I happened across your video and found it really helpful for balancing out the ratios for my deck, so thanks! I think it's really important to run one of the pieces of the puzzle in your command zone.
Since Annointed Procession was called out specifically I wanted to take a moment to note an edge case with it. Jan Jansen, Chaos Crafter is specifically the type of commander which creates tokens that could take great advantage of that card. He creates tokens from the command zone (both treasures and artifact creatures) and being red he also allows you to run Reckless Fireweaver and Ingenious Artillerist which hit your opponents for each artifact that enters. This also triggers Mirkwood Bats, and the presence of treasures can let it function as additional ramp. It's a pretty decent include.
Thank you. I'm building a Sek'kuar deck and I need to balance it out, like you said: taking out the things that are tempting but don't really add to the ultimate goal
Awesome vid. Went back and smoothed out some rough edges in my deck though i am curious about a few things as I’ve never done aristocrats. If I am doing a Karador aristocrats deck what areas I might sacrifice in order to add mill? Some of my draw and land ramp maybe? Since I will have creatures to grab cards from the graveyard? I do still want tokens but using my commander and cards like Kagha to recycle an Eternal Witness or Sakura-Tribe Elder each turn might be just as good as draw perhaps?
Amazing video format! I will revisit my aristocrat deck with that in mind. Do you think you can make a similar video about control deck ? i'm looking to make one not in azorius, but i'm having a lot of trouble to balance everything for that kind of idea.
I myself play a G/B Mazirek Sacrifice based deck. However I'm not putting a major focus on aristocrat / Draineffects as I'm centered around Gravepact / Erebos / Malakir effects. I might be wrong about it but I feel compy swarm is too slow somewhat and generates too much "I am the enemy"-potential before you are set up to actually drop the "I am not the nice guy on the table"-attitude. Same goes for Scute swarm In general can highly suggest Mazirek as a Wincon / Engine. Not only does he help explode your living creatures (every sac = 1 Basri's Solidarity) but also does he highly synergize with creatures such as Scurry Oak / Herd Baloth / Iridescent Beetle / Mycoloth Also some black allstars imo for aristocrat are Putrid Goblin with Mikaeus the unhallowed. Additionally to that I think that Reassembling Skeletton, although a little expensive manawise, does a great job. One card that I think of as a great goat is actually Nether Traitor - Everytime you sac something you can bring him back for B to be sacced again. Awakening Zone and From Beyond generate an Eldrazi Token too which can act as Ramp too if needed and From Beyond even fetches Smothering Abomination which is a draw engine
As an orzhov aristocrats player instead of reanimation ive loaded my deck with draw so if you remove a piece ill dig for a redundant piece or a tutor. Tymna and Tevesh in the command zone is kind of busted though. Some favorite of mine are dreadhorde general, smothering abomination and reprocess. Ive won games with no lands in play off a reprocess and its glorious.
"How to build an aristocrat deck: Just play black." Thank you and goodnight!😂
This is exactly what I’ve been looking for I’ve been working on this deck for a week and all I needed was this video
Nice video dude, It helped me to finish my Teysa Karlov deck.
I happened across your video and found it really helpful for balancing out the ratios for my deck, so thanks! I think it's really important to run one of the pieces of the puzzle in your command zone.
Since Annointed Procession was called out specifically I wanted to take a moment to note an edge case with it.
Jan Jansen, Chaos Crafter is specifically the type of commander which creates tokens that could take great advantage of that card. He creates tokens from the command zone (both treasures and artifact creatures) and being red he also allows you to run Reckless Fireweaver and Ingenious Artillerist which hit your opponents for each artifact that enters. This also triggers Mirkwood Bats, and the presence of treasures can let it function as additional ramp. It's a pretty decent include.
Thank you. I'm building a Sek'kuar deck and I need to balance it out, like you said: taking out the things that are tempting but don't really add to the ultimate goal
This comes at perfect time, i was just looking for ideas for a totentanz deck. Tnx for the video!
lots of good advice for the Shirei deck I'm building thanks!
Awesome vid. Went back and smoothed out some rough edges in my deck though i am curious about a few things as I’ve never done aristocrats.
If I am doing a Karador aristocrats deck what areas I might sacrifice in order to add mill? Some of my draw and land ramp maybe? Since I will have creatures to grab cards from the graveyard?
I do still want tokens but using my commander and cards like Kagha to recycle an Eternal Witness or Sakura-Tribe Elder each turn might be just as good as draw perhaps?
I really like these video, gonna subscribe 🎉
Thank you so much! It helped me a lot.
Amazing video format! I will revisit my aristocrat deck with that in mind.
Do you think you can make a similar video about control deck ? i'm looking to make one not in azorius, but i'm having a lot of trouble to balance everything for that kind of idea.
Thank you very much, am planning on doing more in the future so will add control to the list.
I myself play a G/B Mazirek Sacrifice based deck. However I'm not putting a major focus on aristocrat / Draineffects as I'm centered around Gravepact / Erebos / Malakir effects.
I might be wrong about it but I feel compy swarm is too slow somewhat and generates too much "I am the enemy"-potential before you are set up to actually drop the "I am not the nice guy on the table"-attitude. Same goes for Scute swarm
In general can highly suggest Mazirek as a Wincon / Engine. Not only does he help explode your living creatures (every sac = 1 Basri's Solidarity) but also does he highly synergize with creatures such as Scurry Oak / Herd Baloth / Iridescent Beetle / Mycoloth
Also some black allstars imo for aristocrat are Putrid Goblin with Mikaeus the unhallowed.
Additionally to that I think that Reassembling Skeletton, although a little expensive manawise, does a great job. One card that I think of as a great goat is actually Nether Traitor - Everytime you sac something you can bring him back for B to be sacced again.
Awakening Zone and From Beyond generate an Eldrazi Token too which can act as Ramp too if needed and From Beyond even fetches Smothering Abomination which is a draw engine
Do you think Vish kal works great as commander? One of my fav cards
As an orzhov aristocrats player instead of reanimation ive loaded my deck with draw so if you remove a piece ill dig for a redundant piece or a tutor. Tymna and Tevesh in the command zone is kind of busted though. Some favorite of mine are dreadhorde general, smothering abomination and reprocess. Ive won games with no lands in play off a reprocess and its glorious.
Can also confirm it feels dirty to lock down a table with a dictate of erebos effect. Did it monday.
Amazing video
Thanks a lot !
ah ok i get my deck now thanks
Amazing, maybe a "how to build a treasure deck"?