Heroic Leader Tournament Deck

Standard Aggro Budget Combo Competitive Counters RGWU WU (Azorius)

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Creature (19)

• 4x Battlewise Hoplite
• 2x Fabled Hero
• 4x Favored Hoplite
• 3x Hero of Iroas
• 3x Nivmagus Elemental
• 3x Phalanx Leader

Land (18)

• 4x Hallowed Fountain
• 5x Island
• 5x Plains
• 4x Temple of Enlightenment

Enchantment (4)

• 4x Ordeal of Thassa

Instant (15)

• 3x Bioshift
• 4x Gods Willing
• 4x Retraction Helix
• 4x Triton Tactics

Sorcery (4)

• 4x Hidden Strings

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Sideboard

Enchantment (6)

• 3x Pacifism
• 3x Soul Tithe

Instant (9)

• 3x Azorius Charm
• 3x Brave the Elements
• 3x Dispel

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Maybeboard

Creature (1)

• 1x Judge's Familiar

Enchantment (1)

• 1x Ordeal of Heliod

Instant (4)

• 1x Celestial Flare
• 1x Render Silent
• 1x Rootborn Defenses
• 1x Silence

Sorcery (1)

• 1x Revoke Existence

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Heroic Trigger Cards:

• Bioshift Can target two creatures and shift the counters if one would die, including the counter from targeting.
• Hidden Strings Can target two creatures and you may untap of tap it. +Cipher copy when damage is done to opponent.
• Triton Tactics Can target two creatures and you can untap both of them, give them +0/3 and heroic triggers all for 1 blue mana. Did I mention it also taps down creatures that it blocks? Or that it hard counters Anger of the Gods & Mizzium Mortars?

Creature Combos:

• Nivmagus Elemental + Hidden Strings After the ciphered spell copy has targeted two creatures you can exile the copy allowing you to get +2 counters and trigger heroic. However the copy will have no other effect.
• Nivmagus Elemental + Triton Tactics + Gods Willing + Bioshift After the instant or Sorcery spell has been cast and triggered heroic, you may exile it giving 2 counters, however there still be no additional effect.
• Fabled Hero + Bioshift Keep all your counters on one creature then swing with both, move them over to Fabled Hero and win the game.
• Fabled Hero + Hidden Strings When Fabled Hero does double strike damage to a play you may cast 2 copies of Hidden Strings couple that with Brave the Elements and you should win the game.

Heroic Creatures:

• Hero of Iroas
• Battlewise Hoplite
• Fabled Hero
• Favored Hoplite
• Phalanx Leader

Card Synergy Examples:

• Nivmagus Elemental +Phalanx Leader + Phalanx Leader + Hidden Strings Every time Hidden Strings is cast, target both Phalanx Leader giving everything 2 counters, then if Hidden Strings is a copy, exile it giving an additional 2 counters to Nivmagus Elemental
• Fabled Hero + Nivmagus Elemental + Bioshift Exile all copies of Hidden Strings or other heroic trigger cards, then when you swing, bioshift your counters from Nivmagus Elemental to direct the damage.
• Hero of Iroas + Soul Tithe + Ordeal of Heliod + Ordeal of Thassa + Pacifism These cards are all playable on there own, but with a single Hero of Iroas in play they become much stronger cards only requiring 1 mana to play.
• Retraction Helix + Hidden Strings + Triton Tactics Lets bounce multiple non-land permanents while still getting heroic triggers for only a few mana! Am I dreaming?

Goal:

This is a very fast deck built to take advantage of heroic effects and spells that target creatures. Very effective in 1v1; This deck can win under a few different conditions on turn 3. It is very easy to play this deck with a Low mana curve and Overall CMC average of 1.5 mana allowing you to play first with two land. If you decide to use this deck, please tell me how you did and if you liked it (+1 me ), I want the average user to be able to play competitively without spending a huge amount of money on cards.

Best cast scenario you win turn 3, worst case, your playing against blue black control :P.

Ruling on Hidden Strings:

• 1 when Hidden Strings is ciphered to a card and that card deals combat damage to a player, The spell triggers and a copy is cast at instant speed instead of sorcery.
• 2 when a copy of Hidden Strings is cast, those targets are declaired, but the action is not until it resolves. Nivmagus Elemental can exile the copy of Hidden Strings . It's targets are still valid from triggering heroic, but any additional effects of the copied card will not occur.
• 3 when Hidden Strings is initially cast, you cannot exile it with Nivmagus Elemental if you want it to encode it onto a creature.
• 4 when a copy of Hidden Strings is cast, it can untap your land, however this is done during your combat phase so no mana can be carried over to your second main phase via floating. If you had a creature such as Hussar Patrol for example with flash, you could play it on turn 2 because you could play it during the combat damage step, via float untap float. however Fabled Hero for example is not a valid card to cast during combat step.

How to win turn 3:

• Turn #1: Play Hallowed Fountain , pay 2 life. Tap Hallowed Fountain for 1 blue mana, play Nivmagus Elemental. Pass turn.
• Turn #2: Play Hallowed Fountain , pay 2 life. Tap 2x Hallowed Fountain for 2 blue mana, play Hidden Strings targeting 2x Hallowed Fountain . Tap 2x Hallowed Fountain for 2 blue mana, play Hidden Strings targeting 2x Hallowed Fountain Tap 2x Hallowed Fountain for 2 white mana. Play Phalanx Leader. Combat Phase: swing with Nivmagus Elemental, after dealing combat damage cast 2x copies of Hidden Strings target Phalanx Leader and Hallowed Fountain with both copies. exile one copy off the stack with Nivmagus Elemental. Allow other copy of Hidden Strings to resolve. Pass turn.
• Before turn 3: Tap Hallowed Fountain for 1 blue mana or 1 white, play Bioshift or Triton Tactics or Gods Willing or Retraction Helix targeting Phalanx Leader and exile it off the stack with Nivmagus Elemental.
• Turn 3: Combat phase: Swing with Nivmagus Elemental and Phalanx Leader Combat damage: Tap 2x Hallowed Fountain for mana needed to cast 2x: Bioshift or Triton Tactics or Gods Willing or Retraction Helix targeting Phalanx Leader and exile it off the stack with Nivmagus Elemental. End game.
• If done in the correct order, Nivmagus Elemental will deal 14 damage and Phalanx Leader will deal 6 damage on turn 3 alone. If 100.00% is a sure thing, The Chances of drawing the cards needed for this combo is around 1.15%

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Top Ranked	Achieved #18 position overall 10 years ago
Date added	11 years
Last updated	10 years
Legality	This deck is not Standard legal.
Rarity (main - side)	13 - 0 Rares 26 - 9 Uncommons 11 - 6 Commons
Cards	60
Avg. CMC	1.52
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