Saturday, January 25, 2014

MTG New Junk Auras Born of the Gods

Hey there MTG Fans! I have been messing around with an idea today for a brew with some of the new Born of the Gods cards.
Here is a deck idea I can see working really well and winning fast, it's almost a blitz strategy, but not quite.
Let's take a look.

Creatures:(17)

4x Sylvan Caryatid
4x Hero of Iroas
4x Fabled Hero
3x Desecration Demon
2x Brimaz, King of Oreskos

Instants:(8)

4x Selesnya Charm
4x Orzhov Charm

Sorceries:(1)

1x Hunter's Prowess

Enchantments:(12)

4x Alpha Authority
4x Ethereal Armor
4x Gift of Orzhova

Land:(23)

4x Godless Shrine
4x Temple of Silence
4x Temple Garden
4x Temple of Plenty
4x Overgrown Tomb
2x Plains
1x Forest


Now the whole point behind the deck is to utilize the Heroic ability of both Hero of Iroas and Fabled Hero.
We want the first trigger we get off of them to be making the hexproof via Alpha Authority. This is also going to ensure that we don't get double and triple blocked.
Then we want to stack on as many enchantments as we can while still maintaining board presence. Ethereal Armor provides first strike, Gift of Orzhova provides evasion and lifelink in case we are racing an aggro deck. And all of these help to boost us far past what removal can do, except boardwipes. Which is where Orzhov Charm comes in. I had thought about playing Indestructibility just in case, but Orzhov Charm seems like the better choice.
The Sylvan Caryatid seems like a good choice for an early blocker, and can provide that one missing mana since we have the inconsistency of playing 3 colors, and have so many double casting costs. And Desecration Demon and Brimaz can both provide stability that may come in handy later in the game.
We look forward to playtesting this, and would love to hear your opinions on it!!
We will do a YouTube video on this as well, so look forward to the link for that coming up soon!

Until next time, let us know what cards you would like to see us brew with, and we will give it a shot and see what we come up with!