Bruse Tarl // Ikra Shidiqi | Build Your Own Monster / Keyword Soup (EDH / Commander)

THEMES

• Build Your Own Monster
• Keyword Soup

AIM
Win through huge amounts of combat damage.

PHASE 1

• Ramp
• Sculpt hand + graveyard

PHASE 2

• Deploy creature(s)
• Sculpt hand + graveyard

PHASE 3

• Gain life (Bruse Tarl trigger)
  OR
• Build 1 big creature
  OR
• Build army (Angel of Invention, Hornet Queen, Life + Odric)

DO'S

• Sculpt hand
• Sculpt graveyard
• Keep drawing and selecting cards
• Use life as a resource (survive / heal after early turns, pay life for spells (Fire Covenant, Death)

DON'TS

• Don't overextend

SYNERGIES
Double strike + life gain
Double strike + card draw on combat damage
Double strike + extra copies of Bloodforged Battle-Axe
Extra combat steps (Aurelia, Bloodthirster) + double strike + synergies above
Kathril / Soulflayer / Urborg Scavengers + keywords in graveyard
Reanimation + big threats in graveyard
Odric, Lunarch Marshall + keywords on other creatures
Heliod / Archangel of Thune: supercharged lifegain payoffs
Crop rotation --> ramp (Temple of the False God), fixing, deathtouch + lifelink (Vault of the Archangel), vigilance + haste (Slayers' Stronghold), bounce Boseiju, bounce surveil lands

FURTHER TUNING

• replace cards
• find tokens (Treasure)

From the original Soulflayer Surprise Modern deck (https://deckstats.net/decks/52171/1103110-soulflayer-special):

Plan A: Build your own Soulflayer
Plan B: Hardcast resilient threats (Hazoret, Rhonas, Thrun) and hard hitters (Samut)
Plan C: Rely on hardcastable midrangy threats (Lotleth Troll, Nighthawk) + hopefully Rampager

• Ideal start: T1 Looting, T2 Soulflayer
• Keywords in order of preference: Hexproof, Indestructible, Flying, Double Strike, Haste, Vigilance, Trample, Lifelink, Deathtouch
• Sculpt GY for Soulflayer and Delirium

See also: https://www.mtgsalvation.com/forums/the-game/modern/deck-creation-modern/604780-modern-soulflayer