Ajani's Swing (Phalanx, Eidolon, Ethereal) (Standard MTG Deck)

Featured card: Ajani, Caller of the Pride

Ajani's Swing (Phalanx, Eidolon, Ethereal)

Standard WU (Azorius)

ropidon

Creature (16)

Planeswalker (4)

4x Ajani, Caller of the Pride

Land (21)

Enchantment (16)

Artifact (2)

2x Spear of Heliod

Instant (8)

Sideboard

Creature (8)

Instant (16)

Sorcery (2)

2x Search Warrant

This deck is built around enchanting creatures up. This is a strong synergy deck, must be careful about keeping creatures alive while they are small. However I've seen them get up to over 10/10 w/ lifelink relatively easily. Then you just need to time a swing with Ajani's -3 ability.

1) Swinging in big with Ajani's flying & double strike

2) Building up huge creatures with Ajani's +1 and then releasing an army of cats with his -8.

3) Getting a ton of health from lifelink and outlasting your opponent.

This is primarily an aggro deck, you can do 21 points of flying lifelink damage by turn 3. But depending on opponent replace some of the Plains with Azorius Guildgate and blue cards. The mana curve is low too with the base deck, everything is 3 converted or less. If you need to, add in Sphinx's Revelation and Elixir of Immortality, but the game shouldn't go that far because you can attack and negate damage to your creatures with the instants.

Ordeal of Heliod has synergy with Phalanx Leader and Ajani. If you use Auramancer too, you can gain 80 life with it.

My big debate is Judge's Familiar vs. Auramancer and Calvary Pegasus. It depends on the opponent.

I like Chosen by Heliod because it helps to protect the creatures when they are young, it adds to the Ethereal Armor bonus and it lets me draw a card.

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Depending on the opponent add in Judge's Familiar and/or Cavalry Pegasus. For control decks add in all the blue cards and Sphinx's Revelation with Elixir.

Since all creatures start small, have to pack in counter spells before deploying the creatures to the board. Good to wait for turn 3 or 4 if you can.

There is a win condition at turn 3 if you draw Hopeful Eidolon, Ethereal Armor, Ethereal Armor, Ajani. That's the main mechanic, to build up a creature and then swing it in with Ajani.

Aqueous Form is good too, because it allows the on spell trigger to be cast and adds unblockability for only 1 mana. Now the sideboard is too big!

Pacifism and AEtherize vs. creature decks or Elsepths

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Date added	11 years
Last updated	11 years
Legality	This deck is not Standard legal.
Rarity (main - side)	4 - 4 Mythic Rares 3 - 0 Rares 24 - 12 Uncommons 16 - 26 Commons
Cards	67
Avg. CMC	1.70
Tokens	Cat 2/2 W
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