Mardu It to Em

Canadian Highlander Aristocrats BRGW RBW (Mardu)

Kingsonar

Creature (37)

• 1x Alesha, Who Smiles at Death
• 1x Anafenza, Kin-Tree Spirit
• 1x Ankle Shanker
• 1x Aven Riftwatcher
• 1x Blood Artist
• 1x Brutal Hordechief
• 1x Butcher of the Horde
• 1x Carrion Feeder
• 1x Cordial Vampire
• 1x Doomed Dissenter
• 1x Flame-Kin Zealot
• 1x Fleshbag Marauder
• 1x Grim Haruspex
• 1x High Priest of Penance
• 1x Hunted Witness
• 1x Ingot Chewer
• 1x Karmic Guide
• 1x Kitchen Finks
• 1x Lazotep Reaver
• 1x Mogg War Marshal
• 1x Mogis, God of Slaughter
• 1x Pawn of Ulamog
• 1x Queen Marchesa
• 1x Recruiter of the Guard
• 1x Shriekmaw
• 1x Sidisi, Undead Vizier
• 1x Stingscourger
• 1x Sun Titan
• 1x Tilonalli's Summoner
• 1x Tithe Taker
• 1x Tymna the Weaver *f-etch*
• 1x Vampire Hexmage
• 1x Varchild, Betrayer of Kjeldor
• 1x Viscera Seer
• 1x Yahenni, Undying Partisan
• 1x Yawgmoth, Thran Physician
• 1x Zulaport Cutthroat

Land (34)

• 1x Badlands
• 1x Blackcleave Cliffs
• 1x Blood Crypt
• 1x Bloodstained Mire
• 1x Canyon Slough
• 1x Clifftop Retreat
• 1x Concealed Courtyard
• 1x Dragonskull Summit
• 1x Flooded Strand
• 1x Godless Shrine
• 1x High Market
• 1x Inspiring Vantage
• 1x Isolated Chapel
• 1x Marsh Flats
• 3x Mountain
• 1x Nomad Outpost
• 1x Phyrexian Tower
• 3x Plains
• 1x Plateau
• 1x Sacred Foundry
• 1x Scrubland
• 1x Smoldering Marsh
• 1x Strip Mine
• 4x Swamp
• 1x Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth
• 1x Westvale Abbey  ^Flip
• 1x Wooded Foothills

Instant (11)

• 1x Crackling Doom
• 1x Doom Blade
• 1x Enlightened Tutor
• 1x Harsh Sustenance
• 1x Hero's Downfall
• 1x Liliana's Triumph
• 1x Mausoleum Secrets
• 1x Ob Nixilis's Cruelty
• 1x Path to Exile
• 1x Terminate
• 1x Vampiric Tutor

Sorcery (9)

• 1x Black Sun's Zenith
• 1x Cathartic Reunion
• 1x Demonic Tutor
• 1x Fumigate
• 1x Innocent Blood
• 1x Lingering Souls
• 1x Sram's Expertise
• 1x Thoughtseize
• 1x Tormenting Voice

Artifact (5)

• 1x Blasting Station
• 1x Damping Sphere
• 1x Grafted Wargear
• 1x Skullclamp
• 1x Umezawa's Jitte

Enchantment (4)

• 1x Bitterblossom
• 1x Blind Obedience
• 1x Goblin Bombardment
• 1x Impact Tremors

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This is my first crack at a Mardu deck. I tried my best to shore up the weaknesses that I have seen from a lot of other Mardu decks. I have tried to build the deck with a lot staying power in the form of constant token production, card draw, and life gain. This is definitely not the most pure version of Aristocrats but more of a Mid-Range/Aristocrat hybrid. Some of the cards that give the deck that staying power are cards like Sun Titan, Alesha, Who Smiles at Death, and Queen Marchesa. Sun Titan can bring back most of the smaller utility creatures like Recruiter of the Guard, Blood Artist, and Kitchen Finks. Alesha can do something similar in a more agressive way. Queen Marchesa provides a solid body along with the Monarchy and if your opponent does take the Monarchy, Marchesa herself can provide you with token bodies that can take it back or be used as sacrifice fodder. Blind Obedience and Damping Sphere are cards that can be used to buffer against the more aggressive and combo decks. They can both be played on turn 2 to help drag the game out and let you set up to grind them out. There is an aggressive package that I added that consists of Ankle Shanker, Flame-Kin Zealot, and Brutal Hordechief. All of these cards can turn all of your tokens and x/1's into threats.

This deck is one that I am not sure can consistently win games but is one that you can have a fun time playing. It can turn on it's heel and become a Mid-range deck when your on the back foot or really put the pressure on your opponent by making them have to answer all of threats you can throw at them from all of the different angles.

Points: Strip Mine- 2 Enlightened Tutor- 1 Vampiric Tutor- 2 Demonic Tutor- 3 Umezawa's Jitte- 2

Date added	5 years
Last updated	5 years
Card Score	6 / 10
Legality	This deck is Canadian Highlander legal.
Rarity (main - side)	10 - 0 Mythic Rares 43 - 0 Rares 20 - 0 Uncommons 17 - 0 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	2.67
Tokens	Assassin 1/1 B w/ Haste, City's Blessing, Eldrazi Spawn 0/1 C, Elemental 1/1 R, Faerie Rogue 1/1 B, Goblin 1/1 R, Human Cleric 1/1 BW, Morph 2/2 C, Servo 1/1 C, Soldier 1/1 W w/ Lifelink, Spirit 1/1 W, Spirit 1/1 WB, Survivor 1/1 R, The Monarch, Zombie 2/2 B, Zombie Army 0/0 B