answer to the copy cat combo. Reason enough to sideboard it needs no other reason really but it can counter sorcery's sometimes to. Copy cat is a dominant deck and this is 2 mana deal with their combo instantly.

Current Change Considerations

• 2nd Warping Wail mainboard

• 3:2 ratio of Rogue Refiner/ Tireless Tracker or 2:3 ratio?

• 2nd Forest or Lumbering Falls

• 2nd Dispel in SB?

Sideboard Guide

Ill make this when im for certain my sideboard is where i want it to be and i know what the big players are gonna be in the post ban aether revolt meta. But on another note your sideboard should always be tuned for your local meta and/or the event you plan to play your deck at. If your playing mtgo then my sb is gonna be tuned for the meta and you should be pretty safe using mine.

Problems and Moving Foward

This section is gonna be a little sparse until i get my feet wet with this deck in the aether revolt meta but here are a few problems i see from the get go. Ill keep it updated as i find things, please let me hear your findings as far as problems with this deck in the comments!

Copy Cat Combo:

While i have little experience with this deck in person as the concept of Saheeli Rai and Felidar Guardian making infinite 1/4's with haste is new to standard. On paper it looks like this deck is gonna have a hard time finding on color sideboard answers for this combo. Thought-Knot Seer Looks to be our best bet maybe even casting Lost Legacy for Felidar Guardian but double black is actually quite hard to get with this mana base consistantly and i try to shy away from double costed anything when im running 4 colors. Over all it seems some combination of Thought-Knot Seer and Transgress the Mind picking it out of their hand. Or negating Saheeli Rai outright is our best bet. As far as preboard we do main-deck 4 Thought-Knot Seer's and we can always beat her face in with Heart of Kiran. EDIT- I JUST FOUND Warping Wail AND ITS THE PERFECT ANSWER THE MATCH UP JUST GOT A WHOLE LOT EASIER

Fast and Wide:

Although Fatal Push helps the problem exponentially its still there, the problem with running a mid-range deck with only 6 removal spells main board is these decks who curve out at 3 (im looking at you humans) can be a problem pre board. Its not bad to the point of unwinnable certainly not it just seems a little unfavorable at times. Elder Deep-Fiend can definitely pull you through and alot of your creatures are good at blocking. But the sideboard helps alot with Dead Weight and more Spatial Contortion 's. Over all i would say the matchup is 40/60 pre board and a whole lot better post board.

Closing Thoughts

With recent bannings wotc has opened a floodgate of possibilities with the meta being shook up. Previous iterations i had run of this deck when the bans were not in place fell into this awkward spot of being to slow to deal with the fast pace of Smuggler's Copter decks and not fast enough to beat out opposing Emrakul, the Promised End casting's; I think its in a much better spot now. With its main problems banned away to the blind eternities and a ton of new pieces printed in my mind at least it stands a a possible competitor (or something quite similar) to plant its flag in the meta.

Holy shit! If your reading this either you took the time to read all of walls of text above me or you just cheated and skipped to the end (shame on you sir). But either way thanks for taking the time of day to listen to a humble man talk to you about his deck. Make sure to upvote and comment because if you've already wasted cough i mean spent this much time reading this why not take a few seconds more to make my day!

Have a good day lads

-Your homeboy Peter

Date added	7 years
Last updated	7 years
Exclude colors	WR
Splash colors	B
Legality	This deck is not Standard legal.
Rarity (main - side)	2 - 0 Mythic Rares 29 - 0 Rares 20 - 7 Uncommons 4 - 8 Commons
Cards	60
Avg. CMC	3.51
Tokens	Clue, Eldrazi Scion 1/1 C, Emblem Nissa, Vital Force, Energy Reserve
Folders	Aether Revolt Decks