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Pseudo-Infinite Cat (Now without Oven!)

Pioneer BRG (Jund) Competitive Mill Sacrifice Tokens

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Welp, I ended up making a non-budget deck again for once. I PROCLAIM THIS DECK'S NAME IS

Roots'n Foods.

Cauldron Familiar + Ygra, Eater of All + Tyvar, Jubilant Brawler + Insidious Roots. Depending on your boardstate, this can go almost infinite.

I don't really think I need to explain much. I'm sure people tried/are trying Ydra + Catoven. So here's my version for it.

To be honest, this deck can still get tweaked but I am really happy with it as is.

Update:

I have decided to include a (already outdated!) Golgari version, which is now the maybeboard, like I did before. There is basically a lot of 4x, 3x, questions and fiddling around needed now. Splitting red or not is also a big factor.

I have once again devolved into Tyvar + Priest of Forgotten Gods for the Golgari version (also gives reason for the Rotten Reunion inclusion, which additionally synergizes with Roots), because it results in the biggest payoff. My assumption is that even when dropping a Priest on T2 on an empty board, it's not a terrible loss. Especially when there's a Scavenger's Talent on the field, the upsides should be enough to warrant this inclusion. I do still tend towards the Jund version, by a substantial amount, however.

Roots are a 3x, actually. You also don't need Oven. Yes, I repeat, you don't need Oven.

Biggest questions are how much of Tyvar, Talent, Gooze, Overlord, Deadly Dispute and the possible inclusion of Tinybones, the Pickpocket and Fable of the Mirror-Breaker  

Focus on your main wincon of Cat + Ygar, while also adhering to the second wincons of Root tokens, or overpowering with value. Don't underestimate the third level of Talent. I only played once against Mono Red Aggro, but consistently ended the game on T5 with the main wincon. My deck was almost always around 30 cards by then.

The deck's weakness is the early game, funnily enough. Depending on your draw and opponent, fill your graveyard as quickly as possible. Your slowest hand is basically nothing but le Goose and Tyvar, because he can wiff but needs to come down due to tempo.

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Updates Add

I decided to split the deck into two versions. The rest of the brewing process really is just a lot of playtesting, which I don't think is very fruitful in Arena. From this point on, it's small adjustments again. I have also updated the deck description accordingly on what should flow into the decision process when refining the deck. Once again, I lack the chance to play Pioneer competitively in paper format, which is why I consider this deck basically done, except for me receiving new advice from experienced paper players.

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