Trying Manaless Dredge

by MorganCameAsRomans on 18 June 2015

Main Deck (60 cards)

Sideboard (15 cards)

Sorceries (2)


Artifacts (4)

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Deck Description

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I really like decks based around your own graveyard, especially competitive ones. The first time I heard about manaless dredge was a while back, and it was brought back up a couple weeks ago with the comments on the manaless affinity deck in this site's "Hot Decks" section. After work today (Or yesterday, considering time) I did some research on the style of play because I was confused as to why Bridge From Below was so good. Your dredged cards never enter play. Well, it's because the cards that leave play trigger all four bridges. Combine that with decking out by turn two and reanimating four creatures with haste and when they enter play they deal damage equal to their power, you win on turn two no matter what. The likelihood of getting a turn 2-4 kill is rather high, and if it takes any longer, you're either doing something wrong, or need to learn to shuffle better. There are no "mana flooded/starved" excuses with this deck!

After reading about the style of play and looking at others' decklists, including tournament winning lists from '07, '09, and '11, I have devised my own list that I'm going to buy most of (probably going to mooch Griselbrand and Ichorid off friends somehow, not dropping $100 on 6 cards.) None of the tournament decks used Griselbrand, but Ichorid seems to be a deck staple and will become a trading priority of mine so I can have myself a manaless dredge deck.

My reanimator deck already has everyone dreading facing me when school starts up again, and, while still being competitive, I think manaless dredge might beat it.

How to Play

Turn 1: Draw -> Discard dredger -> End (This deck is a "Draw-Go" playstyle.)
Turn 2: Dredge -> Return cards -> Sacrifice for Dread Return on Griselbrand -> Pay 14 life to dredge your whole deck -> Sacrifice for Flame-Kin Zealot and Flayer of the Hatebound (and if you have the manpower, any other high-power card.) Make sure Flayer enters play first so you deal the damage to your opponent -> Attack -> Shake hands with your opponent and say "Good game."

Deck Tags

  • Dredge
  • Manaless
  • Competitive
  • Graveyard

Deck at a Glance

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Mana Symbol Occurrence

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Card Legality

  • Not Legal in Standard
  • Not Legal in Modern
  • Legal in Vintage
  • Legal in Legacy

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