Stax-o-Saurus

Casual Casual Multiplayer Stax

mumpsy

Creature (19)

• 4x Bloodghast
• 2x Essence Warden
• 3x Kokusho, the Evening Star
• 3x Mycoloth
• 4x Myr Servitor
• 3x Yavimaya Elder

Land (24)

• 1x Buried Ruin
• 3x Dryad Arbor
• 4x Forest
• 1x Ghost Town
• 4x Golgari Rot Farm
• 4x Overgrown Tomb
• 4x Swamp
• 3x Twilight Mire

Enchantment (10)

• 4x Burgeoning
• 2x Grave Pact
• 2x Oversold Cemetery
• 2x Rancor

Artifact (7)

• 3x Skullclamp
• 4x Smokestack

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Sideboard

Creature (3)

• 2x Mycoloth
• 1x Yavimaya Elder

Enchantment (2)

• 2x Rancor

Artifact (6)

• 3x Crucible of Worlds
• 1x Skullclamp
• 2x Sun Droplet

Instant (4)

• 4x Constant Mists

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Deck relies on short-range, recurring aggro like Myr Servitor, Bloodghast, and Rancor and broad-scope control with Smokestack. Kokusho, the Evening Star is an excellent creature in multiplayer, and a 4-player game is usually the best environment for this deck: it's enough to capitalize upon Burgeoning and Kokusho, the Evening Star, but not too big to get immediately destroyed after playing Smokestack on turn 2.

This deck utilizes the slow and pyrrhic death that Smokestack typically heralds, with the common strategy of generating an incredible number of permanents to feed to it.

The big targets in this deck are usually the Mycoloth, which is the best way to stay ahead of the Smokestack ante. The other is the Smokestack itself.

To help mitigate this, Buried Ruin helps me yank a 'Stack back out of the graveyard. Oversold Cemetery helps get Mycoloth back on the field.

Fun interactions:

DRAW ENGINE

1. Bloodghast + Skullclamp -Requires you can keep playing lands.to be consistent.
2. Myr Servitor + Skullclamp-Requires you have other Myr Servitors in play to be consistent.

CONTROL

1. Smokestack + Burgeoning-T1, Burgeoning. T2, Smokestack. T3, add counter to Smokestack. T4, feed now unnecessary Burgeoning to active Smokestack.

2. DRAW ENGINE + Grave Pact-Forcing sacrifices of creatures to Grave Pact will mean a bad time when facing down a Smokestack.

RAMP

1. Burgeoning + Golgari Rot Farm-Drop Rot Farm on someone else's turn? Yes please.

2. Yavimaya Elder + Burgeoning-Yeah. And Skullclamp makes this even better.

LIFEGAIN

1. Essence Warden + Mycoloth + NOM NOM NOM

2. Kokusho, the Evening Star + Smokestack or Mycoloth fodder.

RECURSION

1. Myr Servitor + Myr Servitor

2. Ghost Town + Bloodghast

3. Oversold Cemetery + Dryad Arbor + Bloodghast

The draw engine is vital to staying ahead of the opponent. They might be able to remove some of your stuff, but your ability to feed a Myr Servitor or a Bloodghast to a Skullclamp keeps your game moving. Add a Grave Pact, and your repeatable draw engine becomes a global control effect.

Date added	14 years
Last updated	10 years
Legality	This deck is Casual legal.
Rarity (main - side)	2 - 3 Mythic Rares 30 - 2 Rares 11 - 9 Uncommons 9 - 1 Commons
Cards	60
Avg. CMC	2.58
Tokens	Saproling 1/1 G
Folders	MULTIPLAYER