OOC: Auratogather

by Puschkin on 22 September 2014

Main Deck (60 cards)

Sideboard (15 cards)

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Deck Description

This is part of the Obscure Card Challange:
http://www.mtgvault.com/puschkin/decks/obscure-card-challenge-occ/

The request was to make an Auratog deck, if possible, one that doesn't cost hundreds of dollars. That's why I don't run Serra's Sanctums. The main reason this is about 120 dollars now is the Argothian Enchantress which can easily be replaced with Enchantress's Presence.

Anyway, it's an easy concept, lots of cheap enchantments that either draw you cards or come back when sacrificed. Besides Auratog there is Yavimaya Enchantress to attack with. Rancor is the single most important enchantment in this because it a) comes back for a single green mana, so you can basically pump the Auratog +2/+2 for each green mana you have, but it also grants trample which both Auratog and Enchantress lack.

How to Play

Spreading Seas can be used to slow down the opponent.

Keep in mind that Auratog needs trample the turn it attacks and that you can't play Rancor during combat. So you must sacrifice and replay it before you declare an attack but you need to end the cycle with Rancor on Auratog, not in your hand (unless you also have Primal Rage, of course).

Argothian Enchantress actually has Shroud, so, no, you can't play auras on her!

Don't hesitate to sacrifice Hatching Plans to Auratog even if you don't plan to attack this turn, drawing 3 cards will turbo-boost you.

Deck Tags

  • OCC
  • Casual
  • Enchantment
  • Sacrifice

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Card Legality

  • Not Legal in Standard
  • Not Legal in Modern
  • Legal in Vintage
  • Legal in Legacy

Deck discussion for OOC: Auratogather

Kor Spiritdancer is a card I'd definitely use if I where to build an Auratog deck. That said, nice build.

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Posted 22 September 2014 at 12:19

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Not with my selection of enchantments. I only have 6 Auras total that I could attach to the Spiritdancer and only 10 of my 27 enchantments are actually auras.

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Posted 22 September 2014 at 15:11

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True. The direction I would take Auratog is similar to the Hexproof Aura decks seen in Modern.

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Posted 22 September 2014 at 16:07

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Yes but this is casual and I'd rather set my Moxes on fire than build a deck that is similar to something standardized in any format :)

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Posted 22 September 2014 at 16:54

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Ah, Rancor!
I did not think about that!
Very nice!

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Posted 22 September 2014 at 13:04

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Auratog + Rancor is the only reason I'm hunting down Auratogs (don't have funds to buy them)

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Posted 22 September 2014 at 13:13

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Puschkin doesn't like infinite mana, I don't think...but if you have a way to pay for that extra forest, over and over, Rancor could make Auratog ungodly!

And the trample, doesn't hurt, of course!
Trample rocks because it makes sure the damage will go through.

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Posted 22 September 2014 at 13:15

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BTW, if an opponent has Swamps, Spreading Algae works as well as Rancor. Rancor is still much better because of the trample of course but having 8 cards that recycle for a single mana definately helps.

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Posted 22 September 2014 at 15:07

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I hadn't thought of Spreading with Auratog. Makes a very nice sideboard option too.

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Posted 22 September 2014 at 16:10

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Just realized that Betrayal can't be played on your own dudes, so I replaced it with Aqueous Form, which should probably have been in the deck in the first place. This also lessens the pressure to give the 'tog trample.

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Posted 09 July 2015 at 14:18

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If you added Sage of Hours to this, you could use rancor/auratog to pump sage full of +1/+1 counters, then attack with the auratog, then repeat infinitely :D

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Posted 29 January 2017 at 03:36

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Hm, actually I only need 5 counters for a single extra turn.
But what to cut?

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Posted 29 January 2017 at 08:38

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Id say Mystic remora would be the best choice to remove, or possibley spreading seas.
The remora wont help much against creature heavy decks, which could be big problem to this deck.
Probably depends on how many Sage of hours you want to add

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Posted 31 January 2017 at 07:17

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I just doesn't want to lower the enchantment count too much. Mystic Remora could go vs creature heavy environments which mine isn't - but I made this deck for the OCC, not for me, so you are probably right.

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Posted 01 February 2017 at 09:06

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