This deal is still good enough to make Stroke a reliable sideboard counterspell along the lines of Negate and since its usually been printed in Standard sets alongside cost-reducing mechanics like delve or foretell, its a surprisingly playable main deck choice as well
Of course, these are simple examples
Pippen makes food tokens for one mana while also providing an overrun effect for the mid to late game once you have a pile of food
Despise I felt this should have performed better than it did
Rare Wildcards Main Deck: 4 Mosswood Dreadknight 2 Tenacious Underdog 3- Glissa Sunslayer 2 Lord Skitter, Sewer King 2 Teachings of the Kirin 1 Boseiju, Who Endures 4 Deathcap Glade 4 Llanowar Wastes 2 Mishras Foundry 4 Restless Cottage 1 Takenuma, Abandoned Mire Total 29 Sideboard: 1 Phyrexian Arena 2 Breach the Multiverse Total 3 Mythic Rare Wildcards Main Deck: 3 Blossoming Tortoise 3 Sheoldred the Apocalypse 2 Liliana of the Veil 3 Virtue of Persistence Total 11 Sideboard: 1 Liliana of the Veil 2 Nissa, Ascended Animist Total 3 If you click on a product link on this page we may earn a small affiliate commission.
The abilities are strong without being so broken it makes it unfun, it fits perfectly into the archetype its meant to fit into without any unnecessary drawbacks, and it gives access to Orzhov colors, by far the most common colors for aristocrat strategies
