Aristocrat Deck, WITH CORPSEJACK MENACE?!? HOW DARE I GO SUCH A WAY! But, here it is, Golgari Aristocrat: Meat for Menaces. This deck was inspired by my trade binder.....No seriously, it was.....
"BUT WAIT!!! CIARAN, HAVEN'T YOU DONE THIS DECK OR SOMETHING SIMILAR BEFORE, ON A FEW DIFFERENT OCCASIONS?!?" Why yes, my friends, I have done a similar deck before. It's only because Golgari decks are more often than not the most fun decks to play! It's always entertaining to use these decks, because it's satisfying as hell to win with them, and also it's a real challenge. I find these decks always real hard to win with, due to Magic's removal pool to pick from. Which is why when I do win, I'm even more happy. Plus, this deck idea is perfect for a budget format!
RULES:
Here is the Challenge:
Make an Aristocrat deck.
Rules:
1) Decks must contain 60 cards.
2) Decks can have up to 2 rares. Of the two rares, each one must be unique. In other words, a deck can't have two copies of the same rare.
3) Mythic rares are not allowed. Ever! Yes, that means no planeswalkers.
***EDIT: Has been pointed out to me, by s0rinmark0v, that there were 5 Planeswalkers that started out Rares, and were converted over to Mythical Rares:
Aristocrat Planeswalkers (Only allowed Planeswalkers in Aristocrat Format)
- Ajani Goldmane
- Jace Beleren
- Liliana Vess
- Chandra Nalaar
- Garruk Wildspeaker
4) Decks can also have up to 12 uncommons. Like the rares, the number of copies you can include of any particular uncommon is restricted. In this case, no more than three copies of any one uncommon are allowed.
5) The rest of your deck is composed of commons, with the restriction that only 4 copies of up to three particular commons are allowed, with the rest of the deck's commons being limited to no more than 3 per unique common.
6) Basic lands are used as normal, with no particular limit on copies.
7) Sideboards are allowed and encouraged, and may include up to 1 rare and 3 uncommons, duplicating perfectly the rarity distribution of a typical booster pack. Additionally, none of the cards in the sideboard can be copies of the cards in the main deck.
8) Sideboards are allowed to have 4 copies of up to two particular commons in the sideboard.
Idea from Challenge came from:
http://www.cardshark.com/Articles/Magic-the-Gathering/Brock-Siems/Advent-of-An-Aristocrat-%E2%80%9COfficial%E2%80%9D-Rules-for-a-New-Magic-Format/View-Article/4435?ref=facebook
Here is the link to the challenge page:
http://www.mtgvault.com/jessie/decks/aristocrat-format-challenge/
Counters are the key to your victory in this deck. Your big counter-eater buddy pals are Badger, Menace, and Troll. Now, THIS DOESNT MEAN YOU SHOULD NOT PUT YOUR COUNTERS ON OTHER CREATURES, it just means that these are your best beaters. The concept is simple: put a boatload of +1/+1 counters on a creature, and then lead that bad boy to your opponent and watch the creep demolish that opponent to dust.