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Bazaar. The lost decktype. T1
players these days dont know what they are missing, What are they
missing? They are missing the ORIGINAL Mono-Black reanimator, Yep, The
very first one, And the best one by far.
Bazaar reanimates with the combo Song of the Damned / Living Death. With
Bazaar of Baghad to lose creatures into the graveyard, Then song of the
damned to generate the mana to play living death. This can be done turn
3, making the win on turn 4 or 5.
But usually, Bazaar isnt going to win turn 3, It can easily, but somes
it just cant and wont. This is where the disruption category comes into
play, While waiting to topdeck a Bazaar or to combo, Keep your opponent
busy! it is important that your opponent doesnt get advantage over you,
or something will be removed. Duress him and remove any counters first
priority, combo pieces second priority.
Getting a hand with Bazaar, Duress, Hymn to Tourach, Phyrexian Negator,
Dark Ritual, Swamp, Juzam Djinn makes for a tough decision for a new
player, The decision is, First turn bazaar, Or first turn
Swamp,Ritual,Duress,Hymn. The choice is quite simple for someone that
plays pox or void, Go with the first turn Disruption, Trust me, It will
gain you almost complete control over the tabletop for a few turns, This
gives you plenty of time to establish the combo, and by the time your
opponent can play something that helps him, the games over.
When playing the deck, Remember that hardcasting creatures should NOT be
a option untill turn 5, Once turn 5 hits, Or you are struck under 10
life, Its time to forget bazaar and start hardcasting, Hardcast shades
or djinn, keep negators unless its a emergency. Hardcasting is the last
attempt of a desperate man, You probably arent going to win if you start
hardcasting, Thats the biggest mistake of a newbie to Bazaar, Dont do
it!.
Once you've comboed, Youll have 5 or more creatures on the field, and
your opponent will have none, giving that he didnt lose any creatures
already. This deck doesnt pack creature removal for that reason, it
doesnt need it. With 5 of more creatures on field, 8 in the deck are
5/5s, You can likely get in for the win next turn or the turn after.
Here is the long awaited bazaar decklist, enjoy it, Modify it, And learn
it! Remember that, If your on a budget, Power9 need not be played, Not
that bazaar isnt a 35 dollar card in the first place. Point being: The
deck is expensive, Juzam Djinns can run for 200 each, But with all the
fun ive had with the deck, its certainly worth the cash.
//Manabase
1 Sol Ring
1 Black Lotus
1 Mox Jet
1 Mox Ruby
1 Strip Mine
5 Swamp
4 Polluted Delta
4 Dark Ritual
//Disruption
4 Sinkhole
4 Hymn to Tourach
4 Duress
//Creatures
4 Juzam Djinn
4 Phyrexian Negator
4 Nantuko Shade
4 Hypnotic Specter
//Combo
4 Bazaar of Baghdad
4 Songs of the Damned
4 Living Death
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Bazaar Madness mini-primer
Madness was a type two deck created when Torment came out.
The madness mechanic basically turns "card disadvantage" into
"card advantage" by doing either of the following:
1.) gaining cards instead of discarding them
2.) gaining creatures instead of losing them
3.) playing cheaper spells instead of paying their full cost.
They are achieved by using the best madness cards available-
Basking Rootwalla, Fiery Temper, Violent Eruption.
And a few very good cards with "flashback"- a mechanic first
introduced in Oddesey
Roar of the Wurm, Deep Analysis,
Last, but not least, Judgement incarnations, which give your creatures
haste and flying when they go to the graveyard.
Anger, Wonder
For reference:
//NAME: Bazaar Madness, UGR Oath
// Mana (20)
4 Wooded Foothills
3 Tropical Island
3 Volcanic Island
3 Taiga
1 Forest
R Mox Sapphire
R Mox Ruby
R Mox Emerald
R Lotus Petal
R Sol Ring
R Black Lotus
// Outlets (12)
4 Wild Mongrel
4 Bazaar of Baghdad
R Lion's Eye Diamond
R Wheel of Fortune
R Frantic Search
R Windfall
// Inlets (24)
4 Basking Rootwalla
4 Arrogant Wurm
4 Fiery Temper
3 Roar of the Wurm
3 Wonder
3 Anger
3 Violent Eruption
// Tricks (5)
3 Oath of Scholars
1 Time Walk
1 Ancestral Recall
This deck plays like a traditional aggro deck, but with a small twist.
Instead of casting first turn weenies in the hopes of drawing first
blood and finishing before your opponent has a chance to set up, this
deck plays fatties but finishes just as fast as the traditional aggro
decks sligh and stompy.
The mana base is pretty obvious. You'll be playing with red/gree/blue
spells, use appropriate dual lands and fetch lands.
With the restriction of Lion’s Eye Diamond, there are now only even
fewer ways to discard using this deck, all of the “outlet” cards- or
cards which enable you to discard are irreplaceable.
At this point, one might ask- is it possible to build a budget version
of this deck? or- “I can’t afford Bazaar of Baghdad” or “I only
have X Bazaar of Baghdad”, what other cards can I use to compensate
for it?
Although I would really oppose any means to replace Bazaar of Baghdad
with any other ways to fill your graveyard, the following can be used in
its place, just don’t expect to win that often with it.
1.) Aquamoeba
The best thing to use in the absence of one of the components. It’s a
two drop, much like Wild Mongrel, and needs no mana to activate aside
from the initial casting cost.
2.) Careful Study
This card is a one time use Bazaar of Baghdad, you lose 3 cards (-1
Careful Study, -2 cards discarded) and you gain 2 cards to replace it.
3.) Compulsion
This might seem like an okay card at first, but the casting cost AND
activation cost just makes it too slow to be of any use in any aggro
decks such as Bazaar Madness. Additionally, you only get to cycle one
card a turn, and for a hefty cost of 1U.
Don't be fooled, the deck is extremely fast, Wonder and Anger also makes
all gives all your fatties flying and haste.
Time walk, Ancestral recall, are there due to their general brokenness,
and Oath of Scholars is just superb in a deck wherein you want to dump
as many cards in your hand into your graveyard.
The trick involving the use of lion's eye diamond, is activating it in
response to your spell- (before you pass priority) to get the mana and
reduce the number of spells you have to discard-
Fiery Temper and Violent Eruption are there to make sure you don't die
first to other aggro decks, and they can always be thrown to your
opponent if you're playing against control, side them out against combo
Frantic search is great in this deck as it's a "free"-
Arrogant Wurm and draw 2 cards, and Wheel of Fortune and Windfall are
in, because of they general unbalancing effect- especially when played
in this deck- and in conjunction with Lion’s Eye Diamond.
With T1 gaining ground and more and more people starting to play the
format, I’m getting more and more emails on how to build budget
versions of decks, it’s still viable, but just don’t expect too much
from it J
Budget Version, no power, no moxen, no individual cards over $30
//NAME: Bazaar Madness, UGR Oath
// Mana (21)
4 Wooded Foothills
4 Tropical Island
4 Volcanic Island
4 Taiga
3 Forest
R Sol Ring
R Lotus Petal
// Outlets (15)
4 Wild Mongrel
4 Aquamoeba
4 Careful Study
R Lion's Eye Diamond
R Wheel of Fortune
R Frantic Search
// Inlets (24)
4 Basking Rootwalla
4 Arrogant Wurm
4 Fiery Temper
4 Roar of the Wurm
4 Violent Eruption
3 Wonder
3 Anger
Oath of Scholars was cut, as without fast mana like moxen and lotus,
there’s just no way of putting it out fast enough for it to be
effective. If you’re metagame is slow, it might still be viable to use
them, but use two at most.
Windfall was cut because you will not be able to empty your hand fast
enough (while leaving your opponent’s hand full of cards) to enable it
to be effective.
What are the appropriate sideboard cards?
Artifact Mutation, Rack and Ruin
Takes care of artifact based decks, Artifact Mutation is especially
brutal against Stax as it removes a threat, and gives you tokens to tap
or sacrifice.
Tormod’s Crypt, Pyrostatic Pillar, Blue Elemental Blast
Used against Dragon.dec. Tormod’s Crypt has the added advantage of
taking slowing other decks like Hulk Smash, and Welder. Blue Elemental
Blast may be favored in Sligh infested metas, although sligh shouldn’t
really be a very big problem since you’ll have burn for his creatures,
and bigger creatures for his burn.
Gilded Drake
This is used against a metagame where there are a lot of fatties. Takes
care of Benzo, and is brutal in the mirror.
Red Elemental Blast
The pesky red instant takes care of blue mages, one of the best
counterspells available.
Null Rod
This takes care of your opponent’s moxen, and also takes care of
Scepter.dec, Scepter OSE, or Scepter Keeper, you’ll still have to get
it into play to be effective, but it slows the opposing deck down, and
gives them another “must counter/must remove” artifact |
