Mardu Aristrocratic Midrange

Modern Midrange RBW (Mardu)

ThePurpleGhost

Creature (18)

• 3x Blood Artist
• 4x Bloodghast
• 3x Cartel Aristocrat
• 2x Falkenrath Aristocrat
• 2x Gurmag Angler
• 4x Monastery Swiftspear

Planeswalker (3)

• 2x Liliana of the Veil
• 1x Sorin, Solemn Visitor

Land (23)

• 1x Blood Crypt
• 4x Bloodstained Mire
• 1x Godless Shrine
• 1x Lavaclaw Reaches
• 2x Marsh Flats
• 5x Mountain
• 3x Plains
• 1x Sacred Foundry
• 1x Slayers' Stronghold
• 3x Swamp
• 1x Vault of the Archangel

Instant (8)

• 2x Boros Charm
• 1x Dismember
• 1x Kolaghan's Command
• 4x Lightning Bolt

Sorcery (8)

• 4x Faithless Looting
• 4x Lingering Souls

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Sideboard

Creature (5)

• 3x Nyx-Fleece Ram
• 2x Obstinate Baloth

Enchantment (3)

• 1x Assemble the Legion
• 2x Stony Silence

Instant (3)

• 3x Crackling Doom

Sorcery (4)

• 2x Forked Bolt
• 2x Slaughter Games

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The Aristocrats are all about board control. Your goal is to overwhelm the enemy with a self sustaining army that renders most conventional removal worthless. In addition to that we have general midrange control with Lingering Souls and Liliana, and early pressure with Monastary Swiftspear + Burn.

Turn one Faithless looting can toss out bloodghasts and lingering souls to allow you an aggressive board on turn two. Nothing is more frightening than a Cartel Aristocrat backed up by two Bloodghasts.

Alternately you can lead with Swiftspear to start agressive and then drop Faithless Looting the next turn to keep the pressure up and hopefully add some Bloodghast back-up.

There are a lot of interactions with sacrificing in this deck, too many to count, so I recommend playtesting it out and seeing all the silliness you can get up to.

Date added	9 years
Last updated	9 years
Legality	This deck is not Modern legal.
Rarity (main - side)	3 - 0 Mythic Rares 19 - 8 Rares 21 - 5 Uncommons 6 - 2 Commons
Cards	60
Avg. CMC	2.32
Tokens	Emblem Sorin, Solemn Visitor, Soldier 1/1 RW, Spirit 1/1 W, Vampire 2/2 B
Folders	5. Inspirations