#aluren

[mtg-cards-hourly]

Aluren

Squee bounced up and down. "I sees a horsey, an' a piggy, an' a—" "If you don't shut up," hissed Mirri, "you'll see a kidney and a spleeny."

Artist: April Lee TCG Player Link Scryfall Link EDHREC Link

[jqlgirl]

Deck Talk: Aluren

Hey all, since I wasn’t able to get to any questions over on @magicjudge today, I figured that I would write about the legacy deck I’ve been putting together for tomorrow.

What is this Deck?

Aluren is a Sultai/BUG creature combo deck that takes its name from its key card, Aluren. (Aluren is an old English word meaning “paradise”.)

So yeah, that’s one hell of a card. They sure don’t make cards like this anymore. But this is legacy, so how do we break the parity that this card provides?

The Combo

Cavern Harpy and Parasitic Strix, in combination with Aluren, provide us with our game-winning combo. The loop goes thusly: With Aluren on the battlefield, you cast Parasitic Strix for free. If you control a black permanent, you’ll drain your opponent for 2 life. This isn’t strictly necessary on the first loop, though. Next, you cast Cavern Harpy for free. When its ETB trigger resolves, you return Parasitic Strix to your hand. You then re-cast Parasitic Strix and drain 2 life, since you now control Cavern Harpy. You then pay 1 life to return Cavern Harpy to your hand, then re-cast it for free and bounce Parasitic Strix. Repeat this loop until your opponent is dead. (The great thing about Aluren is that it lets you cast your 3 CMC creatures for free and as though they had flash, so you can wait to combo out until your opponent starts pointing removal at one of your combo pieces.)

What Else Does it Do?

Don’t worry, Cavern Harpy is a ridiculous value engine that can generate real card advantage even without Aluren on the battlefield. Just combo Cavern Harpy with Baleful Strix to draw cards, or with Shardless Agent for more free spells, or with Trophy Mage to search up more Shardless Agents and Parasitic Strixes. 

Other Cards

These synergies buy you time to find your combo pieces and just grind value, with the deck including cards like Ancestral Vision for Shardless Agent to cascade into. The deck also features the usual suspects of any Sultai/BUG legacy deck, namely Leovold, Deathrite Shaman, Brainstorm, Force of Will, and Abrupt Decay. The mana base is composed entirely of dual lands, fetch lands, and basic lands.

Decklist

I’m just listing my main deck here since the sideboard options are broad and mostly the usual suspects available to these colours in Legacy.

4 Baleful Strix 2 Parasitic Strix 4 Shardless Agent 4 Cavern Harpy 4 Deathrite Shaman 2 Leovold, Emissary of Trest 2 Trophy Mage

4 Aluren 4 Abrupt Decay 4 Brainstorm 4 Force of Will 2 Ancestral Vision

1 Forest 2 Island 2 Swamp 1 Bayou 4 Misty Rainforest 4 Polluted Delta 2 Tropical Island 2 Underground Sea 2 Verdant Catacombs

[mtg-cards-hourly]

Aluren

Squee bounced up and down. "I sees a horsey, an' a piggy, an' a—" "If you don't shut up," hissed Mirri, "you'll see a kidney and a spleeny."

Artist: April Lee TCG Player Link Scryfall Link EDHREC Link

[kahran042]

Strange/funny Magic: The Gathering Cards - Green (spells)

Not as many here, because most green spells are more “pretty” than “strange” and/or “funny”.

[4cwillwork]

Building Aluren

Hi! Recently a friend of mine bought into Legacy, and I was inspired by the wonderful shenanigans to build a legacy deck, after hours upon hours of research I settled upon a deck which I though was ridiculously shenanigan-filled, and good at the same time. My choice was Aluren. Here is my current list: 4 Polluted Delta 4 Verdant Catacombs 2 Misty Rainforest 2 Underground Sea 2 Tropical Island 2 Bayou 1 Savannah 1 Island 1 Forest 1 Swamp 4 Deathrite Shaman 4 Brainstorm 3 Cabal Therapy 4 Baleful Strix 4 Shardless Agent 2 Parasitic Strix 2 Cavern Harpy 1 Arctic Merfolk 1 Quickling 3 Abrupt Decay 4 Aluren 1 Edric, Spymaster of Trest 3 Coiling Oracle 4 Recruiter of the Guard As you can see I have made some budget cuts, for example cutting Leovold for my favourite little legendary Edric, and playing things like coiling oracle instead of Force of Will. I am however super happy with my build (and would be happy to do a deck tech. After playing proxied games at my LGS I've decided on this list, but now it needs a sideboard. That's what I'm asking for help with, my lacking knowledge of the Legacy Meta has made me realise I don't really know what's good sideboard material. I would greatly appreciate any help, and I hope you enjoy my list, Thanks!

[hipstersofthecoast]

Aluren On My Mind

  My head is spinning! The Hype Train is already barreling towards Kaladesh station, and I am still trying to get off at Conspiracy Junction. There are so many sweet new cards and awesome reprints, Conspiracy has enough gas to keep my brewers brain running for months. I honestly had a hard time choosing which…

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[mtgcombo]

Aluren + Horned Kavu + Glimpse of Nature

[pocopomodoro]

Kohai: my cats threw a glass jar off the table and I had to clean it up and got cut i guess

Kohai: i didn't even notice until all of the blood was on my laptop--

Aluren-snepai: oh my god

Kohai: But I cleaned it up /o/

Kohai: and got a bandage

Aluren-snepai: i read that as bondage oh my god

Kohai: AKJSHDJAHJDFHASFHJS