Thanks apop. There's definitely a bit of fine tuning to do to adjust to the new M15 cards people are using.

Good luck with your mid-range deck :) Please let me know how you go.

Clever use of Lavinia. +1.

Thanks Indigoindigo! I appreciate the +1 :)

I don't know if you want to play it with that many islands, but you could use Gainsay against Control.

I could play Gainsay or Negate , but I would need to change up the land base to accommodate it since 4 Hallowed Fountain won't be very consistent.

Is there any better white options against control? Would Renounce the Guilds be useful against Blood Baron of Vizkopa / Detention Sphere ?

This deck looks awesome, I am big fan. I want it in my life

Cheers plusmental. Thanks for the comment and the +1 :)

Glad to see Tajic Godbeard made it into the list! Chaaaaaaaaaaaarge.

+1

I'm looking forward to playing him! Thank you for the +1 JakeHarlow

I basically ran this deck today went undefeated, didn't know anyone else made a deck like me. All in all good build. If I may offer a few suggestions.

-2 plains -2 bf forge (+4 mana confluence)

-3 devouring light (+3 banishing light, you lose instant speed but gain flexibility to target a PW or anything annoying like a d sphere that hit multiple targets)

-2 celestial flare (+2 azorious charm, same effect but short term and draw locks, you can ditch it for another card, but best of all giving your guys lifelink will save your life on multiple occasions)

-1 paragon -1 hall of triumph (+2 iroas if you get him to turn on great, if not, still great, never worry about swinging with tokens and they have to double block. No losing preeminent captains to combat is amazing. )

As for your side board

-2 revoke existence (you can +2 deicide because there really isn't any "OMG how am I going to stop these artifacts" kind of cards as much as there are God's and auras and bestow cards. You can also opt to +1 banishing light and +1 devouring light is need be.

All in all great deck. Let me know your feedback on my suggestions. Thanks again and happy hunting.

Also, how's your match up vs G/R monster, Mono black devotion, and esper/azorious control?

2 suggestions... Maybe 2 Nykthos would be good for this deck. Makes Obelisk of Urd even easier to cast. And the other suggestion is cleaning up all the comments... :3

I really like your use of Preeminent Captain as soon as they spoiled him I started brewing with him working through various stages of what to do with him as I am a Johnny Mofo! I really wanted to focus on a fast deck that abused his Sneak Attack ness so I scoured the current list of standard soldiers and settled on this current list Captain Sneaky I'm not completely settled on supporting spells but they're mainly centered around protecting the captain I think you could play Military Intelligence and it would be extremely beneficial to filling your hand with more soldiers for battle.amazing job. +1

I played against someone yesterday with a similar build, and i got STOMPED. He was using Launch the Fleet , I'd seriously consider that card as it wrecked me numerous times.... Especially with the Obelisk, because then you get a bunch of 3/3's since they're all soldiers.

Wow, thanks all for the feedback! My weekend was busier than I thought so apologies for not responding to your suggestions sooner!

@batman8942 - Thanks for your suggestions! Unfortunately I haven't played against any G/R monster or Esper control decks since I splashed red in this deck so its hard to tell. I will add an update if I come across either of these decks and note any troubles I come across. Mono-black is still a decent match up for me as I can play more threats than they have targeted removal for. I haven't seen any of our MBD players running Drown in Sorrow at my LGS, which is definitely a plus for me.

As for your suggestions, I'm not sold on Iroas, God of Victory . I can understand how he can let me stay aggressive, but I'm able to alpha-strike almost every turn already while having some sort of trick or removal spell ready so I'm not sure if he's worth the slot or not. Brave the Elements and Lavinia of the Tenth seem to give me enough evasion already. Paragon of New Dawns hasn't performed as I had expected so I will drop it, but I'm not sure what I'll be adding in it's place, so I may try Iroas, God of Victory anyway.

Banishing Light also feels a bit slow. Dropping a threat and then using it to Devouring Light away a big creature feels much more relevant since there are a bunch of creatures decks at my LGS. I haven't had much issue with Planeswalkers yet, but I will definitely keep the suggestion in mind. Celestial Flare is only in to deal with hexproof / Stormbreath Dragon which Azorius Charm can't hit. I will keep Azorius Charm in mind though, as its a great tempo changer. There's also a few people playing U/R artifacts which runs Scuttling Doom Engine and Ensoul Artifact which was the reason I was running Revoke Existence over Deicide . If people start running MUD again, I will definitely switch over to Deicide . Thanks for the suggestions!

@IATEAREPUBLICAN - Nykthos is a bit unnecessary. I can already get Obelisk of Urd out consistently on turn 3-4 thanks to the convoke on it. If I was playing a more mid-range deck with Archangel of Thune , Angel of Serenity and Elspeth, Sun's Champion , you can bet I'd chuck it in though so I appreciate the suggestion. I will agree that the comments do need a clean up though :)

@hateindigital - Thanks for the +1! I'm still debating over using Military Intelligence or not. I was running it in a previous build (where I was only Blue/White) and it didn't feel like it helped win much. I may try it again in the sideboard in place of Spirit Bonds , but I'll still need to have a better test with both.

@SpaderAce - I really want to try Launch the Fleet and you're right that it looks insane with Obelisk of Urd . I'm stuck on what to drop though. If you have any ideas, please let me know.

Wow, thanks all for the feedback! My weekend was busier than I thought so apologies for not responding to your suggestions sooner! Doing a quick comment clean up as well.

@batman8942 - Thanks for your suggestions! Unfortunately I haven't played against any G/R monster or Esper control decks since I splashed red in this deck so its hard to tell. I will add an update if I come across either of these decks and note any troubles I come across. Mono-black is still a decent match up for me as I can play more threats than they have targeted removal for. I haven't seen any of our MBD players running Drown in Sorrow at my LGS, which is definitely lucky for me.

As for your suggestions, I'm not 100% sold on Iroas, God of Victory . I can understand how he can let me stay aggressive, but I'm able to alpha-strike almost every turn already while having some sort of trick or removal spell ready so I'm not sure if he's worth the slot or not. Brave the Elements and Lavinia of the Tenth seem to give me enough evasion already. Paragon of New Dawns hasn't performed as I had expected so I will drop it, but I'm not sure what I'll be adding in it's place, so I may try Iroas, God of Victory anyway.

Banishing Light also feels a bit slow. Dropping a creature of my own and then using it to Devouring Light away a threat feels much more relevant since there are a bunch of creatures decks at my LGS. I haven't had much issue with Planeswalkers yet, but I will definitely keep the suggestion in mind. Celestial Flare is only in to deal with hexproof / Stormbreath Dragon which Azorius Charm can't hit. I will keep Azorius Charm in mind though, as its a great tempo changer. There's also a few people playing U/R artifacts running things like Scuttling Doom Engine and Ensoul Artifact which was the reason I was running Revoke Existence over Deicide . If people start running MUD or Athreos, God of Passage again, I will definitely switch over to Deicide . Thanks for the suggestions!

@IATEAREPUBLICAN - Nykthos is a bit unnecessary. I can already get Obelisk of Urd out consistently on turn 3-4 thanks to the convoke on it. If I was playing a more mid-range deck with Archangel of Thune , Angel of Serenity and Elspeth, Sun's Champion , you can bet I'd chuck it in though so I appreciate the suggestion. I will agree that the comments do need a clean up though :)

@hateindigital - Thanks for the +1! I'm still debating over using Military Intelligence or not. I was running it in a previous build (where I was only Blue/White) and it didn't feel like it helped win much. I may try it again in the sideboard in place of Spirit Bonds , but I'll still need to have a better test with both.

@SpaderAce - I really want to try Launch the Fleet and you're right that it looks insane with Obelisk of Urd . I'm stuck on what to drop though. If you have any ideas, please let me know.

Dude, ive been refining my standard soldiers for a few days, lemme tell you, iroas is a great addition, whenever i put that thing out people sigh, the ability to madcap your soldiers and prevent damage to attacking ones helps, specially when it protects preeminent who needs to attack to activate abilities, i run 2

Thanks MattMarker. I will try Iroas, God of Victory out in place of Paragon of New Dawns and see how he goes. I'm still not 100% sold on him, but I'll try him out and see if he changes my mind.

Hey bro, totally stealing your removal, but adding in chained to the rocks, because it's hot, and it'll help my eidolon of countless beetles ;)

Go for it mang. I can't tell you how many times Devouring Light has saved me when I'm tapped out.

What do you think about ajani steadfast

Ajani Steadfast is pretty good vs other creature decks I think. Being able to gain some life back while still attacking and making all of your creatures bigger is awesome. He doesn't really do anything against control though.

Might add him to the sideboard if I can get a hold of him.

OK, I love Iroas, God of Victory now, he lives up to his name. Made combat a massive headache for my opponent's on gameday. Thanks again for the suggestion :D

Looking it over...

I love the Idea for the deck... nice work.

A few things I might suggest.

You have a lot of white going on here...

Heliod, God of the Sun even as a 1 of.... All your soldiers have vigilance... Plus VERY easy to become live on the field and a mana sink.

Replace Hall of Triumph with Spear of Heliod ... Same functionality... But added utility to boot.

Again, with the amount of white in your deck. Nykthos, Shrine to Nyx as a 1 or 2 of...

Move some Boros Charm s to the main, because it IS that good.

As you stated, you run out of cards in a hurry... Military Intelligence and/or Bident of Thassa will keep give you the gas to keep churning.

Lastly.... Blind Obedience or 2 helps you control the board state better, harder to remove than Imposing Sovereign , and gives you extort capability.