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Hey all!

After seeing a mono red dredge build pop up in a few tournaments and online spaces redently, I have been inspired to try and fine tune the idea.

Here is where I am at currently:

https://www.archidekt.com/decks/10420292

The gameplan is to tubo-mill with Stinkweed Imp and looting effects, reanimate one or more Lotleth Giants and dome the opponent. What mono-red has over the GB Dredge decks is mana consistency, speed (the deck can goldfish win on turns 4-5 almost every game, sometimes turn 3), and a more aggressive Plan B with early evasive attackers + Molten Gatekeeper pings + Sneaky Snacker grindy recursion.

See the Maybeboard for

Hey all,

After some useful additions in the last few sets, I thought it would be useful to explore what I think is an under-appreciated deck in Pauper: Mono Black Sacrifice.

Decklist: https://www.archidekt.com/decks/9872799

With the release of [[Nezumi Linkbreaker]] and now [[Infestation Sage]], pauper has 12 black 1 drops that replace themselves, meaning we have a very consistent source of sacrifice fodder for our 8 [[village rites]] effects and honorary [[Deadly Dispute]]. 12 pieces of fodder and 12 card draw for effectively 1 mana gives the deck an incredible card velocity and speed, churning through the deck and getting mult

As per title, I used to play lots of GB Dredge and noticed almost all recent successful lists have shifted to 4x [[Ray of Revelation]] in the sideboard. Why is this? I can only assume it's for Sadistic Glee, but idk how this actually stops them from comboing off, because Glee would have to resolve first, and they can just continue comboing in response to you casting Ray. Is this actually better than 4x Snuff Out in the SB to kill Broodscale?

I think I'm missing something here, could anyone with experience in this specific matchup please explain? Lists seem to be doing well (winning a Challenge recently), so it must be effective. Many thanks :)

Hey all,

I wanted to start a discussion on a potential Naya Gates archetype which feels like it has a lot of potential.

The idea merges some Boros Bully and Boros Gates lists which have popped up from time-to-time, using the graveyard-centric package of recursive and go-wide creatures (e.g., [[Sacred Cat]], [[Lunarch Veteran]], [[Battle Screech]], [[Rally the Peasants]]), with the powerhouse that is [[Writhing Crysalis]] + [[Malevolent Rumble]]. These two green cards have great synergy with the go-wide, graveyard-centric gates strategy, so playing Naya seems like a natural fit.

Here is my list so far: [https://www.archidekt.com/decks/9638031](https://www.archide

Hey folks,

As the title suggests, I am curious as to why pauper elves doesn't run [[Generous Ent]] mainboard.

Here is a proposed fairly stock elves list with 4x Ent: https://www.archidekt.com/decks/8919164/mono_green_elves_w_generous_ent

Ent enables you to effectively run more lands (making the deck more consistent); Ent can be found with our 8 creature-draw spells (making them able to essentially find lands as well); the landcylcing in a deck with 12-13 lands is actually relevant, thinning and making our draw spells more likely to "hit"; and lastly Ent is also a decent outlet for our massive mana produc

...Thats a bit of a mouthful, might need a sexier name.

Hey all,

Here is a deck I have been tinkering with and would like to share for feedback and ideas.
Its fundamentally a Jund Midrange deck built around a gates gameplan, but with several really neat combos and synergies built in.

Decklist: https://www.archidekt.com/decks/7009998

The main combo is [[Cauldron Familiar]] + [[Finishing Move]], exploiting 2-ticket stickers that give abilities to the cat like "Sacrifice this permanent: Draw two cards", or most potently, "When this permanent leaves the battlefield, create two food tokens." The latter one is an infinite drain/gain combo

Hey all,

After an interesting post from another user I have been abrewin' with a domain shell. This is my current take on the archetype:

https://www.archidekt.com/decks/6434258

It draws from Boros Initiative and other ephemerate/midrange strategies of the format, but uses [[Into the North]] and [[Farseek]] to accelerate towards the initiative/monarch, and more importantly, to fetch [[Ice Tunnel]] to enable domain at quite a low cost. This makes [[Tribal flames]] really potent, both as a removal spell that can deal with almost every threat in the format, and a burn spell finisher. Using the snow duals also enables [[Skred]], r

Hey folks,

With the arrival of LCI I have been abrewin'. Particularly, I'm convinced that [[Etali's Favor]] is a lot stronger than people are giving it credit for. It pairs beautifully with [[All That Glitters]], helping to find it with Discover, adding to the ATG count, and giving trample to your big beater.

My first attempt has been to jam this package into a Boros Synth shell, leaning towards a more aggro build than some of the more grindy setups lying around atm.

Etali's Favor is also wonderful with [[Seeker of the Way]], buffing +2/+2 more often than not with prowess, plus the additional +1/+1 and trample, making a formidable creature for racing as early as turn 3. Thi

Hey all,

I have been inspired by a recent post discussing a commander cube where each payer start with a [[Descent into avernus]] in play and 100 life, without lands.

It got me thinking: how would a battlebox (cube with shared library, usually 10 lands in sideboard which you can play each turn) that uses Descent instead of lands work? Has anyone tried this out yet?

Am thinking it could be played with 2-4 players, focused on stack interaction and artifact/token synergies. The treasures from Descent mean colour fixing is no longer an issue, so having a shared library is no biggie and eliminates the need to draft decks.

What do you guys think? Has anyone got any Descent-inspired cube

Hey all, back again with an update on TortEx

After experimenting with Golgari TortEx post-CMM, I have come to the conclusion that Rakdos just has more to offer. Further, I have been really impressed by recent reanimator lists exploiting [[Exhume]] alongside the new LOTR landcyclers. Hence, I present a TortEx/Reanimator shell:

https://www.archidekt.com/decks/5059484

What makes this so great is its twin game plan:

• Either slamming (and rather consistently, I might add) slamming a [[Oliphaunt]] or [[Troll of Khazad-dum]] turn 2/3, for quick beats alongside [[Writhing Necromass]], which has amazing synergy with the Oliphaunt's atta

Hey all,

I for one am super excited by the new CMM downshifts, and have been trying to update my beloved TortEx deck.

[[Lotleth Giant]] and [[Dread Return]] are two massive additions to pauper, giving a clean way to shut the door on the opponent and win on the spot with a large enough yard. [[Mire Triton]] is also a sweet addition to mill, offset some life loss, and add a considerable chump blocker to slow down aggro or 5/5's.

After some scrolling through scryfall, I landed on [[Acorn Harvest]] as an fantastic way to make a few bodies for Dread Return's flashback cheaply (and from the yard), meaning we just need to focus on filling it as quickly as possible and reanimat

Hey all,

I remember seeing a Golgari (Jund) food deck get a top finish at some event a while back and thought maybe as a community we could update it with all the new food support from LOTR. I think this was the deck https://mtgdecks.net/Pauper/bg-food-decklist-by-burtofparadise-1469412

Here is an initial go at it https://www.archidekt.com/decks/4852271

After playtesting it seems quite nice, [[Generous Ent]] finding Cabin and [[Lembas]] do some solid work. Gameplan is to grind out early aggro with all the lifegain, making good use of Forest-searching cards to get G

Hey all,

Been brainstorming new decks with LOTR cards and [[Eastfarthing Farmer]] caught my eye. Have tried to jam it and the new [[Lembas]] into the food + gates deck that has popped up around the fringes of the meta. The farmer offers a similar one-off boost as [[Basilisk Gate]], and the food synergy combos nicely with the Familiar. Lembas seems like an upgrade to [[Ichor Wellspring]] in this deck, especially with the card draw and overall synergy the deck boasts.

Would love to hear peoples thoughts and ideas about where this type of strategy could go, and if the community thinks it has legs in the current meta.

Rough decklist I just whipped up: [https://www.archidekt.co

Hey all!

Been brewing around with Boros in PDH recently and am quite fond of [[Amber Gristle O'Maul]] with [[Veteran Soldier]]. The two have so much synergy together, and I love the all-out aggro approach Amber encourages.

Here is my list so far: https://www.archidekt.com/decks/4457921

I am concerned with how often I will be able to safely attack in with Amber on the highest life-total opponent to trigger the background, however. Are there solid ways of granting evasion/protection I am missing? (was thinking maybe [[Trusted Pegasus]] and others which curve nicely into Amber). Further, for players with experience playing something simi

Hey all!

Been brewing up some more PDH goodness, most recently a partner deck with [[Ich-Tekik, Salvage Splicer]] and [[Malcolm, Keen-Eyed Navigator]]. Caring about golems and pirates, changelings work like a charm here, both generating treasures when they hit from Malcolm, and growing tall when you crack said treasures from Ick-Tekik. With the wealth of treasures floating around atm, this deck could probably stand up in regular EDH pods too.

Decklist: https://www.archidekt.com/decks/4314417

Still in the process of tuning the list fully, but would love any feedback or suggestions you brilliant folks may have x

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