Seven budget decks for Zendikar Rising Standard
These decks lists were sourced from Reddit and made by /u/CapybaraHematoma and provide a great start for new and experienced players looking to start fresh after rotation. A couple of notes from CapybaraHematoma before we start off:
- The optimal way to build your collection is to wait until you can craft an entire deck that you want to play, whether it's a Tier 1 tournament deck for grinding the ladder and constructed events or a janky minotaur combo deck.
- A "budget" mana-base for a multi-color deck is vastly inferior to a proper mana-base. If you're new to magic then you'll have to reconcile yourself with this: The lands are expensive because they are irreplaceable. This means that most the best budget decks are mono-colored.
- Rare and mythic WCs are the real barrier for building a constructed deck, these decks will be composed almost exclusively of commons and uncommon.
- The good midrange and control cards are usually at mythic and rare, so the best budget decks are slanted toward aggression
- Ugrade paths: There are none. I generally think that it's a bad idea to build a budget deck as a cheap version of a Tier 1-2 deck, a budget deck should be looking to optimize its own gameplan. I don't want anyone to try to spend WCs "upgrading" these decks. Spend your wildcards on a deck you want to build, whether it's a tournament deck or your own brew.
Budget ZNR Mono Black Lurrus
Main 60 cards (13 distinct)
| Instant, Sorcery, Enchantment, Artifact (20) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| $5.400.03 | |||
| $0.15€0.190.03 | |||
| $0.15€0.110.03 | |||
| $0.15€0.050.03 | |||
| $0.31€0.480.03 | |||
| $0.34€0.200.03 | |||
| $0.15€0.030.03 | |||
| Creature (20) | |||
| $0.26€0.150.03 | |||
| $0.25€0.260.03 | |||
| $0.23€0.180.03 | |||
| $0.200.03 | |||
| $0.15€0.070.03 | |||
| Land (20) | |||
|
20
Swamp
|
$0.73 | ||
Budget ZNR Red Deck Wins
Main 60 cards (11 distinct)
Lands - 22
Main 60 cards (11 distinct)
Lands - 22
Budget ZNR Mono Black Devotion
Main 60 cards (14 distinct)
Lands - 22
Main 60 cards (14 distinct)
Lands - 22
Main 60 cards (14 distinct)
| Instant, Sorcery, Enchantment, Artifact (14) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| $0.50 | |||
| $0.20€0.170.03 | |||
| $0.25€0.260.03 | |||
| $5.400.03 | |||
| $3.35€0.650.03 | |||
| $0.34€0.200.03 | |||
| Creature (24) | |||
| $0.20€0.120.03 | |||
| $0.230.03 | |||
| $0.75€0.860.03 | |||
| $0.24€0.140.03 | |||
| $0.15€0.070.03 | |||
| $0.15€0.030.03 | |||
| Land (22) | |||
|
20
Swamp
|
$0.73 | ||
| $0.75€0.410.03 | |||
Budget ZNR Mono Green Stompy
Main 60 cards (12 distinct)
Lands - 22
Main 60 cards (12 distinct)
Lands - 22
Main 60 cards (12 distinct)
| Creature (22) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| $0.25€0.130.03 | |||
| $0.19€0.050.03 | |||
| $0.15€0.030.03 | |||
| $0.20€0.080.03 | |||
| $0.20€0.050.03 | |||
| $0.25€0.200.03 | |||
| Instant, Sorcery, Enchantment, Artifact (16) | |||
| $0.98 | |||
| $0.25€0.190.03 | |||
| $0.25€0.180.03 | |||
| $0.20€0.050.03 | |||
| $0.460.03 | |||
| Land (22) | |||
|
22
Forest
|
$0.60 | ||
Budget ZNR Mono Green Counters
Main 60 cards (12 distinct)
Lands - 22
Main 60 cards (12 distinct)
Lands - 22
Main 60 cards (12 distinct)
| Creature (24) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| $0.15€0.030.03 | |||
| $0.25€0.130.03 | |||
| $0.16€0.060.03 | |||
| $0.25€0.140.03 | |||
| $0.19€0.150.03 | |||
| $0.20€0.120.03 | |||
| $0.24€0.120.03 | |||
| Instant, Sorcery, Enchantment, Artifact (14) | |||
| $0.20€0.050.03 | |||
| $0.40€0.190.03 | |||
| $0.25€0.180.03 | |||
| $1.41€0.940.03 | |||
| Land (22) | |||
|
22
Forest
|
$0.60 | ||
Budget ZNR Mono White Lurrus Aggro
Main 60 cards (12 distinct)
| Instant, Sorcery, Enchantment, Artifact (22) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| $0.20€0.110.03 | |||
| $0.59€0.660.03 | |||
| $0.15€0.060.03 | |||
| $0.15€0.050.03 | |||
| $0.15€0.070.03 | |||
| $0.25€0.160.03 | |||
| Creature (17) | |||
| $0.19€0.130.03 | |||
| $0.42€0.240.03 | |||
| $0.25€0.240.03 | |||
| $0.38€0.330.03 | |||
| $0.25€0.130.03 | |||
| Land (21) | |||
|
21
Plains
|
$0.40 | ||
Side 1 cards (1 distinct)
| $1.00€0.880.06 |
Budget ZNR R/W Cycling
Main 60 cards (14 distinct)
| Instant, Sorcery, Enchantment, Artifact (26) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| $0.16€0.100.03 | |||
| $0.15€0.030.03 | |||
| $0.15€0.060.03 | |||
| $0.21€0.100.03 | |||
| $0.25€0.220.03 | |||
| $0.20€0.110.03 | |||
| $0.15€0.070.03 | |||
| Creature (16) | |||
| $0.20€0.110.03 | |||
| $0.25€0.150.03 | |||
| $0.19€0.100.03 | |||
| $0.20€0.100.03 | |||
| Land (18) | |||
| $0.24€0.040.03 | |||
|
9
Plains
|
$0.40 | ||
|
5
Mountain
|
$0.75 | ||
Side 1 cards (1 distinct)
| $1.00€0.880.06 |
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