Aristocrats first try by ronansting3

Format: Commander

Commander: Ayara, Widow of the Realm // Ayara, Furnace Queen

Bracket: 2

Deck overview

This is a Rakdos theft-aristocrats midrange deck helmed by Ayara, Widow of the Realm // Ayara, Furnace Queen. The plan is simple and mean: temporarily seize opposing threats with a dense suite of Act-of-Treason effects, then immediately sacrifice them to Ayara's front face, Zulaport Cutthroat, Juri, Master of the Revue, Fling, Thud, or mana outlets like Illuminor Szeras and The Golden Throne. Stolen bodies also swing in before they die. The back face of Ayara reanimates a creature or artifact with haste each combat, turning the graveyard into a second hand of bombs such as Myr Battlesphere, Triplicate Titan, and Phyrexian Triniform. Secondary pressure comes from drain engines (Massacre Wurm, Zulaport Cutthroat), treasure loops off Mahadi, Emporium Master, and doubled damage via Angrath's Marauders. There are no infinite combos; the deck wins through attrition, repeated theft-sac cycles, and oversized combat.

Decklist (100 cards)

• 1 Act of Aggression
• 1 Act of Treason
• 1 Angrath's Marauders
• 1 Arcane Signet
• 1 Ayara, Widow of the Realm // Ayara, Furnace Queen
• 1 Big Score
• 1 Blasphemous Act
• 1 Bloody Betrayal
• 1 Captivating Crew
• 1 Cathartic Reunion
• 1 Chaos Warp
• 1 Claim the Firstborn
• 1 Combustible Gearhulk
• 1 Command Tower
• 1 Deadly Dispute
• 1 Demand Answers
• 1 Dragonskull Summit
• 1 Dread Return
• 1 Exotic Orchard
• 1 Faithless Looting
• 1 Feed the Swarm
• 1 Fellwar Stone
• 1 Fling
• 1 Foreboding Ruins
• 1 Furnace Reins
• 1 Grab the Reins
• 1 Grim Haruspex
• 1 Harness by Force
• 1 Hijack
• 1 Ichor Wellspring
• 1 Illuminor Szeras
• 1 Imskir Iron-Eater
• 1 Industrial Advancement
• 1 Junji, the Midnight Sky
• 1 Juri, Master of the Revue
• 1 Kari Zev's Expertise
• 1 Kethek, Crucible Goliath
• 1 Mahadi, Emporium Master
• 1 Mark of Mutiny
• 1 Massacre Wurm
• 1 Midnight Crusader Shuttle
• 1 Mind Stone
• 15 Mountain
• 1 Myr Battlesphere
• 1 Nasty End
• 1 Nightmare Shepherd
• 1 Phyrexian Triniform
• 1 Prowling Geistcatcher
• 1 Rakdos Carnarium
• 1 Rakdos Charm
• 1 Rakdos Signet
• 1 Return the Favor
• 1 Shadowblood Ridge
• 1 Smoldering Marsh
• 1 Sol Ring
• 1 Solemn Simulacrum
• 1 Sulfurous Springs
• 13 Swamp
• 1 Tainted Peak
• 1 Talisman of Indulgence
• 1 The Golden Throne
• 1 Thrill of Possibility
• 1 Thud
• 1 Traitorous Blood
• 1 Traitorous Greed
• 1 Transmogrant Altar
• 1 Triplicate Titan
• 1 Twisted Fealty
• 1 Vampiric Rites
• 1 Vengeful Possession
• 1 Victimize
• 1 Wayfarer's Bauble
• 1 Wrangle
• 1 Zulaport Cutthroat