Bant Evolution

Standard*

Didley

Creature (19)

• 2x Archangel Avacyn  ^Flip
• 1x Bruna, the Fading Light  ^Meld
• 1x Cataclysmic Gearhulk
• 2x Gisela, the Broken Blade  ^Meld
• 4x Reflector Mage
• 3x Selfless Spirit
• 1x Thalia, Heretic Cathar
• 2x Thalia's Lancers
• 3x Tireless Tracker

Planeswalker (3)

• 3x Gideon, Ally of Zendikar

Land (22)

• 1x Botanical Sanctum
• 2x Canopy Vista
• 6x Forest
• 3x Fortified Village
• 1x Island
• 2x Lumbering Falls
• 3x Plains
• 2x Port Town
• 2x Prairie Stream

Enchantment (7)

• 4x Oath of Nissa
• 3x Stasis Snare

Sorcery (9)

• 1x Declaration in Stone
• 4x Eldritch Evolution
• 4x Traverse the Ulvenwald

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Sideboard

Creature (5)

• 1x Gisela, the Broken Blade  ^Meld
• 4x Spell Queller

Enchantment (1)

• 1x Stasis Snare

Instant (9)

• 2x Appetite for the Unnatural
• 1x Blessed Alliance
• 2x Natural State
• 2x Negate
• 2x Skywhaler's Shot

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Do you believe in Evolution?

So... it plays like this:

Focuses on ETB effects and getting high value off of each spell.

Your first two turns are setting up for a three-drop on turn 3. If you don't have to play around counters or Spell Queller, then on turn 4 you cast Eldritch Evolution, tutoring for a Thalia's Lancers a turn earlier than you could have cast it.

Once Thalia's Lancers ETB triggers, you can tutor for a Archangel Avacyn  , Gisela, the Broken Blade, Bruna, the Fading Light, or Oath of Nissa. Typically, it will be Avacyn the first time, since she curves out perfectly with a turn 4 Thalia's Lancers.

For games that go longer, Bruna, the Fading Light is there to bring back a Thalia's Lancers from the graveyard and tutor the Archangel Avacyn  .

Finally, Lumbering Falls is currently the best man-land in standard. A recurring, hexproof, 3/3 for four mana can really put in some work.

Please let me know what you think. Thank you for your comments and suggestions!

Date added	8 years
Last updated	7 years
Legality	This deck is not Standard legal.
Rarity (main - side)	9 - 1 Mythic Rares 34 - 4 Rares 7 - 2 Uncommons 0 - 8 Commons
Cards	60
Avg. CMC	2.97
Tokens	Clue, Emblem Gideon, Ally of Zendikar, Knight Ally 2/2 W
Folders	Ideas