Enlightened Society (Standard MTG Deck)

Enlightened Society

Standard Competitive Devotion Midrange WU (Azorius)

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Creature (24)

Land (24)

Enchantment (4)

4x Detention Sphere

Artifact (2)

2x Spear of Heliod

Instant (6)

Sideboard

Creature (4)

Planeswalker (1)

1x Elspeth, Sun's Champion

Enchantment (1)

1x Domestication

Instant (7)

Sorcery (2)

2x Revoke Existence

Ephara

'He who knows others is wise. He who knows himself is enlightened.'

-Lao Tzu.

This is my U/W deck built around the Ephara + Brimaz synergy. I have play-tested this against the big 4 (U/W Control, R/G Monsters, MB and MU) with friends and it performs incredibly well. I will be bringing it to FNM on Friday and will update with results.

The general idea is to get an aggressive start to put your opponent on the defensive and to start gaining card advantage with Ephara ASAP. If the swarm of small creatures doesn't kill 'em, you'll draw into a bunch of mana and a win condition before long. It catches people off guard as they expect an aggressive mono-white deck that transitions into more of a mid-range deck with control elements.

The side-board plan still needs some work, input appreciated on that.

Card choices:

Soldier of the Pantheon White's best one-drop by a mile, allows you to put the pressure on from the start and even has nice bonus against most decks.

Precinct Captain The 2 white mana-cost is mandatory for devotion, it synergies well with Ephara, often allowing you to trigger her the turn she comes down. Also a soft-answer to Desecration Demon, the most annoying card in the format. (IMO)

Deputy of Acquittals Ah, the shenanigans that can be had with this fella. Adds to devotion for Ephara first off and allows you to draw the full 2 cards off of her (Every turn if you have two, infinite creature bounce ftw), allows you to save blocking creatures, save your valuable Brimaz from removal AND recur Lyev Skyknight for extra value. All on a 2/2 body, not bad at all.

Brimaz, King of Oreskos What can I say about this beast that hasn't been said before? A great ass, well costed, adds to devotion and a great effect that synergies perfectly with Ephara. I'm only running 3 at the moment because it's legendary and you usually see a lot of him between scry and card-draw anyway.

Lyev Skyknight A solid evasive beater that adds to Ephara devotion and can deal with pesky creatures for a turn or more if you have a Deputy in hand.

Spear of Heliod I love this card. +1 +1 gets my creatures out of range of Drown in Sorrow and the secondary effect makes opponents hesitant to attack at all. Hard to remove, great for devotion.

Ajani, Caller of the Pride I'm not entirely sold on Ajani, as he can be useless when you're in a pinch and nobody likes dead draws. However, he helps get your creatures out of burn and drown range and can pull out some unexpected victories by giving your god devotion AND making it a flying double striker to boot! Not to mention his ultimate cat army of doom can be an extra win con. Stock up on tokens.

Detention Sphere This card man. Comprehensive removal that adds to devotion. Hoovering up those pack-rats is just so damn satisfying.

Ephara, God of the Polis The beating heart of this deck. A powerful (indestructible!) beater that adds insane card advantage from as early as turn 4. It's really easy to get her active and super easy to trigger her at least on your turn, if not on your opponents turn as well with Brimaz and Deputy.

Heliod, God of the Sun Heliod has insane synergy with Ephara, allowing you to trigger the 2 cards a turn and giving your entire team vigilance. He's a little bit win-more, but he works great during attrition wars, especially against control. Also allows for quick wins if you curve into Soldier>Captain>Brimaz>Heliod.

Elspeth, Sun's Champion My favorite card. Stick this for a turn and you've swung the game wildly in your favor. Thinking about adding another honestly.

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FNM Results/Changes — Feb. 22, 2014

Edit

So at FNM I went 3-1-1. My wins were VS Grixis Control, Simic Goodstuff and RUG Monsters. I went to time with a Sliver deck(!) and lost to Mono-U devotion. I think my 2-1 loss to MUD was due to keeping a slow hand first game and just not drawing any sideboard stuff game 3. I also have few doubts that a more skilled pilot than me would have been able to take that Sliver deck a few rounds earlier.

A couple of things stood out, the first being Deputy of Acquittals not being needed as much. You really don't want her early on as she just ends up being a 2/2 beater. She's useful once you've set up that board though, so i'll keep 3. Lyev Skyknight is useful, just not 4-of useful so i'm dropping one.

In place of these I will be adding a Rapid Hybridization and an Archangel of Thune. Rapid is great as a one-of for this decks mortal enemies, Stormbreath Dragon and Blood Baron of Vizkopa and it isn't a dead card in other match-ups, as it can be used to take people off devotion mid combat, or buff one of your 1/1 tokens or even just as a free token when used on a god + card draw from Ephara. Archangel of Thune is pretty self explanatory, more power, buffs my board and heals me to boot. Think i'll go up on this number pretty soon when I can get my hands on more copies.

Also, i'm moving toward a more aggro strategy, so i'm replacing the Nykthos with Mutavaults. This means Sphinx's Revelation for 10 is no longer a thing, so i'm replacing these with Jace, Architect of Thought as it does more with less mana + adds to devotion.

Sideboard wise, I removed the 3 Rootborn Defenses and added a second Rapid Hybridization and 2 Cyclonic Rifts. I feel like this doesn't weaken my control match up too much, as I can just keep casting creatures and drawing off Ephara to keep pace against Supreme Verdict and helps incredibly with my aggro match-ups, which seem prevalent in my meta.

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Date added	10 years
Last updated	10 years
Legality	This deck is not Standard legal.
Rarity (main - side)	9 - 1 Mythic Rares 28 - 3 Rares 9 - 4 Uncommons 1 - 7 Commons
Cards	60
Avg. CMC	2.61
Tokens	Cat Soldier 1/1 W, Emblem Elspeth, Sun's Champion, Enchantment Cleric 2/1 W, Frog Lizard 3/3 G, Soldier 1/1 W
Folders	Cool Decks
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