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Gideon's Pride
The Pride lands of Ravnica have been chosen to be the battle grounds between the darkness and light. Gideon, Champion of Justice has his army on the march though Ravnica in hopes of restoring peace and order to the land. Ajani, Caller of the Pride and Brimaz, King of Oreskos have joined Gideon, and as the word of their union spreads the wicked tremble in anticipation. Many are inspired by Gideon's holy march, and word of a Fabled Hero has joined in his cause. Even the notable Hero of Iroas has pledged his allegiance. Banisher Priest from Nykthos, Shrine to Nyx strengthen the army and Arrest those who show unruly opposition to the cause. Rumors of Divine Favor to Gideon can be the only explanation for the appearance of the Eidolon of Countless Battles and the Spirit of the Labyrinth. With their help Ravnica may one day be purged of evil.
Early Game
The early game sets the mood for aggression and should carry over into the mid and late game courtesy of some cheap combinations. Ideally you would like to drop your Hopeful Eidolon on turn1, and be able to enchant it by turn2 allowing you to swing with 3 / 3 first strike and lifelink. If you miss the turn1 drop you can still have a decent 5/3 first strike or a 4/4 first strike by turn 3 by enchanting either the Spirit of the Labyrinth or the Hero of Iroas .
Middle Game
The Hero of Iroas is a great 2CMC drop that allows you to cast all of your auras a little cheaper. Luckily that will also reduce the cost for bestowing. There really isn't any drawback as to what you may decide to enchant him or another creature with. If by turn 3 you're able to bestow him with Eidolon of Countless Battles he'll be a meaty 5/5; assuming that he was your only creature in play at that time. If he gets removed that's fine because Eidolon of Countless Battles will pop into play to replace him so you won't be left feeling defenseless.
Ideally you would like to save your
Eidolon of Countless Battles
and bestow it upon the
Fabled Hero
. A beefy double strike creature will offer up anxiety as well as some hefty damage.
Brimaz, King of Oreskos
is probably one of the best 3 drop creature in standard right now, and his token generating ability feeds
Eidolon of Countless Battles
growth. If you're fortunate enough to also have
Ajani, Caller of the Pride
in play you'll be swinging with two double strike creatures instead.
Late Game
This deck works fairly consistently and I have yet to be dragged into the late game, but you alway have to be ready to go the distance. Gideon, Champion of Justice and
Ajani, Caller of the Pride
bring a mean late game that can ensure victory. Ajani has a great -8 ability that will have you dropping plenty of 2/2 creatures onto the battlefield thanks to the life that you have been gaining via
Divine Favor
and a bestowed
Hopeful Eidolon
.
Most games finish with you having over 20 life, but even if you were knocked down to half that you'll still be dropping ten 2/2 creatures into play, which gives a nice boost to
Eidolon of Countless Battles
. Use Gideon, Champion of Justice -15 ability once you have enough counters on him to swing and take out your opponent, but if all else fails you can always exile everything and force everyone to start over when you're in a real pinch.
Sideboard
The swapping is pretty straight forward depending upon which type of deck you are squaring up against. Typically I would make my swaps from
Arrest
and
Banisher Priest
as follows,
-
Celestial Flare
here for playing against the pro-white, which is problematic when you run a mono deck
-
Glare of Heresy
when playing a similar deck and you need to pop off enchantments to free up your creatures or take out a planeswalker
-
Gods Willing
against heavy removal decks
-
Revoke Existence
against enchantment themed decks that mainly use enchantment creatures
- Planar Cleansing - mass removal against crazy token decks
- Fiendslayer Paladin - not quite hexproof, but still great at avoiding removal against red/black. first strike and lifelink also follow the mechanic of the deck. I would likely swap out Spirit of the Labyrinth
Conclusion
There is definitely room for improvement, and I'm always looking for advice on making some tweaks to improve its efficiency. I've debated swapping out the Spirit of the Labyrinth and sticking in the
Fencing Ace
, but haven't committed to the idea yet.
Lots of great feedback has been pouring in, and once Journey into Nyx is released the suggestions from that expansion will find its way from the maybe section into the main.
Please continue to leave feedback, it has been very helpful.
Thanks for Looking
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| Date added | 10 years |
| Last updated | 10 years |
| Legality | This deck is not Standard legal. |
| Rarity (main - side) | 6 - 0 Mythic Rares 12 - 5 Rares 14 - 5 Uncommons 8 - 5 Commons |
| Cards | 60 |
| Avg. CMC | 2.34 |
| Tokens | Cat 2/2 W, Cat Soldier 1/1 W |
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