Aether Revolt Budget Aetherborn Tribal Deck [Standard] – Tales from the Fringe, by Jesse Hall

Greetings, fellow Planeswalkers, and welcome to this first edition of Tales from the Fringe. In this series, I will be taking a look at simple deck techs that are cohesive and budget friendly, and sometimes use what less discerning players write off as unplayable jank. For this first edition, I’ve decided to start off strong. Aether Revolt is here and it’s finally transformed the Aetherborn from a petty selection of utility creatures to a tribe that could potentially take Standard by storm. This is a deck that you could easily take to your local FNM and turn some heads without breaking the bank.

The Aetherborn are creatures with incredibly short life spans, but no shortage of living. For them, death is the final party, and the best one can experience. The Aetherborn have strong ties to the Energy mechanic (most black spells that give or spend energy feature Aetherborn), so the deck also toys with energy, and does a pretty damn good job of it. Most Aetherborn-based creature removal is in the form of -X/-X effects, which makes putting together a flavorful Aetherborn deck very easy.

This Aetherborn tribal deck features only two non-Aetherborn creatures: Glint-Sleeve Siphoner and Noxious Gearhulk. Siphoner is the best version of Dark Confidant that has been printed probably since the original, and this deck really makes her tick. The Gearhulk provides some decisive removal and a fine beatstick for a finisher. Let’s look at the whole list:

Gonti, Lord of Luxury: Leave a Beautiful Corpse

Creature (20)

4x Gifted Aetherborn

4x Glint-Sleeve Siphoner

2x Gonti, Lord of Luxury

4x Midnight Entourage

2x Noxious Gearhulk

4x Vengeful Rebel

Aether Revolt Budget Aetherborn Tribal Deck [Standard] - Tales from the Fringe, by Jesse Hall Aether Revolt is here and it's finally transformed the Aetherborn from a petty selection of utility creatures to a tribe that could potentially take Standard by storm. This is a deck that you could easily take to your local FNM and turn some heads without breaking the bank. Jesse Hall

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