Scar-Striped Scavenger

Standard Aggro BRG (Jund)

Atsu

Creature (28)

• 4x Blood Artist
• 4x Falkenrath Aristocrat
• 3x Ghor-Clan Rampager
• 2x Huntmaster of the Fells  ^Flip
• 3x Skirsdag High Priest
• 3x Vampire Nighthawk
• 2x Varolz, the Scar-Striped
• 3x Vexing Devil
• 4x Young Wolf

Planeswalker (5)

• 2x Domri Rade
• 3x Garruk Relentless  ^Flip

Land (22)

• 3x Blood Crypt
• 2x Cavern of Souls
• 3x Dragonskull Summit
• 1x Forest
• 1x Kessig Wolf Run
• 4x Overgrown Tomb
• 4x Stomping Ground
• 4x Woodland Cemetery

Instant (5)

• 2x Abrupt Decay
• 3x Tragic Slip

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Sideboard

Creature (2)

• 2x Scavenging Ooze

Artifact (2)

• 2x Pithing Needle

Instant (2)

• 2x Golgari Charm

Sorcery (9)

• 2x Dreadbore
• 2x Mark of Mutiny
• 3x Pillar of Flame
• 2x Slaughter Games

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Maybeboard

Creature (2)

• 1x Elvish Mystic
• 1x Huntmaster of the Fells  ^Flip

Planeswalker (2)

• 1x Domri Rade
• 1x Liliana of the Veil

Artifact (2)

• 1x Glaring Spotlight
• 1x Witchbane Orb

Sorcery (3)

• 1x Appetite for Brains
• 1x Bonfire of the Damned
• 1x Duress

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I've done a major overhaul on this deck and I'm quite pleased with how far it's come.

Blood Scrivener and Lotleth Troll act as the Zombies to keep Gravecrawler constantly coming back. I really like the Lotleth Troll + Blood Scrivener combo since it'll generally let me discard my hand for Scavenge food for Varolz, the Scar-Striped and activate Scrivener's ability.

Vampire Nighthawk fills the niche I need to make up for all the self-damage I do through shock lands and Blood Scrivener ability. Also makes Cavern of Souls a solid foundation choice for Vampires and Zombies.

Ghor-Clan Rampager brings combat tricks to the table and then becomes scavenge food. The addition of trample to a creature stacked with counters can be game winning.

Vexing Devil acts as scavenge food primarily since the opponent usually takes the -4 to kill it immediately. One mana for four +1/+1 counters is huge!

Tragic Slip acts as the Morbid abuse of my deck. Creatures are constantly getting sacrificed or dying, so I'll be able to use the Morbid effect the majority of the time. Gets switched out with Abrupt Decay fairly often.

Domri Rade gathers creatures for me, which is huge when every single creature can act as food for Lotleth Troll and then scavenged through Varolz, the Scar-Striped. With all the Regenrative/Undying shenanigans, I'll come out of ahead the majority of the time whenever I activate Domri's -2 ability. Also acts as a way to force a Morbid proc when I need it.

Kalonian Hydra serves as a win condition if it doesn't get dealt with immediately. I'm considering Exava, Rakdos Blood Witch so the Hydra can swing immediately, but I prefer Falkenrath Aristocrat for the sacrifice outlet.

Dreadbore is sideboarded for removal and planeswalker hate. Slaughter Games is sideboarded for it's ability to cripple decks revolving around Sphinx's Revelations, Unburial Rites, etc. Both cards are the reason I like playing R/B, so versatile and cheap!

Scavenging Ooze acts as my graveyard hate and also acts as fuel to evolve Experiment One. I was also considering Deathrite Shaman, Tormod's Crypt and Ground Seal for obvious reasons.

Mark of Mutiny let's me take over a creature, swing with it, and then sacrificed to Varolz or the Aristocrat.

Flesh / Blood exists only for Blood, which serves as a huge nuke or a win condition due to how big my creatures get through Varolz scavenging.

I'm considering on dropping the Blood Scrivener entirely for more removal, but I'm scared of lowering the zombie count for Gravecrawler and I empty out my hand fairly fast.

Feedback and advice would be greatly appreciated!

Note: I wiped past comments due to all the changes since I last updated and to promote discussion. I wish I knew that I could reset discussion by updating beforehand...oh well, til.

Top Ranked	Achieved #42 position overall 11 years ago
Date added	11 years
Last updated	11 years
Legality	This deck is not Standard legal.
Rarity (main - side)	9 - 0 Mythic Rares 33 - 8 Rares 10 - 2 Uncommons 7 - 5 Commons
Cards	60
Avg. CMC	2.55
Tokens	Demon 5/5 B, Emblem Domri Rade, Human 2/2 G, Wolf 1/1 B, Wolf 2/2 G
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