[Pauper]BG Aristocrats (Pauper)

Play Guide

• Mulligan hard to have the correct mana color combination (spell and lands). Major issue of this deck is that it's a dual color aggro deck in a format with poor mana correction.
• Never keep a 1 lander. Never!

Card Choices

• Bone Picker - High MV that can be cheated for 1 mana this is important against Spellstutter Sprite, has evasion and deathtouch and a good topdeck late game.
• Fleshbag Marauder (SB) - Edict effect on a stick, synergizes with Bone Picker and Unearth.
• Blisterpod and Nest Invader - Multiple Bodies, Ramp and both token can sac itself for Bone Picker requirement.
• Young Wolf - See Nested Shambler in Tested Card section.
• Falkenrath Noble - Pet card! Late game non combat source of damage. This card provides the deck a strategy to be defensive against bigger go-wide decks like stompy.
• Fume Spitter - This is a meta choice specially for U/x Faeries and Moggwarts, an X/1 removal that can sacrifice itself for Bone Picker requirement.
• Brindle Shoat - 2 in 1, see “maybe” section for other options.
• Rotten Reunion - Trying out over Faerie Macabre.

Cards Under Evaluation

• Bloodthrone Vampire
• Unearth - Less valuable target and the deck have 6 creature cards with 4-CMC.

Tested Cards

• Bayou Groff - Meta has a lot of U/x Faeries making it a bad choice because of Spellstutter Sprite.
• Mortician Beetle - Poor topdeck, needs sac outlet and lacks evasion. (Current Slot: Bone Picker)
• Nested Shambler - Has low floor but higher ceiling when combined with Rancor. Rancor is normally sided out against black decks to avoid 2 for 1 scenario thus failing to reach the ceiling, another thing is that ceiling scenario is most probably in a winning position already. (Current Slot: Young Wolf)
• Rite of Consumption: Used to play a 1-of, was cut due to meta decision (U/x Faeries) which results for the card to be always boarded out and also I’ve gone down on Bloodthrone Vampire copies as a result of cutting Mortician Beetle.

Maybeboard
Cards in this list are for swap in place of Brindle Shoat.

• Ecstatic Awakener - Low cost, can be a 4/4 and draws a card.
• Girder Goons - Blitz messes up with combat math provides extra body and card draw. Timing is tricky due to no evasion.
• Vicious Battlerager - For testing.

Sideboarding Guidelines (Last update Rev.21)

Board Out

• Rancor - Boardout against MBC to avoid 2 for 1 scenarios. Don't board out all rancors in match with creature protection such as Obsidian Acolyte or Guardian of the Guildpact.
• Fume Spitter - Boardout against decks with less X/1 creature like MBC.

Board In

• Duress - Board In for combo decks such as Infect / Tireless Tribe
• Edict Effect - Good vs Ephemerate and Guardian of the Guildpact
• Fleshbag Marauder - Be mindful of Cuombajj Witches shooting Fleshbag Marauder in response to it's trigger.

U/x Faeries:
-3 Rancor
-2 Falkenrath Aristocrats
+2 Duress
+2 Suffocating Fumes
+1 Snuff Out
On the draw: Play T1 Fume Spitter to immediately kill a faerie // On the Play: Play Other one drop other than Fume Spitter.

MBC:
-3 Rancor
-3 Fume Spitter
+2 Duress
+2 Masked Vandal
+2 Rotten Reunion

Burn
-2 Rancor
-2 Unearth
-1 Fume Spitter
+2 Life Goes On
+1 Unexpected Fangs
+2 Duress
Don't board out removal for Thermo Alchemist, Needle Drop is a likely indicator for Thermo Alchemist.

RW (Seeker + Squaron Hawks + Flashbacks)
*Be wary of Parapet (Flash)