Kari Zev's Thievery (Standard MTG Deck)

Kari Zev's Thievery

Standard* Aggro BR (Rakdos) Combo

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Creature (25)

Land (23)

Instant (7)

Sorcery (5)

Sideboard

Creature (4)

Instant (7)

Sorcery (4)

4x Magmatic Chasm

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Creature (2)

Artifact (1)

1x Aethersphere Harvester

Updated for Amonkhet Block: Earthshaker Khenra and Ahn-Crop Crasher are both great early and late with haste+evasion, and Eternalize bring gas late game if things stall, plus Cut / Ribbons should be an automatic 1-of in every RB deck for the occasional free win from the graveyard. AKH and HOU actually make this deck faster and more resiliant at the same time.

Creature-heavy meta? Just steal them to attack or sacrifice for gain!

Kari Zev's Expertise and Wrangle combined with beneficial sac effects in Yahenni, Undying Partisan, Altar's Reap, and Fatal Push allow you to not only steal your opponent's creatures to attack, but also give you the option of sacrificing you opponent's creatures for your own gain as well, if you don't want to give a dangerous threat back. Things hit epic blowout levels, especially in the aggro mirror, when you can chain an Expertise into Wrangle and completely flip the board.

In addition to the payoffs from eight creature-stealing cards, Ragavan dies every turn to turn on Fatal Push with Kari Zev, Skyship Raider in play, and Hanweir Garrison provides tokens every turn for Yahenni and Altar's Reap as well, if you aren't drawing the steal cards or your opponent doesn't have creatures out.

Against non-creature decks, mainly combo and control, Scrapheap Scrounger, Kari Zev, Skyship Raider, Hanweir Garrison, Lathnu Hellion , and Fleetwheel Cruiser go straight beatdown right up the mana curve, and the sideboard is mostly geared to swap in for the creature-stealing cards to remove combo/control threats.

Planning on testing it out in a couple weeks, and open to suggestions. The deck has a core that needs to remain for the interaction, but Glint-Sleeve Siphoner, Village Messenger , and Fleetwheel Cruiser are potential swaps.

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Revision 14 See all

(7 years ago)

+3	Abrade	side
+4	Aether Hub	main
+4	Ahn-Crop Crasher	main
-1	Asylum Visitor	maybe
-1	Bomat Courier	maybe
-1	Bone Splinters	maybe
+1	Cut / Ribbons	main
+4	Earthshaker Khenra	main
-2	Fleetwheel Cruiser	side
-1	Gifted Aetherborn	maybe
-1	Goblin Dark-Dwellers	maybe
-2	Hanweir Battlements ^Flip ^Meld	main
-4	Hanweir Garrison ^Meld	main
+2	Hazoret the Fervent	side
-2	Heart of Kiran	main
-1	Hijack	maybe
+3	Invigorated Rampage	side
-3	Lost Legacy	side
+4	Magmatic Chasm	side
-1	Morbid Curiosity	maybe

and 29 other change(s)

Top Ranked	Achieved #10 position overall 7 years ago
Date added	8 years
Last updated	7 years
Legality	This deck is not Standard legal.
Rarity (main - side)	0 - 2 Mythic Rares 30 - 2 Rares 15 - 7 Uncommons 0 - 4 Commons
Cards	60
Avg. CMC	2.27
Tokens	Earthshaker Khenra 4/4 B, Energy Reserve, Ragavan
Folders	Standard, standar, Kari Zev's Thievery, Interesting Standard Decks, Interesting ideas, Standard Deck Ideas
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