Competitive STD:
Big, Mean and ... Did I Mention They Have Tentacles?

You have a field. It is dusk and it's raining. There's a storm preparing. On one side, on the good side, you have an army. An army of defenders, a line of walls and a retinue of archers, all shaking in fear. On the other side, you have an army of millions, behind standing a retinue of few. A retinue of giant, horrifying, rainbowish creatures, with tentacles smashing all over the place; concealing all earth's light.
Now, which side will you choose? Sure, if your noble, yet stupid, you will go for the good guys; the defenders and resist the horrible future that awaits you. But if your even remotely smart, if your even a little evil, you will, you WILL choose the rainbowish horror's side, as you know they will win.
Eldrazi will win!

This deck beats any other deck. Literally. "Whatever the Eldrazi's purpose is, it has nothing to do with something so insignificant as us." —Nirthu, lone missionary The deck I'm gonna show you, is actually so good, that with no problem whatsoever beats any deck, without breaking a sweat. This deck, to my knowledge, is rather new, as I couldn't find any big discussions over i,t in any MTG dedicated site like MTG Salvation. I only saw someone playing very similar deck in last week's STD Daily Event and I remade it to my likings. This deck, my friends, is freaking powerful and I can't believe almost no one plays it. It functions on getting Kozilek, Butcher of Truth and Ulamog, the Infinite Gyre in play around turn 5-10 (6-7 being the usual case if not sooner). The deck function so incredible fast (11 mana creature on turn 5?) and it doesn't even use Polymorph. I had no problems against any opponent so far except fast aggro decks, mostly RDW. Our best match is to control as it simply falls to you and even decks like Jund and Bant eventually give up. Oh, yes, oh yes! I swear I'm not lying. I still can't rarely anyone plays this deck and I simply suggest you buy the cards as soon as possible, before they raise in price (unfortunately these two eldrazi are already around 4-10$, but still). Above all, I think this deck will see more play soon or already is and I just don't know. I now officially consider this a T1 STD deck! "The emergence of the Eldrazi isn't necessarily a bad thing, as long as you've already lived a fulfilling and complete life without regrets." —Javad Nasrin, Ondu relic hunter

Ladies and gentle, and here, is the deck!

Big, Mean and ... Did I Mention They Have Tentacles?

Eldrazi Aggro/Control - This deck actually wins ... a lot!

Creatures 3 Kozilek, Butcher of Truth 1 Ulamog, the Infinite Gyre 4 Oracle of Mul Daya 4 Wall of Omens 1 Pelakka Wurm 1 Mold Shambler 14 cards Other Spells 3 All Is Dust 4 Everflowing Chalice 4 Explore 2 Gideon Jura 4 Growth Spasm 18 cards

Lands 4 Eldrazi Temple 2 Eye of Ugin 6 Forest 4 Graypelt Refuge 6 Plains 4 Stirring Wildwood 2 Tectonic Edge 28 cards Sideboard 2 Day of Judgment 1 Emrakul, the Aeons Torn 3 Kor Firewalker 1 Mold Shambler 2 Naturalize 2 Pelakka Wurm 3 Summoning Trap 1 Terastodon 15 cards

The deck is so straight forward that any MTG beginner could figure out how to play it. You simply defend yourself with cards like Wall of Omens, Gideon Jura and Oracle of Mul Daya, until you get enough mana with help from Oracle, Growth Spasm, Explore and Everflowing Chalice. You usually cast DoJ or All Is Dust before and then summon one of the Eldrazis. As hard and stupid to as this might sound, it actually works with the help of Eldrazi Temples and Eye of Ugin, so you usually have an Eldrazi out by turn 5-10 (usually being a lot sooner). The beauty in this deck is, that even when he does kill your Eldrazi right after with Path to Exile or something like that, you still drawn 4 cards with Kozilek, which simply gives you too much of an advantage.



After sideboard, it could get more trickier since all decks try to SB in as much removal as possible. But you usually even that out. Against RDW, you put in more Pelakka Wurm for lives and Kor Firewalkers for protection. Against all creature-heavy decks. like Jund and Bant, you put in 3x Day of Judgment, meaning you'll have 7 board removal (counting All Is Dust), and as this deck has tons of mana, you will not have any problems casting them to wipe their smiley faces. And against control, I so far think it's the easiest matchup. You both build up, while he builds slowly, you build slowly (but really fast to them, usually have 6 lands in play on turn 3, or 10 mana to cast an Eldrazi on turn 5.) If he tries to counter anything, you have Summoning Trap at your disposal, which usually brings in an Eldrazi in play (turn 2-4 anyone?). And above all, you have cards like Mold Shambler and Terastodon which simply screws up their whole mana in turn 3-5. And Emrakul, the Aeons Torn is there against control decks, simply because they play so slowly that you can easily play him or just put him in play with Summoning Trap. Did I mention you can hardcast Summoning Trap in turn 4+? Even tho you don't get Eldrazi's "come into play" ability, it's still a huge creature with Annihilate to deal with.

This deck below, is another version. Pretty much the same thing, it just uses Kozilek's Predator instead of Oracle of Mul Daya, Garruk Wildspeaker and another Ulamog, the Infinite Gyre, since it does help a lot. The difference really is just about how you want to play the deck and about your META (though, if you play MTGO it's the same as mine lol). While Kozilek's Predator is better against any deck that doesn't use that much board removals, and where you also need more blockers, while Oracle of Mul Daya, being a single creature, is usually burned a lot sooner then tokens and you don't really want to block with her that many times. Garruk Wildspeaker gives you a lot more mana and is in general better then Gideon Jura, but he has a lot more troubles protecting you with his 3/3 beasts. Another Ulamog is there, ... well cause it's there. Can't think of an reason lol. Change it back for Pelakka Wurm if you want.

Big, Mean and ... Did I Mention They Have Tentacles?

Eldrazi Aggro/Control - V.2

Creatures 3 Kozilek, Butcher of Truth 2 Ulamog, the Infinite Gyre 4 Kozilek's Predator 4 Wall of Omens 14 cards Other Spells 3 All Is Dust 4 Everflowing Chalice 4 Explore 3 Garruk Wildspeaker 4 Growth Spasm 18 cards

Lands 4 Eldrazi Temple 2 Eye of Ugin 6 Forest 4 Graypelt Refuge 6 Plains 4 Stirring Wildwood 2 Tectonic Edge 28 cards Sideboard 2 Day of Judgment 1 Emrakul, the Aeons Torn 3 Kor Firewalker 1 Mold Shambler 2 Naturalize 2 Pelakka Wurm 3 Summoning Trap 1 Terastodon 15 cards

As I already sad, pretty much the same game play and everything, but instead of playing Oracle you play predator. It's hard to really decide what is better, since sometimes Oracle sucks, as you don't get any lands and then 2 mana from tokens is much better, while sometimes you get thousands
of lands just with Oracle. One thing to consider would be adding Gideon Jura back with the Garruk, which would tune the deck even more.

Jund - Against Jund, this deck does fine. In early turns you get beat to 5-15 hp, depending on how much you blocked with Walls and eldrazi tokens and how much DoJ's you cast, and how much removal he had early turn. Then once you get Eldrazi out (or Pelakka Wurm after SB, which gives you life), it's pretty much over for them, especeally if you have something like All Is Dust in your hands. Only problem is, if you can't sweep them and your low on lives and they Terminate in their hands (or that really annoying Consuming Vapors).
Bant - Against Bant you also do great. If they aren't super lucky to pull of some sick early turn combo, you pretty much won, again clearing the board with DoJ's and All Is Dust.
Polymorph - This matchup is usually very close, but polymorph tends to lose. They usually either counter you something and you get Summoning Trap, or they are simply mana screwed because of your Tectonic Edge or Terastodon. But it's usually 50% - 50%.
Control and Planeswalkers/Mythic - As I sad, they are kinda the easiest match. They are so slow, that you get your eldrazi up so fast they can't do anything about it. Again, you screw their mana happily and apply Summoning Trap to their silly counters.
RDW or any other fast aggro deck - This is the hardest of them all. They are so freaking fast that they get you to -10 life before you get your Eldrazi to field and even after they simply unearth their flyers or burn you to dead. The only answer is after SB, with early turn Kor Firewalkers and Pelakka Wurms. I was also thinking of adding Lone Missionary as those 4 lives really tend to save you a lot of times, but I don't know what to put out for them. Anyone got any ideas?
WW, Allies - Pretty much very easy matchup, if you can get out DoJ or All Is Dust.
Vampires - Again, you need board removal and lifegain (here would Lone Missionary be good again, I think).
Time Sieve, Tezzeret - Sideboard against and your fine, but you usually win first game anyways.
And any other decks are pretty easy matchups. If not the first game, then post SB.

Deck overall doesn't have any problems. It's very fun to play and it has Jund's winning  chance at least. It won me several 2-man STD queues at least and one 6-man, but it could use a lot of approval. There's a thread about this type of deck in MTGsalvation forums and the deck is evolving daily. There are many versions, like W/G, W/B, W/U, W, B/G and even one W/B/G. Here are some most noticeable changes that could be made to the W/G version of this deck:

Gideon Jura and Garruk Wildspeaker - I only kept him in cause he is a game saver. There were a lot of times when I needed just one more turn to cast All Is Dust or anything else and I played Gideon's first ability to stall. He is also useful for killing any creatures (like Baneslayer xD) and can also dish some damage. I was thinking of replacing him with Garruk Wildspeaker, as he would help the deck even more with his ramping ability and can also protect with his bears. If not, I'm also looking for a spot to add Garruk, since I think he could really help.

Pelakka Wurm and Terastodon - They are both very great cards and I would like to have at least one copy of each. I originally do use one Pelakka Wurm main deck, as he can be called little easier then Eldrazis and his 7 life is invaluable in many games. While Terastodon owns against controls, he isn't that good against aggro decks like RDW, since giving them three 3/3 creatures doesn't really help you at all, even if they lose few lands. So I would still say that Pelakka 1x main deck and sideboard in more against damage heavy matchups, while Terastodon stays in SB against control. I do tho, wish to find place for 1 or 2 more, as believe me, they just concede when you play him on turn 5. So any help here would be appreciated.

Color Change:
One thing to consider would be changing the decks color. Right know it uses white purely for Wall of Omens and Gideon Jura. Plus Stirring Wildwood comes very handy when defending as well. If we would change the colors, let's say to pure green, you would exchange Gideon Jura for Garruk Wildspeaker and Wall of Omens for Overgrown Battlement. That would make the whole deck much more faster as you would have much more mana, which could work better (I yet have to test this), but at the cost of less defense and card draw, which probably isn't that big of a deal. Or is it? This opens a lot of ways to grow this deck. Green/Blue would add better control and therefore protection until you play Eldrazi. Red would add removals and some nice eldrazi token spells, while black would also support you with cards like Consuming Vapors and other removals. Also, off topic, why does All Is Dust says "sacrifice" and not "destroy"? It could mean a lot, yet it wasn't discovered. First thing that came to my mind was Mortician Beetle, but he would also die, so no lucky there. Any other ideas?



Budget:
If you want to make this deck /W/G) budget, but still competitive, take out Stirring Wildwood and replace it with cheaper lands. You could take out Temples and Eye of Ugin, but that would make the deck absolutely terrible. Then by taking out All Is Dust, you spare like 50$, which you could replace with more Day of Judgment or other removals. Removing Gideon Jura and replacing him with Garruk Wildspeaker if you have him, or basically any other cards that ramp or protect. The the last thing, which I really don't suggest doing is replacing Eldrazi with cheaper ones. But that would ruin everything, as those two are the cheapest for the ultimate power. Only best option there really is, is that you replace Kozilek with more Ulamogs. If you do all that, the deck should really cost around 10$, but will also lose 70% of the time (against competitive decks of course).

Mono White:

This is another version of this deck, that some people might prefer over the W/G. It's life gain is a lot faster, which helps you beat RDW and Jund easier, but has more trouble getting out Eldrazi for the win. Here's the decklist:

Big, Mean and ... Did I Mention They Have Tentacles?

Eldrazi Aggro/Control - MonoWhite

Creatures 4 Wall of Omens 3 Pilgrim's Eye 1 Emrakul, the Aeons Torn 3 Kozilek, Butcher of Truth 1 Ulamog, the Infinite Gyre 12 cards Other Spells 4 Path to Exile 4 Everflowing Chalice 2 Expedition Map 2 Dreamstone Hedron 3 Day of Judgment 4 All Is Dust 4 Survival Cache 23 cards

Lands 1 Tectonic Edge 4 Eldrazi Temple 15 Plains 1 Eye of Ugin 4 Kabira Crossroads 25 cards Sideboard 4 Celestial Purge 4 Kor Firewalker 2 Kor Sanctifiers 2 World Queller 1 Invincible Hymn 2 Tectonic Edge 15 cards

There really isn't much to explain here. You just try to survive with 11 removals you have and lifegaining spell/land, until you can cast Eldrazi. One change that could be made to this deck would be adding Lone Missionary, if your meta is more RDW/Jund, and of course all other modifications, such as adding Iona.
I won't go in such "in-depth" discussion as with W/G version, but here are some Sideboard notes. Celestial Purge is there against Jund obviously. Kor Firewalker against RDW, Kor Sanctifiers against where needed (enchantment/artifact heavy decks, or even against mirror), World Queller is for killing Planeswalkers and backup plan against Jund. Tectonic Edge is against control decks and also Jund (to screw his mana). Invincible Hymn is just so freaking fun to play, and is useful against RDW and Jund, even just one.

Casual Version:

This is the first Eldrazi deck I ever made, after release events. I did use only cards that I had and cards that were cheap to buy (at least then), so it doesn't have super bad ass cards like Emrakul, Kozilek or Ulamog.

Big, Mean and ... Did I Mention They Have Tentacles?

Casual version of competitve deck.

Creatures 2 Artisan of Kozilek 3 Hand of Emrakul 2 Pathrazer of Ulamog 2 Ulamog's Crusher 4 Kozilek's Predator 4 Nest Invader 4 Emrakul's Hatcher 22 cards Other Spells 2 Dreamstone Hedron 3 Everflowing Chalice 4 Growth Spasm 4 Brood Birthing 14 cards

Lands 10 Forest 10 Mountain 4 Eldrazi Temple 2 Eye of Ugin 24 cards

If you would like to improve this deck, simply add more powerful Eldrazi like Kozilek, Butcher of Truth and Ulamog, the Infinite Gyre. I would suggest to put the rest out, except Hand of Emrakul which can be very easily played and don't bother playing Emrakul in this deck, unless you playing all 4 Temples and at least 2 eyes, or you'll never summon him.
But if you want even more "casual" and budget deck, remove Temples and Eye of Ugins and just replace them with additional basic lands.

Wrap Up:

Overall, as I already sad many times, I think this deck is just awesome and that for now is getting too little play as people yet didn't realize it's power. This few days that I've been playing it were so freaking fun for me. I've built a deck almost from scratch (didn't had All Is Dust, Gideon nor Eldrazis), yet I came out with my money repayed, as this deck, lads, win you tix!
Above all, I would really appreciate if someone could share their deck ideas, discoveries regarding this deck and really anything that could help evolve it to the next level.

Next time From Goblin's Dirtbook:

Totally not opposite from this deck. Big, giant and slimy, the amazing, regenerative and deffinitly very, very cute Hydras. Prepare to embrace this unbelivably fast and crazy, Big Furry Lizard casual deck! "Warning: cute creatures actually not included."

Until next time, and kids, don't forget, eat your vegetables, cause Eldrazi are watching. Really, they are.
~Klemzo i.e. Žan Klement
IGN: Klemzy