Explorer Stax

Pioneer WB (Orzhov)

ScaryKoolaide

Land (24)

• 4x Brightclimb Pathway  ^Flip
• 3x Caves of Koilos
• 2x Concealed Courtyard
• 2x Field of Ruin
• 1x Godless Shrine
• 2x Mirrex
• 2x Plains
• 2x Restless Fortress
• 2x Shattered Sanctum
• 4x Swamp

Enchantment (22)

• 4x Demonic Pact
• 4x Doom Foretold
• 4x Hopeless Nightmare
• 2x Spirit-Sister's Call
• 1x The Meathook Massacre
• 4x Treacherous Blessing
• 3x Trial of Ambition

Creature (4)

• 4x Braids, Arisen Nightmare

Artifact (3)

• 3x Reckoner Bankbuster

Instant (3)

• 3x Fatal Push

Sorcery (4)

• 4x Thoughtseize

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Sideboard

Enchantment (9)

• 4x Leyline of Sanctity
• 4x Leyline of the Void
• 1x Virtue of Persistence

Sorcery (5)

• 4x Duress
• 1x Path of Peril

Instant (1)

• 1x Fatal Push

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This is a deck specifically for MTG: Arena - Explorer Format. It is sort of like a Smokestack style deck, though the card is not legal and the whole "on the stack" element is a little lost- still it is a deck that attempts to capitalize on reciprocal sacrifice effects like Braids, Arisen Nightmare and Doom Foretold to gain advantage over the course of the game. It also uses cards like Demonic Pact and Treacherous Blessing that are huge value with a drawback to fuel sacrifices on your side of the board. Braids will often sacrifice an enchantment like Trial of Ambition, the aforementioned Blessing, or the new Hopeless Nightmare to almost always guarantee a 2 damage bop to opponent while drawing a card with upside. The final engine piece, though none are required, is a couple of copies of Spirit-Sisters Call which can also serve as a means to eat late stage Demonic Pacts for value and recycle cards like Doom Foretold and Treacherous Blessing for further value.

The deck is held together with some standard format all-stars like Thoughtseize to help deprive the opponent of options and Fatal Push to deal with early threats before Doom Foretold can come down.

The sideboard is fairly sparse but 4x Leyline of Sanctity and 4x Leyline of the Void can shut some decks down and even better can also serve as some enchantment sacrifice effects later in the game (if they ever make it that far).

Ideal turn progression is often something like Thoughtseize/Hopeless Nightmare Turn 1; removal from Push/Trial of Ambition turn 2 if necessary or a Bankbuster, Turn 3 is Braids if you have a Nightmare in play to get the almost guarantee 2 damage, scry 2, draw 1 at EOT or Treacherous Blessing; turn 4 looking to play a Doom Foretold or Demonic Pact and start to really close out hope for the opponent.

Date added	1 year
Last updated	1 year
Legality	This deck is Pioneer legal.
Rarity (main - side)	7 - 1 Mythic Rares 31 - 9 Rares 8 - 1 Uncommons 4 - 4 Commons
Cards	60
Avg. CMC	2.53
Tokens	Knight 2/2 W w/ Vigilance, On an Adventure, Phyrexian Mite 1/1 C, Pilot 1/1 C, Treasure