Sunset Control Ixalan

Standard* Control Enchantment Jank Lifegain Mono-White

zaxadillo

Land (24)

• 3x Desert of the True
• 2x Evolving Wilds
• 4x Field of Ruin
• 11x Plains
• 3x Scavenger Grounds
• 1x Shefet Dunes

Planeswalker (4)

• 4x Gideon of the Trials

Enchantment (11)

• 2x Baffling End
• 4x Cast Out
• 4x Ixalan's Binding
• 1x Thopter Arrest

Artifact (4)

• 3x Sunset Pyramid
• 1x Treasure Map  ^Flip

Sorcery (10)

• 3x Approach of the Second Sun
• 3x Fumigate
• 4x Slaughter the Strong

Creature (4)

• 4x Tocatli Honor Guard

Instant (3)

• 3x Settle the Wreckage

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Sideboard

Enchantment (7)

• 1x Authority of the Consuls
• 4x Gideon's Intervention
• 2x Solemnity

Creature (4)

• 2x Regal Caracal
• 2x Sunscourge Champion

Instant (4)

• 4x Sanguine Sacrament

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Why is this a thing that I decided to build

Aggro

Tocatli Honor Guard is a very good blocker on turn two and can stop block effects like Earthshaker Khenra.

Gideon of the Trials can prevent damage and also prevent losing if all goes well.

Slaughter the Strong stunts aggro's board development super early and prevents Hazoret the Fervent.

Otherwise the early exile effects like Baffling End and Thopter Arrest are really good as well as all 3 sweepers.

Midrange (Easiest Matchup)

Sweepers, Gideon, Ixalan's Binding, etc. are all very good against midrange.

Tocatli Honor Guard messes with most midrange decks as they often have ETB effects.

Treasure Map   and Sunset Pyramid generate card advantage and help get to Approach of the Second Sun faster.

Control (Hardest Matchup)

Hope to win game one with Gideon or Approach.

Sideboard in creatures and Gideon's Intervention and depending on the deck, Solemnity and/or Sanguine Sacrament.

Card Choices

Mainboard

Tocatli Honor Guard hoses a ton of creatures, specifically those in the GPG and energy decks.

Gideon of the Trials can prevent damage from creatures and also win the game. It's an auto include in any white control deck.

Slaughter the Strong stunts the opponent's board development as early as turn 3 and is still good at any point in the game.

Settle the Wreckage punishes the opponent for attacking with multiple creatures, specifically tokens and The Scarab God.

Fumigate wipes the board and helps stop us from dying.

Approach of the Second Sun is the best win con we can play in white. That's the only reason.

Sunset Pyramid is my favorite card in the deck since most people ignore it and don't realize the card advantage that it provides. I like it better than Treasure Map   because it is continuous card advantage and selection, where Treasure Map   is up to 3 scries and 3 draws.

Treasure Map   is in the deck to ramp out Approach of the Second Sun as early as possible as well as provide minimal card selection.

Baffling End helps deal with early creatures and often doesn't get removed to give the opponent the dino token.

Thopter Arrest hits all creatures and artifacts, making it more effective than Baffling End and cheaper than Cast Out and Ixalan's Binding, but I think it still only deserves one spot in the deck.

Cast Out is just good. It cycles and gets rid of nearly anything at instant speed. The only thing not to like is the cmc.

Ixalan's Binding prevents the opponent from casting spells. I like it for the tilt factor in addition to it being an extra 4 Cast Out.

Desert of the True is for cycling either for Approach of the Second Sun or answers.

Evolving Wilds is in the deck for thinning and to shuffle Sanguine Sacrament back in.

Field of Ruin destroys nonbasic lands and shuffles the oppnent's deck, which can be very useful against other Approach of the Second Sun decks.

Plains provide white mana that I need to cast spells.

Scavenger Grounds can deal with graveyard-based decks without too much trouble.

Shefet Dunes is for the creature plan post-sideboard.

Sideboard

Authority of the Consuls is meant for aggro decks, but it doesn't do much other than make their creatures enter tapped because of Tocatli Honor Guard.

Sanguine Sacrament is the most annoying card for burn decks ever since at the end of turn or in response to a spell just gain 10-18 life and do it again several times in a game.

Solemnity is to be put in against energy and constrictor decks. Sometimes control, but that's about it.

Sunscourge Champion gains 2-6 life for the aggro matchup and also provides a blocker.

Gideon's Intervention is pretty much the only tech that mono-white has against control, but it stops them from casting their win conditions and removal/counterspells.

Regal Caracal is an extra win condition that also gains life if needed.

Date added	7 years
Last updated	7 years
Legality	This deck is not Standard legal.
Rarity (main - side)	4 - 0 Mythic Rares 17 - 13 Rares 23 - 2 Uncommons 5 - 0 Commons
Cards	60
Avg. CMC	3.53
Tokens	Cat 1/1 W w/ Lifelink, Dinosaur 3/3 G w/ Trample, Emblem Gideon of the Trials, Sunscourge Champion 4/4 B, Treasure
Folders	Make Standard Great Again