<h6 style="text-align: right;"><span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Katilda and Lier" href="#" target="_blank">Katilda and Lier</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span> | art by <a href="https://www.artstation.com/justynadura">Justyna Dura </a></h6>
<p>Welcome back to <em>Bottom of the Barrel</em>! This is a series where we pick a theme from EDHREC and look at the “bottom of the barrel.” This means that we look at the least played color-combinations and pick a commander in those colors to brew a spicy new deck around!</p>
<p>Today's episode is inspired by Saffron Olive over at MTGGoldfish - more specifically, inspired around a list he built for an episode of Commander Clash. The list itself seems strange, but he tried to sell it as "simic burn", and that gave me an idea.</p>
<p>Looking at the "burn" theme in EDHREC, to no one's surprise, Mono-red is the most popular color combination (with a whopping 22,000 decks!).</p>
<p>I really scraped the "bottom of the barrel" for this one because the least played color combination has 5 decks! Bant (green, white, and blue) is the least played color combination for the "burn" theme, and that makes a lot of sense. These three colors don't really care about dealing direct damage at all.</p>
<p>I'm sure you're wondering, "how can you build burn without red??"</p>
<p>Well, let me show you!</p>
<p>For our "burn without red" strategy, we will be enlisting the help of Katilda and Lier.</p>
<div class="edhrecp__cards"><div class="edhrecp__card-container" name="Katilda and Lier"></div></div>
<p>Katilda and Lier is a relatively overlooked commander from <em>March of the Machine</em>, and I can see why. The card itself asks for the player to focus equally on Humans AND instant and sorcery spells, which can be kind of tricky.</p>
<p>For today's deck, our major sources of burn are cards that we can flashback with Katilda and Lier in the late game, so this seemed like the perfect choice!</p>
<p>Unlike our usual explorations into the "bottom of the barrel", today's categories start with 3 specific gameplans with their own unique finishers.</p>
<h2>Category #1: "Swamps"</h2>
<p>When searching for cards that dealt damage, I came across a ridiculous card with a great name: Karma.</p>
<div class="edhrecp__cards"><div class="edhrecp__card-container" name="Karma"></div></div>
<p>Karma made me think about committing a cardinal sin in commander (in my eyes, anyway): running Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth in a deck that <em>doesn't have black.</em></p>
<div class="edhrecp__cards"><div class="edhrecp__card-container" name="Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth"></div></div>
<p>Urborg turns on Karma, which is one of the funniest interactions I have ever seen. Leaning into this idea, I added cards to find Urborg in many different ways (Expedition Map, Sylvan Scrying, and Pir's Whim are the main examples of this).</p>
<div class="edhrecp__cards"><div class="edhrecp__card-container" name="Expedition Map"></div><div class="edhrecp__card-container" name="Sylvan Scrying"></div><div class="edhrecp__card-container" name="Pir&#039;s Whim"></div></div>
<p>Alongside Karma, Stern Judge does something similar, but we need to be very careful that we don't accidentally die from activating its ability.</p>
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<h2>Category #2: Deserts</h2>
<p>This category is inspired by Saffron Olive, especially because we are focusing on 3 deserts in particular: Lonely Arroyo, Lush Oasis, and Creosote Heath.</p>
<div class="edhrecp__cards"><div class="edhrecp__card-container" name="Lonely Arroyo"></div><div class="edhrecp__card-container" name="Lush Oasis"></div><div class="edhrecp__card-container" name="Creosote Heath"></div></div>
<p>When these deserts enter, they deal 1 damage to an opponent, which is not nearly enough to win the game. This is why we are running every possible "copy land" effect that we can!</p>
<p>Doppelgang lets us pump our mana into copying any problematic permanent our opponents' may control, as well as copy our deserts; Replication Technique lets us copy any permanent we control and demonstrate it to make friends at the table.</p>
<p>Orvar, the All Form turns any "target" spells into ways to copy any of our permanents; Moritte of the Frost can copy any permanent we control.</p>
<p>For the Common Good allows to copy any tokens we already control (this is particularly great after a huge Doppelgang!); and Copy Land, well, copies a land.</p>
<div class="edhrecp__cards"><div class="edhrecp__card-container" name="Doppelgang"></div><div class="edhrecp__card-container" name="Replication Technique"></div><div class="edhrecp__card-container" name="Orvar, the All-Form"></div></div>
<div class="edhrecp__cards"><div class="edhrecp__card-container" name="Moritte of the Frost"></div><div class="edhrecp__card-container" name="For the Common Good"></div><div class="edhrecp__card-container" name="Copy Land"></div></div>
<p>One of the best cards to enhance our "desert" strategy is Ancient Greenwarden, as it doubles the ETB effects of all lands we control while letting us recur any lands that go to our graveyard.</p>
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<h2>Category #3: "General" Burn</h2>
<p>In order for us to have any chance of winning outside of our first 2 gameplans, we need to deal damage in unique ways. For this reason, I am including cards like Scrawling Crawler to deal damage when our opponents draw cards; Storm Seeker to punish any greedy blue players; Ankh of Mishra to deal damage when lands enter the battlefield (be careful with this one!); and Jinxed Choker and Squallmonger to provide excellent mana sinks.</p>
<div class="edhrecp__cards"><div class="edhrecp__card-container" name="Scrawling Crawler"></div><div class="edhrecp__card-container" name="Storm Seeker"></div><div class="edhrecp__card-container" name="Ankh of Mishra"></div></div>
<div class="edhrecp__cards"><div class="edhrecp__card-container" name="Jinxed Choker"></div><div class="edhrecp__card-container" name="Squallmonger"></div></div>
<h2>Category #4: Recursion</h2>
<p>Recursion is necessary to our strategy, as our pieces are mostly single-use spells or easily-destroyed permanents. With this in mind, I included things like Skullwinder to get something back while currying favor with an opponent; The Mirari Conjecture to get back instants and sorceries while providing an amazing way to copy a haymaker; Archaeomancer to pull double duty, as it gets back a spell while triggering our commander's ability; Lier, Disciple of the Drowned to give every instant or sorcery flashback <em>and</em> turn off unwanted counterspells; and Bala Ged Recovery to recur anything while acting as a land in a pinch.</p>
<div class="edhrecp__cards"><div class="edhrecp__card-container" name="Skullwinder"></div><div class="edhrecp__card-container" name="The Mirari Conjecture"></div><div class="edhrecp__card-container" name="Archaeomancer"></div></div>
<div class="edhrecp__cards"><div class="edhrecp__card-container" name="Lier, Disciple of the Drowned"></div><div class="edhrecp__card-container" name="Bala Ged Recovery"></div></div>
<h2>Category #5: "Secret Spice" = Our Finishers</h2>
<p>If you look at my decklist below, you'll notice that I have <em>filled</em> this deck with ramp spells, as well as a staggering 40 lands. This is because of the deck's main finishers, and today's "secret spice": Hurricane, Squall Line, and Borrowing the East Wind.</p>
<div class="edhrecp__cards"><div class="edhrecp__card-container" name="Hurricane"></div><div class="edhrecp__card-container" name="Squall Line"></div><div class="edhrecp__card-container" name="Borrowing the East Wind"></div></div>
<p>These are green's version of the "X Mana Burn Spells", but they aren't nearly as good because they damage <em>each player</em>. These spells really feel like we're "playing with fire" with this deck, and if that doesn't capture the spirit of burn, what does?</p>
<h2>Closing Thoughts</h2>
<p data-slot-rendered-content="true">Overall, this deck was a really fun thought experiment that turned into one of my jankiest brews yet! I can't wait to see the reactions from the table when I pull out a "non-red burn deck"!</p>
<p data-slot-rendered-content="true">This brings us to the end of our fifth edition of <em>Bottom of the Barrel</em>! I hope you enjoyed exploring a lesser-played color-combination in the world of burn!</p>
<p>Check out my decklist below!</p>
<div class="edhrecp__deck mtgh"><span class="edhrecp__deck-s" name="Bottom of the Barrel - Katilda and Lier" site="edhrec" archidekt_link="" cards="[Commander]
*1 Katilda and Lier
[/Commander]
[Creatures]
*1 Ancient Greenwarden
*1 Archaeomancer
*1 Cathar Commando
*1 Eternal Witness
*1 Lier, Disciple of the Drowned
*1 Moritte of the Frost
*1 Nyxbloom Ancient
*1 Orvar, the All-Form
*1 Scrawling Crawler
*1 Shefet Monitor
*1 Skullwinder
*1 Snapcaster Mage
*1 Spellseeker
*1 Squallmonger
*1 Stern Judge
*1 Venser, Shaper Savant
*1 Wizards of Thay
[/Creatures]
[Sorceries]
*1 Bala Ged Recovery // Bala Ged Sanctuary
*1 Borrowing the East Wind
*1 Dance of the Tumbleweeds
*1 Doppelgang
*1 Explore
*1 Farseek
*1 For the Common Good
*1 Hour of Promise
*1 Hurricane
*1 Map the Frontier
*1 Nature&#039;s Lore
*1 Open the Way
*1 Pir&#039;s Whim
*1 Rampant Growth
*1 Replication Technique
*1 Rootcast Apprenticeship
*1 Solve the Equation
*1 Sylvan Scrying
*1 Three Visits
*1 Urban Evolution
[/Sorceries]
[Instants]
*1 Beast Within
*1 Cyclonic Rift
*1 Enlightened Tutor
*1 Growth Spiral
*1 Mystical Tutor
*1 Obscuring Haze
*1 Planar Genesis
*1 Squall Line
*1 Storm Seeker
[/Instants]
[Artifacts]
*1 Amulet of Vigor
*1 Ankh of Mishra
*1 Expedition Map
*1 Jinxed Choker
*1 Shadowspear
[/Artifacts]
[Enchantments]
*1 Copy Land
*1 Desert Warfare
*1 Karma
*1 Mirari&#039;s Wake
*1 Psychic Possession
*1 Spelunking
*1 The Mirari Conjecture
*1 Unbound Flourishing
[/Enchantments]
[Lands]
*1 Arid Archway
*1 Bountiful Promenade
*1 Breeding Pool
*1 Command Tower
*1 Conduit Pylons
*1 Creosote Heath
*1 Desert of the Indomitable
*1 Desert of the Mindful
*1 Desert of the True
*1 Echoing Deeps
*1 Field of the Dead
*5 Forest
*1 Guildless Commons
*1 Hashep Oasis
*1 Ipnu Rivulet
*3 Island
*1 Lazotep Quarry
*1 Littjara Mirrorlake
*1 Lonely Arroyo
*1 Lush Oasis
*1 Maze of Ith
*1 Mirrorpool
*2 Plains
*1 Rejuvenating Springs
*1 Scavenger Grounds
*1 Shefet Dunes
*1 Spara&#039;s Headquarters
*1 Sunscorched Desert
*1 Temple Garden
*1 Thespian&#039;s Stage
*1 Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth
*1 Urza&#039;s Cave
*1 Vesuva
[/Lands]"></span></div>


Bottom of the Barrel - Katilda and Lier

<h6 style="text-align: right;"><span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Increasing Devotion" href="#" target="_blank">Increasing Devotion</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span> | Art by <a href="https://darylart.com/">Daniel Ljunggren</a></h6>
<h1>Flashback Fun</h1>
<p>Hello, fellow brewer, and welcome back to <em>Brew for your Buck</em>, where we swap out the top 10 most expensive cards in a deck with 10 budget cards that add a unique twist. The last few articles in the series focused on some commanders that have been around for a while, so I wanted to go with something new to get a bit experimental. Newer commanders have way less data on EDHREC to inform deckbuilding decisions, but maybe we can find some cutting edge tech for our <em>March of the Machine </em>(<em>MOM</em>) team-up:</p>
<div class="edhrecp__cards"><div class="edhrecp__card-container" name="Katilda and Lier"></div></div>
<p>These two lead us to an interesting balancing act for building the deck. On one hand, we want Humans to enable Katilda and Lier's trigger, and on the other we want instants and sorceries to target with said trigger. I'm sure it would take some playtesting to figure out the perfect ratio between the two, but for now we'll try to keep the balance. This deck also reminds me of the <a href="https://edhrec.com/articles/brew-for-your-buck-fish-flash/">sea monster flash deck</a> that we looked at a while ago, with flash-enablers to let us cast our Humans at instant speed. There's plenty of expensive cards in the deck too, with the total price coming in at $412.39.</p>
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<li style="text-align: left;"><span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Rhystic Study" href="#" target="_blank">Rhystic Study</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span> ($38.67)</li>
<li style="text-align: left;"><span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Cyclonic Rift" href="#" target="_blank">Cyclonic Rift</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span> ($37.88)</li>
<li style="text-align: left;"><span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Esper Sentinel" href="#" target="_blank">Esper Sentinel</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span> ($27.14)</li>
<li style="text-align: left;"><span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Heroic Intervention" href="#" target="_blank">Heroic Intervention</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span> ($16.87)</li>
<li style="text-align: left;"><span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Snapcaster Mage" href="#" target="_blank">Snapcaster Mage</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span> ($14.84)</li>
<li style="text-align: left;"><span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Noble Hierarch" href="#" target="_blank">Noble Hierarch</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span> ($10.37)</li>
<li style="text-align: left;"><span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Eladamri&#039;s Call" href="#" target="_blank">Eladamri&#039;s Call</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span> ($9.40)</li>
<li style="text-align: left;"><span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Chulane, Teller of Tales" href="#" target="_blank">Chulane, Teller of Tales</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span> ($8.78)</li>
<li style="text-align: left;"><span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Clever Concealment" href="#" target="_blank">Clever Concealment</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span> ($7.08)</li>
<li style="text-align: left;"><span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Three Visits" href="#" target="_blank">Three Visits</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span> ($6.95)</li>
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<p style="padding-left: 200px; text-align: left;"><strong>Total Value of Cuts: $177.98</strong></p>
<p>This time, our mana base makes up a huge portion of the total cost of the deck, which is to be expected given it's a three-color deck. Swapping any lands that are pricier than <span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Three Visits" href="#" target="_blank">Three Visits</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span> in the list above would bring our total savings to <strong>$317.22</strong>.</p>
<h2>Additions</h2>
<p>One thing that's certain (no matter how you build this deck) is that it will be mana-<em><strong>hangry</strong></em>. Not only do you need mana to cast the Humans, but you also need even more mana to cast the flashback spells. My first thought was "free Humans!", but believe it or not, there isn't a single one in the game. There are plenty of <span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Force of Will" href="#" target="_blank">free spells</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span>, but most of those cost way more than what we would consider for a budget option. But what if there was a way to reduce the cost of our Humans AND spells, and sometimes even make them free? What if that way just got a bunch of new cards, also from <em>March of the Machine</em>? That's right, it's <em>Convoke</em>!</p>
<h3>Convoking Humans</h3>
<p>Let's start by looking at Humans that benefit or enable <em>Convoke</em>. First up, one that I really like is <span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Fallaji Wayfarer" href="#" target="_blank">Fallaji Wayfarer</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span> ($0.24). The Wayfarer is an awesome cost-reducer for 12 of our spells in the final list, including our commander, and that first line of really weird text allows it to tap itself for pay any of the colored pips in those mana costs. The next entry in the "X-Y-of-Eos" saga is <span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Knight-Errant of Eos" href="#" target="_blank">Knight-Errant of Eos</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span> ($1.77), which can draw us up to two more Humans when cheated onto the battlefield with its inherent <em>Convoke.</em> Of note, our creature curve tops out at five with <span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Kyler, Sigardian Emissary" href="#" target="_blank">Kyler</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span>, so we should be able to grab every creature in the deck if the Knight-Errant is fully <em>Convoked</em>.</p>
<div class="edhrecp__cards"><div class="edhrecp__card-container" name="Fallaji Wayfarer"></div><div class="edhrecp__card-container" name="Knight-Errant of Eos"></div></div>
<p>Our next two Humans don't reference <em>Convoke</em> specifically, but definitely help us use the ability. Each time we cast one of those instants and sorceries from our graveyard, <span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Thalia&#039;s Geistcaller" href="#" target="_blank">Thalia&#039;s Geistcaller</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span> ($0.09) will make us a Spirit to help <em>Convoke</em> out the next thing we cast. Making a <span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Mox Pearl" href="#" target="_blank">Mox Pearl</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span> that can also attack or block each time we cast a spell seems like a good deal to me. Since we have his newer card in the list already, <span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Raff Capashen, Ship&#039;s Mage" href="#" target="_blank">Raff Capashen, Ship&#039;s Mage</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span> ($0.15) is another way to let us cast our 16 Historic spells at instant speed, and he taps for two different colors of mana for <em>Convoke.</em> Finally, we're going to be spending a lot of time tapping our creatures, so let's add some ways to untap them. Preferably Human ways, like <span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Village Bell-Ringer" href="#" target="_blank">Village Bell-Ringer</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span> ($0.11).</p>
<div class="edhrecp__cards"><div class="edhrecp__card-container" name="Thalia&#039;s Geistcaller"></div><div class="edhrecp__card-container" name="Raff Capashen, Ship&#039;s Mage"></div><div class="edhrecp__card-container" name="Village Bell-Ringer"></div></div>
<h3><strong>Convoking Spells</strong></h3>
<p>Now let's look at the noncreature spells. First on our list is another new <em>MOM </em>card that seems perfect for this deck: <span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Complete the Circuit" href="#" target="_blank">Complete the Circuit</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span> ($0.11) not only copies the next spell we cast, but more importantly allows us to cast <strong>every</strong> sorcery during the turn at instant speed. All of a sudden, we can go off right before we untap and get ready for a lethal turn. <span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Return to the Ranks" href="#" target="_blank">Return to the Ranks</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span> ($1.39) adds some more recursion to the deck, and it can bring 13 of our creatures (all Humans) back to the battlefield in one shot.</p>
<div class="edhrecp__cards"><div class="edhrecp__card-container" name="Complete the Circuit"></div><div class="edhrecp__card-container" name="Return to the Ranks"></div></div>
<p>But what if our spells don't have <em>Convoke</em>? Well, a new entry in the line of sweet three-mana mana rocks is <span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Wand of the Worldsoul" href="#" target="_blank">Wand of the Worldsoul</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span> ($2.24). I'll admit it's a bit slow, but after you untap with it, you can give any spell you want <em>Convoke</em>, from your Humans to spells; heck, even your other artifacts. We can also add an untapper here, this time an instant, so we can flash it back to squeeze even more mana out of our creatures. There are a lot of these, but we'll go with <span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="To Arms!" href="#" target="_blank">To Arms!</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span> ($1.92) since it's cheap, draws us a card, and has an exclamation point in the card name.</p>
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<h3>Casting from the 'yard</h3>
<p>There is one really sweet interaction I want to point out with a small subset of cards like <span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Sevinne&#039;s Reclamation" href="#" target="_blank">Sevinne&#039;s Reclamation</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span>. <span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Katilda and Lier" href="#" target="_blank">K&amp;L&#039;s</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span> ability grants the targeted card flashback, but for its normal mana cost, so we can take advantage of the "cast from a graveyard" bonus without paying an even more expensive flashback cost, a trick I use with <span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Increasing Ambition" href="#" target="_blank">Increasing Ambition</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span> in my <span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Oskar, Rubbish Reclaimer" href="#" target="_blank">Oskar</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span> deck. Since <span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Sevinne&#039;s Reclamation" href="#" target="_blank">Sevinne&#039;s Reclamation</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span> is already in the list, I thought we could finalize our budget package with the white card from the "Increasing" cycle, <span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Increasing Devotion" href="#" target="_blank">Increasing Devotion</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span> ($0.08). Ten Humans for five mana? Yes, please!</p>
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<h2>Wrap Up and Savings</h2>
<p>Before we get into the savings with our specific choices, I want to mention that there are a zillion ways to take this theme even further. You could lean harder into multicolored cards to help enable <em>Convoke,</em> like <span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Hero of Precinct One" href="#" target="_blank">Hero of Precinct One</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span>, <span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Knight of New Alara" href="#" target="_blank">Knight of New Alara</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span>, and <span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Glass of the Guildpact" href="#" target="_blank">Glass of the Guildpact</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span>. I also looked at <span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Vitalize" href="#" target="_blank">Vitalize</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span> as a utility untapper, which can act as a crazy ritual in conjunction with <em>Convoke</em>. And finally, there are a bunch of serviceable <em>Convoke </em>spells, like <span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Sundering Vitae" href="#" target="_blank">Sundering Vitae</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span> and <span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Nissa&#039;s Expedition" href="#" target="_blank">Nissa&#039;s Expedition</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span>, that could potentially be cast for free from your hand and from the graveyard. This one really got the brewing juices flowing! Anyways, on to the savings:</p>
<p><a href="https://edhrecstatic.com/articles/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/Picture1-1.png"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" class="size-full wp-image-99727 aligncenter" src="https://edhrecstatic.com/articles/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/Picture1-1.png" alt="" width="370" height="262" srcset="https://edhrecstatic.com/articles/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/Picture1-1.png 370w, https://edhrecstatic.com/articles/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/Picture1-1-300x212.png 300w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 370px) 100vw, 370px" /></a></p>
<p>Dang! This is the largest savings by % in the whole series so far. We've brought a $400+ deck down to just over $100 by removing ten cards and assuming you're swapping the expensive lands.</p>
<div class="edhrecp__deck mtgh"><span class="edhrecp__deck-s" name="Tap Down Flash Back" site="edhrec" archidekt_link="" cards="[Commander]
*1 Katilda and Lier
[/Commander]
[Creatures]
*1 Archmage Emeritus
*1 Augur of Autumn
*1 Avacyn&#039;s Pilgrim
*1 Baral, Chief of Compliance
*1 Cathar Commando
*1 Champion of Lambholt
*1 Champion of the Parish
*1 Containment Priest
*1 Coppercoat Vanguard
*1 Deputy of Acquittals
*1 Eternal Witness
*1 Fallaji Wayfarer
*1 Heronblade Elite
*1 Inga and Esika
*1 Katilda, Dawnhart Prime
*1 Knight-Errant of Eos
*1 Kyler, Sigardian Emissary
*1 Loran of the Third Path
*1 Monastery Mentor
*1 Mother of Runes
*1 Niambi, Esteemed Speaker
*1 Quandrix Apprentice
*1 Raff Capashen, Ship&#039;s Mage
*1 Raff, Weatherlight Stalwart
*1 Sigarda, Font of Blessings
*1 Thalia&#039;s Geistcaller
*1 Thalia&#039;s Lieutenant
*1 Torens, Fist of the Angels
*1 Venser, Shaper Savant
*1 Village Bell-Ringer
*1 Wizards of Thay
[/Creatures]
[Instants]
*1 An Offer You Can&#039;t Refuse
*1 Arcane Denial
*1 Beast Within
*1 Brainstorm
*1 Complete the Circuit
*1 Counterspell
*1 Dovin&#039;s Veto
*1 Frantic Search
*1 Generous Gift
*1 Growth Spiral
*1 Mystical Tutor
*1 Nature&#039;s Claim
*1 Path to Exile
*1 Swords to Plowshares
*1 To Arms!
[/Instants]
[Artifacts]
*1 Arcane Signet
*1 Catalyst Stone
*1 Herald&#039;s Horn
*1 Sol Ring
*1 Wand of the Worldsoul
[/Artifacts]
[Sorceries]
*1 Cultivate
*1 Distant Melody
*1 Farseek
*1 Increasing Devotion
*1 Kodama&#039;s Reach
*1 Mass Appeal
*1 Nature&#039;s Lore
*1 Ponder
*1 Preordain
*1 Rampant Growth
*1 Return to the Ranks
*1 See the Truth
*1 Sevinne&#039;s Reclamation
[/Sorceries]
[Enchantments]
*1 Leyline of Anticipation
*1 Secrets of the Dead
[/Enchantments]
[Lands]
*1 Bountiful Promenade
*1 Breeding Pool
*1 Canopy Vista
*1 Command Tower
*1 Exotic Orchard
*1 Flooded Strand
*4 Forest
*1 Glacial Fortress
*1 Hallowed Fountain
*1 Hinterland Harbor
*5 Island
*1 Misty Rainforest
*1 Path of Ancestry
*4 Plains
*1 Prairie Stream
*1 Rejuvenating Springs
*1 Sea of Clouds
*1 Seaside Citadel
*1 Spara&#039;s Headquarters
*1 Sunpetal Grove
*1 Temple Garden
*1 Windswept Heath
*1 Yavimaya Coast
[/Lands]"></span></div>


<p>What else would you have added to go with the <em>Convoke</em> theme? What do you think the right ratio of Humans to spells is? Let me know in the comments below! My next article is a special one, so be on the look out for it in two weeks when we brew for your buck!</p>
<p><em>Please note: card prices listed in this article are accurate at the time of writing, but prices can vary over time and between locations.</em></p>


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