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I know Tumblr blacklists links in posts, so here's a promo without one! I brew budget EDH decks on the weekly, all aimed towards costing less than the average precon. I'm rather new to the MTG side of tumblr, so if folks could reblog this post, that'd be great! If you want to see examples of what I've done, my pinned post is a directory of everything published thus far- I've been publishing 2 decks every weekend I've been able to.

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Budget Legacy Deck: Turbo Depths

There's been a lot of doom and gloom lately with buyouts and price corrections of legacy staples (and random RL cards).

But here is a 20/20 flying, indestructible, ray of sunshine

A budget version of Turbo Depths recently made the top 8 of MKM Hamburg. Budget is, of course, relative. This comes in at less than $650. That's a savings of almost $1000 off the stock list and is cheaper than any tier 1 modern list except for fetchless Gift Storm.

Here's the list

The only budget concessions are the bayous and verdant catacombs which were swapped for Blooming Marsh and Llanowar Wastes. The rest of the deck is stock! It makes a fair bit of sense; there aren't many land type synergies outside of U decks and daze so you can run the fast lands with little issue. As Sean Brown notes on mtggoldfish, there's also real upside to not having as many forests as submerge can't blow you out.

The combo

Dark Depths comes into play with 10 ice counters on it. Vampire Hexmage conveniently takes them all off as early as turn 2 thanks to Urborg. The "slower" option is to use Thespian's Stage to become a copy of Dark Depths which will have no ice counters on it. Sure, both lands need to be sacrificed but that's fine if you're winning with a flying 20/20.

Everything else

The rest of the deck is fast mana, protection and tutoring. The fast mana is where the turbo comes in. 4 lotus petals and 4 Elvish Spirit Guides allow you to combo off on turn 1 and all but guarantee you can go off by turn 3. Protection comes in the form of up to 8 discard spells (which are some combo of Thoughtseize, Inquisition of Kozilek, Duress or Cabal Therapy) and 3-4 Pithing Needles as a catch all against wasteland and whatever annoying permanent you need to answer. The tutor package is also very customizable. Some people run Expedition Map, some use Into the North and almost all run Sylvan Scrying but the most important one is Crop Rotation

Is your Dark Depths being targeted by a wasteland? Sac it and get another one. You can also use it to grab a Thespian's Stage EoT to combo into a pseudo-hasty Marit Lage.

Wrapping Up

This deck is tier 1 and is very strong in the current meta and this is often cited for the sharp uptick in the price of Bayou. It's so nice to see a version that is much cheaper while not being powered down. I hope this helps some of you get into the format and crush people with the mysterious Marit Lage!

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Commander Challenge: Budget, yeah, budget.

So disclaimer. Normally i used to say that we would never count the price of the Commander, or basic lands. (This was something that I thought people had when looking at these articles.) I normally just looked at the budget for the deck. Well, I never took notice, but Tappedout puts the price of the commander in the overall price....we’ve been low on numerous occasions... “You’re an idiot!” Yes voice, yes I am. So fun fact, our budget for this deck was $50. The price for the Commander, an Uncommon Commander, well, she’s $12.10.  We came in under budget at $47.03.

She’s expensive! “Because she’s worth it.” Yes, yes she is.

“Ok, so what’s the gimmick this time?” Gimmick? “Yeah, you had us be an ‘assassin’, a ‘dreamer’. What now?” Hm, well, a peasant. “You can’t be serious!” But I am. You, with your meager budget, are up against kings.Your goal, to take down these tyrants. Show them that power does not come from wealth, or upbringing, but acquired through patience and skill. “Uhh....” Our commander is a single target fog. We can do that to save ourselves, or gain favor with one of the Royal’s. Get either the control player, or the mid-range player on your side. Use their pity, and take out the aggro players. Our goal is to take down Kings and Queens, and sometimes you use their help to get it. Majority of the deck is about resetting the field, or taking out problems one step at a time. Field resets;  False Prophet, Aetherspouts, Balancing act, Devastation Tide, Merciless Eviction, all do one thing. Reset the field. False Prophet can sometimes stop players from attacking you, or casting one sided board wipes. Balancing Act  makes them clean up their board, and for the blue player, discard their hand. “We run a Planeswalker? That doesn’t seem budget.” Well, he’s actually under $5, and if we get him early game, he can lock down a mana dork, or some other problematic early game creature, gaining life and drawing a card is amazing. If we get his ult off, we can win games. All of our enchantments play on combat, or locking out our opponent. Fight or Flight allows us to lessen the damage that can be dealt to us or others. Frozen Aether on the board shuts down combos, and lessens the impact of big hasty beaters. Now we have a pseudo win-con in mill, and have Sphinx’s tutelage and Mind’s Dilation, now early game we can get some steam going, and if we’re against a mono-colored deck, we can sing praise. “Why is Telepathy in the deck?” To cause paranoia among the players. You’re letting the control player know what to counter, the aggro player know that they're going to get countered. The combo player is now the main target. You’re safe, secure, and quiet. That’s how you win. If you can play a turn one or two Telepathy, you can laugh and sit back. “What do our creatures do?” We’re low on creatures, at 20. For us, it can be game breaking, but since we play so many board wipes, and “balancing cards”, we don’t lose out on much. Many of our creatures bounce other creatures/ Planeswalkers, etc. The rest  locks up the board, or makes the opponent lose a card. In the case of Notion thief, we tie down the control and combo player. Ayli, Eternal Pilgrim is in the deck, to be a wall, and be a sac outlet for Merieke.

Always player her when you can protect her. We have some counter magic, and some protection. Take the threats during combat, and sac to Ayli. Rinse, repeat. “How do we win?” Stay quiet, get political favors, and know that it’s an uphill battle. We’re a budget deck. So we lack some consistency with draw power and counter magic. We’re like a group hug deck, except we don’t get a single person gas. We just shield them. When they see that double rainbow, remind them that it was you who showed them. We can win off of the other players squabbling and perhaps off of mill.  “If you had a bigger budget, what would you add?” Land base could be fixed. I’d add a Maze of Ith, for more political fun. From there I’d and in a Jace Beleren. We could add things like Blue Sun’s Zenith, Elspeth, Sun’s Champion. If we’re talking higher budget. Supreme Verdict and Wrath of God are needed. The deck would become more of a “Draw and go” style of play, but to keep it like this, add Maze, fix the land base, add in a few walkers and some better fog effects. As always, thanks for reading. This weeks poll is Vampire Generals Here, so vote for your favorite one!  If you liked the article, please like and share. It helps my confidence, and lets me know there are people actually reading it.  If you have any questions, comments, thoughts, comment. I try to get back within 24 hours, or just note me about it.  Thank you all for reading, and your continued support. As always, I’ll see you in the next article. Gryffnwing~

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Playing Lorwyn tonight my liege? Could I offer these delightful singles as a pairing?

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New video out! Every card is less than a buck :)