Standard Aura/Enchantment Decks

I'm not sure. I think the 'seeding' is there to make enough potential for people to want to make a deck work. I'm not sure what's going to come out post rotation but if we get just a few bits of good stuff then it might be viable.

If that is the case I'd expect it to be in W/G - historically both colors have had good enchantments as well as reasonably effecient creatures onto which to stick them (Fleecemane Lion was just SO good recently) but I wouldn't expect anything in three colors like the Bant Hexproof decks in Modern - they only work as a collection of a number of sets worth of good creatures.

Instead I'd expect a strong green base ramping into big enchantments fairly early on. Lots of low cost creatures and enchantments (Rancor?? please??) and just a few big haymakers.

...such as this:


Short answer - it's possible. It depends what comes out in BFZ but it is certainly possible to make a reasonably competetive deck for FNM use as long as the right stuff comes in.

I think that it's a reasonably idea. I'd certainly play 3-4 in a deck like that. However if I was doing that I would go all in - 2 colors only (G/W) to avoid mana issues and a LOT of low down ramp creatures that could then become targets for the LOT of cheap enchantments that I'd be packing. The deck would really only have one main plan and one contingency.

1. To Ramp into Sigl and then enchant something (anything) in order to start generating angel tokens then every turn after that enchant an angel token and create more as a nice side effect. Any 1-2 mana enchantment that gives vigilance would be a major plus.
2. If Sigil doesn't turn up or your mana dorks are killed then route 2 is to simply treat it as an aggro deck and view the enchantments as 2 mana burn spells (on the expectations that the creatures you put them on may be killed shortly afterwards) so enchant and swing each turn until you either run out of creatures or they run out of life.

Ok those are simple principles. Depending on the available card pool you could play with that slightly and build in some protection to the deal. The one thing I wouldn't do however is muddey the waters by putting artifacts etc in. A playset of 1 mana white protections spells yes. A playset of artifacts - no.

Mana elves is a very good idea. The quicker you can get to what is most likely going to be GGGWW nine times out of ten the better. With the right combination and using the current standard card pool you could potentially cast it on turn 3 - which means that if you are going first then you are less likely for your opponent go have counterspell mana available to them. It also means that you could potentially start generating 4/4 flying angel tokens from turn 4 which is very early for an opponent to have something available to block them with.

(T1: Forest + Elf. T2: Windsweapt Heath - Sac for Plains, play another elf. T3: Plains. Tap 2 x plains, 2 x Elf and 1 x forest for Sigil)

The Savage Aura's decklist is worth looking at as an inspiration but being aware that it is a precon and thus wasn't 'tuned' but was more of a baseline. However there were some VERY good cards there.

Sadly they are rotating out but if I were making the deck tomorrow I'd consider Bow of Nylea and Spear of Heliod. Whils they are not the cheapest they are enchantments and they have massively beneficial effects across the board. I'd perhaps err towards running 2 bow and maybe one spear. Being able to give your legion of mana dorks deathtouch actually makes the alternate aggro route slightly more valid in that they will always take a blocker with them (short of regeneration)

BOTG / JTN are rotating out as they are Theros block. It's all going I'm afraid - they come in as sets but they leave as a block.

Theros block - Theros, Born of the Gods and Journey into Nyx - rotating out.
M15 - rotating out.

Origins - with us for a while
Khan's block (Khans of Takir, Fate Reforged, Dragons if Takir) - with us but will be the next out.

Battle for Zendikar - incoming.

So to be honest unless something screams 'play me' in Khan's block then I would also concentrate only on Origins and the incoming block. It would, at least, let you know that your design would be viable for the longest.

We aren't in the new rotation yet - we only start it now so Theros and the core set (M15) rotate out in the same way that they have up until now (Return to Ravnica and M14 / Innistrad and M13 etc)

The NEXT rotation will be in the new system.

From MTG Salvation:



So I actually got it slightly wrong.

Out now will be the whole of Theros block and M15.
Then on the next one will be Dragons of Takir and Magic: Origins
Then Battle for Zendikar and ??

This is what I meant when I said near the start that I would wait and see what was incoming. I do think the idea is potentially viable but only dependent upon what BFZ gives us.

I managed to get the answer already from here:

whatsinstandard.com

I'm scrapping any Standard deck ideas until things settle down. I'm not interested in trying to work out what is, or is not viable.

I'm also going to dismantle all Standard decks, because there will be too much leaving them to remain truly viable.

I'll take a look at Origins tomorrow, see if there is something worthwhile.

I have a funny feeling that Standard will be played for a while, until people understand what is happening...

The first two are potentially workable - 1 to 2 mana is good for this type of deck, especially if you are trying to make use of Sigil of the Empty Throne.

The third would be awesome in a token based deck - isn't there an origins card that brings either four or five of gideon's little soldier friends onto the battlefield..? That's a massive boost if you have a few 1/1's around already as well as leaving you with some blockers.

It's not bad. It's low enough cost to run in a W/G enchantment deck and it boosts over time so it needs to be dealt with. If you happen to have a (normally green) enchantment that lets you pay to regenerate it then it could become a substantive problem on it's own.

I like.

(Oh and what do I always say about uncommons..?)