#Budget Commander deck (Thalia, gitrog monster)

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Bump

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Bump....but again

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I see you are focusing on lifegain and draining opponents, but why not put that extra life to some use

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Bloomburrow stuff has some nice new tech

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[[Darkstar Augur]]

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And other effects like that [[dark confidant]] or [[dark tutelage]]

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Or even good old [[phyrexian arena]]

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Speaking of card draw [[pitiless carnage]] is juicy

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You are making lots of food or filling graveyard why not run [[feed the cycle]]

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I can see you're not running any mana rocks

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Mainly land ramp and giving tokens mana abilities

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I would strenghten the land theme a bit by adding something like [[ramunap excavator]]

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[[world shaper]] is a classic

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If you want to stick to tokens more [[jaheira, friend of the forest]] is DIY [[cryptolithrite]]

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I heard [[Lunar convocation]] is very underrated

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It's on a [[bitterblossom]] level in right hands

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Also this is something you may not know before playing Thalia and Gitrog

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This commander is screaming "I WILL MAKE YOUR LIFE MISERABLE, PLEASE POINT REMOVAL HERE"

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I know this because when I got to play my Lady and the Frog deck, I put a huge target on my back since everyone was annoyed by their things entering tapped

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I completely shut down my friend's deck who was playing jund New Capenna precon (the blitz one), since he literally couldn't utilize blitz by attacking.

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So slap some boots on this bad boy you will thank me later

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[[Swiftfoot boots]], [[lightning greaves]]

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Or if you're fancy, you could go for spells that make come back instantly after being pointed removal at

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[[Undying malice]] [[not dead after all]] [[feign death]]

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Speaking of recursion [[vat of rebirth]] is likely to go under your opponents' radar but provide great value to you

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Especially when you're utilizing your foods

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Another thing is sac outlets

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You will be stuck with a large board of tokens that will drag attention if you are not able to consistently sacrifice things

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Budget options I can think of are [[woe strider]], [[yahenni, undying partisan]], [[phyrexian ghoul]], [[viscera seer]]

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Also [[spawning pit]]

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And if you'd like to go for something a bit more expensive (but not much) [[ashnod's altar]]

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It's all about those death triggers, drain, gain

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Without a reliable sac outlet you will be stuck thinking about how to get your creatures killed so that X drains life, Teysa doubling that and so on

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Awesome! That's for the advice so far, do you have any cards that you see so far that I should get rid of to swap out with some of these?

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[[Vizkopa guildmage]] seems a bit mana heavy if you want to rely on it's abilities. That reminds me [[exsanguinate]] exists and is scary with access to more mana

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X = 5 drains others for 5 and gains you 15. That's a neat trade for 7 mana

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Yeah that is definitely really solid

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Similar effect has [[gray merchant]] (cheap version) or [[kokusho]] but that one is definitely not in budget

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Multiple cards match “gray merchant”, can you be more specific?

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I don't know what happened to my previous message but can't see it

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[[Valentin]] is more of a graveyard hate rather than token maker

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Multiple cards match “Valentin”, can you be more specific?

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[[Valentin, dean of the vein]]

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Legendary Creature — Vampire Warlock
Menace, lifelink
If a nontoken creature an opponent controls would die, exile it instead. When you do, you may pay mana2. If you do, create a 1/1 black and green Pest creature token with "When this creature dies, you gain 1 life."
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Lisette, Dean of the Root mana2managmanag
Legendary Creature — Human Druid
Whenever you gain life, you may pay mana1. If you do, put a +1/+1 counter on each creature you control and those creatures gain trample until end of turn.
"Life is as fleeting as it is vibrant. Embrace the brief blessing of a flower before it withers."
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[[Pride sovereign]] is too slow to be worth it

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Another addition you could make is [[nadier's nightblade]]

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[[Dawn of hope]] has the same problem as the guildmage

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Not great rate for incidental card draw

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[[Feed the cauldron]] can be swapped for [[bake into a pie]]

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Hmmm, I'm thinking about that [[overrun]]. It's a great finisher but aristocrats rarely go for combat damage win.

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You also have [[motivated pony]] which offers more synergy

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No trample tho

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What I recommend is for you try and stick with one theme like aristocrats, lifegain, tokens or lands and try making cuts based on that