Desert Excavator

Standard BG (Golgari) Budget

JDOstoich

Land (26)

• 3x Blooming Marsh
• 2x Cradle of the Accursed
• 2x Desert of the Glorified
• 2x Desert of the Indomitable
• 2x Dunes of the Dead
• 6x Forest
• 2x Hashep Oasis
• 3x Ifnir Deadlands
• 4x Swamp

Creature (23)

• 3x Champion of Rhonas
• 3x Channeler Initiate
• 3x Greater Sandwurm
• 3x Ramunap Excavator
• 4x Ramunap Hydra
• 3x Razaketh, the Foulblooded
• 4x Wretched Camel

Enchantment (6)

• 2x Cartouche of Strength
• 2x Gift of Paradise
• 2x Sandwurm Convergence

Instant (3)

• 3x Fatal Push

Sorcery (2)

• 2x Hour of Promise

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Sideboard

Sorcery (8)

• 2x Bontu's Last Reckoning
• 3x Lethal Sting
• 2x Overcome
• 1x Take Down

Instant (4)

• 2x Ambuscade
• 2x Heroic Intervention

Creature (3)

• 3x Manglehorn

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Early attempt at creating a deck with some cool desert synergies. Recommendations welcome.

Just from doing some testing, it seems like the main thrust would be to ramp quickly into some Hydras with deserts out, and then use a champion to cheat out Razaketh. Excavator lets you use the Hashep Oasis and Ifnir Dreadlands sacrifice desert abilities over and over, as well as gaining added value from the Dunes of the Dead.

Recommendations welcome. I'm trying to build something with no Zendikar/Innistrad block.

Date added	7 years
Last updated	7 years
Splash colors	R
Legality	This deck is not Standard legal.
Rarity (main - side)	3 - 0 Mythic Rares 20 - 4 Rares 10 - 5 Uncommons 17 - 6 Commons
Cards	60
Avg. CMC	4.03
Tokens	Wurm 5/5 G, Zombie 2/2 B