Sigil of the empty throne Decks?
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Posted on Jan. 14, 2016, 6:44 a.m. by RedDiomedes
Have we received anything new to make this deck archetype more competitive/lethal? My only thoughts at the moment are Oath of Gideon and Oath of Nissa could possible lend a hand?
I ask because i have wanted to and tried to make this deck competitive since Sigil of the Empty Throne was revealed but it has never been Tier 1 for me.
the oaths are it. I mean it could be a 3 color planeswalker deck to help with a little bit of control from blue.
January 14, 2016 9:01 a.m.
Sigil of the Empty Throne was one of those cards they printed to follow suit with a bunch of other cards that interact with enchantments.
All those cards were part of what Wizards usually does in their core sets where they make the obvious beginnings for a certain deck archetype, but the reality is that the archetype will only see support in that set release and rotate out in the new block anyway. They've been doing that crap with their core sets for years. Enchantments was one of their moves for Origins.
Hopefully those kind of shenanigans will disappear with the lack of core sets in future releases.
January 14, 2016 9:48 a.m.
branston567 says... #5
Selesnya walkers with enchantment removal (Stasis Snare, Silkwrap etc.), Retreat to Emeria and Herald of the Pantheon could be worth looking into, that would be the best version I think but I would ask whether the sigil should be replaced by Starfield of Nyx
January 14, 2016 10:19 a.m.
I honestly don't like Starfield of Nyx. It's cool yeah and could catch somebody off guard I guess, but I feel it just makes your board state board wipeable. But maybe I'm just paranoid.
January 14, 2016 10:47 a.m.
bigballingpr says... #7
I played against an enchantment deck on cockatrice and got rolled. It was playing Starfield of Nyx instead though. Honestly, I think starfield is much better than sigil. It turns all of those enchantments into bodies for an alpha strike to win the game. Oath of Chandra and Oath of Gideon are great and make Gideon, Ally of Zendikar great. Add a few Sarkhan, the Dragonspeaker and Chandra, Flamecaller and you taken even more advantage of the oaths. Outpost Siege, Silkwrap, Stasis Snare, a few End Hostilities to clean up what you couldn't exile, and if you want to splash black, i think Demonic Pact as a 2 of could be spicey. The mana for mardu is already there and its actually worse if you cut it to strictly r/w. It has potential, especially since there's no enchantment wipe out there in standard right now.
January 15, 2016 2:05 a.m.
RedDiomedes says... #8
I normally play starfield and qigik of the Empty throne. Both are great. Problem is that it's a lot of 5 drops.
January 15, 2016 9:58 a.m.
Halospades says... #9
This is where Herald of the Pantheon comes in handy. And have board wipers ready to set up your board state and drop sigil of the empty throne and drop starfield. I also like that new enchantment from OTG that cost 2 and makes enchanted creature unable to block and any damage it deals, it deals right back at the controlling player.
January 29, 2016 1:45 a.m.
freedom_fighter says... #10
Here's a deck I built and was running prior to OGW. It is extremely grindy and is a good matchup against almost any deck. B/W WARRIOR piloted by an excellent driver was the only deck I consistently lost to. // Deck: Bant Enchantment (60)
// Lands
1 Blighted Cataract
3 Blighted Steppe
4 Blighted Woodland
2 Canopy Vista
4 Flooded Strand
5 Forest
1 Island
5 Plains
1 Prairie Stream
4 Windswept Heath
// Creatures
4 Jaddi Offshoot
4 Herald of the Pantheon
// Spells
3 Secure the Wastes
2 Retreat to Coralhelm
4 Retreat to Kazandu
4 Stasis Snare
4 Retreat to Emeria
3 Sigil of the Empty Throne
2 Zendikar's Roil
// Sideboard
SB: 1 Blighted Cataract
SB: 2 Quarantine Field
SB: 2 Clash of Wills
SB: 3 Mastery of the Unseen
SB: 2 Suspension Field
SB: 1 Retreat to Coralhelm
SB: 2 Planar Outburst
SB: 1 Sigil of the Empty Throne
SB: 1 Zendikar's Roil
Sorry I don't have this on Tapped Out yew.
Argy says... #2
My opinion is that the card would work best with Enchantment Creatures, which are no longer in Standard.
January 14, 2016 7:38 a.m.