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Naya Angels;
Modified Feather deck to run green as a ramp to slap bigger threats like Sephara and Parhelion II onto the board a lot faster. Also a bit of green flying creature removal and buff spells.
Grixis Land Destruction:
Probably the cruelest deck I play. Runs a playset of Tectonic Rift, Rubble Reading, Demolish, and Bedeck//Bedazzle. Use Bedeck and Angrath's Rampage to keep early threats off the board, use blue draw and shimmer or possibility stuff to nab your cards, then get to work. For optimal result, pair with Ral and Expansion/Doublecast and Finale of Promise to remove multiple lands at once. Added points for playing leyline of the void so they can't get their lands back.
Those decks sounds fun to play. I'm especially interested in land destruction. I've never played against it.
The deck I'm using in current standard 2020 event is Rakdos deck that built around Priest of Forgotten Gods. Gruesome Menagerie is my favorite in that deck.
1 Cauldron Familiar
1 Bake into a Pie
1 Revenge of Ravens
1 Syr Konrad, the Grim
1 Wishclaw Talisman
1 Piper of the Swarm
1 Ayara, First of Locthwain
1 Liliana, Dreadhorde General
1 Ob Nixilis, the Hate-Twisted
1 God-Eternal Bontu
1 Priest of Forgotten Gods
1 Bloodsoaked Altar
1 Vindictive Vampire
1 Vilis, Broker of Blood
1 Ill-Gotten Inheritance
1 The Haunt of Hightower
1 Font of Agonies
1 Clackbridge Troll
1 Witch's Cottage
25 Swamp
1 Dreadhorde Invasion
1 Lotleth Giant
1 Midnight Reaper
1 Murder
1 Bloodthirsty Aerialist
1 Heraldic Banner
1 Witch's Oven
1 Diamond Knight
1 God-Pharaoh's Statue
1 Awaken the Erstwhile
1 Liliana's Triumph
1 Castle Locthwain
1 The Cauldron of Eternity
1 Cauldron's Gift
1 Festive Funeral
1 Witch's Vengeance
Ayara, First of Locthwain should be a fun card!
Why did you build a 60 cards commander deck btw?
Anyway, if you have Karn, the Great Creator, it's good with Wishclaw Talisman. You can move God-Pharaoh's Statue to side board. And Ugin, the Ineffable makes them cheaper and provide creatures to sacrifice.
For the time that I've been playing, I've noticed that a lot of people will use their removal to get rid of early threats, so the deck uses a lot of powerful low drops (mainly like 2-3 mana legendaries, but also hero of precinct ward and stuff). Loads of players use up their removal on those early drops so late game when I start dropping 2-3 legendaries a turn, you don't have enough removal.
Love Kethis with Vannifar. Constant sac to get your bigger legendary creatures and a way to play back the ones you really like
https://www.mtggoldfish.com/deck/2377885#paper
That deck sounds really fun! What 2-3 drop legendaries do you run?
@Arceus8523
Nice! Did you test it? I feel like Contentious Plan would be nice in that deck. It's also a cheap card.
BR aggro is the deck I mostly use. Weather you win or lose, the game ends quickly so it helps me earn golds in a short time.
You use someone's deck or you've never played mtg?
I haven’t tested it yet. I also don’t think Contentious Plan does much. Two mana for a card isn’t great and the only thing you’re typically proliferating is a Jace, which doesn’t feel great when the only thing you’re playing him for really is the static ability.
You can proliferate The Magic Mirror. One counter on The Magic Mirror means one additional draw in every future upkeep, so it's more than "two mana for a card". And I believe you need Jace's activated abilities too. One additional -2 of Narset is also sweet.
Oh yeah, forgot the mirror uses counters. Any suggestions for potential cuts?
I would cut Emry, Lurker of the Loch.
Really? I really like her in this list. Thins the deck and recurs mirrors.
I know why she is there, but I think there are better cards for this deck. Merfolk Secretkeeper thins the deck too and its tougher and cheaper. If you want to find Mirrors, there are Narset, Shimmer of Possibility, Anticipate...
Right now, I run the following 2-3 legendary drops:
Tomik, Distinguished Advokist
Vivien's Arkbow
Lavinia, Azorius Renegade
Lazav, the Multifarious
Emmara, Soul of the Accord,
Mu Yanling, Sky Dancer
Narset, Parter of Veils
Ayara, First of Locthwain
Davriel, Rogue Shadowmage
Krenko, Tin Stree Kingpin
Tibalt, Rakish Instigator
Vivien, Champion of the Wilds
Yorvo, Lord of Garenbrig
Dovin, Hand of Control
Teferi, Time Raveler
Kaya, Orzhov Usurper
Oath of Kaya
Ashiok, Dream Render
The Royal Scions
Judith, the Scourge Diva
Grumgully, the Generous
Tajic, Legion's Edge
Kiora, Behemoth Beckoner
Kethis, the Hidden Hand
At the absolute worst, each of these is a 2-3 mana target for murderous rider. At the mediocre level, they're each decent 2-3 drop instants or threats that should be addressed. At best, they each provide such distinct abilities that opponents are confused at how to target, thus allowing me to adapt to any type of strategy I need.
Late game, they're all still good, because a Kethis turns them all into 2 drops, so it's easy to by turn 6 or 7 (if the game reaches that stage) to drop 3 or 4 legendaries on the board at once.
It's fun. It takes a long time to set up, so either you die super quick to really good aggro if you can't hit the right lands for early plays, or you get a nice longer game where you control the board.
On a side note, what are your best cards in your BR aggro deck? Aggro is my worst enemy and I tried making a mardu deck for it so I'd be really interested to know what works well!
Cool! I really like Lavinia there because Fires of Invention is very popular now. It's good against Nissa too. I would definitely add Fblthp though XD
I don't think there are "best cards" in aggro decks.. Because it's simply a pile of good cards lol. Board wipe spells always make aggro deck cry, so Mardu is perfect for anti-aggro.
Those decks are actually fun because you can play many cards!
I actually shut down my first fires of invention with Lavinia today! And she's also great in case your opponent tries to run Golos
I just noticed lol