The Hunger, The Flavor

Commander / EDH* Aristocrats Humans RBW (Mardu) Sacrifice Tokens

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Making Mardu (29)

• 1x Agadeem's Awakening  ^Flip
• 1x Blood Crypt
• 1x Bloodstained Mire
• 1x Cavern of Souls
• 1x Command Tower
• 1x Exotic Orchard
• 1x Fabled Passage
• 1x Godless Shrine
• 1x Luxury Suite
• 1x Marsh Flats
• 2x Mountain
• 1x Path of Ancestry
• 7x Plains
• 1x Sacred Foundry
• 1x Savai Triome
• 1x Spectator Seating
• 1x Sunbaked Canyon
• 4x Swamp
• 1x Vault of Champions

Ramp & Fixing (10)

• 1x Arcane Signet
• 1x Black Market
• 1x Land Tax
• 1x Orzhov Signet
• 1x Smothering Tithe
• 1x Sol Ring
• 1x Sword of the Animist
• 1x Talisman of Conviction
• 1x Talisman of Hierarchy
• 1x Weathered Wayfarer

Pet Food (7)

• 1x Adeline, Resplendent Cathar
• 1x Anointed Procession
• 1x Call the Coppercoats
• 1x Hanweir Garrison  ^Meld
• 1x Increasing Devotion
• 1x Outlaws' Merriment
• 1x Thraben Doomsayer

Apex Predator (3)

• 1x Falkenrath Aristocrat
• 1x Ravenous Demon  ^Flip
• 1x Westvale Abbey  ^Flip

Farm to Table (13)

• 1x Bastion of Remembrance
• 1x Cathars' Crusade
• 1x High Market
• 1x Impact Tremors
• 1x Juri, Master of the Revue
• 1x Kazuul's Fury  ^Flip
• 1x Mask of Griselbrand
• 1x Syr Konrad, the Grim
• 1x Thalia's Lieutenant
• 1x Vigilante Justice
• 1x Village Cannibals
• 1x Xathrid Necromancer
• 1x Zulaport Cutthroat

Oh, and these (13)

• 1x Akroma's Will
• 1x Bojuka Bog
• 1x Boros Charm
• 1x Cover of Darkness
• 1x Ghost Quarter
• 1x Graveyard Trespasser  ^Flip
• 1x Hanweir Battlements  ^Meld
• 1x Lightning Greaves
• 1x Promise of Tomorrow
• 1x Scavenger Grounds
• 1x Slayers' Stronghold
• 1x Thrilling Encore
• 1x Vault of the Archangel

Hurts SO Good (9)

• 1x Anguished Unmaking
• 1x Backlash
• 1x Blasphemous Act
• 1x Chaos Warp
• 1x Dismantling Wave
• 1x Force of Despair
• 1x Slash the Ranks
• 1x Tragic Slip
• 1x Vandalblast

Commanders (2)

Card Advantage (9)

• 1x Disciple of Bolas
• 1x Greed
• 1x Herald's Horn
• 1x Morbid Opportunist
• 1x Outpost Siege
• 1x Recruiter of the Guard
• 1x Skullclamp
• 1x Species Specialist
• 1x Winota, Joiner of Forces

Muscle (5)

• 1x General's Enforcer
• 1x Intrepid Adversary
• 1x Mother of Runes
• 1x Rem Karolus, Stalwart Slayer
• 1x Skirsdag High Priest

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Sideboard

Utility (2)

• 1x Teferi's Protection
• 1x Urza's Ruinous Blast

Making Mardu (1)

• 1x Plains

Other (1)

• 1x Kessig Malcontents

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Maybeboard

Utility (14)

• 1x Devout Chaplain
• 1x Flawless Maneuver
• 1x Idol of Oblivion
• 1x Imposing Sovereign
• 1x Jaxis, the Troublemaker
• 1x Keeper of the Accord
• 1x Prismatic Strands
• 1x Professional Face-Breaker
• 1x Reliquary Tower
• 1x Sanctuary Lockdown
• 1x Shared Animosity
• 1x Tectonic Edge
• 1x Tibalt's Trickery
• 1x Village Bell-Ringer

Pet Food (3)

• 1x Courageous Outrider
• 1x Gather the Townsfolk
• 1x Rally for the Throne

Hurts SO Good (9)

• 1x Brutal Cathar  ^Flip
• 1x Day of Judgment
• 1x Dire Tactics
• 1x Dreadbore
• 1x Generous Gift
• 1x Mythos of Snapdax
• 1x Path to Exile
• 1x Swords to Plowshares
• 1x The Elderspell

Meat Grinder (3)

• 1x Fling
• 1x Viscera Seer
• 1x Whisper, Blood Liturgist

Muscle (3)

• 1x Bounty Agent
• 1x Reckless Stormseeker  ^Flip
• 1x Unruly Mob

Apex Predator (1)

• 1x Yahenni, Undying Partisan

Card Advantage (7)

• 1x Grim Haruspex
• 1x Imperial Recruiter
• 1x Jeska's Will
• 1x Keskit, the Flesh Sculptor
• 1x Mentor of the Meek
• 1x Riders of Gavony
• 1x Vanquisher's Banner

Mardu Makers (7)

• 1x Battlefield Forge
• 1x Caves of Koilos
• 1x Graven Cairns
• 1x Myriad Landscape
• 1x Rakdos Signet
• 1x Rugged Prairie
• 1x Smoldering Marsh

Ramp & Fixing (1)

• 1x Boros Signet

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This deck hearkens back to a constructed deck I built during Innistrad. I wanted to capture the flavor of that set and fun I had playing "sacrifice for value" around the Falkenrath Aristocrat. Little did I know "Aristocrat" was or would become an Archetype.

I built the majority of this deck a couple of years before we got the perfect partner commanders and I really struggled to find the right commander at that time. I tried Mathas, Fiend Seeker and then settled on Queen Marchesa. I thought the Queen and the idea of the monarchy a bit cheesy but at least she was a human in the right colors that could get out and punch someone in the face. But I was so wrong. Queen Marchesa is great. The monarchy is a blast. No one else in my playgroup was running monarchy cards back then. In no time at all I had retired my "feed the humans to the vampires and demons" deck and rebuilt completely around the Queen. LMSR

And then Wizards goes and prints Silvar, Devourer of the Free. If you haven't noticed, Silvar is little more than a nerfed Falkenrath Aristocrat you may play as your commander. Oh, and he comes with dear little angel Trynn, Champion of Freedom. She pumps out monster food and at the same time they printed a bunch of other cards that make human tokens. Even adding the Human type to some Soldier tokens. HUGE for this deck!

So I dusted off the old boy, polished it up. This is a casual deck for a battle cruiser meta. The game plan is simply to make humans, smash face and if needed sacrifice humans to make attackers indestructible. I look to gain value from the death and ETB triggers in both efficient and less efficient ways. Cards like Village Cannibals and Ravenous Demon   aren't exactly format all-stars but they are fun cards in this deck and the flavor is on point.

So here it is, a grim town not so unlike yours or mine . . . where you will see the hunger and relish the flavor.

Date added	6 years
Last updated	8 months
Legality	This deck is Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	7 - 0 Mythic Rares 53 - 2 Rares 21 - 1 Uncommons 6 - 0 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	2.95
Tokens	Day, Demon 5/5 B, Human 1/1 R, Human 1/1 W, Human Cleric 1/1 BW, Human Cleric 2/1 RW, Human Rogue 1/2 RW, Human Soldier 1/1 W, Human Warrior 3/1 RW, Night, Treasure, Zombie 2/2 B
Folders	1.1 Quiver (Purple)