Eldrazi in Standard?
Standard Deck Help forum
Posted on Sept. 29, 2015, 7:14 a.m. by sepiaxclouds
So, with the release of Battle for Zendikar upon us, the amazing Eldrazi creatures are back. I have already made a rough template of a full BFZ Eldrazi deck (with an exception of Dark Dabbling) Scions of Zendikar, however I wanted to know your opinion on the best Eldrazis in Standard at the moment so I can make some changes / improvements.
TheNextRedDude says... #3
Here are some underrated ones:
Breaker of Armies: While for 8 mana it is pricey, it shouldn't be a problem for a dedicated Eldrazi deck. It is almost always a one sided board wipe, as if they do not remove it, they either risk attacking into a superior board state (you got to 8 mana, you should have this), sacrificing their biggest creature and opening themselves up to a huge chunk of damage next turn, or not attacking and saying goodbye to most or all of their creatures, and a chunk of their life if you attack with other creatures too. 4/5
Conduit of Ruin: Simply put, this guy is amazeballs.(that is a word) It functions as an extra copy of your bomb that costs two less to cast, makes sure you draw that Ulamog, Breaker, etc. the turn you can play it. It is an auto include in big Eldrazi decks. 5/5
Benthic Infiltrator: If you're playing Ingest/Processor synergy, the Infiltrator cannot be done without. Starting t4, it is 1 damage and an Ingest a turn, that can be shut off for a 1/4 blocker when you need it. 4/5
All R/U colorless matters cards: If you make colorless a full on theme, these cards turn every spell you play into bomb. "Ill play Tide Drifter, kill two of your tokens with the Molten Nursery triggers, then swing for 9 with Vile Aggregate." 3-4.5/5
Herald of Kozilek: 2/4 for 3? Great! Makes all my stuff cheaper? Excellent! Has synergy with the rest of my deck? Awesome! This card fits into the above category, but deserves to have it's own description. 4.5/5
September 29, 2015 7:50 a.m.
TheNextRedDude says... #4
Note: based of my experience with Grixis at the prerelease, and my own Temur standard deck. Ditto to Boza's post.
September 29, 2015 7:53 a.m.
Here is an example deck for Temur 
for around $100 that I recently created in one of the comments for another user, it can give you some ideas:
The core:
This will constitute a solid core. We now need some support cards:
Some big eldrazi to support everything:
And finally, finish up with some cards that will give reach and recursion:
Add 23 lands to this and you are golden!
September 29, 2015 7:56 a.m.
TheNextRedDude says... #6
That sample deck will get you started for sure. If anyone ever needs help with Temur Eldrazi, I will be happy to help, and a premature congratulations on choosing the best Eldrazi deck.
September 29, 2015 8:05 a.m.
Am I the only one thinking of using Necromantic Summons with Ulamog, the Ceaseless Hunger? or Void Winnower or whatever... Could even make Sire of Stagnation better if you have some sort of ramp to play him on turn 4-5... Use Jace, Liliana, or even like budget Salvage Drone to get one of these fatties in your graveyard then summon for 5 mana. Who cares if you don't get Newlamogs ETB effect, he's out on turn 5, probably 12/12 and not good for your opponent.
September 29, 2015 11:02 a.m.
TheNextRedDude says... #9
Nice Slowgod, you of course will need to drop like $350 on that deck, but cool.
September 29, 2015 11:15 a.m.
I threw this together just now, I actually have most of the cards already, but yeah... about 400$ Necromantic Eldrazi Ramp
September 29, 2015 11:47 a.m.
TheNextRedDude says... #11
Wow, my estimate was just based on like 1/3 of the more consistent version I had in mind. I don't want to know how much that would cost.
Boza says... #2
Simply running big stompy eldrazi without any support will not do you any good. Out of the 20 creatures you have in your deck, only Ulamog and Conduit of Ruin are any good.
Not to mention that 4 colors and several super excessively high mana cost cards with just 19 lands will lead to nowhere good.
1/ Figure out what colors you want: From Beyond and Herald of Kozilek are the top Eldrazi enablers, which you need in order to get ot play "the big stuff".
2/ Starting out the deck with 4 of one of the abovementioned cards and 4 Conduit of Ruin + 1 Ulamog, the Ceaseless Hunger is a good way to start building an eldrazi deck.
3/ Figure out your deck archetype - midrange or control. midrange leads toward
eldrazi, while control will lead you to 
(most of the time).
4/ Add 24 lands in the tri color combination of your choosing.
5/ define a budget
Start on the current deck from scratch, complete all 5 of these points and ping me, and we will go on to the next steps of the deckbuilding.
September 29, 2015 7:49 a.m.