Evra, Halcyon Witness EDH: Highlife Hijinks

Commander / EDH Aggro Casual Control Lifegain Mono-White Stax

Shinwizzles

Creature (28)

• 1x Ajani's Pridemate
• 1x Archangel of Thune
• 1x Archangel of Tithes
• 1x Aven Mindcensor
• 1x Children of Korlis
• 1x Eight-and-a-Half-Tails
• 1x Elesh Norn, Grand Cenobite
• 1x Felidar Sovereign
• 1x Gerrard Capashen
• 1x Grand Abolisher
• 1x Hokori, Dust Drinker
• 1x Kataki, War's Wage
• 1x Lone Rider  ^Flip
• 1x Magus of the Tabernacle
• 1x Martyr of Sands
• 1x Michiko Konda, Truth Seeker
• 1x Rhox Faithmender
• 1x Rune-Tail, Kitsune Ascendant  ^Flip
• 1x Serra Ascendant
• 1x Serra Avatar
• 1x Silent Arbiter
• 1x Soul Warden
• 1x Soul's Attendant
• 1x Spelltithe Enforcer
• 1x Thalia, Guardian of Thraben
• 1x Wall of Reverence
• 1x Windborn Muse
• 1x World Queller

Enchantment (14)

• 1x Aura of Silence
• 1x Aurification
• 1x Authority of the Consuls
• 1x Boon Reflection
• 1x Celestial Convergence
• 1x Ghostly Prison
• 1x Grasp of Fate
• 1x Karmic Justice
• 1x Land Tax
• 1x Luminarch Ascension
• 1x Rule of Law
• 1x Stony Silence
• 1x Sunbond
• 1x Test of Endurance

Instant (9)

• 1x Beacon of Immortality
• 1x Condemn
• 1x Mana Tithe
• 1x Rebuff the Wicked
• 1x Reciprocate
• 1x Return to Dust
• 1x Sanguine Sacrament
• 1x Silence
• 1x Swords to Plowshares

Land (33)

• 1x Emeria, the Sky Ruin
• 1x Nykthos, Shrine to Nyx
• 30x Snow-Covered Plains
• 1x The Tabernacle at Pendrell ValeGC

Commander (1)

Artifact (13)

• 1x Aetherflux Reservoir
• 1x Caged Sun
• 1x Crawlspace
• 1x Extraplanar Lens
• 1x Haunted Cloak
• 1x Norn's Annex
• 1x Null Rod
• 1x Pearl Medallion
• 1x Sol Ring
• 1x Static Orb
• 1x Thran Dynamo
• 1x Trailblazer's Boots
• 1x TrinisphereGC

Sorcery (2)

• 1x Invincible Hymn
• 1x Urza's Ruinous Blast

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This is my stab at a mono-white stax/lifegain deck helmed by the newly-printed Evra, Halcyon Witness. The idea of the deck is to slow everyone else down with stax pieces like Hokori, Dust Drinker, Static Orb, Trinisphere, Null Rod, and others. Once the boardstate is pretty stalled and everyone is pissed off is the time to bring out Evra, Halcyon Witness and swing for fatal commander damage.

Evra, Halcyon Witness is going to be a pretty big target as soon as she hits the field, so having a way to give her haste and making her unblockable is pretty important. Protecting her until her summoning sickness is a possibility too, but again: keeping her until she can swing will be the challenge. Spells like Mana Tithe, Rebuff the Wicked, and Silence can definitely give some much-needed protection, if Evra, Halcyon Witness has to sit around for a turn.

The wincons in the deck are pretty straightforward. The deck is meant to win through combat/commander damage using Evra, Halcyon Witness's main ability. If this, for whatever reason, is off the table, there are still other ways to win. Aetherflux Reservoir as well as any of the other life-based wincons are meant as secondary options, should Evra, Halcyon Witness become incapacitated at any time.

The deck is pretty casual, and doesn't have any game-ending combos. There still needs to be lots of testing and tuning to make the deck even remotely viable. If there's anything in the deck that doesn't look like it belongs, or if it seems like I'm missing something important, please do say so!

Thanks for reading!

Date added	6 years
Last updated	6 years
Legality	This deck is Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	9 - 0 Mythic Rares 39 - 0 Rares 15 - 0 Uncommons 7 - 0 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	3.21
Tokens	Angel 4/4 W
Folders	EDH