[Deck] Aluren

[Grymer]

some weeks ago i went 4-1-1 with the deck
and a week later my friend played it and when 4-1-1 aswell.. i think Aluren is pretty strong right now in the meta..

[Philipp2293]

Could you share the list as there are no recent lists/posts at all.

Thanks!

[Grymer]

Creatures [15]
1 Cavern Harpy
1 Eternal Witness
1 Parasitic Strix
2 Dream Stalker
2 Wall of Blossoms
4 Coiling Oracle
4 Imperial Recruiter

Instants [13]
2 Intuition
3 Repeal
4 Brainstorm
4 Force of Will

Sorceries [8]
4 Cabal Therapy
4 Gitaxian Probe



Enchantments [4]
4 Aluren

Lands [20]
1 Bayou
1 Swamp
1 Taiga
1 Underground Sea
2 Forest
2 Island
2 Polluted Delta
2 Tropical Island
4 Misty Rainforest
4 Verdant Catacombs

Sidebord
4 Natural Order
3 Thoughtseize
4 Go for the Throat
2 Firespout
1 Progenitus
1 Dryad Arbor

i havent made the list my self just found it at liked it so i tryed it out and it was pretty good in the meta :)

[Dravus Mallinard]

An Imperial Recruiter list is not feasible for me !!!

Any suggestion for a non-recruiter list ???

[Alexeezay]

Well, without Imperial Recruiter this deck can't be very competitive. With Recruiter you got more or less a 2-card combo while without it it's much harder to combo off

[igri_is_a_bk]

Well, without Imperial Recruiter this deck can't be very competitive. With Recruiter you got more or less a 2-card combo while without it it's much harder to combo off

[Alexeezay]

lol... the times have changed... decks like Aluren or Faerie Stompy aren't what they used to be.

[Grymer]

as i said some weeks ago i went 4-1-1 and my mate went the same result the week after... so why do you think aluren is dead?
i think its strong.. prob-cabal combo is awesome you just always know what your opponent have in there hand so you can play around stuff.. and just combo off when its safe...

[Alexeezay]

I don't think it's dead. I said it's good with Imperial Recruiter, but not that competitive without. Read better

[Grymer]

i did..

Faerie Stompy has been dead for like years now... so i think its a bad compared if you didnt ment that Aluren was dead..

[Alexeezay]

I just mentioned them together because they're pretty old Established decks that became less and less popular :)

[Fade]

i think Aluren is pretty strong right now in the meta..

I'm not sure if aluren is good right now. There is a lot of TES and ANT floating around which are just faster than Aluren. Also, more people are playing Krosan Grip due to RUG Delver adopting a Top/Balance sideboard which makes Aluren cold.

[UnsungHero]

prob-cabal combo is awesome you just always know what your opponent have in there hand so you can play around stuff.. and just combo off when its safe...

Couldn't that be said about any combo deck using Probe and Therapy though?

I love Aluren, but right now but there is so much faster combo in the format. And with Mav running Pridemage with GSZ, Sideboards running K.Grip for various strategies Aluren doesn't seem very strong. Which is sad, because I love me some Cavern Harpy loops.

[br14n^lol]

Budget Aluren [janky]

this decks janky but does well in my meta. chants janky MD but i like it more then force.

The sideboards a pure meta SB.

i also have to say, i love this deck so much and ive been playing it since 2004/vamp tutor days.

enchantment [4]
4x aluren

creatures [19]
4x cavern harpey
2x shrieking drake
1x manowar
4x raven familiar
1x auriok champion
1x parasytic stryx
4x coiling oracle
2x cloud of faeries

spells [19]
4x gitaxian probe
4x cabal therapy
3x orims chant
4x brainstorm
3x lim-duls vault
1x brainfreeze

19 lands - duels, fetchs, 4 gemstone mines, 4 city of brass.

SB
4x force of will
4x nihil spellbomb
3x chain of vapor
4x leyline of sanctity.

force of will - for belcher and fast combo and anything i want more protection for.
chain of vapor - against maverick and hatebears. good synergy as a semi cavern harpy
nihil spellbomb - dredge reanimator
leyline of sancitity - storm, discard, etc. slows em down enough to give u time to win.

[swoop]

Your budget version is something along the lines I've played years ago, just remove strix and add maggot carrier. Also soul warden instead of auriok champ.

Check out and try lists from last 20-ish pages, most are along these lines. And throw out white.

I'm still waiting for Imperial Recruiter functional reprint. Those fucking bastards.

[Nonex]

The Warden + Carrier combo was used in Old Extended when Wall of Roots and Man-o'-War rotated out and thus the Spike Feeder loops became unviable. Having them back in Legacy makes the first combo useless. Parasitic Strix is the final nail in the coffin.

So you can go the Wall + Man-o'-War + Feeder if you feel like playing old school or simply Strix if you don't want to run all of the former pieces.

Also, drop Brain Freeze from your deck. It's complete garbage. There's no need for an alternate win condition, even less when it targets like the main one.

The mana base doesn't need playsets of rainbow lands, by the way. It needs basic lands, at least 7.

[dameus]

*sigh* so many mistakes keep getting repeated in this thread.

Stryx is best win con. No need for Brainfreeze or Auriok Champ/Soul Warden and don't add Maggot Carrier.

19 lands isn't enough. Recommend 22, or if you go lighter, have some mana producers like BoP or Wall of Roots. Also, rainbow lands aren't necessary but some basics are as nonex mentioned.

Drake and Faeries are suboptimal - remove.

Try adding some more disruption instead of Chants. I prefer IoK/Duress/Thoughtseize over Probe, but I seem to be in the minority. Nonetheless, you actually have room for both.

[theBloody]

Went 3:2 with recruiter-less aluren.

2:0 loam
2:0 budged storm
1:2 goblins
2:1 dredge
0:2 rug thrash

Decklist:

[18]
4 x Raven Familiar
3 x Cavern Harpy
3 x Wall of Blossoms
2 x Coiling Oracle
2 x Eternal Witness
2 x Parasitic Strix
1 x Man-o'-War
1 x Bone Shredder

[20]
4 x Aluren
4 x Brainstorm
4 x Cabal Therapy
3 x Intuition
3 x Force of Will
1 x Chain of Vapor
1 x Chord of Calling

[22]
4 x Misty Rainforest
4 x Verdant Catacombs
2 x Polluted Delta
3 x Forest
3 x Island
1 x Swamp
2 x Tropical Island
2 x Bayou
1 x Underground Sea

[SIDE]
4 x Faerie Macabre
4 x Blue Elemental Blast
3 x Pernicious Deed
3 x Wall of Roots
1 x Force of Will


Thoughts? This was my third tournament with Aluren and rug and other delver decks seem like biggest problem, other matchups looks at least 50:50. I didn't realize how to effective manage them. Probably Selkie + Therapy combo, but there is a "wasteland effect".

Deck is tuned to aggro meta. Also wall of roots help speed combo if necessary.

[kiblast]

Playing more than 1 Parasitic Strix is useless, as you never want to see it pre combo.

[theBloody]

You are right. But when you are low at life total, you want her. In example sometimes when i have intuition in hand and 1 witness (second in yard), 1 strix in deck, it is too risky go for familiars with 5+- life total.