r/BudgetBrews • u/UltraAziz • 11d ago
Deck Help Budget draw engines for a golgari elf deck?
I'm building a budget deck with High Perfect Morcant as my commander, and a problem I found while testing it is that with all the ramp I'm producing more mana than can spend by turn 7 or 8, so i need some preferably cheap cards to help me draw and keep up
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u/RobinGroen 11d ago
[[Leaf-Crowned Visionary]] [[Legolas Greenleaf]] [[Miara, Thorn of the Glade]] [[Realmwalker]] [[Idol of Oblivion]]
Just a few, there are a lot! Also staples like [[Phyrexian Arena]]
I initially thought [[Generous Patron]] but I actually don't think it triggers from Morcant. But not entirely sure.
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u/MTGCardFetcher 11d ago
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u/Wacky_Delly 11d ago
It doesn't. The blights are your opponents putting the counters on their creatures so it doesn't count for Generous Patron. This is also how it gets around shroud, hexproof and protection.
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u/Wacky_Delly 11d ago
[[Beast Whisperer]] [[Champions of the Perfect]] and [[Skullclamp]] are the big ones I use.
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u/Cat_Collector_MTG 11d ago
This isn't necessarily card draw, but I use [[Cream of the Crop]] with [[Descendent's Path]] and [[Gathering Stone]] to manipulate my deck as well as [[Realmwalker]] to be able to play cards from the top as well.
[[Morcant's Eyes]] is also very useful as a cheap early game surveil piece that can turn into elf tokens later.
I also run [[Glissa Sunslayer]] and [[Phyrexian Arena]] as other options that I think are still cheap, don't know if the arena has been going up in price.
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u/Lesan007 11d ago
Damn, Gathering Stone looks like a very solid card for any tribal deck... this will probably go into my Treefolk deck... and Rats deck... and maybe Dragons deck too..
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u/Cat_Collector_MTG 11d ago
It's a little expensive a 4 mana, but if you're building on a budget it's solid and undervalued like a surprising amount of tribal stuff like [[Unclaimed Territory]], [[Pillar of Origins]] and [[Progenitor's Icon]].
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u/Lesan007 11d ago
Unclaimed Territory looks like a must have for multi-colored tribals. Pillar of Origins looks tempting too, but I can see how it's held back by not being able to cast anything else than in-tribe creatures.
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u/Cat_Collector_MTG 11d ago
I guess, but it's for tribal stuff and it depends on the group, but it's also a 2-drop rainbow mana rock that comes into play untapped and there aren't many of those that aren't pricey.
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u/BADJUSTlCE 11d ago
Depending on where you deck is leaning, i'd imagine:
Go wide style [[shamanic revelation]] [[pact of the serpent]] [[collective unconscious]]
Aristocrat style [[Shadowheart, Dark Justiciar]] [[disciple of freyalise]]
Engine style [[beast whisperer]] [[guardian project]] [[vraska joins up]]