Daxos, The Return (of Auras)

Commander / EDH WB (Orzhov)

Congruity

Enchantment (34)

• 1x Angelic Destiny
• 1x Animate Dead
• 1x Aura of Silence
• 1x Blessing of Leeches
• 1x Casting of Bones
• 1x Chime of Night
• 1x Cho-Manno's Blessing
• 1x Dark Tutelage
• 1x Darksteel Mutation
• 1x Demonic Embrace
• 1x Felidar Umbra
• 1x Flickering Ward
• 1x Gift of Immortality
• 1x Gossamer Chains
• 1x Gryff's Boon
• 1x Heliod's Punishment
• 1x Kaya's Ghostform
• 1x Land Tax
• 1x Minion's Return
• 1x Necropotence
• 1x On Thin Ice
• 1x Pariah
• 1x Phyrexian Arena
• 1x Phyrexian Scriptures
• 1x Reprobation
• 1x Rime Transfusion
• 1x Sage's Reverie
• 1x Saving Grace
• 1x Sigarda's Aid
• 1x Sleeper's Guile
• 1x Spirit Mantle
• 1x Temporal Isolation
• 1x Underworld Connections
• 1x Unquestioned Authority

Land (35)

• 1x Ancient Tomb
• 1x Bojuka Bog
• 1x Caves of Koilos
• 1x Command Tower
• 1x Fabled Passage
• 1x Fetid Heath
• 1x Godless Shrine
• 1x Hall of Heliod's Generosity
• 1x Isolated Chapel
• 1x Marsh Flats
• 1x Myriad Landscape
• 1x Nykthos, Shrine to Nyx
• 1x Orzhov Basilica
• 1x Prismatic Vista
• 1x Serra's Sanctum
• 1x Silent Clearing
• 10x Snow-Covered Plains
• 6x Snow-Covered Swamp
• 1x Temple of Silence
• 1x Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth
• 1x Vault of the Archangel

Artifact (9)

• 1x Arcane Signet
• 1x Charcoal Diamond
• 1x Coldsteel Heart
• 1x Idol of Oblivion
• 1x Marble Diamond
• 1x Orzhov Signet
• 1x Sol Ring
• 1x Talisman of Hierarchy
• 1x Wayfarer's Bauble

Commander (1)

Creature (10)

• 1x Grateful Apparition
• 1x Heliod's Pilgrim
• 1x Knight of the White Orchid
• 1x Kor Spiritdancer
• 1x Lurrus of the Dream-Den
• 1x Mesa Enchantress
• 1x Sram, Senior Edificer
• 1x Starfield Mystic
• 1x Sun Titan
• 1x Transcendent Envoy

Sorcery (7)

• 1x Austere Command
• 1x Divine Reckoning
• 1x Extinguish All Hope
• 1x Idyllic Tutor
• 1x Sevinne's Reclamation
• 1x Three Dreams
• 1x Winds of Abandon

Instant (4)

• 1x Anguished Unmaking
• 1x Comeuppance
• 1x Despark
• 1x Generous Gift

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Maybeboard

Enchantment (11)

• 1x Arguel's Blood Fast  ^Flip
• 1x Cessation
• 1x Dauthi Embrace
• 1x Fallen Ideal
• 1x Gift of Orzhova
• 1x Intangible Virtue
• 1x Liliana's Contract
• 1x Prison Term
• 1x Spectral Steel
• 1x Tattoo Ward
• 1x Timely Ward

Creature (8)

• 1x Agent of the Fates
• 1x Armored Skyhunter
• 1x Ashiok's Adept
• 1x Eidolon of Countless Battles
• 1x Evershrike
• 1x Heavenly Blademaster
• 1x Killian, Ink Duelist
• 1x Weathered Wayfarer

Artifact (1)

• 1x Nyx Lotus

Instant (4)

• 1x Akroma's Will
• 1x Deadly Rollick
• 1x Flawless Maneuver
• 1x Flicker of Fate

Sorcery (4)

• 1x Citywide Bust
• 1x Crippling Fear
• 1x Replenish
• 1x Slaughter the Strong

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I've tried the stax Daxos variations and they don't work. While you succeed in slowing the game down, the CMC of the enchants ensures that you don't get enough experience counters to matter and daxos gets swept away in too much incidental removal as a bear.

To succeed with Daxos, you need three things: 1. Enough tall tokens with evasion 2. Enough cheap enchantments to cast to rack up XP as you push into the late game 3. Daxos to stay alive through all of this

My answer to all three is cheap auras. They can give the tokens evasion (flying, fear, shadow, protection from creatures), act as (semi)permanent removal, and protect/recur Daxos.

Date added	4 years
Last updated	3 years
Legality	This deck is Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	7 - 0 Mythic Rares 37 - 0 Rares 23 - 0 Uncommons 17 - 0 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	2.58
Tokens	Companion Zone, Eldrazi 10/10 C, Elephant 3/3 G, Enchantment Spirit */* WB, Experience Token