Mono-White: Why Evra Why?

Commander / EDH Jank Lifegain Mono-White Voltron

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Angel (19)

• 1x Aegis Angel
• 1x Angel of Condemnation
• 1x Angel of Grace
• 1x Angel of Sanctions
• 1x Angel of Vitality
• 1x Avacyn, Guardian Angel
• 1x Battle Angels of Tyr
• 1x Deathless Angel
• 1x Firemane Commando
• 1x Giada, Font of Hope
• 1x Inspiring Overseer
• 1x Righteous Valkyrie
• 1x Shattered Angel
• 1x Steel Seraph
• 1x Subjugator Angel
• 1x Sunblast Angel
• 1x Thraben Watcher
• 1x Victory's Herald
• 1x Windshaper Planetar

Anthem Effect (7)

• 1x Caged Sun
• 1x Gauntlet of Power
• 1x Giada, Font of Hope
• 1x Guide of Souls
• 1x Leyline of Hope
• 1x Righteous Valkyrie
• 1x Thraben Watcher

Card Draw (12)

• 1x Battle Angels of Tyr
• 1x Endless Atlas
• 1x Firemane Commando
• 1x Inspiring Overseer
• 1x Key to the City
• 1x Mangara, the Diplomat
• 1x Mazemind Tome
• 1x Mind Stone
• 1x Sigarda's Splendor
• 1x Smuggler's Share
• 1x True Love's Kiss
• 1x Well of Lost Dreams

Cleric (12)

• 1x Banisher Priest
• 1x Children of Korlis
• 1x Fiend Hunter
• 1x Inspiring Overseer
• 1x Mangara, the Diplomat
• 1x Martyr of Sands
• 1x Moon-Blessed Cleric
• 1x Mother of Runes
• 1x Righteous Valkyrie
• 1x Soul Warden
• 1x War Priest of Thune
• 1x Weathered Wayfarer

Land Basics (37)

• 37x Plains

Land Colourless (2)

• 1x Rogue's Passage
• 1x Thespian's Stage

Lifegain Effect (14)

• 1x Angel of Grace
• 1x Angel of Vitality
• 1x Angelic Chorus
• 1x Axis of Mortality
• 1x Children of Korlis
• 1x Guide of Souls
• 1x Heliod's Intervention
• 1x Inspiring Overseer
• 1x Leyline of Hope
• 1x Martyr of Sands
• 1x Righteous Valkyrie
• 1x Shattered Angel
• 1x Sigarda's Splendor
• 1x Soul Warden

Ramp (11)

• 1x Battle Angels of Tyr
• 1x Caged Sun
• 1x Gauntlet of Power
• 1x Giada, Font of Hope
• 1x Mind Stone
• 1x Monologue Tax
• 1x Nyx Lotus
• 1x Pristine Talisman
• 1x Smuggler's Share
• 1x Sol Ring
• 1x Weathered Wayfarer

Removal Mass (5)

• 1x Blast Zone
• 1x Single Combat
• 1x Subjugator Angel
• 1x Sunblast Angel
• 1x Windshaper Planetar

Removal Spot (8)

• 1x Angel of Condemnation
• 1x Angel of Sanctions
• 1x Banisher Priest
• 1x Fiend Hunter
• 1x Heliod's Intervention
• 1x Swords to Plowshares
• 1x True Love's Kiss
• 1x War Priest of Thune

Token Creation (2)

• 1x Luminarch Ascension
• 1x Sigil of the Empty Throne

Tutoring (2)

• 1x Moon-Blessed Cleric
• 1x Steelshaper's Gift

Utility Cards (6)

• 1x Aegis Angel
• 1x Avacyn, Guardian Angel
• 1x Glaring Spotlight
• 1x Lightning Greaves
• 1x Shadowspear
• 1x Thespian's Stage

Voltron Effect (11)

• 1x Deathless Angel
• 1x Glaring Spotlight
• 1x Key to the City
• 1x Mother of Runes
• 1x Prowler's Helm
• 1x Rogue's Passage
• 1x Shadowspear
• 1x Steel Seraph
• 1x Trailblazer's Boots
• 1x Victory's Herald
• 1x Whispersilk Cloak

Commander (1)

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Our local Commander Group had a Jank Night (around the time that Battlebond came out) - Pick a Commander from a list of under-used commanders, with a maximum spend of $100 per deck and see what happens.

I picked Evra... why Evra why I don't know (okay, bad pun).

I also set myself the target of no alternative win conditions, because apparently I had decided to play on hard mode. Fun exercise, but not exactly an easy Commander to focus around for this (or so it seemed).

The end result has turned out to be surprisingly playable, it usually manages to at least alpha strike one player before everyone cottons onto the fact that it isn't quite the joke deck people thought it was. Game plan is get cards on the table to start bumping up your life ahead of a strike - or at least enough to protect you from other players - and to try to get some form of evasion on board and swing with Evra. Nothing too complicated, but it does catch people by surprise. Subsequent changes have been made, and it's gone away from being a budget friendly deck, but it is great fun to play.

There are also some nice tricks you can play swapping your life total with Evra and then using Axis of Mortality to swap your new (low) life total with them to almost take out two players in a turn, but the deck is pretty much a linear Voltron Commander and can be vulnerable if the table decides that you're the arch-enemy.

Date added	5 years
Last updated	1 month
Exclude colors	UBRG
Legality	This deck is Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	6 - 0 Mythic Rares 33 - 0 Rares 20 - 0 Uncommons 4 - 0 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	3.37
Tokens	Angel 4/4 W, Angel of Sanctions 3/4 W, Copy Clone, Energy Reserve, Treasure
Folders	Commander Decks, Budget Commander, Fun EDH Decks, Build