Poison the Well If youre not able to get a poison counter in with the infect or toxic creature package, there are a few spells that your opponents wont be able to evade
The commander of this deck has a death trigger that will damage each opponent 1 life for every other creature that you control that dies
Rather than talking about the bannings announced this week I decided I would try to stay positive
[deck title=The Aristocrats piloted by Tom Martell] [Creatures] *4 Champion of the Parish *4 Doomed Traveler *4 Cartel Aristocrat *3 Knight of Infamy *2 Skirsdag High Priest *4 Boros Reckoner *2 Silverblade Paladin *4 Falkenrath Aristocrat *1 Restoration Angel *2 Zealous Conscripts [/Creatures] [Spells] *4 Orzhov Charm *2 Lingering Souls [/Spells] [Land] *3 Plains *4 Blood Crypt *3 Cavern of Souls *1 Clifftop Retreat *4 Godless Shrine *4 Isolated Chapel *4 Sacred Foundry *1 Vault of the Archangel [/Land] [/deck] The decks name came from two of the sacrifice outlets in the deck that fueled its synergy, [card]Cartel Aristocrat[/card] and [card]Falkenrath Aristocrat[/card]
I wouldnt expect Awaken the Erstwhile to suddenly take off in Standard as a result, but this is the kind of thing that pops up out of nowhere when somebody wants to abuse Windfall or discard effects in the future
Meanwhile, Gates Ablaze gives us a sweeper that is fast enough to be helpful against Mono-Red in the early game but also scales to take down bigger threats later in the game as more of our 14 gates end up on the battlefield