Slide of the Devoted

Legacy BGW (Abzan, Junk) Casual Combo Control Enchantment Jank

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Land (22)

• 4x Canyon Slough
• 3x Mana Confluence
• 2x Plains
• 1x Polluted Mire
• 1x Reliquary Tower
• 4x Scattered Groves
• 4x Sheltered Thicket
• 3x Swamp

Artifact (4)

• 4x Fluctuator

Creature (16)

• 1x Archfiend of Ifnir
• 1x Archfiend of Ifnir
• 4x Eternal Witness
• 2x Exalted Angel
• 1x Scion of Darkness
• 4x Valley Rannet
• 3x Wall of Blossoms

Instant (4)

• 4x Shadow of the Grave

Enchantment (10)

• 4x Astral Slide
• 2x Aura Shards
• 3x Faith of the Devoted
• 1x Solitary Confinement

Sorcery (4)

• 1x Akroma's Vengeance
• 3x Unearth

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A take on Onslaught era Astral Slide deck using cycling cards from across Magic's history. While the original version of this deck used Lightning Rift to deal damage as a sort of finisher, I decided to change the decklist once Amonkhet was released.

Key Features

• Fluctuator is key in this deck, as it allows the ability to cycle pretty much everything in this deck for free, allowing for some insane plays, which will be explained.
• Eternal Witness makes a comeback from the original Onslaught/Mirrodin era Slide decks, but is primarily used in a very different way than it used to be used.
• Astral Slide is the main combo pusher. Using Astral Slide allows us temporary creature removal, and abuse of ETB effects with cards such as Eternal Witness or Wall of Blossoms.
• Shadow of the Grave is the key card now. This card allows you to get back all of the cards you cycled this turn. Instead of using Eternal Witness to gain back one cycling card per turn, you now use Eternal Witness to get this card back so that you may retrieve all of your cycling cards every turn.

Additional Features

• The primary way that this deck will win now is through Faith of the Devoted rather than Lightning Rift. The benefit of gaining life while you've effectively stalled your opponent is much better than simply trying to stall your opponent until you either win or die.
• This deck uses the cycling dual lands from Amonkhet rather than the traditional mono-colored cycling lands. Canyon Slough, Sheltered Thicket, Scattered Groves were selected based on color need and because they are fetchable.
• Valley Rannet is used as a free cycling activation for Astral Slide and Faith of the Devoted as well as a tutor for an additional cycling land.
• Archfiend of Ifnir for creature removal.
• Aura Shards for artifact and enchantment removal.
• Exalted Angel is used as it was in traditional Slide decks, using Astral Slide to "unmorph" it.
• Unearth can be used either as an additional cycling card or a way to retrieve a downed Eternal Witness

The Play

Idea is to use Shadow of the Grave in conjunction with Fluctuator and Eternal Witness to make an almost continuous stream of cycling cards. Astral Slide or Faith of the Devoted would enhance this. At some point you are able to obtain enough mana to start activating Faith of the Devoted a few times while you cycle.

Any feedback is appreciated.

Date added	8 years
Last updated	6 years
Exclude colors	R
Legality	This deck is Legacy legal.
Rarity (main - side)	5 - 0 Mythic Rares 33 - 0 Rares 9 - 0 Uncommons 8 - 0 Commons
Cards	60
Avg. CMC	3.34
Tokens	Morph 2/2 C