pattern rector/nightmare survial

Highlander*

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Creature (38)

• 1x Academy Rector
• 1x Acidic Slime
• 1x Aven Mindcensor
• 1x Banisher Priest
• 1x Birds of Paradise
• 1x Cartel Aristocrat
• 1x Deathrite Shaman
• 1x Dimir House Guard
• 1x Eternal Witness
• 1x Fauna Shaman
• 1x Fiend Hunter
• 1x Iona, Shield of Emeria
• 1x Karmic Guide
• 1x Kitchen Finks
• 1x Knight of the Reliquary
• 1x Leonin Relic-Warder
• 1x Melira, Sylvok Outcast
• 1x Murderous Redcap
• 1x Noble Hierarch
• 1x Primeval Titan
• 1x Protean Hulk
• 1x Reclamation Sage
• 1x Restoration Angel
• 1x Reveillark
• 1x Saffi Eriksdotter
• 1x Scavenging Ooze
• 1x Shriekmaw
• 1x Siege Rhino
• 1x Spellskite
• 1x Sylvan Caryatid
• 1x Sylvan Safekeeper
• 1x Thragtusk
• 1x Thrun, the Last Troll
• 1x Tidehollow Sculler
• 1x Viscera Seer
• 1x Voice of Resurgence
• 1x Wall of Blossoms
• 1x Wall of Roots

Planeswalker (2)

• 1x Garruk Relentless  ^Flip
• 1x Liliana of the Veil

Land (35)

• 1x Bayou
• 1x Bloodstained Mire
• 1x Diamond Valley
• 1x Dryad Arbor
• 1x Flooded Strand
• 3x Forest
• 1x Gavony Township
• 1x Godless Shrine
• 1x High Market
• 1x Isolated Chapel
• 1x Marsh Flats
• 1x Misty Rainforest
• 1x Overgrown Tomb
• 1x Plains
• 1x Polluted Delta
• 1x Savannah
• 1x Scrubland
• 1x Stirring Wildwood
• 1x Strip Mine
• 1x Sunpetal Grove
• 2x Swamp
• 1x Temple Garden
• 1x Temple of Malady
• 1x Temple of Plenty
• 1x Temple of Silence
• 1x Treetop Village
• 1x Twilight Mire
• 1x Verdant Catacombs
• 1x Wasteland
• 1x Windswept Heath
• 1x Wooded Foothills
• 1x Woodland Cemetery

Enchantment (6)

• 1x Oblivion Ring
• 1x Pattern of Rebirth
• 1x Pernicious Deed
• 1x Recurring Nightmare
• 1x Sylvan Library
• 1x Yawgmoth's Bargain

Artifact (2)

• 1x Birthing Pod
• 1x Sensei's Divining Top

Instant (7)

• 1x Abrupt Decay
• 1x Chord of Calling
• 1x Eladamri's Call
• 1x Golgari Charm
• 1x Path to Exile
• 1x Swords to Plowshares
• 1x Worldly Tutor

Sorcery (9)

• 1x Council's Judgment
• 1x Diabolic Intent
• 1x Duress
• 1x Green Sun's Zenith
• 1x Hymn to Tourach
• 1x Inquisition of Kozilek
• 1x Maelstrom Pulse
• 1x Mind Twist
• 1x Thoughtseize

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Wincons

Melira + Finks

Melira + Redcap

Nightmare + Iona

Pattern Rector Combo

You need one of the several sacrifice outlets with at least one other creature and Academy Rector.

Sac Rector, get Pattern of Rebirth attached to your expendable creature.

Sac the creature with Pattern, get Protean Hulk.

Sac Protean Hulk. Get Karmic Guide, a 1 CMC sac outlet (just in case) and Dryad Arbor while you're at it. Karmic Guide's trigger returns Protean Hulk.

Sac Hulk, get Saffi Eriksdotter and some value creatures. Sculler, Spellskite, Relic Warder, etc.

Sac Saffi targeting Karmic Guide, after which you sac Guide to get another ETB trigger returning (you guessed it) Hulk.

Sac Hulk, get Reveillark and whichever 1 CMC creature you wish.

Sac Karmic Guide, then sac Reveillark, returning Saffi and Karmic Guide. Guide's trigger once again returns Hulk.

Sac Hulk, get a creature with an abusable ETB/LTB trigger such as Acidic Slime, Thragtusk or Voice of Resurgence. Or all of them.

Saf Saffi targeting Guide, sac Guide, return Reveillark, sac Guide, sac Reveillark, return Saffi and Guide, return Reveillark with Guide.

Now you have your whole team in play: a good ETB/LTB creature, Saffi, Reveillark and Karmic Guide. You can sacrifice Saffi targeting the value creature, sac that creature, then sac Guide and then Reveillark and do it as many time as needed.

Date added	9 years
Last updated	9 years
Legality	This deck is not Highlander legal.
Rarity (main - side)	7 - 0 Mythic Rares 59 - 0 Rares 23 - 0 Uncommons 4 - 0 Commons
Cards	99
Avg. CMC	2.83
Tokens	Beast 3/3 G, Elemental */* GW, Human 2/2 G, Wolf 1/1 B, Wolf 2/2 G