Xathrid Athreos

Standard* WB (Orzhov)

andrew.visser

Creature (30)

• 3x Athreos, God of Passage
• 3x Boros Elite
• 4x Cartel Aristocrat
• 4x High Priest of Penance
• 4x Master of the Feast
• 4x Rakdos Shred-Freak
• 4x Soldier of the Pantheon
• 4x Xathrid Necromancer

Land (22)

• 4x Godless Shrine
• 6x Plains
• 8x Swamp
• 4x Temple of Silence

Artifact (2)

• 2x Whip of Erebos

Instant (6)

• 2x Hero's Downfall
• 4x Pharika's Cure

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Sideboard

Creature (2)

• 2x Banisher Priest

Enchantment (2)

• 2x Rest in Peace

Instant (8)

• 2x Bile Blight
• 1x Dark Betrayal
• 3x Deicide
• 2x Hero's Downfall

Sorcery (3)

• 3x Thoughtseize

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Maybeboard

Creature (1)

• 1x Judge's Familiar

Instant (1)

• 1x Bile Blight

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Some orzhov aggro fun!

Game plan is to run out a lot of humans and get Xathrid Necromancer and Athreos, God of Passage going. because this deck is pretty aggressive your opponent probably won't have much life to pay for athreos' graveyard effect and you will be getting a lot of creatures back in hand.

Cartel Aristocrat is awesome allowing you to sac creatures without losing board state thanks to xathrid and then punishing your opponent with athreos if they want to keep those creatures in the graveyard.

this works great with Rakdos Shred-Freak because of his haste you can sac to give protection to Cartel Aristocrat during your first main phase, get him back with athreos and then recast him and attack.

High Priest of Penance and Pharika's Cure work great together and with athreos. if you use Pharika's Cure on your own High Priest of Penance you get to destroy any non land permanent, gain two life and either get high priest back with athreos, or deal 3 damage to your opponent. All for 2 mana and at instant speed!

one worry of this deck is that Athreos, God of Passage gets hit by a Deicide . the only ways to avoid this right now are to Orzhov Charm him back to your hand or sac him when he's a creature and hope to draw another. i am thinking of running Judge's Familiar in an attempt to counter any removal of athreos. I am also looking to see if dictate of erebos could be viable for this deck.

let me know what you think!

Date added	10 years
Last updated	10 years
Legality	This deck is not Standard legal.
Rarity (main - side)	3 - 5 Mythic Rares 26 - 3 Rares 9 - 7 Uncommons 8 - 0 Commons
Cards	60
Avg. CMC	2.26
Tokens	Zombie 2/2 B
Folders	good decks