SynergyBuild says... #2
Ramp is a tad slow, Fertile Grounds and Overgrowths look great with the playset of Arbor Elfs.
Suppression Field shut off a third or more of most competitive modern lands, as fetches are that popular as people try three color or four color landbases.
Too bad Sterling Grove isn't legal, same with many other cards in legacy enchantress.
Thoughts on Flagstones of Trokair it is a fetch land that isn't shut down by Suppression Field and can search up Temple Gardens for the Arbor Elf support. Otherwise it is just a plains.
Luminarch Ascension feels like it should be sideboarded, and Sigil of the Empty Throne is meh as a win condition, I know it synergizes or whatever, but it is a five mana enchantment that doesn't do anything the turn it hits if you can't cast more spells that same turn. The next turn even if you cast twenty enchantments, they can't kill until the next turn, meaning it is a five mana enchantment that doesn't do anything until 2+ turns later. That feels bad.
Auratog + Rancor I have found is a much better win condition, and though 2x Sigil of the Empty Throne is fine, 4x, and 2x of the Luminarch Ascension is too slow.
March 1, 2018 9:40 a.m.
Thanks for your comment, SynergyBuild!
The ramp might be a little slow, but I tried playing around with Fertile Ground, Overgrowth, and the like, but that was even slower. One of the key parts of playing this deck is landing a T2 Ghostly Prison or Story Circle, so I'm not incredibly focused on what comes after that - if I can lock down the early game, I'm generally favored in the late game, except against Control or Tron.
For that reason, I'm not a huge fan of Suppression Field - additional cards to lock my opponent after T2 or T3 don't really do all that much.
Flagstones of Trokair is good, but I'm not sure it's worth the $20 price tag - I'm trying to keep this deck around $250, as people who can afford more expensive cards probably have better decks to play, myself included. This deck isn't going to be winning any GPs; I just want people to be able to take this to an FNM and have a decently strong jank deck.
My wincons are a little on the slow side, yes, but this is a pretty slow deck. It doesn't matter a ton that none of them do anything the turn they come down when my opponent can't do anything. When it costs 10 mana to attack with a single creature, I'm not particularly worried about quickly closing out the game. I'd play Auratog if it had some sort of protection, but this deck is already pretty vulnerable to spot removal, and I don't want my wincon to be similarly vulnerable.
March 1, 2018 4:13 p.m.
SynergyBuild says... #4
Asceticism, Greater Auramancy, Privileged Position, Karmic Justice are differing forms of protection against spot removal.
Leyline of Sanctity is also really sweet and probably should be mainboarded with Lightning Bolt and it's kin, Thoughtseize, Inquisition of Kozilek, Duress, Thought-Knot Seer, and Kitesail Freebooter and other staples in the format. Lantern Control get single handedly shut down by that card, and that deck is a lot more popular now.
March 1, 2018 6:46 p.m.
TheMadFriend says... #5
I'm trying to build a similar deck myself, and I'm wondering about why you don't sideboard the Luminarch Ascension out, especially against decks like Burn.
Another thing I kinda want to do is maindeck Leyline of Sanctity, it just seems very strong.
What do you think?
March 6, 2018 11:51 a.m.
Yeah, Leyline probably should be maindecked at this point. I haven't played this deck for months, and have kind of been leaving the decklist alone, but it's probably the correct call. Thanks!
March 6, 2018 1:45 p.m.
Phillygreenman007 says... #7
Anointed Procession. How do you feel about that. Double angels. What would u take out. Id say abundant growth. Would double your ability to kill. If they somehow gain life, say your playing soul sisters
June 7, 2018 3:39 p.m.
I've been running a G/W Enchantress deck in Modern for a while now. Here's some recommendations that I'd make.
First off, Idyllic Tutor is very good. The 3 mana cost may seem high, but with Arbor Elf and Utopia Sprawl, it is very easy to cast. It also lets you run your deck in more of a "tool-box" style, letting you rely on silver bullets to more easily take on a variety of decks.
Once you're running 4x Idyllic Tutors, combos become much more accessible. An easy one to hit is Heliod, God of the Sun + Worship. This combo means you cannot die until the opponent can get rid of one of the pieces first. Since Heliod is Indestructible, that adds a layer of protection to the combo. The best part is that both of these cards are good individually in this deck, even if the combo isn't established. Heliod is a great mana sink, that adds to Sphere of Safetys power as well as providing blockers, while Worships effect is just as useful if you've got 3-4 random creatures in play. The Tutor also allows you to grab both Greater Auramancys once you have a useful board state, making your board state incredibly difficult to remove, and causes you to be less reliant on lucky draws.
Some other good silver bullet cards are Authority of the Consuls to slow down the opponent and prevent some combos, as well as add passive life gain against wide creature strategies. Ixalan's Binding is a great "cover's everything" removal spell, and it prevents them from casting that spell again which can completely shut down some combo decks. 4 mana is nothing with Arbor Elf + Utopia Sprawl. Leyline of Sanctity is a great silver bullet against a lot of decks. Burn is the most obvious one, but most decks run some form of hand interaction with cards like Thoughtseize and what not. This shuts those cards down and turns them into dead draws. Starfield of Nyx is an alternate win-con that also allows you to recover from early enchantment removal. Powerful tool to have available with Idyllic Tutor. The Tutor also allows you to run less of some of your win-cons, because you can pull them out whenever you need them. 4x Sigil of the Empty Throne will mean you'll have a dead draw in the early game and several dead draws in the late game. You can get away with just running 2x if you're running 4x Idyllic Tutor.
Mana is a huge issue that this deck faces. Arbor Elf + Utopia Sprawl is a great way to tackle this problem. Nykthos, Shrine to Nyx also manages this problem very well. It's worth running both. This whole deck is all about dropping permanents and keeping them on the field, consistently increasing the power level of Nykthos.
After play testing with it a lot, I've found that Abundant Growth just doesn't do enough to warrant a card slot. It's an extra enchantment and it draws, but this 2 color deck doesn't have a card draw problem and doesn't have a mana color fixing problem, so it just doesn't do anything for us.
Always happy to see another Enchantress player in Modern, it's a crazy fun archetype and takes a ton of decks by surprise! Good luck fellow Enchanter!
DeimosDragon says... #1
Nope, you're right on all accounts. And after taking a look at Dovescape again, I noticed it would trigger for me as well, countering all the enchantments, LOL
February 24, 2018 12:39 a.m.