Main Deck - 60 cards, 17 distinct
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4 | Faith's Reward | $1.07 | Instant | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
4 | Second Sunrise | $3.12 | Instant | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2 | Silence | $6.38 | Instant | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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4 | Ideas Unbound | $2.30 | Sorcery - Arcane | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
4 | Reshape | $3.65 | Sorcery | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Artifact (23) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
4 | Chromatic Sphere | $0.46 | Artifact | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
4 | Chromatic Star | $0.44 | Artifact | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
4 | Conjurer's Bauble | $0.40 | Artifact | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
4 | Lotus Bloom | $5.93 | Artifact | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
4 | Lotus Petal | $19.29 | Artifact | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
3 | Skycloud Egg | $0.25 | Artifact | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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1 | Seal of Fire | $0.23 | Enchantment | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Land (18) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
4 | Archaeological Dig | $0.29 | Land | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2 | Cephalid Coliseum | $4.12 | Land | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
4 | Crystal Vein | $4.97 | Land | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
7 | Island | $0.12 | Basic Land - Island | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1 | Plains | $0.06 | Basic Land - Plains |
Sideboard - 0 cards, 0 distinct
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Notes
from mtgsalvation's "squandered resources" budget legacy lists'
Key Interactions-Conjurer's Bauble + Lotus Bloom + Seal of Fire + Second Sunrise or Faith's Reward Reshape + Lotus Bloom
Really not your typical combo deck, Eggs works by casting as many "Egg" cards as possible (I.E Artifacts that mana-fix and draw you cards) as well as lands that can be sacrificed for some kind of gain. Once you are comfortable that you will not fizzle, which should be around turn three or four, you start sacrificing everything. This should net you quite a few cards and mana. Once everything has been sacrificed, including all of your lands, bring them all back with either Second Sunrise or Faith's Reward and do it all again! This hopefully results in a net gain of mana, and drawing into more copies of your eggs as well as more Second Sunrise or Faith's Reward cards. Eventually you draw through your entire deck with the specific collection of cards needed in the graveyard to go for the kill of infinite damage.
The kill works as follows: Conjurer's Bauble takes a card from your graveyard and puts it on the bottom of your library. Afterwards it draws a card from the top of your library. With zero cards in your library you can sac it to put Second Sunrise back into your hand an infinite number of times. You target a used Second Sunrise, which goes to your hand, while the Bauble goes to your graveyard. After this, you crack a Lotus Bloom or two and sacrifice Seal of Fire to do two damage to target opponent. Then, cast Second Sunrise, which brings everything back while going to the graveyard itself. Then, Conjurer's Bauble is sacrificed, repeating the whole loop again. Infinite damage loop for the win. Oh, and this can all be done at instant speed as well.
Reshape is your all-star for the deck, or rather, it grabs your all-star. When you use it to grab a Lotus Bloom, you get to ignore the suspend, effectively getting you a Black Lotus. This is really what allows the deck to accelerate into insane amounts of mana. Reshape can also be used to find you your Eggs if needed, or a Conjurer's Bauble, should you feel the need to stick a previously used Second
Sunrise or Faith's Reward back into your deck. Cephalid Coliseum and Ideas Unbound are your super-draw cards, which keep you from fizzling through their insane mana cost-to-draw ratio. Conjurer's Bauble can also be used in combination with them, bringing back anything you discarded through Coliseum, or, though not optimal, through Ideas Unbound as well. Noxious Revival is often used in a similar way. My list does not run it, but based on other common lists that I see, and its synergy with your Eggs and Second Sunrise, I know it is a very powerful option.
Silence is your only protection in the deck, but finding it through your Eggs and casting it should not be too much of an issue. Using your Lotus cards intelligently should give you plenty of mana to play with. Seal of Fire can also be used in a pinch to kill a hate bear such as Thalia, but such plays will be very uncommon.
If you like off-the-wall combo decks as much as I do, then this deck would be a great choice. It's fun, it's fast, and it's crazy. What more could you want?
Deck Name: Gruul Aggro
Key Interactions-Conjurer's Bauble + Lotus Bloom + Seal of Fire + Second Sunrise or Faith's Reward Reshape + Lotus Bloom
Really not your typical combo deck, Eggs works by casting as many "Egg" cards as possible (I.E Artifacts that mana-fix and draw you cards) as well as lands that can be sacrificed for some kind of gain. Once you are comfortable that you will not fizzle, which should be around turn three or four, you start sacrificing everything. This should net you quite a few cards and mana. Once everything has been sacrificed, including all of your lands, bring them all back with either Second Sunrise or Faith's Reward and do it all again! This hopefully results in a net gain of mana, and drawing into more copies of your eggs as well as more Second Sunrise or Faith's Reward cards. Eventually you draw through your entire deck with the specific collection of cards needed in the graveyard to go for the kill of infinite damage.
The kill works as follows: Conjurer's Bauble takes a card from your graveyard and puts it on the bottom of your library. Afterwards it draws a card from the top of your library. With zero cards in your library you can sac it to put Second Sunrise back into your hand an infinite number of times. You target a used Second Sunrise, which goes to your hand, while the Bauble goes to your graveyard. After this, you crack a Lotus Bloom or two and sacrifice Seal of Fire to do two damage to target opponent. Then, cast Second Sunrise, which brings everything back while going to the graveyard itself. Then, Conjurer's Bauble is sacrificed, repeating the whole loop again. Infinite damage loop for the win. Oh, and this can all be done at instant speed as well.
Reshape is your all-star for the deck, or rather, it grabs your all-star. When you use it to grab a Lotus Bloom, you get to ignore the suspend, effectively getting you a Black Lotus. This is really what allows the deck to accelerate into insane amounts of mana. Reshape can also be used to find you your Eggs if needed, or a Conjurer's Bauble, should you feel the need to stick a previously used Second
Sunrise or Faith's Reward back into your deck. Cephalid Coliseum and Ideas Unbound are your super-draw cards, which keep you from fizzling through their insane mana cost-to-draw ratio. Conjurer's Bauble can also be used in combination with them, bringing back anything you discarded through Coliseum, or, though not optimal, through Ideas Unbound as well. Noxious Revival is often used in a similar way. My list does not run it, but based on other common lists that I see, and its synergy with your Eggs and Second Sunrise, I know it is a very powerful option.
Silence is your only protection in the deck, but finding it through your Eggs and casting it should not be too much of an issue. Using your Lotus cards intelligently should give you plenty of mana to play with. Seal of Fire can also be used in a pinch to kill a hate bear such as Thalia, but such plays will be very uncommon.
If you like off-the-wall combo decks as much as I do, then this deck would be a great choice. It's fun, it's fast, and it's crazy. What more could you want?
Deck Name: Gruul Aggro
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