Sagan of Meletis

Standard Aggro Combo Control WU (Azorius)

Maiar

Creature (18)

• 4x Eidolon of Countless Battles
• 4x Hero of Iroas
• 4x Hopeful Eidolon
• 4x Meletis Astronomer
• 2x Nyxborn Shieldmate

Land (21)

• 4x Hallowed Fountain
• 2x Island
• 4x Mana Confluence
• 7x Plains
• 4x Temple of Enlightenment

Enchantment (11)

• 3x Aqueous Form
• 4x Detention Sphere
• 4x Ethereal Armor

Instant (8)

• 2x Ajani's Presence
• 2x Gods Willing
• 2x Negate
• 2x Swan Song

Sorcery (2)

• 2x Supreme Verdict

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Sideboard

Creature (4)

• 4x Fiendslayer Paladin

Enchantment (2)

• 2x Divine Favor

Artifact (2)

• 2x Pithing Needle

Instant (5)

• 1x Ajani's Presence
• 1x Dispel
• 2x Gainsay
• 1x Negate

Sorcery (2)

• 2x Supreme Verdict

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This is a tribute to a great astronomer, Carl Sagan.

Creature:

• Meletis Astronomer : This is the main card of the deck. It's by far the best card in the deck, the idea is to play all posible spells on it, this way, any spell will replace itself.
• Hero of Iroas : He is the helper of Meletis Astronomer , letting him play bestow creatures for less mana. And if things go wrong, he can recieve auras as well and become your champion.
• Hopeful Eidolon : The only turn 1 creature, the best creature against creature oriented decks, also burn decks.
• Eidolon of Countless Battles : A great card to fight against removals, especially Supreme Verdict, since after it, it will be ready to swing for damage
• Nyxborn Shieldmate : He has synergy in the deck, since he is an enchantment, besides he can trigger heroic. Apart from that, he is not that great.

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Enchantment:

• Ethereal Armor: A real powerhouse, with all the enchantments on this deck. This is the main of all the enchantments.
• Aqueous Form : I used to play Fate Foretold to activate heroics and draw at the same time, but it was a weak card, being the first to be sideboarded, then I tried using Ordeal of Thassa , and the same history happened.
  Finally I decided to use this card, and so far is working wonderfully.
  Also by using this card, I was able to change Gods Willing to Ajani's Presence . I used Gods Willing to protect creatures and evasion for deal lethal damage, so by using Aqueous Form I can forget about Gods Willing and upgrade to Ajani's Presence , since it can let me survive a Supreme Verdict.
• Detention Sphere: One of the best removal of the metagame. Also a good friend to the main enchantment of the deck, Ethereal Armor.

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Instant:

• Ajani's Presence : This is an upgrade to Gods Willing, since it can survive Supreme Verdict. Also activates heroics.
• Gods Willing: I decided to use this card again, when my creatures began being removed by Detention Sphere or Banishing Light, I really wanted it back.
• Negate: Since I'm using blue and I need to protect my win condition, this card is one of the best answers to removal and planeswalkers.
• Swan Song: I'm not playing with a lot of mana, so I need to keep my protections with a low cost, so this is by far the best card for that job.

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Sorcery:

• Supreme Verdict: Best massive removal of the metagame. You can play it with creatures on your side, and survive it with your bestow creatures or using Ajani's Presence .

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Sideboard:

• Ajani's Presence : This is specially to survive Supreme Verdict, it can help against MonoBlack too.
• Dispel: On heavy removal decks you can upgrade your Spell Rupture to this.
• Divine Favor : On burn and aggro decks, you can upgrade Ajani's Presence to this.
• Fiendslayer Paladin: One of the worst matchups is MonoBlack Devotion, and this is by far the best answer. You should upgrade Spell Rupture to this.
• Gainsay : An upgrade to your counterspells against any deck that uses blue.
• Negate: Against control decks you can remove Aqueous Form , and use more counterspells.
• Pithing Needle: A good card against RG Monster, and control decks. Disabling planeswalkers mainly.
• Supreme Verdict: For creature based decks, this is the best answer.

Date added	11 years
Last updated	10 years
Legality	This deck is not Standard legal.
Rarity (main - side)	4 - 0 Mythic Rares 20 - 8 Rares 14 - 2 Uncommons 13 - 5 Commons
Cards	60
Avg. CMC	1.82
Tokens	Bird 2/2 U