I plan to take this deck to the Journey into Nyx Gameday tomorrow. The purpose of this deck is to use self-milling cards like Commune with the Gods and Satyr Wayfinder to enable a massive
Strength from the Fallen
boosted attack from Prophetic Flamespeaker.
Cards like Boon Satyr and
Ghor-Clan Rampager
can also be used to pump Flamespeaker at instant speed and allows the deck the have more consistency. Bestowing a Boon Satyr onto an attacking Flamespeaker with a Strength from the Fallen in play is immensely satisfying (not to mention powerful).
Card Choices:
Prophetic Flamespeaker: The heavy hitter of the deck, the rare combination of double strike and trample is just begging to be abused by pump effects. The exile ability can sometimes be relevent too, allowing you to play extra lands or a Post-combat Mortars every once in a while. Although you are hopefully trying to kill your opponent in one or two hits.
Fanatic of Xenagos
: A second trampling body that can be pumped with Strength without fear of being chumped. Another consistency card the can function as Flamespeaker 2
Elvish Mystic
: A very important card, Mystic allows several turn two plays, such as a Courser of Flamespeaker. Will always be good in Standard and helps with our low land count.
Commune with the Gods: Can grab any spell in the deck besides Mortars. The most important part of the card is the dredge-like ability, which enables the Strength+Flamespeaker Combo.
Satyr Wayfinder: One of my new favorite creatures, this guy does everything you could want. He mills, he "pseudo fixes", he chumps and goes right in the graveyard to be born again with our enchantment. An All-star
Courser of Kruphix: While Courser has few interactions with the rest of our deck, he is an all important enchantment, and is just a great card in general, so I just jammed four in.
Eidolon of Blossoms: While most enchantment themed decks run 4 Eidolons, I went with a more conservative two. It can sometimes just be an awful tempo play to cast an Eidolon on turn 4 when you're facing down, say, a Soldier of the Pantheon, a Voice of Resurgence and a Loxodon Smiter. That being said, it is a great card-advantage engine without a doubt and should impact standard for the next year and a half.
Nylea, God of the Hunt: Turns the rest of your team into trampling, rumbling, bumbling monstrosities which can be easily boosted by Strength.
