Bad Bitch Witch (Ayara Aristocrats)

Commander / EDH Aristocrats Casual Devotion Group Slug Lifegain Mono-Black Sacrifice Tokens

Optimator

Creature (24)

• 1x Abhorrent Overlord
• 1x Blood Artist
• 1x Butcher of Malakir
• 1x Endrek Sahr, Master Breeder
• 1x Gisa, Glorious Resurrector
• 1x Grave Titan
• 1x Gray Merchant of Asphodel
• 1x Jadar, Ghoulcaller of Nephalia
• 1x Kokusho, the Evening Star
• 1x Morbid Opportunist
• 1x Murderous Rider
• 1x Nether Traitor
• 1x Ogre Slumlord
• 1x Ophiomancer
• 1x Pitiless Plunderer
• 1x Reassembling Skeleton
• 1x Sengir Autocrat
• 1x Sheoldred, Whispering One
• 1x Syr Konrad, the Grim
• 1x Tenacious Underdog
• 1x Veinwitch Coven
• 1x Witch of the Moors
• 1x Yahenni, Undying Partisan
• 1x Zulaport Cutthroat

Recursion (12)

• 1x Agadeem's Awakening  ^Flip
• 1x Altar of Bhaal
• 1x Nether Traitor
• 1x Palace Siege
• 1x Phyrexian Reclamation HP
• 1x Reassembling Skeleton
• 1x Sheoldred, Whispering One
• 1x Takenuma, Abandoned Mire
• 1x Tenacious Underdog
• 1x Veinwitch Coven
• 1x Volrath's Stronghold HP
• 1x Witch of the Moors

Protection (3)

• 1x Gift of Doom
• 1x Lightning Greaves HP
• 1x Malakir Rebirth  ^Flip

Sac (3)

• 1x Ashnod's Altar HP
• 1x Attrition HP
• 1x Yahenni, Undying Partisan

Graveyard (1)

• 1x Rise of the Dark Realms HP

Land (37)

• 1x Agadeem's Awakening  ^Flip
• 1x Cabal Coffers
• 1x Cabal Stronghold
• 1x Castle Locthwain
• 1x Hagra Mauling  ^Flip
• 1x Leechridden Swamp
• 1x Malakir Rebirth  ^Flip
• 1x Myriad Landscape
• 1x Nykthos, Shrine to Nyx HP
• 1x Phyrexian Tower HP
• 1x Reliquary Tower HP
• 21x Swamp
• 1x Takenuma, Abandoned Mire
• 1x Thespian's Stage HP
• 1x Volrath's Stronghold HP
• 1x Westvale Abbey  ^Flip
• 1x Zof Consumption  ^Flip

Draw (12)

• 1x Black Market Connections HP
• 1x Bolas's Citadel HP
• 1x Castle Locthwain
• 1x Dark Prophecy HP
• 1x Deadly Dispute HP
• 1x Morbid Opportunist
• 1x Night's Whisper HP
• 1x Phyrexian Arena HP
• 1x Sign in Blood
• 1x Skullclamp HP
• 1x Tenacious Underdog
• 1x Village Rites

Ramp (10)

• 1x Arcane Signet
• 1x Ashnod's Altar HP
• 1x Black Market HP
• 1x Coldsteel Heart
• 1x Crowded Crypt HP
• 1x Heraldic Banner
• 1x Nyx Lotus
• 1x Pitiless Plunderer
• 1x Star Compass
• 1x Wayfarer's Bauble

Wrath (2)

• 1x Damnation HP
• 1x The Meathook Massacre HP

Commander (1)

Tokens (14)

• 1x Abhorrent Overlord
• 1x Army of the Damned
• 1x Bitterblossom HP
• 1x Black Market Connections HP
• 1x Crowded Crypt HP
• 1x Dreadhorde Invasion
• 1x Endrek Sahr, Master Breeder
• 1x Gisa, Glorious Resurrector
• 1x Grave Titan
• 1x Jadar, Ghoulcaller of Nephalia
• 1x Ogre Slumlord
• 1x Ophiomancer
• 1x Plague of Vermin
• 1x Sengir Autocrat

Damage (11)

• 1x Bastion of Remembrance
• 1x Blood Artist
• 1x Exsanguinate
• 1x Gray Merchant of Asphodel
• 1x Kokusho, the Evening Star
• 1x Leechridden Swamp
• 1x Syr Konrad, the Grim
• 1x The Meathook Massacre HP
• 1x Underworld Dreams
• 1x Zof Consumption  ^Flip
• 1x Zulaport Cutthroat

Removal (10)

• 1x Attrition HP
• 1x Butcher of Malakir
• 1x Feed the Swarm
• 1x Grave Pact HP
• 1x Hagra Mauling  ^Flip
• 1x Murderous Rider
• 1x Oubliette
• 1x Sheoldred, Whispering One
• 1x Vona's Hunger
• 1x Witch of the Moors

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Maybeboard

Creature (77)

• 1x Ancient Brass Dragon
• 1x Baleful Force
• 1x Bloodghast
• 1x Bloodsoaked Champion SL
• 1x Body Launderer
• 1x Braids, Arisen Nightmare
• 1x Carrion Feeder
• 1x Cemetery Desecrator
• 1x Chain Devil
• 1x Chainer, Dementia Master
• 1x Chittering Witch SL
• 1x Clattering Augur
• 1x Crypt Ghast
• 1x Cult Conscript SL
• 1x Custodi Lich SL
• 1x Dauthi Voidwalker SL
• 1x Demon's Disciple SL
• 1x Dockside Chef SL
• 1x Dread Presence
• 1x Dreadhound
• 1x Dusk Legion Zealot
• 1x Erebos, Bleak-Hearted
• 1x Erebos, God of the Dead
• 1x Falkenrath Noble SL
• 1x Fell Stinger
• 1x Fleshbag Marauder SL
• 1x Foulmire Knight
• 1x Geralf's Messenger
• 1x Ghoulcaller Gisa
• 1x Gravecrawler
• 1x Gravelighter SL
• 1x Gray Merchant of Asphodel
• 1x Great Unclean One
• 1x Grim Haruspex SL
• 1x Gutterbones
• 1x Harvester of Souls
• 1x Josu Vess, Lich Knight
• 1x K'rrik, Son of Yawgmoth
• 1x Kalitas, Traitor of Ghet
• 1x Lashwrithe
• 1x Leaden Myr SL
• 1x Lokhust Heavy Destroyer
• 1x Magus of the Coffers
• 1x Marauding Blight-Priest SL
• 1x Massacre Girl
• 1x Merciless Executioner
• 1x Midnight Reaper
• 1x Mikaeus, the Unhallowed
• 1x Nadier's Nightblade
• 1x Nirkana Revenant
• 1x Oathsworn Vampire
• 1x Pawn of Ulamog SL
• 1x Persistent Specimen
• 1x Piper of the Swarm
• 1x Plaguecrafter SL
• 1x Priest of Forgotten Gods
• 1x Rakshasa Debaser SL
• 1x Ravenous Chupacabra
• 1x Razaketh, the Foulblooded
• 1x Rune-Scarred Demon
• 1x Sanguinary Priest
• 1x Sanitarium Skeleton SL
• 1x Sheoldred, the Apocalypse
• 1x Sidisi, Undead Vizier
• 1x Silversmote Ghoul SL
• 1x Smothering Abomination SL
• 1x Solemn Simulacrum SL
• 1x Tainted Adversary
• 1x Undead Augur
• 1x Vilis, Broker of Blood
• 1x Vindictive Vampire SL
• 1x Viscera Seer
• 1x Vito, Thorn of the Dusk Rose
• 1x Vito, Thorn of the Dusk Rose
• 1x Vogar, Necropolis Tyrant
• 1x Weatherlight Compleated
• 1x Yawgmoth, Thran Physician SL

Land (16)

• 1x Ancient Tomb
• 1x Blast Zone
• 1x Buried Ruin
• 1x Demolition Field
• 1x Deserted Temple
• 1x Dust Bowl
• 1x Encroaching Wastes
• 1x Ghost Quarter
• 1x Hostile Hostel  ^Flip
• 1x Roadside Reliquary SL
• 1x Strip Mine
• 1x Tectonic Edge
• 1x Urborg
• 1x Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth
• 1x War Room SL
• 1x Wasteland

Wrath (11)

• 1x Crux of Fate
• 1x Deadly Tempest SL
• 1x Decree of Pain
• 1x In Garruk's Wake SL
• 1x Living Death SL
• 1x Massacre Girl
• 1x Mutilate
• 1x Necromantic Selection SL
• 1x Nevinyrral's Disk SL
• 1x Perilous Vault SL
• 1x Toxic Deluge

Protection (10)

• 1x Curse of Disturbance
• 1x Darksteel Plate
• 1x Feign Death
• 1x Imp's Mischief
• 1x Kaya's Ghostform SL
• 1x Koskun Falls SL
• 1x Mirror Shield
• 1x Supernatural Stamina SL
• 1x Swiftfoot Boots
• 1x Undying Evil

Draw (55)

• 1x Alhammarret's Archive
• 1x Ambition's Cost SL
• 1x Ancient Craving SL
• 1x Baleful Force
• 1x Blood Pact
• 1x Body Count
• 1x Braids, Arisen Nightmare
• 1x Clattering Augur
• 1x Court of Ambition SL
• 1x Custodi Lich SL
• 1x Damnable Pact SL
• 1x Decree of Pain
• 1x Dockside Chef SL
• 1x Dread Presence
• 1x Dusk Legion Zealot
• 1x Endless Atlas
• 1x Erebos, Bleak-Hearted
• 1x Erebos, God of the Dead
• 1x Fell Stinger
• 1x Foreboding Fruit
• 1x Foulmire Knight
• 1x Gravelighter SL
• 1x Greed
• 1x Grim Haruspex SL
• 1x Harvester of Souls
• 1x Idol of Oblivion SL
• 1x Liliana's Contract SL
• 1x Liliana, Dreadhorde General
• 1x Lolth, Spider Queen
• 1x Midnight Reaper
• 1x Mind's Eye
• 1x Necrologia SL
• 1x Necropotence
• 1x Ob Nixilis, the Hate-Twisted
• 1x Peer into the Abyss
• 1x Plumb the Forbidden SL
• 1x Priest of Forgotten Gods
• 1x Promise of Power SL
• 1x Read the Bones SL
• 1x Reckoner's Bargain
• 1x Roadside Reliquary SL
• 1x Smothering Abomination SL
• 1x Solemn Simulacrum SL
• 1x Succumb to Temptation SL
• 1x Syphon Mind SL
• 1x Tevesh Szat, Doom of Fools
• 1x Undead Augur
• 1x Underworld Connections SL
• 1x Vampiric Rites
• 1x Vilis, Broker of Blood
• 1x Vogar, Necropolis Tyrant
• 1x War Room SL
• 1x Weatherlight Compleated
• 1x Well of Lost Dreams
• 1x Yawgmoth, Thran Physician SL

Damage (21)

• 1x Agent of the Iron Throne
• 1x Bontu's Monument SL
• 1x Braids, Arisen Nightmare
• 1x Court of Ambition SL
• 1x Crypt Ghast
• 1x Dread Presence
• 1x Dreadhound
• 1x Falkenrath Noble SL
• 1x Gray Merchant of Asphodel
• 1x Great Unclean One
• 1x Hostile Hostel  ^Flip
• 1x Marauding Blight-Priest SL
• 1x Nadier's Nightblade
• 1x Ob Nixilis, the Hate-Twisted
• 1x Sanguinary Priest
• 1x Sanguine Bond SL
• 1x Sheoldred, the Apocalypse
• 1x Torment of Hailfire
• 1x Vindictive Vampire SL
• 1x Vito, Thorn of the Dusk Rose
• 1x Wound Reflection

Tokens (20)

• 1x Blight Mound
• 1x Chittering Witch SL
• 1x Curse of Disturbance
• 1x Curse of the Restless Dead
• 1x Ghoulcaller Gisa
• 1x Ghoulish Procession
• 1x Great Unclean One
• 1x Josu Vess, Lich Knight
• 1x Liliana, Death's Majesty
• 1x Liliana, Dreadhorde General
• 1x Lolth, Spider Queen
• 1x Mimic Vat SL
• 1x Open the Graves
• 1x Pawn of Ulamog SL
• 1x Piper of the Swarm
• 1x Rise of the Dread Marn
• 1x Tainted Adversary
• 1x Tevesh Szat, Doom of Fools
• 1x Tombstone Stairwell
• 1x Wand of Orcus

Graveyard (10)

• 1x Ancient Brass Dragon
• 1x Animate Dead
• 1x Command the Dreadhorde SL
• 1x Dance of the Dead SL
• 1x Dauthi Voidwalker SL
• 1x Necromancy SL
• 1x Necromantic Selection SL
• 1x Portal to Phyrexia
• 1x Rakshasa Debaser SL
• 1x Reanimate

Other (1)

• 1x Farsight Mask SL

Removal (37)

• 1x Baleful Mastery SL
• 1x Blast Zone
• 1x Cemetery Desecrator
• 1x Chain Devil
• 1x Custodi Lich SL
• 1x Deadly Rollick
• 1x Demolition Field
• 1x Demon's Disciple SL
• 1x Dictate of Erebos
• 1x Dust Bowl
• 1x Eaten Alive
• 1x Encroaching Wastes
• 1x Finale of Eternity
• 1x Fleshbag Marauder SL
• 1x Force of Despair
• 1x Gate to Phyrexia SL
• 1x Ghost Quarter
• 1x Go for the Throat
• 1x Gravelighter SL
• 1x Hero's Downfall SL
• 1x Infernal Grasp SL
• 1x Liliana's Triumph SL
• 1x Liliana, Dreadhorde General
• 1x Lokhust Heavy Destroyer
• 1x Make an Example
• 1x Merciless Executioner
• 1x Ob Nixilis, the Hate-Twisted
• 1x Plaguecrafter SL
• 1x Portal to Phyrexia
• 1x Ravenous Chupacabra
• 1x Scavenger Grounds SL
• 1x Soul Shatter
• 1x Spark Harvest
• 1x Strip Mine
• 1x Tectonic Edge
• 1x Tragic Slip SL
• 1x Wasteland

Ramp (22)

• 1x Bontu's Monument SL
• 1x Caged Sun
• 1x Carnival of Souls SL
• 1x Crypt Ghast
• 1x Culling the Weak
• 1x Dark Ritual
• 1x Expedition Map
• 1x Extraplanar Lens
• 1x Gauntlet of Power
• 1x Jet Medallion
• 1x K'rrik, Son of Yawgmoth
• 1x Leaden Myr SL
• 1x Magus of the Coffers
• 1x Nirkana Revenant
• 1x Patriar's Seal
• 1x Phyrexian Altar
• 1x Prismatic Lens SL
• 1x Renegade Map SL
• 1x Revel in Riches
• 1x Sol Ring SL
• 1x Solemn Simulacrum SL
• 1x Wanderer's Twig SL

Recursion (20)

• 1x Blood for Bones SL
• 1x Bloodghast
• 1x Bloodsoaked Champion SL
• 1x Body Launderer
• 1x Buried Ruin
• 1x Chainer, Dementia Master
• 1x Clattering Augur
• 1x Command the Dreadhorde SL
• 1x Cult Conscript SL
• 1x Dread Return SL
• 1x Finale of Eternity
• 1x Gutterbones
• 1x Haunted One
• 1x Liliana, Death's Majesty
• 1x Living Death SL
• 1x Nim Deathmantle SL
• 1x Oath of Ghouls
• 1x Oathsworn Vampire
• 1x Persistent Specimen
• 1x Victimize SL

Tutor (12)

• 1x Bloodchief Ascension
• 1x Buried Alive
• 1x Demonic Tutor
• 1x Diabolic Intent
• 1x Entomb
• 1x Final Parting
• 1x Razaketh, the Foulblooded
• 1x Rune-Scarred Demon
• 1x Scheming Symmetry
• 1x Sidisi, Undead Vizier
• 1x Unmarked Grave
• 1x Wishclaw Talisman

Utility (11)

• 1x Alhammarret's Archive
• 1x Contamination
• 1x Exquisite Blood
• 1x Kalitas, Traitor of Ghet
• 1x Liliana of the Dark Realms
• 1x Panharmonicon
• 1x Patriar's Seal
• 1x Revel in Riches
• 1x Thornbite Staff
• 1x Vito, Thorn of the Dusk Rose
• 1x Whip of Erebos SL

Sac (9)

• 1x Carrion Feeder
• 1x Dockside Chef SL
• 1x Erebos, Bleak-Hearted
• 1x Gate to Phyrexia SL
• 1x Phyrexian Altar
• 1x Priest of Forgotten Gods
• 1x Vampiric Rites
• 1x Viscera Seer
• 1x Yawgmoth, Thran Physician SL

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Ayara aristocrat shiz. You know the drill. Special emphasis on Devotion to make Gary scary.

I built this deck for my then-girlfriend Darkrai073 for Halloween 2022. She has made lots of swaps since receiving the deck, but this is the original list.

Cards with an HP are proxies. Most of the deck was originally proxies. I wanted to make sure her first deck was competitive enough to not struggle against me and my friends. I also didn't want to spend a ton of money on something she might not like. She loves the deck, so she is in the process of buying most of the cards that aren't very expensive. Probably keeping The Meathook Massacre, Grave Pact, and Nykthos, Shrine to Nyx an proxies for a good long while.

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There is a combo with Ashnod's Altar, Pitiless Plunderer, and Reassembling Skeleton. Unlimited ETB and death triggers along with unlimited colorless mana. Wins the game with any ETB/death payoff or with Exsanguinate. The cards are good enough on their own to run by themselves, honestly.

I intentionally didn't include any tutors to simplify things and to reduce shuffling. Also, sprinting toward Plague of Rats sounds very anti-climactic. I really wanted to include Final Parting to fetch Gray Merchant of Asphodel and a graveyard-recursion piece (after all, looping Gary or Kokusho, the Evening Star is some of the most fun one can have in Magic) but decided to cut tutors. Razaketh, the Foulblooded was a late cut too. I could see re-adding Expedition Map though.

I own a Volrath's Stronghold in paper but I don't trust the deck's recipient not to damage it so it shall remain proxied. I swear I own one! I also own a Gate to Phyrexia that would be really good in this deck, but I didn't want people to think I was just going nuts with the budget because I was printing off a bunch of cards. The deck is plenty strong without it. I also have a Tombstone Stairwell that has the potential to be good, but the deck doesn't fill its own graveyard a ton so it would probably be unreliable as to how good it actually would be. I have a Carnival of Souls but I don't think the deck runs enough instants to make it worth it.

I also intentionally didn't juice the deck with generically awesome proxies like Mana Crypt, Vampiric Tutor, Mox Diamond, Yawgmoth's Will, etc.

I kinda want to squeeze in one or two more removal cards and card-draw cards. I was hoping the deck's already-good card-draw would draw into removal but it's whatever. Let those adjustments be learning opportunities for the recipient.

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Audited 10/30/22

Cards with an HP are proxies. Cards with SL in the Maybeboard are cards I own.

Date added	2 years
Last updated	3 months
Legality	This deck is Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	7 - 0 Mythic Rares 42 - 0 Rares 23 - 0 Uncommons 7 - 0 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	3.49
Tokens	City's Blessing, Faerie Rogue 1/1 B, Harpy 1/1 B, Human Cleric 1/1 BW, Human Soldier 1/1 W, Morph 2/2 C, On an Adventure, Rat 1/1 B, Serf 0/1 B, Shapeshifter 3/2 C, Skeleton 4/1 B, Snake 1/1 B, Thrull 1/1 B, Treasure, Zombie 2/2 B, Zombie 2/2 B w/ Decayed, Zombie Army 0/0 B
Folders	My Decks, Aristocrats, Commander/EDH, decks