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Orzhov Humans. I'm close to acquiring all the cards I need for this deck, and am super keen to try it out at next FNM.

It's essentially a W/B agro deck with Athreos' sacrifice mechanic to throw several large spanners into the works.

Cartel Aristocrat and Devour Flesh work towards sacrificing creatures at the correct times

Xathrid Necromancer helps us survive boardwipe and spot removal with some boardstate

Banisher Priest to get rid of blockers and serious threats

Orzhov Charm for graveyard retrieval and emergency removal/utility

Spear of Heliod buffs our dudes

Whip of Erebos provides us with lifegain and devotion, as well as added graveyard retrieval

Master of the Feast is the heavy hitter

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I took this to FNM without Athreos, and, funnily enough (albeit in the casual flight, where less prizes are given out and the deck standards are lower) I went 4-0, a first for me with any deck. The cherry on the cake was pulling an Athreos in my prize booster!

I went 2-1 vs Selesyna/Monogreen-splash-white with Voice of Resurgence against a friend, whom I beat reasonably. Game 1 was rough, with me going to 5 cards and him hitting all his creatures in more or less perfect tempo based play. Game 2 I won with Master of the Feast; game 3 was me shutting down the tempo and devotion with Banisher Priest and Banishing Light. Round 2 was against Rakdos aggro, which I was able to hose pretty decently with early blockers and removal solutions like the above - his deck wasn't very good though, and had little removal. Round 3 was against a first-timer playing with essentially an intro deck - needless to say that, too, was hosed. I felt bad so I helped him out with his blockers during the second game, and recommended some cards after offering to look through his deck. Round 4 was a sick matchup, Azorius weenies with Brimaz, King of Oreskos, Precinct Captain, Detention Sphere, Supreme Verdict, and other gross cards. We traded games with manascrew on both sides; game 3 was much closer. We traded evenly in the early game until I got out a Whip of Erebos which swung the life totals in my favour. He d-sphere'd a Banisher Priest and a Xathrid Necromancer which was irritating and gave him loads of devotion, bringing Ephara, God of the Polis online next turn. Luckily I pulled a clutch Celestial Flare as she attacked, taking her out and ending the game as I kept whipping things back in from the graveyard.

Overall I'd say the deck will function much better with Athreos, God of Passage in it (obviously); I also might drop the numbers of Banisher Priest for something more permanent as spiderfingers86 has suggested.

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Date added 10 years
Last updated 10 years
Legality

This deck is not Standard legal.

Rarity (main - side)

3 - 0 Mythic Rares

24 - 8 Rares

17 - 3 Uncommons

2 - 4 Commons

Cards 60
Avg. CMC 2.17
Tokens Soldier 1/1 W, Zombie 2/2 B
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