Argh, me hearties, here be treasure!

Standard* Combo Control Ramp UB (Dimir)

Aethos

Control (12)

• 2x Bontu's Last Reckoning
• 3x Fatal Push
• 2x Hostage Taker
• 3x Spell Swindle
• 1x Tezzeret the Schemer
• 1x Vona's Hunger

Ramp (4)

• 4x Inspiring Statuary

Defense (11)

• 4x Dire Fleet Hoarder
• 4x Sailor of Means
• 3x Torrential Gearhulk

Wincon (4)

• 1x Marionette Master
• 1x The Scarab God
• 2x Torment of Hailfire

Land (23)

• 4x Drowned Catacomb
• 10x Island
• 9x Swamp

CardAdvantage (6)

• 4x Hieroglyphic Illumination
• 2x Siren's Ruse

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Maybeboard

Control (5)

• 1x Contract Killing
• 1x Expel from Orazca
• 2x Shrewd Negotiation
• 1x Underhanded Designs

Treasure (2)

• 1x Prosperous Pirates
• 1x Ruthless Knave

Wincon (4)

• 1x Cruel Reality
• 1x Demon of Dark Schemes
• 1x Herald of Anguish
• 1x Razaketh, the Foulblooded

Defense (2)

• 1x Contraband Kingpin
• 1x Golden Guardian  ^Flip

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The main win conditions are Torment of Hailstorm with a lot of mana from treasure tokens or Marionette Master's triggered ability with a lot of treasure tokens to sacrifice or just The Scarab God with some mana.

The idea is to have some early creatures that create treasures. The creatures let us block some damage from aggressive decks and the treasures allow us to ramp - optimally with the help of an Inspiring Statuary. Turn two Dire Fleet Hoarder into turn three Inspiring Statuary can give us 6 mana available on turn 4.

In the mid game I would like to counter spells with Spell Swindle to get even more ramp going or steal stuff from my opponent with Hostage Taker - he benefits greatly from improvise.

Would love to hear some feedback.

Date added	6 years
Last updated	6 years
Legality	This deck is not Standard legal.
Rarity (main - side)	5 - 0 Mythic Rares 19 - 0 Rares 3 - 0 Uncommons 14 - 0 Commons
Cards	60
Avg. CMC	3.35
Tokens	City's Blessing, Copy Clone, Emblem Tezzeret the Schemer, Etherium Cell, Servo 1/1 C, Treasure