A single copy of Tiana, Ship’s Caretaker allows us to recur our Auras should our creatures be removed, and a playset of Sram, Senior Edificer provides us with plenty of card draw thanks to the composition of our deck. Dauntless Bodyguard is another 2/1 for one in the early game, that can be used to protect one of our key pieces as the game progresses. The rest of the creatures in the deck provide us with different kinds of support. With only two or three auras Valduk can provide you with a steady stream of disposable threats with which to overwhelm our opponents and allows the deck to change up strategies should the need arise. Valduk is a legendary human shaman that at the beginning of combat on our turn creates an 3/1 elementals with Trample and Haste, for each aura and equipment attached to it. The other way the deck can win is with an army of token creatures, thanks to one of the new legendary creatures from Dominaria, Valduk, keeper of the Flame. The Pouncer is heavy hitting two drop thanks to Double-Strike, that can return the battlefield as a 4/4 if it is destroyed thanks to its Eternalize ability. The Aspirant is your standard 2/1 for one with the added upside of becoming a flyer once we place our tenth permanent, while the Vanguard is a tough creature to remove if we are willing to part with some of our life total. In our deck these take the form of Skymarcher Aspirant, Adanto Vanguard and Adorned Pouncer. Firstly, we can take the traditional path to victory, which involves attaching some of our auras to an evasive or hard-hitting threat. Our version of auras however, has a slightly more direct path to victory. This deck works by pumping up a creature with Lifelink to be a real threat, then giving it Flying with a Cartouche of Knowledge to avoid any ground blockers. In fact, some of you out there might have come across a Blue/White Auras deck in the last few months. While these kinds of strategies are generally unpopular (due in no small part because it opens players up to the dreaded two for one) occasionally these decks find enough playable cards to make an impact on Standard. So, if you’re looking for a spicy new brew for your next FNM, might I recommend that you try on some red and white pants.įor those of you who might be confused, the term ‘pants’ in Magic the Gathering circles refers to Enchantment-Auras that creatures ‘wear’ to buff them up. Today we bring you the first of our Dominaria inspired decks and not only is it a real doozy, but it’s very fashionable too. Well, we here at Master of Magics are no different, and have already been hard at work piecing together some fun new deck for all of you to enjoy. Soon the landscape of Standard will yet again change as new cards and strategies flood into the format, with brewers the world over flexing their creative muscles. Dominaria spoiler season has passed and now we are counting down the days until release weekend.
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