In Service of the Shadow Queen

Standard* BG (Golgari) BGW (Abzan, Junk) BRG (Jund) BUG (Sultai) GWUB

JeepMan831

Creature (21)

• 4x Ayara, First of Locthwain
• 4x Bloodthirsty Aerialist
• 4x Cauldron Familiar
• 1x Cavalier of Night
• 3x Deathless Knight
• 1x Gray Merchant of Asphodel
• 3x Gutterbones
• 1x Obosh, the Preypiercer

Land (23)

• 4x Jungle Hollow
• 15x Swamp
• 4x Temple of Malady

Planeswalker (2)

• 1x Garruk, Cursed Huntsman
• 1x Vraska, Golgari Queen

Enchantment (4)

• 4x Trail of Crumbs

Artifact (7)

• 2x Nyx Lotus
• 1x Shadowspear
• 4x Witch's Oven

Sorcery (6)

• 4x Agonizing Remorse
• 2x Command the Dreadhorde

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Sideboard

Creature (15)

• 1x Dread Presence
• 1x Fiend Artisan
• 1x God-Eternal Bontu
• 1x Lurrus of the Dream-Den
• 1x Midnight Reaper
• 1x Nethroi, Apex of Death
• 1x Polukranos, Unchained
• 1x Priest of Forgotten Gods
• 1x Serrated Scorpion
• 1x Steelbane Hydra
• 2x Storrev, Devkarin Lich
• 1x Thrashing Brontodon
• 1x Voracious Hydra
• 1x Whisper Squad

Sorcery (5)

• 1x Call of the Death-Dweller
• 1x Disentomb
• 1x Extinction Event
• 1x The Elderspell
• 1x Unbreakable Bond

Instant (2)

• 1x Erebos's Intervention
• 1x Heartless Act

Artifact (3)

• 1x Bolas's Citadel
• 1x The Great Henge
• 1x The Ozolith

Enchantment (2)

• 1x Kaya's Ghostform
• 1x Revenge of Ravens

Land (1)

• 1x Overgrown Tomb

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Maybeboard

Creature (13)

• 1x Brokkos, Apex of Forever
• 1x Eternal Taskmaster
• 1x Gilded Goose
• 1x Gravebreaker Lamia
• 1x Murderous Rider
• 1x Nylea, Keen-Eyed
• 2x Rotting Regisaur
• 1x Spawn of Mayhem
• 1x Syr Konrad, the Grim
• 1x The Haunt of Hightower
• 1x Tymaret, Chosen from Death
• 1x Underworld Sentinel

Sorcery (11)

• 1x Aid the Fallen
• 1x Blood for Bones
• 1x Casualties of War
• 1x Drill Bit
• 1x Duress
• 1x Epic Downfall
• 1x Find / Finality
• 1x Forever Young
• 1x Giant Opportunity
• 1x Legion's End
• 1x Revival / Revenge

Instant (5)

• 1x Cling to Dust
• 1x Eat to Extinction
• 1x Noxious Grasp
• 2x Return of the Wildspeaker

Enchantment (3)

• 1x Bastion of Remembrance
• 1x Moldervine Reclamation
• 1x The Binding of the Titans

Land (2)

• 1x Blast Zone
• 1x Fabled Passage

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I'm new to mtg as of Eldraine so pointers are welcome

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Strategy is to chip away with Cauldron Familiar + Witch's Oven while using this engine to activate other creatures' abilities.

Ayara, First of Locthwain doubles the damage/life gain of cycling Cauldron Familiar + Witch's Oven and provides potential card draw

Bloodthirsty Aerialist is pumped up by cycling Cauldron Familiar + Witch's Oven and the doubling effect of Ayara, First of Locthwain as well as Jungle Hollow or any food sacrifice.

Shadowspear on Bloodthirsty Aerialist or Ayara, First of Locthwain maximizes damage/life gain while pumping up Bloodthirsty Aerialist.

If game last long enough to play Garruk, Cursed Huntsman or The Great Henge, those should provide solid advantage.

Bouncing Deathless Knight, Cauldron Familiar, and Gutterbones from graveyard to hand and creating wolves with Garruk, Cursed Huntsman keeps creatures flowing onto the board, all of which can be used as fuel for Witch's Oven.

Early removal with Agonizing Remorse and late with Garruk, Cursed Huntsman

Deathless Knight on the 4th turn allows for The Great Henge on the 5th. Though I'd prefer to get Bloodthirsty Aerialist power up to 7 and then drop The Great Henge for 2.

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Midnight Reaper maintains steady card draw alongside the Cauldron Familiar + Witch's Oven engine.

Gilded Goose is a reliable Food source and can be used for mana, especially early on.

Creates food: Trail of Crumbs, Cauldron Familiar+Witch's Oven, Gilded Goose, Giant Opportunity

Uses food: Cauldron Familiar Giant Opportunity

Card draw: Ayara, First of Locthwain, Trail of Crumbs, The Great Henge,

Life gain: Ayara, First of Locthwain, Cauldron Familiar, The Great Henge, Shadowspear, Food, Murderous Rider

Benefits from lifegain: Deathless Knight, Bloodthirsty Aerialist

Keeps returning black creatures to the battlefield: Cauldron Familiar+Witch's Oven, Gutterbones, Deathless Knight, Garruk, Cursed Huntsman

Date added	4 years
Last updated	4 years
Key combos	Cauldron Familiar + Witch's Oven
Legality	This deck is not Standard legal.
Rarity (main - side)	3 - 5 Mythic Rares 17 - 14 Rares 20 - 5 Uncommons 8 - 4 Commons
Cards	63
Avg. CMC	2.73
Tokens	Companion Zone, Emblem Garruk, Cursed Huntsman, Emblem Vraska, Golgari Queen, Food, Wolf 2/2 BG
Folders	Misc