Bant Handle Me (Control/Aggro With Theros)

Standard*

ecaspi12

Creature (17)

• 2x AEtherling
• 3x Ascended Lawmage
• 2x Fiendslayer Paladin
• 2x Fleecemane Lion
• 1x New Prahv Guildmage
• 2x Phantom Warrior
• 2x Thassa, God of the Sea
• 3x Witchstalker

Land (12)

• 4x Breeding Pool
• 4x Hallowed Fountain
• 4x Temple Garden

Enchantment (14)

• 4x Aqueous Form
• 2x Detention Sphere
• 3x Ethereal Armor
• 2x Holy Mantle
• 3x Unflinching Courage

Instant (8)

• 2x Selesnya Charm
• 2x Simic Charm
• 1x Sphinx's Revelation
• 3x Syncopate

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Maybeboard

Creature (2)

• 1x Battlewise Hoplite
• 1x Phalanx Leader

Artifact (1)

• 1x Spear of Heliod

Instant (1)

• 1x Annul

Sorcery (1)

• 1x Curse of the Swine

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So with Theros coming out soon I'm thinking about constructing an entire new deck. I built Golgari brings the loveby vazhar and am loving it, but my true color is blue. My playgroup is aggro heavy and sometimes it can be really hard to deal with. Because of that I've always relied on blue to get the job done, stalling until I can pull some kind of final assault. Anyways this is my first swing at a Bant deck in standard format. What I'm looking forward to is Thassa, God of the Sea's ability, which is pay 2 to make any creature unblockable (http://mythicspoiler.com/ths/cards/thassagodofthesea.html). With that capability I am hoping to try and run a slight aggro but still control hexproof deck. The deck has the obvious cards in it for any standard bant deck. I'm looking for loads of advice because I'm fairly new to deck building, and I'm sure some improvements can be made. I'll be adding updates and postings about the purpose of each card in the deck soon.

Date added	11 years
Last updated	11 years
Legality	This deck is not Standard legal.
Rarity (main - side)	3 - 0 Mythic Rares 23 - 0 Rares 16 - 0 Uncommons 9 - 0 Commons
Cards	51
Avg. CMC	2.59
Tokens	Knight 2/2 W w/ Vigilance