Building a Republic

Modern Competitive Control WU (Azorius)

RedPlays

Creature (7)

• 1x Dragonlord Ojutai
• 2x Reflector Mage
• 4x Wall of Omens

Planeswalker (3)

• 2x Elspeth, Sun's Champion
• 1x Gideon Jura

Land (26)

• 4x Celestial Colonnade
• 4x Flooded Strand
• 4x Ghost Quarter
• 2x Glacial Fortress
• 3x Hallowed Fountain
• 2x Island
• 4x Mystic Gate
• 3x Plains

Enchantment (8)

• 2x Detention Sphere
• 2x Runed Halo
• 4x Spreading Seas

Instant (13)

• 2x Condemn
• 4x Path to Exile
• 2x Remand
• 2x Secure the Wastes
• 3x Spell Snare

Sorcery (3)

• 3x Supreme Verdict

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Sideboard

Enchantment (7)

• 3x Leyline of Sanctity
• 2x Rest in Peace
• 2x Stony Silence

Instant (7)

• 3x Disenchant
• 2x Dispel
• 2x Negate

Sorcery (1)

• 1x Supreme Verdict

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"'Really, Socrates,' Glaucon commented,'that's just the fodder you would provide if you were founding a community of pigs!'

'But how would you do it, Glaucon?' I asked.

'Give them the ordinary comforts,' he replied. 'Let them recline in comfort on couches and eat off tables, and have the sort of food we have today.'

'All right,' I said, 'I understand. We are to not study only the origins of society, but also the society when it enjoys the luxuries of civilization....'

...

'With our new luxuries we shall need doctors too, far more than we did before.'

'We certainly shall.'

'And the territory which was formerly enough to support us will now be too small.'

'That is inevitable.'

'If we are to have enough for pastures and plough, we shall have to cut a slice off our neighbors' territory. And if they too are no longer confining themselves to necessities and have embarked on the pursuit of unlimited material possessions, they will want a slice of ours too.'

'The consequence is inevitable.'

'And that will lead to war, Glaucon, will it not?'

'It will.'

...

'And so we should make it our business, if we can, to choose [soldiers] with suitable natural aptitudes for the defense of our state.'

'We should.'

'And let me say,' I added, 'that it's no mean task to undertake. Still, we must not shrink from it, but do it to the best of our ability.'

'We must.'"

                                         -Plato, The Republic

Date added	8 years
Last updated	8 years
Legality	This deck is Modern legal.
Rarity (main - side)	4 - 0 Mythic Rares 30 - 8 Rares 17 - 0 Uncommons 4 - 7 Commons
Cards	60
Avg. CMC	2.38
Tokens	Emblem Elspeth, Sun's Champion, Soldier 1/1 W, Warrior 1/1 W
Folders	Great Stuff