Kestia Aura Snowball

Commander / EDH

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Land (38)

• 1x Azorius Chancery
• 1x Botanical Sanctum
• 1x Bountiful Promenade
• 1x Breeding Pool
• 1x Brushland
• 1x City of Brass
• 1x Command Tower
• 1x Dryad Arbor
• 1x Dust Bowl
• 1x Flooded Strand
• 5x Forest
• 1x Glacial Fortress
• 1x Hallowed Fountain
• 1x Hinterland Harbor
• 1x Horizon Canopy
• 3x Island
• 1x Krosan Verge
• 1x Misty Rainforest
• 1x Nykthos, Shrine to Nyx
• 3x Plains
• 1x Razorverge Thicket
• 1x Reliquary Tower
• 1x Scavenger Grounds
• 1x Sea of Clouds
• 1x Seachrome Coast
• 1x Seaside Citadel
• 1x Sejiri Steppe
• 1x Serra's SanctumGC
• 1x Stirring Wildwood
• 1x Temple Garden

Sorcery (4)

• 1x Green Sun's Zenith
• 1x Replenish
• 1x Wargate
• 1x Winds of Rath

Planeswalker (1)

• 1x Elspeth, Sun's Champion

Creature (28)

• 1x Archetype of Imagination
• 1x Argothian Enchantress
• 1x Birds of Paradise
• 1x Bloom Tender
• 1x Boon Satyr
• 1x Courser of Kruphix
• 1x Daxos of Meletis
• 1x Eidolon of Blossoms
• 1x Ephara, God of the Polis
• 1x Femeref Enchantress
• 1x Heliod, God of the Sun
• 1x Herald of the Pantheon
• 1x Hopeful Eidolon
• 1x Hypnotic Siren
• 1x Karametra, God of Harvests
• 1x Knight of the Reliquary
• 1x Kor Spiritdancer
• 1x Kruphix, God of Horizons
• 1x Lotus Cobra
• 1x Mesa Enchantress
• 1x Noble Hierarch
• 1x Nylea, God of the Hunt
• 1x Nylea's Colossus
• 1x Satyr Enchanter
• 1x Sigarda, Host of Herons
• 1x Thassa, God of the Sea
• 1x Tuvasa the Sunlit
• 1x Verduran Enchantress

Instant (5)

• 1x Arcane Denial
• 1x Heroic Intervention
• 1x Negate
• 1x Swan Song
• 1x Unified Will

Commander (1)

Enchantment (21)

• 1x Abundance
• 1x Ancestral Mask
• 1x Aspect of Mongoose
• 1x Aura of Silence
• 1x Bear Umbra
• 1x Burgeoning
• 1x Eel Umbra
• 1x Enchantress's Presence
• 1x Ethereal Armor
• 1x Exploration
• 1x Flickering Ward
• 1x Grasp of Fate
• 1x Ground Seal
• 1x Imprisoned in the Moon
• 1x Land Tax
• 1x Octopus Umbra
• 1x Sigarda's Aid
• 1x Song of the Dryads
• 1x Treachery
• 1x Unflinching Courage
• 1x Wind Zendikon

Artifact (2)

• 1x Helm of the Gods
• 1x Sol Ring

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Enchantment (26)

• 1x Armadillo Cloak
• 1x Aura Shards
• 1x Canopy Cover
• 1x Cast Out
• 1x Cloud Cover
• 1x Conclave Tribunal
• 1x Diplomatic Immunity
• 1x Enchanted Evening
• 1x Felidar Umbra
• 1x Future Sight
• 1x Greater Auramancy
• 1x Indrik Umbra
• 1x Instill Energy
• 1x Lay Claim
• 1x Leyline of Anticipation
• 1x Mirari's Wake
• 1x Monastery Siege
• 1x Opalescence
• 1x Quarantine Field
• 1x Rancor
• 1x Snake Umbra
• 1x Starfield of Nyx
• 1x Sterling Grove
• 1x Take Possession
• 1x The Mending of Dominaria
• 1x Vernal Equinox

Creature (21)

• 1x Academy Rector
• 1x Aegis of the Gods
• 1x Archetype of Courage
• 1x Archetype of Endurance
• 1x Artisan of Forms
• 1x Aura Thief
• 1x Auramancer
• 1x Bruna, Light of Alabaster
• 1x Eidolon of Rhetoric
• 1x Fleecemane Lion
• 1x Flitterstep Eidolon
• 1x Geist of Saint Traft
• 1x Heliod's Pilgrim
• 1x Invisible Stalker
• 1x Oracle of Mul Daya
• 1x Perplexing Chimera
• 1x Reclamation Sage
• 1x Riptide Chimera
• 1x Slippery Bogle
• 1x Sram, Senior Edificer
• 1x Thada Adel, Acquisitor

Instant (6)

• 1x Cyclonic RiftGC
• 1x Enlightened TutorGC
• 1x Fumble
• 1x Krosan Grip
• 1x Swords to Plowshares
• 1x Teferi's Protection

Sorcery (3)

• 1x Idyllic Tutor
• 1x Retether
• 1x Three Dreams

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Kestia, the Cultivator offers the most card draw potential of the C18 enchantress commanders (Estrid, the Masked, Tuvasa the Sunlit) on the condition of attacking with enchantment and enchanted creatures. This deck packs every Verduran Enchantress variant to draw cards by playing enchantments, and then casting the commander, attacking with a board full of enchantments, drawing even more cards.

My experience with other enchantress and landfall strategies, and love of the Theros block, guided many card choice decisions, including playing the entire pantheon of Bant Theros Gods. Sigarda's Aid in particular is a focal card of this aura-centric deck, even granting our commander flash when we choose to bestow it. The color Green lets us take advantage the best early mana creatures, including Noble Hierarch, Lotus Cobra, and Bloom Tender, and toolbox tutors Green Sun's Zenith, Knight of the Reliquary, and Wargate. With Blue, we have plenty of ways to protect our board and disrupt others with spells like Eel Umbra and Unified Will.

12/29/18: Currently happy with package of creatures, gods, enchantments, spells, and lands. Will need more extensive testing (or committing to specific upgrades) to further improve deck. Consideration given to speed, low CMC, and diversity of interactive effects. Running out of cards is possible in certain games, so Abundance was added for an important job in this otherwise attacking-oriented deck.

10/28/18: Mana base construction and specific spell selections still in progress.

Date added	6 years
Last updated	6 years
Legality	This deck is Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	14 - 0 Mythic Rares 54 - 0 Rares 13 - 0 Uncommons 8 - 0 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	2.79
Tokens	Bird 2/2 U, Emblem Elspeth, Sun's Champion, Enchantment Cleric 2/1 W, Soldier 1/1 W
Folders	CMDR: Current Decks