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Collected Aristocrats

Standard BG (Golgari)

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My current standard deck, which revolves around Zulaport Cutthroat and Nantuko Husk synergies. I took this list to 2 game days, top 4'd the first and got 1st in the second one.

The Engine

Zulaport Cutthroat - One of the two main enablers, lets us win games even if we are massively behind on board. They also stack very well, a couple of these can drain an opponent from 20 to 0 in a single turn if we have enough fodder and a husk.

Nantuko Husk - The second main enabler, is often either lethal or The Abyss when attacking. Also protects our dudes from exile removal, lets us make insane drain kills with cutthroat and can flip Liliana, Heretical Healer   or make a bunch of thopters with Hangarback Walker at instant speed.

Liliana, Heretical Healer   - Probably the sweetest card in the deck, can be a big role player in drain kills by reanimating cutthroat or more sac fodder. Also can do a pretty good impersonation of Liliana of the Veil by reanimating Fleshbag Marauder.

Evolutionary Leap - The deck needed some more sac outlets, and this the second best one right after husk. It may be a bit slow, but is basically a free win if resolved vs a control deck, since it turns every single threat into more threats every time they try to answer them with spot removal.

Collected Company - The best card in the deck. Digs for engine pieces at instant speed, can be used in combat as a surprise block or extra damage if we have husk on board. With 23 hits in the deck, this is quite consistent.

Drana, Liberator of Malakir - Lets us have a better fair beat down plan, turning our dorks into slightly bigger dorks. Makes us less weak to hate like Anafenza, the Foremost, which shuts down all the death synergies in the deck. She is a bit high variance though, sometimes she just wins after one attack with hangarback walker, other times she just looks really silly vs Mantis Rider.

The Fodder

Hangarback Walker - A great one to sacrifice, turns into multiple bodies and is a great top deck. Nonbo with Collected Company is a bit sad though.

Carrier Thrall - A dude that makes a dude when he dies. I play this over Sultai Emissary, since a 2/1 is more respectable than a 1/1 on it's own.

Catacomb Sifter - 2 bodies in one + the scry lets us look for our missing engine pieces + a 3/4 for 3 is not bad at all.

The Interaction

Fleshbag Marauder - Kills a thing + lets us sac something like hangarback walker. Great vs Mantis Rider, Siege Rhino and dragonlords.

Bone Splinters - Kills anything we want to kill while saccing something we may want to sac.

Murderous Cut - The delve is quite free and instant speed is very good vs atarka red.

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Date added 9 years
Last updated 9 years
Legality

This deck is not Standard legal.

Rarity (main - side)

6 - 3 Mythic Rares

19 - 0 Rares

13 - 3 Uncommons

12 - 9 Commons

Cards 60
Avg. CMC 2.44
Tokens Eldrazi Scion 1/1 C, Emblem Liliana, Defiant Necromancer, Thopter 1/1 C, Zombie 2/2 B
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