Matthew Proctor's Izzet Artifacts by Frank Karsten
 
Type: Deck Idea
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staStandard
Approx. Value:
$416.61
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Avg. CMC 1.92
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Edge of Eternities
releases on August 1, 2025!

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Edge of Eternities
releases on August 1, 2025!

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Main Deck - 60 cards, 20 distinct
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Name  Ed. Price Type Cost
Rarity Color
Creature (33)
2 Bartolomé del Presidio
$0.15 Legendary Creature - Vampire Knight
2 Forsaken Miner
$1.96 Creature - Skeleton Rogue
4 Infestation Sage
$0.09 Creature - Elf Warlock
2 Nezumi Linkbreaker
$0.09 Creature - Rat Warlock
1 Resolute Reinforcements
$0.13 Creature - Human Soldier
4 Sephiroth, Fabled SOLDIER // Sephiroth, One-Winged Angel
$39.68 Legendary Creature - Human Avatar Soldier // Legendary Creature - Angel Nightmare Avatar
4 Snarling Gorehound
$0.15 Creature - Dog
1 Syr Vondam, Sunstar Exemplar
$0.69 Legendary Creature - Human Knight
1 Timeline Culler
$0.54 Creature - Drix Warlock
4 Umbral Collar Zealot
$0.91 Creature - Human Cleric
4 Vengeful Bloodwitch
$0.25 Creature - Vampire Warlock
4 Voice of Victory
$12.83 Creature - Human Bard
Sorcery (4)
4 Raise the Past
$0.75 Sorcery
Land (23)
4 Bleachbone Verge
$9.52 Land
4 Concealed Courtyard
$1.11 Land
3 Dalkovan Encampment
$0.26 Land
4 Godless Shrine
$8.94 Land - Plains Swamp
2 Shadowy Backstreet
$13.99 Land - Plains Swamp
1 Starting Town
$32.31 Land - Town
5 Swamp
$0.08 Basic Land - Swamp
Sideboard - 15 cards, 7 distinct
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Rarity Color
Creature (5)
1 Cecil, Dark Knight // Cecil, Redeemed Paladin
$5.65 Legendary Creature - Human Knight // Legendary Creature - Human Knight
3 Dark Confidant
$6.64 Creature - Human Wizard
1 Timeline Culler
$0.54 Creature - Drix Warlock
Sorcery (5)
2 Duress
$0.14 Sorcery
3 Tragic Trajectory
$0.38 Sorcery
Artifact (3)
3 Ghost Vacuum
$4.35 Artifact
Enchantment (2)
2 Sothera, the Supervoid
$5.94 Legendary Enchantment

Notes
 
Thanks to Edge of Eternities, Standard now has a new free sacrifice outlet, and this deck makes the most of it. Umbral Collar Zealot lets you sacrifice creatures, fill your graveyard with surveil, and set up devastating Raise the Past turns that bring back Vengeful Bloodwitch to drain your opponent out of the game. Timeline Culler is a perfect creature to sacrifice repeatedly, and with Snarling Gorehound on board, every black mana and 2 life that you pay translates to digging two cards closer to a game-winning Raise the Past. I went 4-1 with this list in the Best-of-One Streamer Event on MTG Arena, and the deck ran like a well-oiled machine.

Graveyard-centric strategies tend to shine in Game 1 but falter post-board after opponents bring in graveyard hate. A strong way to counteract this is to transform: board out Raise the Past and Snarling Gorehound  in favor of standalone cards like Dark Confidant and Tragic Trajectory. This way, an opposing Rest in Peace or Ghost Vacuum  won't hurt as much. Syr Vondam, Sunstar Exemplar also stood out in the games I played and may help beat anti-graveyard cards. I wouldn't mind a second copy in the main deck, perhaps replacing Resolute Reinforcements. One or two copies of Susur Secundi, Void Altar  might help as well. Striking the right balance will take testing, but Orzhov Sacrifice looks like a strong contender.
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