Hyper-Budget Tayam Persistocrats

Commander / EDH Aristocrats BGW (Abzan, Junk) Counters Persist Sacrifice

CptnFab

Creature (39)

• 1x Anafenza, Kin-Tree Spirit
• 1x Blood Artist
• 1x Bloodflow Connoisseur
• 1x Butcher Ghoul
• 1x Carrion Feeder
• 1x Cathodion
• 1x Caustic Caterpillar
• 1x Conclave Mentor
• 1x Corpse Knight
• 1x Cruel Celebrant
• 1x Devoted Druid
• 1x Diligent Farmhand
• 1x Good-Fortune Unicorn
• 1x Grim Haruspex
• 1x Juniper Order Ranger
• 1x Kitchen Finks
• 1x Knight of Autumn
• 1x Leonin Relic-Warder
• 1x Midnight Reaper
• 1x Pawn of Ulamog
• 1x Poison-Tip Archer
• 1x Priest of Gix
• 1x Putrid Goblin
• 1x Rendclaw Trow
• 1x Rishkar, Peema Renegade
• 1x Safehold Elite
• 1x Sakura-Tribe Elder
• 1x Scavenging Ooze
• 1x Skull Prophet
• 1x Spore Frog
• 1x Strangleroot Geist
• 1x Thrashing Brontodon
• 1x Vindictive Vampire
• 1x Viscera Seer
• 1x Wall of Roots
• 1x Woe Strider
• 1x Yavimaya Elder
• 1x Young Wolf
• 1x Zulaport Cutthroat

Land (35)

• 1x Caves of Koilos
• 1x Command Tower
• 1x Evolving Wilds
• 8x Forest
• 1x Gavony Township
• 1x Golgari Rot Farm
• 1x Krosan Verge
• 1x Llanowar Wastes
• 1x Myriad Landscape
• 1x Orzhov Basilica
• 5x Plains
• 1x Sandsteppe Citadel
• 1x Selesnya Sanctuary
• 7x Swamp
• 1x Temple of Malady
• 1x Temple of Plenty
• 1x Temple of Silence
• 1x Terramorphic Expanse

Sorcery (8)

• 1x Ambition's Cost
• 1x Cleansing Nova
• 1x Day of Judgment
• 1x Diabolic Tutor
• 1x Eldritch Evolution
• 1x Gaze of Granite
• 1x Kaya's Wrath
• 1x Rampant Growth

Artifact (1)

• 1x Cauldron of Souls

Commander (1)

Enchantment (11)

• 1x Abzan Ascendancy
• 1x Banishing Light
• 1x Bastion of Remembrance
• 1x Evolutionary Leap
• 1x Fanatical Devotion
• 1x Fecundity
• 1x Fertile Ground
• 1x Martyr's Cause
• 1x Moldervine Reclamation
• 1x Oblivion Ring
• 1x Vampiric Rites

Instant (5)

• 1x Cauldron Haze
• 1x Despark
• 1x Mythos of Nethroi
• 1x Unbreakable Formation
• 1x Village Rites

---

Sideboard

Creature (13)

• 1x Flesh-Eater Imp
• 1x Geralf's Messenger
• 1x Mazirek, Kraul Death Priest
• 1x Paladin of Atonement
• 1x Priest of Forgotten Gods
• 1x Rot Shambler
• 1x Satyr Wayfinder
• 1x Sun Titan
• 1x Sylvan Ranger
• 1x Unruly Mob
• 1x Vorapede
• 1x Winding Constrictor
• 1x Yahenni, Undying Partisan

Land (4)

• 1x Dakmor Salvage
• 1x Field of Ruin
• 1x Ghost Quarter
• 1x Oran-Rief, the Vastwood

Enchantment (2)

• 1x Abundant Growth
• 1x Cathars' Crusade

Artifact (1)

• 1x Skullclamp

Instant (4)

• 1x Abzan Charm
• 1x Beast Within
• 1x Generous Gift
• 1x Grisly Salvage

Sorcery (2)

• 1x Cultivate
• 1x Kodama's Reach

---

It's like aristocrats, but with more math!

This deck functions extremely well on a budget -- the main board comes to $50 or less on TCG/CK, not including basic lands. Sideboard includes some reasonable upgrades of $5 or less. All key combo pieces are extremely affordable.

We can achieve a win on turn 6-8 with reasonably high consistency. Notable win combos:

Creature with Persist + creature that adds a +1/+1 counter on ETB (Anafenza, Good Fortune Unicorn, Juniper Order Ranger) + free sac outlet = infinite etb/ltbs (combo with a drain effect for a win)

Tayam + creature with persist/undying + free sac outlet + Priest of Gix/Cathodion = infinitely ebts/ltbs 1. Sacrifice Persist/Undying creature. It returns with 2 counters (vigilance from Tayam plus persist/undying counter) 2. Sacrifice mana generator (priest of gix/cathodion) 3. Remove all 3 counters from your 2 creatures and pay 3 mana to trigger Tayam; return mana generator to the battlefield. Rinse and repeat. (Note that to do this with Cathodion, you need a third counter from a separate creature, since you need to sacrifice it to gain the mana for Tayam's ability)

Some more tips:

• Devoted Druid and Wall of Roots are insane as they provide both counters and mana needed to activate Tayam.
• Tayam's ability should be looked at as a source of card advantage to dig for your combos. Ramp is extremely important as the deck is surprisingly mana hungry. In spite of having a low curve, it relies on Tayam's ability to quickly dig for combo pieces.
• Abzan has lots of great answers to help keep you alive while you fish through your deck as well, so make sure to pack enough removal for your meta.
• When making deckbuilding tweaks, remember that we are playing a combo deck, NOT a value-based deck looking to grind out a late-game win. For that reason, cards like Rally the Ancestors are very tempting but should be excluded. What we really care about is the following:
• Creatures with undying/persist that cost 3 or less
• Free sacrifice outlets that cost 3 or less
• Efficient ways to generate +1/+1 counters (i.e. on creature ETB)
• Efficient sources of ramp/card advantage, preferably permanents costing 3 or less (signets/talismans are great if you have them but they would take us out of budget)

Date added	3 years
Last updated	3 years
Legality	This deck is Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	1 - 2 Mythic Rares 22 - 6 Rares 35 - 10 Uncommons 22 - 8 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	2.66
Tokens	Beast 3/3 G, Eldrazi Spawn 0/1 C, Elephant 3/3 G, Goat 0/1 W, Human Soldier 1/1 W, Morph 2/2 C, Spirit 1/1 W
Based on	Tayam Persistocrats 2.0 CptnFab EDH