PAUPER DECK -> ONLY COMMON CARDS ALLOWED
(Don't suggest cards that are not allowed in this format)
IMPORTANT COMBOS
Bant Sureblade + Shield of the Oversoul
or Bant Sureblade
+
Favor of the Overbeing
.
Phantom Nomad
becomes immortal with any aura.
STRATEGY IN A NUTSHELL
huge aura sinergy with multicolored creatures and hexproof/protection. Few but strong fighters.
THE MAIN STRUCTURE
Easy aggro deck that mixes the essence of a modern deck a friend shared with me and a set of simple combos.
Bant Sureblade
is the engine of the deck; put it with
Favor of the Overbeing
and/or any other multicolored creature and you have a 5/4 with flying and vigilance.You can put Shield of the Oversoul on any creature to make it indestructible, flying and get a nice +2/+2. Armadillo Cloak is an ultra combo too.Rancor powers up and is very sinergic with
Silhana Ledgewalker
, which can't be easily blocked and has hexproof.
All those auras are good with
Aura Gnarlid
!
Naya Hushblade
is a stronghold VS counters if you already could play one of the other 20 multicolored permanents (not hard).
Journey to Nowhere is a very good (and only) removal worth to put in this deck (Oblivion Ring is too mana-expensive).
Vines of Vastwood
and
Stave Off
are both defensive AND aggressive cards (giving protection or shroud to enemies creature to prevent buffing and counter the spells!). Very useful to save yourself from nasty situations.
Hope you enjoy this little, funny deck as much as I'm doing recently.
INTERACTION WITH OTHER DECKS
DELVER mostly easy
side: 2x or 3x Relic of Progenitus, 2x
Hornet Sting
, 2x Dawn Charm
HellBant is mostly the counterdeck of this one. Lots of hexproof cards. relic of the progenitus is to prevent the usage of delve cards like Treasure Cruise,
Hornet Sting
is VS Delver of Secrets
.
Stave Off
is strictly recommended in 4x against burns (Shock, Flame Slash, Lightning Bolt, etc). You can go with Dawn Charm to prevent a Kiln Fiend 's attack.
INFECT medium
side: 1x
Stave Off
Stave Off
here screws the opponent easily: give protection from black or green (depends on the kind of infect) to the creature your opponent is buffing with instants or enchantments while he's unblocked and able to finish you in one single attack. GG.
AFFINITY hard
side: 2x Fangren Marauder, 2x Dawn Charm and 2x Qasali Pridemage
This is a hard match. Fangren Marauder disrupts the deck, Dawn Charm counters Fling or a very aggressive assault, or can let you remove a big creature saving one of yours. Qasali Pridemage is a hard removal on big artifacts (like Myr Enforcer or the opponent's artifact lands!).
TRON easy
I suppose that Tron is too slow to deal with this deck. The only removal it has are not good enough (Hexproof).
AURA medium
side: 2x Calming Verse 2x Qasali Pridemage
Ok, so this is almost a mirror game. Almost, since this is not a conventional aura deck; and the normal Aura is way faster than Hellbant, even if creatures are bigger in my deck (but slower).Get immediately rid of all the Armadillo Cloak and Ethereal Armor they play, then on the occasion Calming Verse tapping all the lands (you probably won't tap much more than needed to cast it). That will probably make you win the game.
