@kintighd Your deck is good I like it, I have contemplated naya time and again because Madcap Skills and Boros Charm are so tempting haha. I initially had Hero of Iroas in here but as swamplurker89 stated it gets targeted the second it hits the battle field and for a hexproof deck he is a liability because you don't want to put enchantments on him compared to my other creatures that can't be targeted or can regenerate.
March 12, 2014 1:22 p.m.
Voice of Resurgence > Fleecemane Lion .
Fleecemane does nothing until turn-5, minimum. Before that, he's a durdly 3/3 vanilla that needs Auras to be of any real use. After that, he's removal bait in response to the Monstrosity activation.
Voice is always doing something, and it will help you keep creatures on the board to enchant.
April 3, 2014 1:12 a.m.
@zandl I would but I cant afford it for 30 each especially with it going out of standard soon. But yes I realize that Voice of Resurgence is better than Fleecemane Lion .
April 3, 2014 1:16 a.m.
Valid point. I was just assuming that the rest of your deck's budget meant you may have already had them.
April 3, 2014 2:09 a.m.
@zandl Completely understandable, especially with the shock lands in this deck. Any other suggestions?
April 3, 2014 11:21 p.m.
Nope. This deck is almost a copy of my G/W/b Auras deck, as I noticed when I checked it just now for ideas.
Looks good to me.
+1!
April 4, 2014 1:16 a.m.
@WormFrizzer sigh... this is a standard deck. Please look before commenting.
April 17, 2014 11:17 p.m.
WormFrizzer says... #11
Sorry, I didn't know since Legacy is displayed as a legal format. My bad. GL&HF
April 18, 2014 7:30 a.m.
@WormFrizzer: Technically, every Standard deck is also a legal Legacy deck.
April 18, 2014 1:44 p.m.
Far / Away , Devour Flesh , and Celestial Flare destroy you, but the colors dont offer an out against that.
April 22, 2014 1:14 a.m.
@juicytoot: To that, I'd suggest adding Mutavault . With just a Mutavault untapped, it'll thwart any efforts to make you sacrifice your buffed-up creature.
April 22, 2014 1:15 a.m.
@juicytoot and zandl I have Aegis of the Gods in side board which prevents Celestial Flare , Devour Flesh and Far / Away from affecting me. Mutavault is nice but with Aegis I feel like it would be a mute point and just clog up my mana base.
April 23, 2014 1:04 p.m.
Arorsthrar says... #16
I think you need some form of regeneration in the sideboard. Mending Touch is the first thing that comes to mind.
April 24, 2014 10:49 p.m.
@Arorsthrar Thanks for your suggestion. Since I have Banishing Light now I replaced Pithing Needle in my sideboard with Ajani's Presence . I figured this card would work slightly better against board wipes than Mending Touch with the potential to save more than one creature which is what I assume you were alluding to with needing regeneration?
April 25, 2014 12:44 a.m.
Ajani's Presence took the place of Ready / Willing or Rootborn Defenses .
April 25, 2014 12:58 a.m.
Arorsthrar says... #19
Ajani's Presence gets the job done as well! Really anything to help survive a wrath. I'd also replace the three Aegis of the Gods with three Fiendslayer Paladin . While I do see Aegis as good against burn (which should be an easy matchup because of the amount of lifelink this deck has) and cards like Celestial Flare and Devour Flesh , it's pretty lackluster. 3x Fiendslayer Paladin for use against Esper control and MBD/Orzhov midrange gives you 3 more potential enchantment targets.
April 25, 2014 1:14 a.m.
@Arorsthrar fiendslayer was previously two mainboard and one side but with the addition of Bassara Tower Archer I forgot to relegate him back to the sideboard so thank you for bringing that up. I decided to get rid of Skylasher instead though just because celestial and devour have been this decks only weakness and so far Aegis is my only answer.
April 28, 2014 12:18 a.m.
@zandl I really appreciated your input on my deck in the past and was wondering what your thoughts were on the recent changes I have made to the deck. I looked at your page to pay you back the favor but was overwhelmed by the amount of decks you had. If there is a specific deck you would like me to look at as well please let me know.
May 19, 2014 2:50 a.m.
Holy Mantle is okay, but madcap kinda just outclasses it in most ways.
This might be bad, but have you considered Eidolon of Blossoms ? It is a 4-drop, but it would be some mad card advantage in longer games (if those exist; decks like this tend to win fast or lose fast).
The only thing I could think of adding would be more creatures. You already have the best ones, buuuut mayyybeee.... Ghor-Clan Rampager could double as some larger beef and a combat-trick or to get big-ass Ethereal Armor damage through.
Still, though, this looks pretty solid. Don't worry about returning the favor. :D
May 19, 2014 3:05 a.m.
@zandl I had Holy Mantle in for dealing in the final blow even if there were two blocking creatures in the match. I'm thinking of possibly relegating to sideboard just for certain match ups because it can be redundant due to Madcap Skills as you stated. I have thought about blossoms a lot recently. the 4cmc scares me a bit but I do love that it triggers when it enters and that I'm running 19 other enchantments excluding holy mantle. I will main board it in place of Holy Mantle as a two of for now. Ghor-Clan Rampager I can't afford to put in because of my semi poor mana base for it aka lack of other shock lands. Also Ajani kind of fills that role with its -3 ability and still stays on the field so at least I have that going for me. Does that sound good?
May 19, 2014 11:38 a.m.
Seems like you know what you're doing. I'd definitely do some testing with Eidolon of Blossoms , as it is pretty expensive for this kind of deck.
May 19, 2014 11:42 a.m.
@zandl Thanks I really appreciate the input as always, I'll do some play testing and see where blossoms takes me. I feel it should be a general upgrade to mantle because when this deck runs out of steam it can slow down dramatically and blossoms should fix that.
swamplurker89 says... #1
kintighd.... problem is no one in their right mind would leave hero of iroas alone because once someone see's him they know whats coming.( if they know anything that is) so yes he can win some games but would mess with the tempo in the long run.
March 5, 2014 11:25 p.m.