D. C. LXXIV: We can rebuild him, we have the technology!

I was thinking of reworking Pilot and Witch's Desperate Defense from DC IV: The Best of the Worst, but it turns out I already did that by posting a version that was still budget but not constrained by the 1-card limit back then. I might take it to the next level and still make a competent Scrambleverse deck out of it, though.

EDIT: Fixed broken old deck link

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Feathers, Talons, and Wisps

(Budget)

Decklist
Original Deck

A lot of casual Illusion tribal decks like this one often hit on the idea of using Krovikan Mist as an efficient beater preferrably backed with Lord of the Unreal, but there's usually a struggle to make it really go toe to toe with anything slightly more efficient. The comments section on Gatherer suggests trying Chronozoa, but that's fairly slow on its own right and Solemnity screws itself over while making it an impractical 3-card combo.

This deck takes a slightly different route by exploiting that 1) a lot of Illusions having flying and 2) Mistform Sliver is a Sliver and an Illusion. We run a small package of Winged Sliver and Shadow Sliver that can effectively get pseudo pumped by Mistform and some lords to swing in for big damage, and take advantage of everything having flying by running a full playset of Favorable Winds so that everything we play, one way or another, is getting multiple stacking buffs. Our removal comes in the form of Aether Channeler and Riftwing Cloudskate, which also create compatible creatures with this strategy in addition to being affordable bounce spells.

Would modifying someone else's deck count?

Kew.  I've been modding Posty's Avant-Garde Bard deck:

Avant-Garde Bard*

Brawl

1 A-Ellywick Tumblestrum (AFR) 181

Deck
1 You Find a Cursed Idol (AFR) 213
1 Varis, Silverymoon Ranger (AFR) 209
1 Wandering Troubadour (AFR) 210
1 A-Dungeon Descent (AFR) 255
1 Selvala, Heart of the Wilds (JMP) 429
1 Nyxbloom Ancient (THB) 190
1 Boseiju, Who Endures (NEO) 266
1 Castle Garenbrig (ELD) 240
1 Arch of Orazca (RIX) 185
1 Azusa, Lost but Seeking (M21) 173
1 Silverback Elder (DMU) 177
5 Snow-Covered Forest (MH1) 254
1 Meteor Golem (HBG) 260
1 Leyline of Abundance (M20) 179
1 Ravenous Pursuit (Y22) 54
1 Thaumatic Compass (XLN) 249
1 Ilysian Caryatid (THB) 174
1 Spinning Wheel Kick (NEO) 207
1 Palladium Myr (M21) 234
1 Shadowspear (THB) 236
1 Conduit of Worlds (ONE) 163
1 Reclamation Sage (M19) 196
1 Springbloom Druid (MH1) 181
1 Lotus Cobra (ZNR) 193
1 Wayward Swordtooth (RIX) 150
1 Ulvenwald Oddity (VOW) 225
1 Timeless Witness (MH2) 179
1 Gwenna, Eyes of Gaea (BRO) 185
1 Growing Rites of Itlimoc (XLN) 191
1 Nylea, Keen-Eyed (THB) 185
1 Vizier of the Menagerie (AKR) 224
1 Cradle Clearcutter (BRO) 198
1 Elder Gargaroth (M21) 179
1 Caged Sun (BRR) 9
1 Augur of Autumn (MID) 168
1 Dormant Grove (VOW) 198
1 Tireless Provisioner (MH2) 180
1 Hornet Queen (AKR) 196
1 Primal Command (STA) 55
1 Renata, Called to the Hunt (THB) 196
1 Boreal Outrider (KHM) 163
1 Hardened Scales (J21) 99
1 Vorinclex, Monstrous Raider (KHM) 199
1 Oracle of Mul Daya (JMP) 415
1 Kogla, the Titan Ape (IKO) 162
1 Thorn Mammoth (ELD) 323
1 Lurking Predators (JMP) 410
1 Toski, Bearer of Secrets (KHM) 197
1 Helm of the Host (BRR) 19
1 Voracious Hydra (M20) 200
1 Nissa, Who Shakes the World (WAR) 169
1 Vivien Reid (M19) 208
1 Sylvan Anthem (MH2) 176
1 Tireless Tracker (SOI) 233
1 Circle of Dreams Druid (AFR) 176
1 The Great Henge (ELD) 161
1 Bala Ged Recovery (ZNR) 180
1 Ranger Class (AFR) 202
1 Evolution Sage (WAR) 159
1 Dryad of the Ilysian Grove (THB) 169
1 Roaring Earth (NEO) 204
1 Defiler of Vigor (DMU) 160
1 A-Druid Class (AFR) 180
6 Snow-Covered Forest (KHM) 284
6 Snow-Covered Forest (KHM) 285
1 Faceless Haven (KHM) 255
1 Karn's Bastion (WAR) 248
1 Field of Ruin (THB) 242
1 Khalni Garden (J21) 121
1 Nykthos, Shrine to Nyx (THS) 223
1 Reliquary Tower (M19) 254
6 Snow-Covered Forest (SLD) 329
1 Lotus Field (M20) 249
1 Demolition Field (BRO) 260
1 Bonders' Enclave (IKO) 245
1 Cabaretti Courtyard (SNC) 249
1 Brokers Hideout (SNC) 248
1 Riveteers Overlook (SNC) 255
1 Fabled Passage (ELD) 244
1 Crawling Barrens (ZNR) 262



This is a deck that most times, just feels like a random pile, but sometimes, you can have runs of playing almost the entire library off the top of the deck.  My goal with this deck is never to win, so much as it's always to get a fully-powered Ellywick emblem (something which has happened only twice, and one time fairly recently, I was just about to get The Atropal for the full +6/+6, but my opponent conceded).  Unfortunately, I seem to be the ONLY Timmy on Arena, amongst a sea of Johnnies, Jennies, and Spikes (mostly Spikes), who would rather their opponent either didn't exist, or should be made to suffer for all eternity for daring to exist (no joke, one time, my opponent conceded the match because I c/wouldn't do anything against them; I was playing around their removal, and they didn't like it).


I hate going hard, I don't wanna go hard, I just wanna get an emblem that grants all my dudes +6/+6 (wish it was +8/+8 instead), but some people insist on running broken bullshit (like Elesh Norn, Mother of Machines, Muldrotha, the Gravetide, Atraxa, Grand Unifier, Atraxa, Praetor's Voice, Alela, Artful Provocateur, etc., etc., ad nauseam), forcing my hand.