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Thune and the Aristocrats

Standard* BGW (Abzan, Junk)

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As you are surely aware, Junk Aristocrats has grown to be one of the most-played choices in the current Standard Meta. But what happens when M14 shakes things up?

Simple - Keep playing the deck.

Junk 'Crats gets some new goodies that we can explore and abuse:

  1. Archangel of Thune - With all of the Blood Artist triggers we have throughout a game, Archangel can give our creatures even more defensive (and attacking) power while draining our opponent. I'm pretty sure this angel replaces Obzedat as the 1-of of choice in most decks, simply because of this ability. Additionally, a reliable tutor target for the dark side of Garruk is nothing to scoff at.

  2. Xathrid Necromancer - I'm not sure just how great he will be in the deck, but I feel like he's a solid replacement for Young Wolf. He is a strong card against board sweepers, which, with Supreme Verdict, Bonfire of the Damned, and now Ratchet Bomb joining the party, this deck needs. I would play 2. My only hesitation is that it reduces our number of early drops against Aggro, particularly on the draw.

  3. Scavenging Ooze - No 4-of by any means, but a great sideboard candidate alongside Deathrite Shaman. We'll see where the direction of Reanimator goes. Right now I'm not playing any (keeping 4 Deathrite Shaman), but it is certainly worthy of inclusion.

  4. Disciple of Bolas - not a new goodie, but its interactions with Archangel of Thune, while potentially cute, could catch an opponent off guard, while giving us value through Blood Artist triggers. With 2 Blood Artists, an Archangel of Thune, and a Disciple out, we give ourselves 3 lifegain events through Disciple's "Sacrifice another creature" trigger, which is insane, IMO. Add to that the X cards we would draw, and I think he may be worth inclusion. A wait and see, but I'm trying it, at a minimum, at FNM.

I know the deck should worry about Ratchet Bomb, but we have tools available to not only survive that line of play, but actually take advantage of it now, given the right line of play on our part.

Feel free to chime in with your thoughts! I would go on and talk about matchups, but as Junk 'Crats is already an established tier-1 strategy, I don't want to sound redundant - most of us know the good and bad of the deck. However, the ability to survive sweepers is a nice new feature to have (without sacrificing everything in response and restarting from scratch).

Cheers!

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Date added 11 years
Last updated 11 years
Legality

This deck is not Standard legal.

Rarity (main - side)

4 - 0 Mythic Rares

33 - 8 Rares

12 - 2 Uncommons

10 - 5 Commons

Cards 60
Avg. CMC 2.14
Tokens Demon 5/5 B, Elemental */* GW, Human 2/2 G, Spirit 1/1 W, Wolf 1/1 B, Wolf 2/2 G
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