Daxos' Enchanted Spirits

Commander / EDH Death and Taxes Enchantment Multiplayer Pillow Fort Spirits WB (Orzhov)

MrHighscore

Alternate Win Conditions (3)

• 1x Luminarch Ascension
• 1x Myth Realized
• 1x Sigil of the Empty Throne

Anthem (3)

• 1x Cover of Darkness
• 1x Intangible Virtue
• 1x True Conviction

Card Advantage (9)

• 1x Debtors' Knell
• 1x Erebos, God of the Dead
• 1x Greed
• 1x Land Tax
• 1x Mesa Enchantress
• 1x Necropotence
• 1x Phyrexian Arena
• 1x Replenish
• 1x Vampiric Rites

Control (15)

• 1x Banishing Light
• 1x Damnation
• 1x Darksteel Mutation
• 1x Dictate of Erebos
• 1x Doomwake Giant
• 1x Grasp of Fate
• 1x Grave Pact
• 1x Merciless Eviction
• 1x Nevermore
• 1x Oblivion Ring
• 1x Prison Term
• 1x Skybind
• 1x Stasis Snare
• 1x Stony Silence
• 1x Wrath of God

Experience (5)

• 1x Cage of Hands
• 1x Flickering Ward
• 1x Gossamer Chains
• 1x Mourning
• 1x Spirit Loop

Land (36)

• 1x Ancient Tomb
• 1x Arcane Lighthouse
• 1x Bojuka Bog
• 1x Cabal Coffers
• 1x Command Tower
• 1x Godless Shrine
• 1x Isolated Chapel
• 1x Marsh Flats
• 1x Nykthos, Shrine to Nyx
• 10x Plains
• 1x Reliquary Tower
• 1x Serra's Sanctum
• 1x Shambling Vent
• 9x Swamp
• 1x Tainted Field
• 1x Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth
• 1x Vault of the Archangel
• 1x Vesuva
• 1x Windbrisk Heights

Protection (8)

• 1x Cho-Manno's Blessing
• 1x Darksteel Plate
• 1x Felidar Umbra
• 1x Flickerform
• 1x Greater Auramancy
• 1x Hyena Umbra
• 1x Pentarch Ward
• 1x Story Circle

Ramp (2)

• 1x Black Market
• 1x Sol Ring

Tax (10)

• 1x Blind Obedience
• 1x Bloodchief Ascension
• 1x Ghostly Prison
• 1x Karmic Justice
• 1x Kismet
• 1x Koskun Falls
• 1x Martyr's Bond
• 1x No Mercy
• 1x Sphere of Safety
• 1x Tainted Remedy

Tutor (5)

• 1x Academy Rector
• 1x Demonic Tutor
• 1x Enlightened Tutor
• 1x Idyllic Tutor
• 1x Vampiric Tutor

Utility (3)

• 1x Expedition Map
• 1x Exquisite Blood
• 1x Vedalken Orrery

Commander (1)

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Maybeboard

Anthem (1)

• 1x Cathars' Crusade

Card Advantage (3)

• 1x Cleansing Meditation
• 1x Dark Prophecy
• 1x Underworld Connections

Other (2)

• 1x Gift of Immortality
• 1x Soul Snare

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The gods gave us no wings to fly, but they gave us an even greater gift: enchantments -- Enchantment Spirit of Daxos number 42.

Strategy (the simple version)

1. Drop Daxos the Returned
2. Protect him and yourself with enchantents while taxing the table and racking up experience counters
3. Conjure spirits and beat down the table. Or sac them for various goodies.

The more enchantments you play, the better your army gets, right? So let us play a lot of enchantments! We have some really good choices, so it is (sort of) viable to drop EDH Orzhov stables like Vindicate, Mortify, Utter End, Unmake, Necrotic Sliver, and just go all in! This is what this deck is about. Lots of enchantments and lots of spirits!

Let's exploit that some of the enchantments can be played agin and a agin and agin... (e.g., Cage of Hands , Flickering Ward , Gossamer Chains, Mourning , and Spirit Loop . There are more, but these are the ones I found room for.

Highlights and synergies

• Daxos the Returned and Constellation (e.g., Doomwake Giant or Skybind): Summoning spirits got so much more fun. Can be used for removing attackers, board whipes, etc.
• Expedition Map + Serra's Sanctum and 48 enchantments: lots of white mana
• Cabal Coffers + Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth + Expedition Map: lots of black mana (though we need to draw one of the lands first)
• Vesuva can copy any of the above (maybe I should add Thespian's Stage as well?)
• Academy Rector and 48% of the deck (notably Debtors' Knell, Martyr's Bond, or True Conviction)
• Dictate of Erebos + Vampiric Rites and enchanted spirits: Drain 1 life, Draw 1 card, have opponents sack one creature
• Flash enchantments instead of fancy instants: Cho-Manno's Blessing , Dictate of Erebos, Stasis Snare. And since that is not really a lot, I've chosen to spend a slot on Vedalken Orrery.
• The anthem set for my flock of enchantment spirits helps out the play in various ways: +1/+1 counters, lifelink, double strike, fear, and vigilance
• Greater Auramancy : Do not target my enchantments
• ... and if you do you will be taxed by Martyr's Bond, Karmic Justice and possibly Dictate of Erebos
• Blind Obedience and Kismeth will delay my opponets.
• 5 Good tutors that can bring forth most of my deck
• More control than I like to admit (e.g., Nevermore for troublesome commanders or... say Cyclonic Rift)
• Good draw suite
• Good protection suite for me and Daxos the Returned. Daxos' favorite is Darksteel Plate and mine is Sphere of Safety.
• Luminarch Ascension, Myth Realized, and Sigil of the Empty Throne in case I get in a situation where I loose Daxos the Returned and can't get her back with my wide arsenal of exile and protection effects.

Notable omissions

• Orzhov staples that are not enchantments

Known weaknesses

• No flying (how can the spirits not be flying?)
• Nothing that grants flying to my creatures or removes flying from opponents creatures.

All suggestions are welcome - please also suggest cuts!

Please +1 Upvote if you like where the deck is going!

Top Ranked	Achieved #7 position overall 9 years ago
Date added	9 years
Last updated	8 years
Key combos	Cabal Coffers + Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth Expedition Map + Serra's Sanctum Dictate of Erebos + Vampiric Rites
Legality	This deck is Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	7 - 0 Mythic Rares 47 - 0 Rares 18 - 0 Uncommons 9 - 0 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	3.06
Tokens	Angel 4/4 W, Enchantment Spirit */* WB, Experience Token
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