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The only way it could be more obvious is if he was a noble
Or an Advisor
[[Cartel Aristocrat]]
Cartel Aristocrat - (G) (SF) (txt)
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Well technically speaking knights were often nobles. Being knighted turned you into a low ranking noble or children who had no hope of inheriting the house turned to being knights to get their own bit of land.
Mana cost: aristocrat
Collector number: Ar / stocrat
His hair: aristocrat
His gear: aristocrat
His jewelry: aristocrat
His footstance: aristocrat
The way that he talks: aristocrat
The way that he doesn't even like to smile: aristocrat
Me? I'M TIGHT AS FUCK
“Wow, that’s an interesting act you have there. What do you call yourselves?”
Bartolomé: …..
Free sac outlet? In standard?!?!? Well I never.
And a new Pauper Commander! I do love me some aristocrat style decks.
It's a new commander that can partner Lurrus too, and very good for that use case.
I just finished my Jirina/Lurrus deck too. I might have to consider a commander swap if it doesn't play like I expect
Took me awhile to realize you meant the MAT Jirina haha
There's so many legends with multiple cards that I forget to specify sometimes
Honestly, seems pretty meh for a pauper commander. We already have a good number of commons that do that. Would rather use [[Cartel Aristocrat]], [[Ravenous Squirrel]], [[Yahenni]], or [[Juri]] as the commander.
Fair, I’m still getting into Pauper Commander myself so I don’t know all the best options.
With all the tokens recently, sacrificing artifacts has definitely gotten more valuable. I just think you can get more value, or protection will be more consistently useful (since you can always just strap on equipment or auras, like [[Bonesplitter]], [[All that Glitters]], and [[Greatsword of Tyr]] to pump the commander up.)
While pumping this commander is obviously a line to take, honestly with aristocrats I'm just trying to build an engine and sit in my corner pinging everyone. That's why I love [[Slimefoot the Stowaway]]. Having a reliable FREE sac outlet always at hand in the command zone is very nice. I'm honestly having a hard time finding any other commander with a free, no tap sacrifice outlet, I know Nemata Grove Guardian can do it but only for saprolings, and Atogatog can do it for atogs, but I think that's all I'm seeing. Oh wait I'm seeing Vishkal, Slobad and a couple others that can do it. Still, pretty darn useful.
Slimefoot the Stowaway - (G) (SF) (txt)
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Bonesplitter - (G) (SF) (txt)
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They reprinted Yahenni at uncommon? Yeah, they're a much better commander. Except for the access to white this gives, I guess.
The fact that this can hit artifacts makes me a bit wary. There's stuff you can do with that...
White IS pretty damn good for voltron in PDH. [[Shelter]] and [[Emerge Unscathed]] are absolutely top tier, since they can be evasion or protection
Being able to sacrifice artifacts AND creatures without a once per turn clause or a sorcery speed clause is spicy.
Last time it was at 3 mana too.
That’s kinda huge. If there’s a deck for it, I can see this thing getting terrifyingly large fast. The only issue is that it doesn’t play well in multiples.
Which makes it perfect for commander.
You already wouldn't want to have more than one of these on the battlefield at once given that only one of them can sacrifice the creatures. It would probably be better in most cases to just hold up the second in case of a board wipe.
I made a deck that doesn't function well and needs a free sac outlet. I plan to try to use this. I'm looking forward to shenanigans.
Free sac outlet with permanent self buff. At uncommon. This card is sweet for cubes. Also sacs creatures or artifacts for more synergy and value.
It's replacing [[Aron, Benalia's ruin]] in my peasant cube, for sure. Fits really well in numerous archetypes.
Aron, Benalia's ruin - (G) (SF) (txt)
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at uncommon too. Sweet.
Oh baby
And not restricted to sorcery speed either
But you can only play him if you pronounce his name correctly.
On the stream they said they’re going to be doing more manaless sacrifice which is both exciting and scary. At the very least this has a real chance to be good in standard.
Very scary considering how little counterplay there is to sacrifice haha
The counterplay is to remove the sac outlet or the value cards it's enabling, or to attack their means of recursion. Sacrifice decks are actually quite vulnerable to running out of resources when you do.
I know, it's just annoying that there's basically nothing you can do to respond to the act of sacrificing itself due to the way the game rules work.
Definitely frustrating if the opponent is already set-up and ready for you.
Yea, I've always wondered if a "once per stack" clause would work, like you can use this infinite times, at instant speed, but two instances of this trigger can't be on the stack at the same time.
PT Gatecrash wasn't that long ago, did they learn nothing from how well Aristocrats did?
that was 10 years ago.
… Fuck
Wizards has clearly upped the power level of standard and they know these style of cards are very powerful. They just want to take the chance because it is an exciting line of text and this is a space they are comfortable in.
Given what we saw from him in the story, he's a reference to Bartolomé de las Casas. A jesuit agent sent by Queen Isabel to check on how things were going in the New World given Isabel's distrust of Columbus.
He ended up exposing Columbus's mistreatment of the natives and was the promoter of laws that protected them.
So he gets more zealous and driven the more exploitation he sees - absolute flavor home run for the "good" side of WB.
What a legend
Also, "Presidios" is the name given to certain Spanish colonial outposts, mainly those founded at the northern limits of the Nueva España viceroyalty.
This dude eats maps
And gets the same benefit as if he read it. Such a madman.
And blood. And food. Both of which make sense. And treasures, which really doesn't.
My bro can eat Blightsteel Colossus, and you are worried about the treasures?
Fair. I see your Blightsteel Colossus and raise you a Darksteel Reactor.
Clues too!
Bro absorbs the knowledge
Straight up looks like art from Blasphemous, I love it
Dude, dark Catholic fantasy has so much room for wonderfully disgusting art. I love the vibes from the Blasphemous games.
I hope we eventually get a Plane that capitalizes on this aesthetic, I don't know what kind of setting that would be apart from a hypothetical 3rd Ixalan set that shows us Torrezon, the Dusk Legion's home country
Innistrad, maybe?
Innistrad is less catholic and much more central European protestantism, it has some of the aesthetic but nowhere near the extent Ixalan has
Oh that is SO much better than what we got during March of the Machine
Daaaaaaaaamn that looks awesome
holy hell that's incredible, can't wait to see more cards in this look
HMMMM YES GIVE MORE SPANISH NAMED VAMPS; FUCK INNISTRAD, GIVE ME TORREZON!
I also was not expecting to be horny for vampire conquistadores.
Dusk rose intensifies
Instant and free sac outlet, in this "activate only as a sorcery and only once each turn" economy?
This effect doesn't really make sense, given his personality and motives in the story, but that's okay
New [[Lurrus]] commander just dropped
I've been running [[Elas il-Kor]] as a blood artist in the command zone, rather than a sac outlet, but I might need to review that... Though this card is going in the 101, no question.
Elas il-Kor - (G) (SF) (txt)
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Presidio basically means prison btw.
I just wanna point out for Commander... [[Blade of the Bloodchief]] : Eat a dude, get three counters.
This dude fucks. Cannot believe this exists.
Actual would probably be a good Voltron commander
That’s what I was saying to a friend. Sometimes it’s fun to take a commander to a less obvious path and use aristocrats as a sub theme.
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How has no one mentioned blood tokens for this guy yet? Standard still has tons of blood makers and it’s super on theme for a vampire.
That's where my mind went too
Sweet mother of sac! Love free sac outlets!
"In death, I shall become more powerful than you shall ever know."
-Bartolome, to Vito, probably
What the hell? This is big in standard, historic and pioneer. Will definitely see play in the right deck.
They put (better) [[Cruel Celebrant]] in the CZ with [[Elas Il-Kor]] and now they're putting [[Carrion Feeder]] in the CZ with this? I'm living my dream, friends.
Cruel Celebrant - (G) (SF) (txt)
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Carrion Feeder - (G) (SF) (txt)
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Oh gosh, this guy is gonna be a big deal...no conditions on his sac at all? No once a turn, no tap, no sorcery speed, just grinding tokens right into his mouth.
It’s important to note that he can’t sacrifice himself because that does matter for exile effects
[[ratadrabik]] ring tempt combo card with the Nazgûl. Free sac outlet that is protected by the rat
ratadrabik - (G) (SF) (txt)
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I'm gonna have to work on my Spanish accent when I play with this deck
Unironically the most exciting card revealed in the stream.
My dark lord Edgar is very pleased.
Hopefully this means WB is the sac archetype not Rakdos
ORZHOV ARISTOS GANG RISE UP.
Carrioñ feeder
This and new Vito! Orzhov Artistocrats is back on the menu, boys!
This is going right into my Elenda deck
Ooh, a better and legendary [[Carrion Feeder]]!
(For twice the mana.)
Sacrificing artifacts is worth the extra
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Are legendary signposts just the thing we're doing now?
I think they have been doing them for a little while now
Third set in a row, although I guess Gandalf's Sanction was more of a signpost than Bilbo
Damn free sac outlet is dope. No restriction on number of times per turn. And you can use random food/treasure fodder.
no once per turn restriction? that’s sick
Salvates in [[Ratadrabik]]
Ratadrabik - (G) (SF) (txt)
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Yes! Legendary sac outlet to go with Elas il kor as the legendary pinger!
[[Felisa, Fang of Silverquill]] new best friend.
Poly BFFs with [[Elenda, the Dusk Rose ]]
Elenda, the Dusk Rose - (G) (SF) (txt)
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Felisa, Fang of Silverquill - (G) (SF) (txt)
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Mi hijo también se llama Bort
My brain parsed this as a Spanish language card so I came here for the translation in the comments.
Fucking FINALLY we get a 2-mana orzhov knight commander.
Love not seeing "once per turn", hate that I see another 2drop sac outlet for WB.
A spanish name on an english card featured in this set while WotC has shows little to no support for the LatAm community feels kind of... sad
Ok this will be like. A big deal right?? A gree sac outlet on orzhov colors for only 2 mana in the commandzone? This will be like, Sythis level, right? This will make so many combos suuuper consistent
Maybe, but I think you'd still be better off with [[Elas Il-Kor]] as an aristocrats commander. Better to have a payoff in the CZ than an outlet. Right?
Elas Il-Kor - (G) (SF) (txt)
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It entirely depends which piece is more redundant or better at facilitating synergies that draw through your deck.
Idk, Elas can combo with things that don’t really involve having a sac out let at all. Only needs [[Leonin Relic Warder]] and [[Animate Dead]] with Elas for example, and there are loads of others. Add to that a lot of Aristocrats combos require a mana creating sac outlet like Ashnods, meaning certain common combos of the archetype don’t work with Bartolome.
Leonin Relic Warder - (G) (SF) (txt)
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A free sac outlet is too good.
Someone in the next three years of standard will break the game in some way using this card.
Bartolomé del Presidio
Bartolomé del Mission
Bartolomé del Castro
Bartolomé del Richmond
Bartolomé del Sunset
Now that’s what I’m talking about
Free instant speed creature/artifact sac outlet on a 2 cmc commander? Interesting.
Good for my peasant cube
Hey, North 100, does this go in Aristocrats?
[[Ratadrabik of Urborg]] loves free sac outlets 😍
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Mega nantuko husk
Ah ha! Another commander than can run lurrus as companion!
Looking at his colors, his name, his creature type and the mechanic, I can say I've never saw a card so aristocrat like him.
This will replace viscera seer in my hobbit deck
Oh boy. A sac outlet in Commander is always going to end up being a thing.
Yes yes yes!! Mardu Vampires with Voldaren Thrillseeker
Carrion feeder in 2 colors and standard!? Oh my God.
All I'm going to say is thank fuck this isn't Rakdos or mono black. But why do Angels, Vampires, Elves and Merfolk get all the cool abilities?
Return to Return to Return to Kamigawa is gonna be hard to play with the Japanese language mixed with English cards.
If it only had the modular mechanic.
Aye but you can turn him into an artifact with Liquimetal Coating and then sac something that has Modular! Using him!
Free sac outlet for 2 mana in the command zone? Bet
I had been wanting a good 2 legendary sac outlet for ratadrabik
Lurrus <3
I’m new to MTG so I have a question: it says “sacrifice another creature or artifact”… does this mean I can target any other player’s creatures? Also can I sacrifice more than one and then add more than one +1/+1?
In magic unless the card explicitly says you may sacrifice another player's permanents, be it creatures, artifacts, etc.. you can't sac them.
Whenever a card says "sacrifice X" it always is referring to things you control. Also you can sacrifice more than one thing with this guy, and you will get multiple +1/+1 counters equal to the number of things you sacrificed.
The act of sacrificing can only be done to permanents you control.
You can activate his ability as many times as you have legal sacrifice targets for by holding priority after each activation, but these act as independent triggers and will resolve 1 at a time.
Vampire Knight? I love that show!
Fuck yeah. I love this card. Seems super fun. And it's uncommon!
Why is it still so weird to me that legendaries can be uncommon?
A free 2 mana sac outlet? My Lurrus aristocrats deck is beaming rn.
Because [[Agatha's Soul Cauldron]] didn't hold priority enough already.
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Cool, another dude for my yoshimaru/miara/lurrus
oh, free outlet. and cheap cmc as well. ok.
All I can see is my boy [[Atog]] gone legendary
Name: Aristocrat
Job: Aristocrat
Function in deck: Aristocrat
Deck theme: Aristocrat