Good day, the newest set Tarkir: Dragonstorm is set to hit the various formats this weekend, and the new card and deck strategies are added in particularly to Standard which I am to discuss another archetype. Today’s deck archetype blog post highlights a previously existing deck build that revolves around recursion and sacrifice effects.

If you are a regular grinder on MTG Online or Arena, I am pretty sure that you have encountered this deck. The build’s core colors are Orzhov (Black and White) and is mostly composed of small critters that benefit from ETB lifegain and sacrifice trigger abilities. My new deck build suggests adding a third color, Red, referring to the Mardu clan that has been reintroduced from the new set. It opened a whole new 3-color card components with potential synergies with the core gameplay of the deck.

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Thanks for reading and until the next blog post.

There is a recent article at the Magic: the Gathering mothership website wherein Luis Scott-Vargas discussed the top Ravnica Allegiance Standard decks. One of which is the Mardu Aristocrats deck in which the reference list was that of username Jakedurshimer on MTGO that went on a 5-0 record. He mentioned the game plan of token generation from sources like Elenda, the Dusk Rose and Hero of Precinct One and getting the value with the pump from Judith. There are also similar creature choices to that of the Rakdos Aggro deck I previously posted such as Gutterbones and Footlight Fiend.

Here below is the decklist:

Creature (30)
4 Judith, the Scourge Diva
3 Elenda, the Dusk Rose
4 Footlight Fiend
4 Gutterbones
4 Hero of Precinct One
3 Midnight Reaper
4 Pitiless Pontiff
4 Priest of Forgotten Gods

Sorcery (3)
3 Carnival // Carnage

Instant (2)
2 Mortify

Enchantment (1)
1 Theater of Horrors
Land (24)
4 Blood Crypt
4 Clifftop Retreat
1 Dragonskull Summit
4 Godless Shrine
4 Isolated Chapel
4 Sacred Foundry
3 Swamp

Sideboard (15)
1 Midnight Reaper
1 Theater of Horrors
2 Angrath, the Flame-Chained
4 Drill Bit
2 Ethereal Absolution
3 Lava Coil
2 Plaguecrafter