Post by ZephyrPhantom on Aug 17, 2020 23:48:26 GMT
Welcome to the Deckbuilders' Challenge originally created by sdfkjgh! To participate in this Contest you'll have to design a deck along the contest guidelines and throw it into the arena with other competitors' entries! At the end of every two weeks, a winner will be determined by forum poll, and the winner decides the challenge for the next fortnight's Contest!
Here we go, competitors: our ninth challenge!
The winner of the “Deckbuilders’ Challenge IX: Clash of the Commoners!" poll was ZephyrPhantom (myself) with...
ZephyrPhantom said:
(Pauper Brawl) {Comments} Place your taxes on the altar, for it's time for an Orzhov {Decklist} 1 Cruel Celebrant 1 Rising Populace 1 Imperious Oligarch 1 Garrison Cat 1 Deathbloom Thallid 1 Discordant Piper 1 Herald of the Dreadhorde 1 Grim Physician 1 Steadfast Sentry 1 Serrated Scorpion 1 Bushmeat Poacher 1 Lazotep Reaver 1 Final Payment 1 Nightsquad Commando 1 Raise the Alarm 1 Sworn Companions 1 Mutual Destruction 1 Bone Splinters 1 Lampad of Death's Vigil 1 Severed Strands 1 Malevolent Noble 1 Wicked Guardian 1 Village Rites 1 Spark Harvest 1 Spark Reaper 1 Undercity Scavenger 1 Hunted Witness 1 Impassioned Orator 1 Spirit of Malevolence 1 Forever Young 1 Corpse Churn 1 Soulreaper of Mogis 1 Crypt Lurker 1 Daysquad Marshal 1 Grasping Thrull 1 Orzhov Locket 10 Plains 1 Scoured Barrens 1 Witch's Cottage 1 Orzhov Guildgate 1 Evolving Wilds 10 Swamp The deck's main objective is to get out Cruel Celebrant early, in order to play a ton of sacrifice-based payoffs that will bleed our opponent to death. To help this along, we have a lot of token producers like Raise the Alarm that give us two creatures for the price of one card, allowing us to have plenty of sacrifice fodder, and cards like Serrated Scorpion that have a significant payoff when they die. Cards like Imperious Oligarch fill both roles, rewarding us with a token when they die, encouraging us to sacrifice as many small creatures as possible. Our payoffs come in three flavors: We have our sac outlets, like Malevolent Noble, that sacrifice creatures as often as possible to beef themselves up, or draw cards repeatedly to fuel our gameplan like Spark Reaper. We also have one-off "burst sacrifice" cards like Final Payment and Wicked Guardian, which allow us to sacrifice a creature just once for a big effect or some kind of card draw or advantage. And lastly, we have payoffs that reward constant sacrifice like Rising Populace and a few ones that incidentally benefit off all the tokens that will be entering the battlefield like Impassioned Orator. Our setup makes Corpse Knight a possible alternative as a Commander, but I chose Celebrant because I felt we had a sufficient number of sacrifice cards and 2-life swings on every sacrifice are bigger than 1 life swings. You could also go in more on Malevolent Noble type antics and add some food cards like Bake into a Pie for fun, but I found it was better to keep the deck consistent than spread itself thin with multiple gimmicks. Either way, enjoy your cruel celebration! May your opponents be drained in short order. |
And the challenge issued by our winner was...
ZephyrPhantom said:
Design a deck for any format that uses no lands!Please provide a decklist using deckstats, tappedout or similar. Feel free to add some comments as they will be included in the final poll. Please provide a deck name as well as choose a card to represent your deck in the poll.
And now, time to begin the challenge!
Best of luck, competitors!