Lathiel and Friends

Commander / EDH* Counters GW (Selesnya) Lifelink Unicorn

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Creature (32)

• 1x Abzan Falconer
• 1x Arbor Elf
• 1x Armored Pegasus
• 1x Avacyn's Pilgrim
• 1x Benevolent Unicorn
• 1x Brightmare
• 1x Captivating Unicorn
• 1x Celestial Unicorn
• 1x Conclave Mentor
• 1x Emiel the Blessed
• 1x Essence Warden
• 1x Good-Fortune Unicorn
• 1x Kami of Whispered Hopes
• 1x Loyal Unicorn
• 1x Mesa Enchantress
• 1x Mesa Unicorn
• 1x Mistral Charger
• 1x Noble Quarry
• 1x Nykthos Paragon
• 1x Opaline Unicorn
• 1x Park Heights Pegasus
• 1x Pegasus Courser
• 1x Pegasus Guardian
• 1x Ronom Unicorn
• 1x Satyr Enchanter
• 1x Soul Warden
• 1x Splendor Mare
• 1x Starnheim Courser
• 1x Steadfast Unicorn
• 1x Thurid, Mare of Destiny
• 1x Verduran Enchantress
• 1x Zebra Unicorn

Enchantment (19)

• 1x Armadillo Cloak
• 1x Aura Shards
• 1x Beastmaster Ascension
• 1x Blessed Sanctuary
• 1x Boon Reflection
• 1x Branching Evolution
• 1x Cleric Class
• 1x Doubling Season
• 1x Faith's Fetters
• 1x Gaea's Anthem
• 1x Hardened Scales
• 1x Lifegift
• 1x Light of Promise
• 1x Mirari's Wake
• 1x Privileged Position
• 1x Sunbond
• 1x Test of Endurance
• 1x True Conviction
• 1x Unflinching Courage

Artifact (5)

• 1x Alhammarret's Archive
• 1x Arcane Signet
• 1x Cosmos Elixir
• 1x Ozolith, the Shattered Spire
• 1x Sol Ring

Instant (5)

• 1x Beacon of Immortality
• 1x Heroic Intervention
• 1x Inscription of Abundance
• 1x Inspiring Call
• 1x Swords to Plowshares

Commander (1)

Land (35)

• 1x Blossoming Sands
• 1x Canopy Vista
• 1x Command Tower
• 1x Evolving Wilds
• 9x Forest
• 1x Gavony Township
• 1x Graypelt Refuge
• 1x Kabira Crossroads
• 1x Overgrown Farmland
• 12x Plains
• 1x Radiant Fountain
• 1x Reliquary Tower
• 1x Rogue's Passage
• 1x Selesnya Sanctuary
• 1x Temple Garden
• 1x Temple of Plenty

Sorcery (3)

• 1x Bond of Discipline
• 1x Scale the Heights
• 1x Storm Herd

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Creature (4)

• 1x Archon of Sun's Grace
• 1x Daybreak Charger
• 1x Juniper Order Rootweaver
• 1x Valorous Steed

Sorcery (4)

• 1x Damning Verdict
• 1x Kodama's Reach
• 1x Pegasus Stampede
• 1x Sanctify

Enchantment (1)

• 1x Pegasus Refuge

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So my 8 year old, Eevee, has been watching us play magic for awhile now, and she came to me the other day and told me she wanted a deck to play, too! She said she wanted a unicorn deck, so of course I grabbed Lathiel, the Bounteous Dawn. Not only is it a unicorn, but it's straight forward to gain life and +1/+1 counters, and we also added in pegasus. She loves them as well and you can't go wrong with flying. Now, with this being her first deck, we avoided any Planeswalkers, comboing, and deck searching. With the way all the cards work together, she can pretty much just cast one and it will either gain life, +1/+1 something, or both. This also teaches her the difference it makes based on what to cast before the other. Keep it simple and straight forward.

With the way Lathiel works our first focus is life gain, so we have Alhammarret's Archive, Beacon of Immortality, the Wardens, Boon Reflection, Bond of Discipline as well as lands like Kabira Crossroads, Radiant Fountain, and Graypelt Refuge. Other cards that work with both life gain and counters, we have creatures with lifelink, Sunbond, Cleric Class, Nykthos Paragon, Light of Promise, Conclave Mentor, and Sunscorched Regent. As for the +1/+1 counters, we have Branching Evolution, Hardened Scales, Cathars' Crusade, Doubling Season, Mirari's Wake, Emiel the Blessed, and Gavony Township.

Now a lot of this stuff isn't very cheap to cast, so Mirari's Wake, Avacyn's Pilgrim, Opaline Unicorn, and the Enchantresses help with both draw and adding mana. For some defense, not only could she have her army of Pegasus tokens, but we also have Aura Shards and Privileged Position, as well as some other stuff like Oblivion Ring, Faith's Fetters, and Swords to Plowshares.

She's played her deck a few times already, and it can get nasty fast! The next thing you know she's already been gaining life, creatures with so many counters, and even if you can get rid of something she has on the field, it's hard to pick when they all have the same idea and work off of each other so well.

I warn you though, get ready for a lot of calculating both life gain and counters!

Date added	1 year
Last updated	2 weeks
Legality	This deck is Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	5 - 0 Mythic Rares 24 - 0 Rares 25 - 0 Uncommons 24 - 0 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	3.23
Tokens	2/2 W Token Creature Unicorn, On an Adventure, Pegasus 1/1 W
Folders	Commander