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This is an Enchantress/Pillow Fort type deck designed to make playing against you miserable. It runs 4 main deck Sphere of Safety, 4x Nyx-Fleece Ram, and 4x Banishing Light, along with a bevy of other enchantments that don't let your opponents play magic, while simultaneously drawing you into tons of card advantage with Eidolon of Blossoms and Courser of Kruphix.Eventually, we win with a resolved Primeval Bounty or Elspeth, Sun's Champion.

So that's what it does against aggro/mid-range creature decks. Fun right? But how does it do against burn or control matchups? (or other strategies that don't rely on attacking) Well, it loses a lot. In game 1.

That's where the sideboard comes in. The Enchantress whirs and beeps and folds back her defense mechanisms and transforms into her new form. Enchantress Prime.

We board in all 15 cards. Hydras, Wurms, Satyrs. All of it. We board out Spheres, Insights, an Elspeth, either Caryatids or Sheep, and all our Mana Blooms. (NOTE: I'm experimenting with having two Unflinching Courage in the board to make the extreme aggro/burn matchup better. These wouldn't come in in the control matchup.)

The sideboard is designed to be aggressive and flashy. Control decks never see it coming. Oh, you tapped out on turn 4 for a Jace? No problem, let me flash in this Advent of the Wurm end of turn, then I'll throw this Boon Satyr on it and swing for 9.

I once had a jund opponent board in Slaughter Games after game 1. He named Sphere of Safety. Boy was his face red.

Anyway, hope you guys dig it.

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Edits: I'm now trying Unflinching Courage in the sideboard. Ajani wasn't doing enough work, and the burn match up is pretty rough.

Also, I'm trying a single copy of Elixir in the mainboard. The other day I ended up with both Elspeths and Bountys in the graveyard. We want the game to go long, but not that long. Hopefully this helps. I took out a Mana Bloom to make room.

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(10 years ago)

+1 Elixir of Immortality main
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Legality

This deck is not Standard legal.

Rarity (main - side)

8 - 0 Mythic Rares

22 - 13 Rares

9 - 2 Uncommons

6 - 0 Commons

Cards 60
Avg. CMC 3.38
Tokens Beast 3/3 G, Emblem Elspeth, Sun's Champion, Enchantment Cleric 2/1 W, Soldier 1/1 W, Wurm 5/5 G w/ Trample
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