Akroan Skyguard

Creature — Human Soldier

Flying

Heroic — Whenever you cast a spell that targets Akroan Skyguard, put a +1/+1 counter on Akroan Skyguard.

Legality

Format	Legality
1v1 Commander	Legal
Archenemy	Legal
Arena	Legal
Block Constructed	Legal
Canadian Highlander	Legal
Casual	Legal
Commander / EDH	Legal
Commander: Rule 0	Legal
Custom	Legal
Duel Commander	Legal
Gladiator	Legal
Highlander	Legal
Historic	Legal
Legacy	Legal
Leviathan	Legal
Limited	Legal
Modern	Legal
Oathbreaker	Legal
Pauper	Legal
Pauper Duel Commander	Legal
Pauper EDH	Legal
Pioneer	Legal
Planechase	Legal
Quest Magic	Legal
Tiny Leaders	Legal
Vanguard	Legal
Vintage	Legal

Discussion (51)

rekkim on Heroic

1 year ago

Changelog v2.0:

• Changed Lagonna-Band Trailblazer to Simic Initiate and quantity from three to four.
・It's functional and also frees up a slot for basic land by replacing a Llanowar Reborn.
• Reduced Phalanx Leader to two copies.
・Strictly better than the generic heroic effect, but it costs WW, and waiting on that can gimp an entire match. On top of that, all of my combat tricks're green, so having access to say, one of those per turn is going to slow down what you got out of it, anyway.
• Increased Ainok Bond-Kin to three.
・Deck is otherwise lacking in things that enter the field with proportional size to their cost, and, first strike aside, it has a lax 1W casting cost.
• Increased Akroan Skyguard to three.
・Easy-to-achieve casting cost for reliable creature, assuming you can get it to grow.
• Reworked mana: dropped vivid lands, reduced Llanowar Reborn to three, added Fortified Village, added five forests and reduced plains by one.
・Much better without waiting a turn. I guess you can use the vivid stuff for a poor man's five-color deck.

KongMing on

1 year ago

Akroan Skyguard and Arena Athlete might be good ways to get damage past blockers.

Phalanx Leader buffs wide, but makes your field more vulnerable to removal. {W}{W} can be expensive, too.

Every deck needs a good late-game finish/boardwipe too - what about packing two Chandra's Ignitions? You could even include a couple Tajic, Legion's Edge - the combination of Mentor and Haste along with the First Strike option makes him a very potent aggro card to use alongside Double Strike 2-drops. (Also, if you target him with the Chandra's Ignition, only your opponent and their creatures take damage)

5dollarMTG on Boros Aura

4 years ago

Firemane Avenger is a good budget card, but doesn't really interact with your auras. Tiana, Ship's Caretaker is good too, but I don't know if you want to be playing four copies of a legendary 5-drop. You might want to sub out some of those for Favored Hoplite , Akroan Skyguard , or Graceblade Artisan .

skittles541 on Light as a Feather

5 years ago

I would actually add a lot more mana ramp, especially mana rocks that tap for colored mana. From what I've experienced, creatures also aren't as relevant. I would shorten your 'Heroic' list of creatures to just a few ( Akroan Conscriptor , Akroan Skyguard , and Tethmos High Priest )

There is also a lot of instant/sorcery ping, which will be viewed as super threatening and could mean a boardwipe with enough of them, which your deck could easily do.

more 1 mana cantrips : Bandage , Cloudshift (with things like Solemn Simulacrum ) Expose Evil

Again, you mainly need more mana (in my opinion)

Here's my build.

Feather EDH

kysnou on Sexy Tribal

5 years ago

Najeela, the Blade-Blossom is a good alternate commander, she's pretty cute.

Akroan Skyguard , Akiri, Line-Slinger , Bruse Tarl, Boorish Herder , Sun Titan , Swords to Plowshares , Mother of Runes (the eternal masters version), Damia, Sage of Stone , Jace, Cunning Castaway .

Fist of Suns could be altered to have Thanos' handsome self on it.

There was a shirtless men tribal deck that got a lot of attention, so you could check there for some inspiration.

ClockworkSwordfish on Blue-White Heroic

5 years ago

I might take out a couple of enchantments for a couple more creatures if I were you - it can be a real drag drawing nothing but spells to point at creatures, but have nothing to do with them because your opponent keeps picking off your critters. Akroan Skyguard and Phalanx Leader are both worth considering.

For your spells, I think the single best heroic enabler in blue/white might be View from Above - since all of your creatures are white, it will return to your hand every time you cast it, letting you enable Heroic as many times as you can afford! Hidden Strings is also strongly worth considering - you can tap two blockers before attacking, then untap up to two of your creatures to activate Heroic on them both. Getting a free pair of Heroic triggers so long as you can land a hit on your opponent each turn should wrap up the game quickly!

5dollarMTG on Bant Heroic ($10)

5 years ago

Akroan Skyguard , Phalanx Leader , and Centaur Battlemaster are all good heroic creatures. Cauldron Haze and Launch the Fleet are good budget options for targeting a bunch of creatures.

Razjah on Lifted by Clouds Deck

5 years ago

I think I just don't own one. But I should definitely get Fabled Hero in here. I could swap it with Akroan Skyguard, that card is underwhelming.

Also I think I need 2-3 more ramp pieces so I can have better "big splice" turns.