The Inquisition

Modern Aggro Combo Humans Lifegain Mono-White Soul Sisters

Arnez

Creature (33)

• 3x Archangel of Thune
• 4x Champion of the Parish
• 4x Martyr of Sands
• 3x Ranger of Eos
• 4x Serra Ascendant
• 4x Soul Warden
• 4x Soul's Attendant
• 3x Thalia, Guardian of Thraben
• 4x Thalia's Lieutenant

Land (20)

• 4x Cavern of Souls
• 4x Flagstones of Trokair
• 4x Ghost Quarter
• 8x Plains

Enchantment (3)

• 3x Path of Bravery

Instant (4)

• 4x Path to Exile

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Sideboard

Enchantment (4)

• 2x Rest in Peace
• 2x Stony Silence

Sorcery (3)

• 3x Return to the Ranks

Instant (4)

• 2x Dazzling Reflection
• 2x Disenchant

Creature (4)

• 4x Lone Rider  ^Flip

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This is an atypical Innistrad themed Mono-White "Lifegain Humans" build I've come up with named The Inquisition. "Lifegain Humans," as I like to call it, is a variant of Soul Sisters which is a fair and aggressive deck that deploys a lifegain strategy not only as a delay tactic, but even to power its win conditions. It is a fun and engaging deck that has beautiful synergy. This particular build loves attrition battles and can absolutely destroys the direct damage strategies of the enemy!

While still one of the premiere White decks in the Modern format, Soul Sisters really gets hammered by Combo and Control decks. However, being in White means having access to the best solutions to a lot of the most popular strategies in the format. I'm going to attempt to address that problem here. Let me know what you think!

Spells

Your key cards in the deck are The Sisters themselves; Soul Warden, Soul's Attendant and Martyr of Sands are the main engine powering the rest of the deck. The incremental lifegain achieved with Soul Warden and Soul's Attendant can get you through tough grinds and is detrimental to the strategy of most decks. It can even mean the difference between walking away from that battle or utter defeat... Martyr of Sands is a powerhouse, ideally you could be sitting pretty at 35 life and swinging out with a 6/6 Serra Ascendant with flying and lifelink on your second turn. Starting the game with that kind of an advantage is enough to make a any Red Sparkmage ragequit! While dealing with White magic you'll also have access to Path to Exile , the best removal in Modern, allowing you deal with serious threats swiftly and effectively.

The great thing about Soul Sisters is it's consistency and number of low-curve threats, eliminating a Control deck's grip over a match and greatly diminishing the chances of losing to any dimwitted Izzet Goblin wielding a staff if you can play your cards right.

Additions

My take on this classic seeks to solve the aforementioned problem by enlisting Thalia, Guardian of Thraben into the regiment, essentially shutting down those pesky Combo decks. This particular Soul Sisters build has a heavy Human Tribal sub-theme with the very aggressive combination of Champion of the Parish and Thalia's Lieutenant ; these great soldiers grow increasingly powerful as the battle progresses and easily outclass even Tarmogoyfs! The sole reason to summon only Humans is Cavern of Souls so my entire regiment can't be countered, effectively shutting down most Blue decks and making it possible to compete against a much broader range of decks possibly pushing this over the top into Tier 1 territory. Human Tribal finally got some much needed love and amazing creatures in Shadows over Innistrad. Now, you'll command an army that can withstand a threat and be ready to counterattack and with Thalia, Guardian of Thraben leading the charge, this little army will bring on enough righteous beatdown to end wars!

I want this to be competitive, so suggestions are welcome.

Top Ranked	Achieved #15 position overall 9 years ago
Date added	9 years
Last updated	7 years
Legality	This deck is Modern legal.
Rarity (main - side)	7 - 0 Mythic Rares 25 - 7 Rares 8 - 4 Uncommons 12 - 4 Commons
Cards	60
Avg. CMC	1.85
Folders	Awesome decks, Knights, Fun Decks, Yay, Modern, Gedruckt, Lifegain, modeern, >?>?>>>????, Mono-white