Is post rotation aristocrats possible?
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Posted on Sept. 2, 2013, 1:49 p.m. by SS1985
I was thinking of attempting the challenge of making a aristocrats deck for post rotation. I know there is a chance that the deck may not work out but I think its worth an attempt anyway. I made an orzhov aristocrats deck (Orzhovs Dying Humans ) and I love it to death but A LOT of the best cards in the deck are going away. So conceptually I'm wondering if RWB aristocrats would be possible. Here's some of the things I was thinking as far as replacements for innistrad block cards:
Champion of the Parish -Young Pyromancer
Blood Artist -Gnawing Zombie ?
Sorin, Lord of Innistrad -Gideon, Champion of Justice or Chandra, Pyromaster ?
Skirsdag High Priest -Xathrid Necromancer
Doomed Traveler -Precinct Captain or Legion Loyalist
Other cards I'm considering:
Assemble the Legion Trading Post Angelic Accord Sunhome Guildmage Dragon Egg Immortal Servitude Blaze Commando Beckon Apparition Ogre Battledriver Warleader's Helix
What do you guys think? Again the deck would be for standard post rotation. This post may change as more spoilers are revealed for theros.
NobodyPicksBulbasaur says... #3
Aristocrats is dead post-rotation. Trying to make the same deck work without any of the staple cards in the deck is a bad idea.
You can use some of the same cards to make a RWB deck, but you're going to need a different win-con and theme.
September 2, 2013 2:22 p.m.
Epochalyptik says... #4
Moved to Standard.
You can't rework Aristocrats for post-rotation. You lose too many important cards, and your proposed replacement cards don't fill the same roles with the same effectiveness. The deck would be too clunky to function properly.
September 2, 2013 2:24 p.m.
notamardybum says... #5
aristocrats without half the aritocrats is no longer aristocrats..... aristocrats
September 2, 2013 2:29 p.m.
Where's the optimism fellas? lol...Here's what I'm looking at so far:
Creatures:
4x Cartel Aristocrat -sac outlet
4x Xathrid Necromancer -tokens
4x Young Pyromancer -tokens
3x Phantom General -buffs tokens
Instants:
Showstopper -Combos well with Cartel Aristocrat and Young Pyromancer
Sorceries:
Act of Treason -Combos well with Cartel Aristocrat and Young Pyromancer
Thoughts?
September 2, 2013 3:19 p.m.
notamardybum says... #7
Im just a huge fan or champion of the parish, skirsdag high priest, doomed traveler, and of course falkenrath. xathrid necromancer is a great card, but will not be nearly as effective as skirsdag high priest.
September 2, 2013 4:08 p.m.
Yea I agree it's sad to see skirsdag go but these things happen, the new humans are here and I think they deserve some attention
September 2, 2013 4:17 p.m.
I was definitely thinking about that card too lol its kinda like Selfless Cathar
September 2, 2013 7:48 p.m.
MindAblaze says... #11
What are your thoughts on Modern Aristocrats vs Post Rotation aristocrats?
September 7, 2013 12:16 p.m.
I think modern aristocrats is going to be a lot easier to construct compared to post rotation, at least given what I've seen with theros...there are some humans here and there but most are heroic and sacrificing wouldnt be the best thing to do. We'll see though maybe the next two sets will bring some weapons for Cartel Aristocrat to use.
Jay says... #2
You're probably better off with RBW midrange in all honesty. That's basically what you listed.
September 2, 2013 1:57 p.m.