Scoutin' Your Face With My Ethereal Armor-ed Fist

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Born of the Gods complete overhaul —Feb. 4, 2014

Significant switches in the main and sideboard for Born of the Gods. Old comments no longer apply.

Baycer says... #1

i feel like taking out the Fleecemane Lion for Hero of Iroas is probably a sound plan. the lion is a vulnerable piece for you, until you invest all your mana to monstrify it, and it is a dead draw if you have a Gladecover Scout on the field. hero provides a passive and aggressive bonus, if you load him up, he gives a pseudo Ethereal Armor , and the cost reduction is relevant with your chosen auras, meaning he isn't as much of a dead draw with a scout down.

also personally i would recommend Trollhide over Mending Touch on the sideboard, Trollhide is an aura, provides a nice buff, and is re-useable.

January 23, 2014 11:37 a.m.

jias3333 says... #2

I second Baycer though Fleecemane Lion is amazing once monstrous and you dont want too few creatures because then you have nothing to enchant. But definitely trollhide over the 1shot regen

January 23, 2014 12:54 p.m.

zaitzer says... #3

what about Hidden Strings to play even more enchantments.

January 23, 2014 12:58 p.m.

raithe000 says... #4

@Baycer and jias3333 I agree about the Hero of Iroas (I thought about it, and realized that Fleecemane kept dying in most matchups) but I'm not sold on the Trollhide . The issue is that I only really need 1 shot regen. While the buff is nice, the only reason I need to regenerate is to dodge a Supreme Verdict, and after that I rarely need to dodge another one. Against a turn 4 Supreme Verdict, If I'm not playing first, Mending Touch is far better than Trollhide, and if I am playing first, it's not particularly better.

@zaitzer This deck already has issues with over comitting to the board. Not going to make it worse.

January 23, 2014 2:58 p.m.

I would reduce the amount of scry lands you use. You need more land that enters untapped. I suggest two of each scry land, and 4 basic lands. But +1

January 24, 2014 4:42 p.m.

You should add Revoke Existence when it comes out so you can deal with Burning Earth more efficiently than Swan Song .

January 26, 2014 7:20 p.m.

raithe000 says... #7

@BoromirOfGondor I haven't seen any RDW in my local meta, and I'm not too worried about a 4-drop enchantment when I often end games with over 20 life.

January 26, 2014 7:24 p.m.

juicytoot says... #8

January 28, 2014 5:55 p.m.

delversnipe says... #9

-3 [ [ Spell Rupture ] ] you cant afford to sit back and be reactive you need to be deploying multiple auras every turn. Also add in 1 more [ [ Witchstalker ] ] best creature in the deck. I'd really reccomend [ [ Ascended Lawmage ] ] not the best but not bad at all. Hero of Iroas is a good engine card but really bad when you have to enchant him hes a little too cute

January 30, 2014 1:25 p.m.