Esika, the Matriarch

Commander / EDH* Enchant Goad Hexproof

ImNora

Enchantment (37)

• 1x Ancestral Mask
• 1x Angelic Destiny
• 1x Aqueous Form
• 1x Armadillo Cloak
• 1x Copy Enchantment
• 1x Court of Vantress
• 1x Defense of the Heart
• 1x Dueling Grounds
• 1x Duelist's Heritage
• 1x Ethereal Armor
• 1x Extravagant Replication
• 1x Ghoulish Impetus
• 1x Martial Impetus
• 1x Martyr's Bond
• 1x Mirrormade
• 1x Parasitic Impetus
• 1x Phyresis
• 1x Predatory Impetus
• 1x Privileged Position
• 1x Psychic Impetus
• 1x Rhystic Study
• 1x Sage's Reverie
• 1x Shiny Impetus
• 1x Smothering Tithe
• 1x Songbirds' Blessing
• 1x Sphere of Safety
• 1x Spirit Mantle
• 1x Tenuous Truce
• 1x The Sound of Drums
• 1x Unquestioned Authority
• 1x Vow of Duty
• 1x Vow of Flight
• 1x Vow of Lightning
• 1x Vow of Malice
• 1x Vow of Torment
• 1x Vow of Wildness
• 1x Wound Reflection

Sorcery (2)

• 1x Mythos of Illuna
• 1x Replication Technique

Land (34)

• 1x Battlefield Forge
• 1x Cascade Bluffs
• 1x Cascading Cataracts
• 1x City of Brass
• 1x Command Tower
• 1x Darkwater Catacombs
• 1x Deathcap Glade
• 1x Deserted Beach
• 1x Exotic Orchard
• 1x Forbidden Orchard
• 1x Gateway Plaza
• 1x Glimmervoid
• 1x Grand Coliseum
• 1x Luxury Suite
• 1x Mirrodin's Core
• 1x Needleverge Pathway  ^Flip
• 1x Path of Ancestry
• 1x Plaza of Heroes
• 1x Rainbow Vale
• 1x River of Tears
• 1x Rockfall Vale
• 1x Rugged Prairie
• 1x Rupture Spire
• 1x Shadowblood Ridge
• 1x Shimmerdrift Vale
• 1x Spectator Seating
• 1x Spire of Industry
• 1x Sundown Pass
• 1x Sungrass Prairie
• 1x Training Center
• 1x Transguild Promenade
• 1x Undergrowth Stadium
• 1x Vivid Creek
• 1x Vivid Meadow

Planeswalker (2)

• 1x Garruk, Apex Predator
• 1x Nissa, Ascended Animist

Instant (1)

• 1x Worldly Tutor

Commander (1)

 ^Flip

Artifact (19)

• 1x Altar of the Pantheon
• 1x Arcane Signet
• 1x Azorius Signet
• 1x Bloodthirsty Blade
• 1x Boros Signet
• 1x Chromatic Lantern
• 1x Golgari Signet
• 1x Gruul Signet
• 1x Izzet Signet
• 1x Lithoform Engine
• 1x Nyx Lotus
• 1x Replicating Ring
• 1x Selesnya Signet
• 1x Simic Signet
• 1x Sol Ring
• 1x Strionic Resonator
• 1x Talisman of Conviction
• 1x Talisman of Hierarchy
• 1x Wishclaw Talisman

Creature (15)

• 1x Avacyn, Angel of Hope
• 1x Blast-Furnace Hellkite
• 1x Bruna, Light of Alabaster
• 2x Clever Impersonator
• 1x Consecrated Sphinx
• 1x Gisela, Blade of Goldnight
• 1x Hornet Queen
• 1x Kaima, the Fractured Calm
• 1x Michiko Konda, Truth Seeker
• 1x Sigarda, Font of Blessings
• 1x Sphinx of the Second Sun
• 1x Visara the Dreadful
• 1x Weaver of Harmony
• 1x Yenna, Redtooth Regent

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Sideboard

Enchantment (6)

• 1x Aurification
• 1x Battle Mastery
• 1x Crescendo of War
• 1x Daybreak Coronet
• 1x Greater Auramancy
• 1x Paradox Haze

Artifact (2)

• 1x Chromatic Orrery
• 1x Wedding Ring

Creature (1)

• 1x Silent Arbiter

Sorcery (1)

• 1x Scheming Symmetry

Instant (2)

• 1x Vampiric Tutor
• 1x Worldly Tutor

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Maybeboard

Enchantment (39)

• 1x Alexi's Cloak
• 1x All That Glitters
• 1x Alpha Authority
• 1x Asceticism
• 1x Aspect of Mongoose
• 1x Canopy Cover
• 1x Curator's Ward
• 1x Curse of Bloodletting
• 1x Curse of Unbinding
• 1x Diplomatic Immunity
• 1x Enchanted Evening
• 1x Entangler
• 1x Ghostly Prison
• 1x Gift of Immortality
• 1x In Search of Greatness
• 1x Infinite Reflection
• 1x Light of Promise
• 1x Mantle of the Ancients
• 1x No Mercy
• 1x Pledge of Loyalty
• 1x Privileged Position
• 1x Propaganda
• 1x Psychic Impetus
• 1x Public Enemy
• 1x Rhystic Study
• 1x Rite of the Raging Storm
• 1x Robe of Mirrors
• 1x Shielded by Faith
• 1x Shielding Plax
• 1x Sigil of the Empty Throne
• 1x Spectra Ward
• 1x Spectral Shield
• 1x Spirit of Resistance
• 1x Spiritual Asylum
• 1x Starfield of Nyx
• 1x Sterling Grove
• 1x Timely Ward
• 1x True Conviction
• 1x Unflinching Courage

Instant (5)

• 1x Deflecting Palm
• 1x Double Major
• 1x Fact or Fiction
• 1x Research / Development
• 1x Savage Alliance

Creature (33)

• 1x Archetype of Endurance
• 1x Archetype of Imagination
• 1x Blazing Archon
• 1x Edric, Spymaster of Trest
• 1x Elderscale Wurm
• 1x Exquisite Archangel
• 1x Fortune Thief
• 1x Hornet Queen
• 1x Kitt Kanto, Mayhem Diva
• 1x Kodama of the East Tree
• 1x Kynaios and Tiro of Meletis
• 1x Light-Paws, Emperor's Voice
• 1x Medomai the Ageless
• 1x Myrkul, Lord of Bones
• 1x Narset, Enlightened Master
• 1x Nomad Mythmaker
• 1x Nyxbloom Ancient
• 1x Orzhov Advokist
• 1x Phyrexian Obliterator
• 1x Platinum Angel
• 1x Platinum Emperion
• 1x Reya Dawnbringer
• 1x Rootwater Matriarch
• 1x Royal Assassin
• 1x Sanctum Weaver
• 1x Sen Triplets
• 1x Serra's Emissary
• 1x Sower of Discord
• 1x Sun Quan, Lord of Wu
• 1x Sythis, Harvest's Hand
• 1x Teysa, Envoy of Ghosts
• 1x Windborn Muse
• 1x Zur the Enchanter *f-etch*

Land (11)

• 1x Adarkar Wastes
• 1x Caves of Koilos
• 1x Crystal Quarry
• 1x Hall of Heliod's Generosity
• 1x Llanowar Wastes
• 1x Mossfire Valley
• 1x Shivan Reef
• 1x The World Tree
• 1x Twilight Mire
• 1x Woodland Cemetery
• 1x Yavimaya Coast

Sorcery (20)

• 1x Alliance of Arms
• 1x Beseech the Queen
• 1x Brilliant Restoration
• 1x Curse of the Swine
• 1x Demonic Tutor
• 1x Disrupt Decorum
• 1x Eerie Ultimatum
• 1x Fractured Identity
• 1x Grim Tutor
• 1x Mastermind's Acquisition
• 1x Mythos of Illuna
• 1x Open the Vaults
• 1x Replenish
• 1x Savor the Moment
• 1x Temporal Mastery
• 1x Tempt with Discovery
• 1x Tempt with Immortality
• 1x Tempt with Reflections
• 1x Three Dreams
• 1x Time Warp

Artifact (12)

• 1x Bloodthirsty Blade
• 1x Cloak and Dagger
• 1x Crawlspace
• 1x Crown of Doom
• 1x Gilded Lotus
• 1x Helm of the Gods
• 1x Howling Mine
• 1x Lightning Greaves
• 1x Mask of Avacyn
• 1x Mirror Shield
• 1x Swiftfoot Boots
• 1x Whispersilk Cloak

Planeswalker (10)

• 1x Ajani Unyielding
• 1x Garruk, Cursed Huntsman
• 1x Geyadrone Dihada
• 1x Jeska, Thrice Reborn
• 1x Nicol Bolas, Planeswalker
• 1x Sorin Markov
• 1x Tamiyo, Field Researcher
• 1x Tamiyo, the Moon Sage
• 1x Teferi, Temporal Archmage
• 1x Vraska, Betrayal's Sting

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This deck is designed to make your opponents creatures as powerful as possible. I mean, you can turn a 3/3 into something hitting for over 30 damage. Why do this? Because we're using goad and vows (Vow of Wildness, Vow of Duty, etc) to prevent those creatures from attacking us. Then we can use something like Bruna, Light of Alabaster to then absolutely destroy the last remaining opponent with a creature that has all of the buffs. Basically, the deck is designed to let us sit back and watch other players do the dirty work for us and then we just mop up the last remaining opponent.

We use our commander exclusively in her The Prismatic Bridge   form to drag out creatures like Gisela, Blade of Goldnight, Blast-Furnace Hellkite, Kaima, the Fractured Calm, etc. We have Sigarda, Font of Blessings and Avacyn, Angel of Hope to protect our investments along with Privileged Position.

To buff our enemies creatures, we have all the vows and impetuses (Shiny Impetus, Martial Impetus, etc) and cards like Phyresis, Spirit Mantle, Ethereal Armor, and more. We also have a number of cards that can copy enchantments so we can duplicate our vows and Impetuses and put the copies on new creatures to make sure our opponents best creatures can't be used against us.

For our protection, we also have Martyr's Bond, Dueling Grounds (makes our opponents ONLY able to attack with one of their goaded creatures and no others), Garruk, Apex Predator (for deathtouch and removal), Hornet Queen (flying deathtouch to keep that pesky angel deck from attacking us), Michiko Konda, Truth Seeker, Nissa, Ascended Animist (For beefy blockers, removal, and a game ending trample for all of our creatures), Sphere of Safety, and more.

I love getting comments and suggestions so please feel free to chime in here!

Thanks for viewing,

Nora

Date added	1 year
Last updated	1 year
Legality	This deck is not Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	14 - 3 Mythic Rares 53 - 6 Rares 27 - 3 Uncommons 17 - 0 Commons
Cards	111
Avg. CMC	3.62
Tokens	Beast 3/3 B, Copy Clone, Emblem Garruk, Apex Predator, Insect 1/1 G w/ Flying, Deathtouch, Phyrexian Horror X/X G, Replicated Ring, Spirit 1/1 C, The Monarch, Treasure
Based on	Witch Deck (Curses and Goads) copy ImNora EDH