If there’s one thing to know about the Sultai clan, it’s that they really like using the graveyard. That’s also the case with the Sultai Arisen precon, which we’ll explore in this article.
First, we’ll examine the deck’s theme, then check the decklist and spoilers. One neat thing about this deck is that both main and secondary commander work with the similarly, so you can swap them as you want without needing to change the rest of the deck.
Let’s get to it, shall we?
Fill the ‘Yard, Bring Stuff Back
As with every graveyard deck, the first step will be to somehow put card into your graveyard. The most common way to do so is with self-mill (putting cards from your deck directly into the graveyard), so you can expect many such effects in the precon.
The other step is to get some value from cards in your graveyard (or by them entering or leaving the grave). How will the deck do so?
Well, there’s a line on the deck box that says “return with zombie druids.” At first players thought there might be some tribal synergies with Zombies or Druids. However, based on the two commanders, that isn’t the case. What that line referred to was the fact that you’ll be able to create Zombie Druid tokens.
Nor will the deck play out like some kind of a reanimator deck. Instead, it’s more of a grindy midrange deck that slowly generates value from the graveyard over the course of a long game. If you like that sort of game play, Sultai Arisen will probably end up being a solid option.
Sultai Arisen Decklist
If you can’t see some of the cards, that means that they are the new cards, which haven’t been added to the database yet. You can find them in the next section.
Sultai Arisen Spoilers
Here are all 10 new cards that appear for the first time in this deck.
Kotis isn’t the most broken commander, but it still has a lot of stuff going for it. First, it costs just three mana. Second, the art is amazing. Just look at the two spare hands on Kotis’ belt.
Third, casting creatures from graveyard is a nice form of card advantage, although there’s no cost reduction attached to it. Finally, the second ability is a nice upside when played fairly, but you can actually abuse it. How? With the good old combo of Gravecrawler and Phyrexian Altar. Kotis is a Zombie, which means that you only need these three cards to make Kotis as large as you want.
The other commander is pretty similar, as it gives you a couple of benefits from your graveyard. When Teval attacks, it provides both some ramp as self-mill value.
The second ability is a bit broader than Kotis’. You can quickly grow a large army of Zombie Druid tokens with the right setup. On top of that, all of this is on a 4/4 flyer for four, which are some proper stats.
Conclusion
That’s it for our Sultai Arisen precon overview. Feel free to let us and our readers know what you think about the deck in the comments below. If you like the deck, you can buy it on Amazon, in order to lock in that preorder price.
You can also learn more about the other Tarkir Dragonstorm Commander precons here.
Until next time, have fun, and may your opponents never draw their Bojuka Bog.