All Hail West Theros

Commander / EDH Competitive Death and Taxes Hatebears Infinite Combo Mono-White

michaelvlevine

Creature (30)

• 1x Alseid of Life's Bounty
• 1x Archon of Emeria
• 1x Aven Mindcensor
• 1x Cathar Commando
• 1x Devoted Caretaker
• 1x Drannith Magistrate
• 1x Eidolon of Rhetoric
• 1x Esper Sentinel
• 1x Ethersworn Canonist
• 1x Flumph
• 1x Giver of Runes
• 1x Grand Abolisher
• 1x Lion Sash
• 1x Mother of Runes
• 1x Oswald Fiddlebender
• 1x Phyrexian Revoker
• 1x Plague Myr
• 1x Ranger of Eos
• 1x Ranger-Captain of Eos
• 1x Recruiter of the Guard
• 1x Sanctum Prelate
• 1x Scrapyard Recombiner
• 1x Serra Ascendant
• 1x Shimmer Myr
• 1x Skyclave Apparition
• 1x Solitude
• 1x Thalia, Guardian of Thraben
• 1x Triskelion
• 1x Walking Ballista
• 1x Weathered Wayfarer

Instant (7)

• 1x Blacksmith's Skill
• 1x Enlightened Tutor
• 1x Kabira Takedown  ^Flip
• 1x March of Otherworldly Light
• 1x Sejiri Shelter  ^Flip
• 1x Silence
• 1x Swords to Plowshares

Artifact (23)

• 1x Aether Vial
• 1x Chalice of the Void
• 1x Chrome Mox
• 1x Expedition Map
• 1x Eye of Vecna
• 1x Grafdigger's Cage
• 1x Grim Monolith
• 1x Jeweled Lotus
• 1x Lotus Petal
• 1x Mana Crypt
• 1x Mana Vault
• 1x Manifold Key
• 1x Mask of Memory
• 1x Mazemind Tome
• 1x Mox Diamond
• 1x Mox Opal
• 1x Pithing Needle
• 1x Portable Hole
• 1x Sol Ring
• 1x Springleaf Drum
• 1x Thorn of Amethyst
• 1x Thran Foundry
• 1x Weathered Runestone

Enchantment (8)

• 1x Ashes of the Abhorrent
• 1x Blind Obedience
• 1x Deafening Silence
• 1x Land Tax
• 1x Paladin Class
• 1x Rest in Peace
• 1x Rule of Law
• 1x Seal of Cleansing

Commander (1)

Land (30)

• 1x Ancient Den
• 1x Ancient Tomb
• 1x Bazaar of Baghdad
• 1x Blast Zone
• 1x Bonders' Enclave
• 1x Cavern of Souls
• 1x City of Traitors
• 1x Eiganjo, Seat of the Empire
• 1x Gemstone Caverns
• 1x Hall of Heliod's Generosity
• 1x Inkmoth Nexus
• 1x Inventors' Fair
• 1x Mishra's Workshop
• 1x Nykthos, Shrine to Nyx
• 13x Plains
• 1x Serra's Sanctum
• 1x Urza's Saga
• 1x War Room

Sorcery (1)

• 1x Emeria's Call  ^Flip

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The Deck

This a Death and Taxes style Rule of Law deck whose primary win condition is the Heliod, Sun-Crowned + Walking Ballista.

The deck utilizing hatebears and Stax pieces with the specific goal of disrupting powerful play patterns common to competitive EDH. In general, we do not want to slow the game down for the singular purpose of slowing the game down. Rather, like in a Death and Taxes deck, this deck only wishes to prevent its opponents from winning long enough to assemble a winning play, all the while pressuring life totals. In effect, many of our hate pieces specially target Underworld Breach, Ad Nauseam, and Thassa's Oracle-based strategies.

This list is proactive, so it in general avoids playing effects that would cause it to prevent its own win. While no Heliod deck would play Null Rod or Cursed Totem, this list also plays no hard Torpor Orb effects, as they inactive three of our seven win condition tutors. Strict Proctor is the one exception, which we can pay to play around while stopping decks that use mana-neutral ETB loops to win the game.

The current iteration of the list drops hard locks and has slightly more mid-game value support.

The deck's name comes from the fact that John Darnielle hates Heliod. The previous name was It's Always Sunny in Dominaria.

Tournament Results

In 2020, I top 4'd the DDM Tournament in Philadelphia and well as the Okoberfest Tournament on Cockatrice (where I was point leader after fluid rounds). I also top 16'd the Best Boi Tournament on Cockatrice, and put up a disappointing 0-2-2 showing at the Timetwisted Tournament (which used 75 minute rounds rather than 90). Please don't play this deck in 75 minute tournaments, you will draw the game very easily.

Top Ranked	Achieved #16 position overall 4 years ago Achieved #11 position in Commander / EDH 4 years ago Achieved #1 position in Commander / EDH Competitive 4 years ago Achieved #1 position in Commander / EDH Death and Taxes 4 years ago
Date added	4 years
Last updated	2 years
Legality	This deck is not Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	16 - 0 Mythic Rares 46 - 0 Rares 19 - 0 Uncommons 6 - 0 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	1.77
Tokens	Angel Warrior 4/4 W, Construct 0/0 C, Illusion */* U
Folders	cEDH, Heliod Decks, Decks by others, EDH, EDH, cEDH, edh, EDH Decks, Interesting Decks, Decks to Check out
Based on	White Rebel Motorcycle Club 2019 ELD copy michaelvlevine EDH