this is a selesnya aggro/lifegain deck based on pumping +1/+1 counters and Hardened Scales.
the best feature of this deck? it's very cheap! i think you can buy the whole deck for the price of 1 Brimaz, King of Oreskos or a couple of Courser of Kruphixes.
the main goal is to gain as much life as we can with
Hopeful Eidolon
and Sungrace Pegasus and stack those +1/+1 counters on Ajani's Pridemate or any
Sunbond
ed creature.
Sunbond
just makes things crazy. even a Sungrace Pegasus alone enchanted with
Sunbond
can become a real threat very quickly.
Hero of Iroas
helps us get
Sunbond
on our creatures.
Ordeal of Heliod is very useful especially when we have Hardened Scales out. it can fire off and gain us 10 life on the same turn it was played if it was attached to
Hero of Iroas
with Hardened Scales in play. 1 Hardened Scales in play means
Hero of Iroas
gets 2 +1/+1 counters from heroic, 2 again when he attacks. he becomes a 6/6 for just 1 white mana! plus, sacrificing the Ordeal of Heliod triggers Ajani's Pridemate's ability and also all creatures enchanted with
Sunbond
.
Feed the Clan is just awesome. it's not hard to get a creature with 4 power early on so most of the time, Feed the Clan will net us 10 life. an instant life saver or a huge combat trick if
Sunbond
is in play.
Ajani's Presence
,
Feat of Resistance
, and Ranger's Guile are for protection while we grow our creatures.
Boon Satyr
can sometimes be used as an emergency blocker or a combat trick.
Hero of Iroas
makes
Boon Satyr
more usable for bestowing on our attacking or defending lifelinkers.
i have
Favored Hoplite
and instants that grant +1/+1 counters on the sideboard for matchups where i would rather race the opponent than set up my pump/lifegain combo.
Favored Hoplite
makes dealing damage a whole lot faster but also slows down lifegain. i use this mainly against control. i take out Ajani's Pridemate,
Sunbond
, Feed the Clan, and some Ordeal of Heliods for
Favored Hoplite
,
Nature's Panoply
, Solidarity of Heroes, and more
Feat of Resistance
this setup, can end a game very fast if the opponent has no blockers. so against control, i go extreme aggro.
