A Whole Nu World - Dralnu $40 Budget Flashback

Commander / EDH Budget UB (Dimir)

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Give me the lamp! (Card Draw) (15)

• 1x Ancient Excavation *list*
• 1x Brainstorm
• 1x Deep Analysis
• 1x Fact or Fiction
• 1x Forbidden Alchemy
• 1x Forgotten Creation
• 1x Frantic Search
• 1x Impulse
• 1x Notion Thief
• 1x Ponder
• 1x River Kelpie
• 1x Secrets of the Dead
• 1x Thirst for Knowledge
• 1x Thought Scour
• 1x Windfall

Stick that sword into that snake! (Removal) (9)

• 1x Capsize
• 1x Crux of Fate
• 1x Curse of the Swine
• 1x Doom Blade
• 1x Evacuation
• 1x Pongify
• 1x Rapid Hybridization
• 1x Reality Shift
• 1x Silumgar's Command

Genie, you're free! (Tokens) (5)

• 1x Army of the Damned
• 1x Docent of Perfection  ^Flip
• 1x Metallurgic Summonings
• 1x Rise from the Tides
• 1x Talrand, Sky Summoner

Phenomenal cosmic power! (Ramp) (14)

• 1x Cabal Ritual
• 1x Catalyst Stone
• 1x Commander's Sphere
• 1x Curious Homunculus  ^Flip
• 1x Dark Ritual
• 1x Darksteel Ingot
• 1x Dimir Signet
• 1x Fellwar Stone
• 1x Hedron Archive
• 1x High Tide
• 1x Jace's Sanctum
• 1x Mind Stone
• 1x Talisman of Dominance
• 1x Worn Powerstone

Utility (8)

• 1x Aetherflux Reservoir
• 1x Diabolic Tutor
• 1x Extract from Darkness
• 1x Increasing Ambition
• 1x Magebane Armor
• 1x Mystical Teachings
• 1x Reins of Power
• 1x Swiftfoot Boots

Welcome to Agrabah (Mana Base) (36)

• 1x Dimir Aqueduct
• 1x Dimir Guildgate
• 1x Dismal Backwater
• 20x Island
• 12x Swamp
• 1x Temple of the False God

Commander (1)

All right, you baaad boy, but no more freebies (Counters) (12)

• 1x Arcane Denial
• 1x Counterspell
• 1x Desertion
• 1x Dismiss
• 1x Dissipate
• 1x Hinder
• 1x Insidious Will
• 1x Negate
• 1x Perplex
• 1x Rewind
• 1x Summary Dismissal
• 1x Swan Song

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By request from The_2ndpanda, here is my take on Dralnu, Lich Lord.

In my ongoing endeavor to bring frugality to Commander, each card in this deck is under $2 and the whole deck is under $40 (not including the commander). If you like what you see, UPVOTE! or you can check out all my other $40 budget decks. If you see some areas of improvement, let me know what you'd change. Just make sure all suggested cards are under $2.

The Strategy

1) Get as much ramp as you can

2) Keep the game under control as much as possible

3) Once you have enough mana to cast your commander and protect him, do so

4) Throw down a token producer and swarm your opponents

The Win Cons

1) Token army

2) Opponents giving up due to ridiculous control

The Upgrades

Feel free to suggest any of your favorite upgrade cards:

Card Draw: Baral, Chief of Compliance, Dig Through Time, Mystic Confluence, Phyrexian Arena, Preordain, Rhystic Study

Counters: Disallow, Muddle the Mixture, Mystic Confluence

Mana Base: Command Tower, Drowned Catacomb, Polluted Delta, Reliquary Tower, Sunken Hollow, Temple of Deceit, Watery Grave

Ramp: Baral, Chief of Compliance, Gilded Lotus, Paradox Engine, Sol Ring, Thought Vessel

Removal: Cyclonic Rift, Decree of Pain, Go for the Throat , Hero's Downfall, Mystic Confluence, Toxic Deluge

Tokens: Rite of Replication

Tutors (not included in decklist due to $, but really great with Dralnu): Dark Petition, Demonic Tutor, Mystical Tutor, Vampiric Tutor

Utility: Exsanguinate, Havengul Lich, Laboratory Maniac, Lightning Greaves, Memory Plunder, Sensei's Divining Top, Thousand-Year Elixir

$40 Budget Decks

I love the challenge of building really cheap decks. This is how the majority of my real life decks start out and then I improve them over time.

Mono Decks

Do A Baral Roll - Baral $40 Budget Counterspells - #1 Baral deck on TappedOut

Blinded By The Light - Seer $40 Budget Colors - #1 Blind Seer deck on TappedOut

Beauty and the Beasts - Braids $40 Budget Monsters - #3 Braids deck on TappedOut

The Thrull Is Gone - Endrek $40 Budget Control - #1 Endrek Sahr deck on TappedOut

Turn Down For What - Ixidor $40 Budget Mystery - #5 Ixidor deck on TappedOut

Black Water - Korlash $40 Budget Voltron - #1 Korlash deck on TappedOut

The Godfather - Krenko $40 Budget Goblins

Spirit In The Sky - Oyobi $40 Budget Spirits - #1 Oyobi deck on TappedOut

One Plus One Is One - Rishkar $40 Budget Counters - #2 Rishkar deck on TappedOut

Srama Lama Ding Dong - Sram $40 Budget Voltron

Bugs - Thriss $40 Budget Infectious Insects - #1 Thriss deck on TappedOut

2 Color Decks

Army - Agrus Kos $40 Budget Soldiers - #1 Agrus Kos deck on TappedOut

Baby, Come Back - Brago $40 Budget Blink

A Whole Nu World - Dralnu $40 Budget Flashback

Time Is On My Side - Jhoira $40 Budget Suspension

Kitty - Katametra $40 Budget Tribal

Meren Jane's Last Dance - Meren $40 Budget Recur

Where Is My Mina? - Mina/Denn $40 Budget Landfall - #4 Mina & Denn deck on TappedOut

We're Going To Be Friends - Munda $40 Budget Ally - #1 Munda deck on TappedOut

Bulls on Parade - Neheb $40 Budget Minotaurs

I Am A Rock - Noyan Dar $40 Budget Man Lands - #3 Noyan Dar deck on TappedOut

Red Rain - Olivia $40 Budget Vampires - #4 Olivia deck on TappedOut

One Time Too Many - Phenax $40 Budget Mill

King of Pain - Rakdos $40 Budget Beaters

Jumpin' Jack Flashmi - Rashmi $40 Budget Flashers

Cage The Elephant - Selvala $40 Budget Tribal

Stone Free - Sisters $40 Budget Thievery - #1 Sisters deck on TappedOut

Three Times A Lady - Triad $40 Budget Blinkers

3 Color Decks

Bird is the Word - Derevi $40 Budget Tribal

I Put A Spell On You - Jeleva $40 Budget Spells - #3 Jeleva deck on TappedOut

Harder, Better, Faster, Stronger - Uril $40 Budget - #2 Uril deck on TappedOut

Been Caught Stealing - Yasova $40 Budget Thievery

Whoomp! Zur It Is - Zur $40 Budget Enchantments

4/5 Color Decks

Super Metroid - Akiri & Silas $40 Budget Voltron - #1 Akiri & Silas deck on TappedOut

Let My Love Open The Door - Sidar & Kraum $40 Budg

Beds Are Burning - Vial & Thrasios $40 Budget - #5 Vial & Thrasios deck on TappedOut

My Current Decks

Re: Stacks - Brago Stax

The Funeral - Chainer Reanimator / deck:one-thing-leads-to-another-sidisi-combo-control

Breeze(un)blocks - Kaseto Budget Unblockables

Grey Ice Water - Kozilek Eldrazi

A Whiter Shade of Pale - Michiko Budget Lifegain - #1 Michiko Konda deck on TappedOut

Paint It Black - Mikaeus Budget Combo

deck:turn-turn-turn-narset-budget-creatureless

Hurt - Nekusar Wheels

Bein' Green - Omnath Elves

Tangled Up In Blue - Talrand Morph

Red Right Hand - Zada Budget Aggro

Top Ranked	Achieved #71 position overall 7 years ago
Date added	7 years
Last updated	7 years
Legality	This deck is Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	3 - 0 Mythic Rares 20 - 0 Rares 29 - 0 Uncommons 15 - 0 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	3.20
Tokens	Ape 3/3 G, Bird 2/2 U, Boar 2/2 G, Construct */* C, Drake 2/2 U, Frog Lizard 3/3 G, Human Wizard 1/1 U, Manifest 2/2 C, Zombie 2/2 B
Folders	EDH, Decks to look into, Ideas, Decks to look at