Daunting Defender

Creature — Human Cleric

If a source would deal damage to a Cleric creature you control, prevent 1 of that damage.

Legality

Format	Legality
1v1 Commander	Legal
Archenemy	Legal
Canadian Highlander	Legal
Casual	Legal
Commander / EDH	Legal
Commander: Rule 0	Legal
Custom	Legal
Duel Commander	Legal
Highlander	Legal
Legacy	Legal
Leviathan	Legal
Limited	Legal
Oathbreaker	Legal
Pauper	Legal
Pauper Duel Commander	Legal
Pauper EDH	Legal
Planechase	Legal
Premodern	Legal
Quest Magic	Legal
Vanguard	Legal
Vintage	Legal

Discussion (8)

Gadianten on Orzhov Inquisition (WB Cleric Tribal)

3 years ago

I am glad to be seeing more cleric tribal decks starting to show up, it seems the solid increase in cleric legendary prints has really helped. In my own experiments with tribal clerics, Ayli, Eternal Pilgrim being my original cleric commander, have found that clerics excel in defense, resurrection and life gain but not offense compared to tribes like soldier and goblin tribal. That in mind I do have some recommendations to help maximize their potential.

Beat Sticks and offense: You have Doubtless One and Vile Deacon but don't forget to add Custodi Soulbinders and Mikaeus, the Lunarch to round out the heavy hitters. But there is more to offensive then just beat sticks, so I would consider Frontline Medic for no fear attacks and non cleric offensive aids like Reconnaissance, Dolmen Gate and Cover of Darkness to keep the clergy moving and Tymna earning her keep. From my experience in using Tymna you need evasion to keep drawing cards as trample is scarce in tribe. If you are feeling savage you can try Archangel of Thune and with the life gain available to the tribe it can get hilarious fast.

Card Draw: Most tribal decks I see have the same weakness and its card draw, even with Tymna the Weaver you can still get ground down to a halt, avoid that with some in tribe options to fuel the attack like Bygone Bishop, Custodi Lich, Twilight Prophet, Mangara, the Diplomat, Alms Collector, Yawgmoth, Thran Physician. Yawgmoth is a must have in my opinion as he removes the sting out of board wipes and allows removal if you really need it and can even discard one of your cards for reanimation abuse as well.

Defensive Options: Clerics probably have the best defenses out of all the tribes and at very low costs, some options I you should consider are Devoted Caretaker, Giver of Runes, Selfless Spirit and Songstitcher if fliers are a problem for you.

Tricks and Value Combos: An amusing combo I have played with before and found pretty funny was Hedron-Field Purists or Daunting Defender along with Pestilence. It can take a bit to assemble but is pretty funny when you do. Another value combo is Vito, Thorn of the Dusk Rose and Ancestor's Prophet.

Resurrection: To many options to list but I would recommend looking through the large amounts available and pack as many as you can in to increase endurance and grind opponents down. I can say from experience this can really clinch a victory.

pjeseb on Dawn of the Clerics

5 years ago

Hello there chadsansing, thanks for your suggestions. I wish I had room for all the different kinds of sideboard tech.

One big question I have is what do you think of Trespasser's Curse and Suture Priest? Are they good mainboard cards, only good in certain matchups, or should I swap them for better clerics like Daunting Defender or burn spells like Sovereign's Bite?

Maccano1 on Clerical Accounting - Be Audit You Can Be!

7 years ago

Changes made:

OUT:

Misery Charm, Daunting Defender, Skirsdag Supplicant, Pious Evangel  ^Flip,

IN:

Immortal Servitude, Auriok Champion, Skirsdag High Priest, Doomed Necromancer,

href27 on Put Your Faith In The Light!

7 years ago

Yes, it's a crispy combo but required too much time.i made some changes, but now i think to remove 1 Daunting Defender and the Wall of Resistance but i'm undecided between : D'Avenant Healer Field Surgeon Blightspeaker Soul's Attendant

href27 on Put Your Faith In The Light!

7 years ago

The7thBobba today i played some games and i thinking about remove pestilence to insert Scholar of Athreos 'cause i because I noticed that pestilence Need too much time and absolute needed Daunting Defender to do something,what do you think about?

Making-a-new-account-Hopefully-I-can-get-my-old-Username on Cleric timing!

7 years ago

I have a few favorites :) Akroma's Devoted, Daru Spiritualist, Daunting Defender, Master Apothecary,

7MM3 on Trampling Clerics

7 years ago

I was going to necro an already answered question as it raised my own question, but figured it would be frowned upon.

Original Thread

Defender has a Daunting Defender on the field, plus one other 1/1 cleric. They are attacked by a 2/2 with Trample. They declare the 1/1 as a blocker. This would normally result in the blocking creature taking 1 damage, which is prevented so the creature lives, and the extra 1 would hit the player.

In this situation, can the attacker choose to assign all the damage to the blocking creature, or does the "extra" damage have to go over?

Is Trample a May or a Must? I took a quick peek at comprehensive rules, and I would assume the answer is must, but it use's the words "can assign" multiple times, which is confusing.

Veldette on Deathtouch, trample, and damage prevention.

7 years ago

I have a Daunting Defender and a Caregiver on the field. My opponent attacks with a 2/2 deathtouch trample creature, I block with my caregiver. Does my opponent have to deal all 2 damage to the caregiver due to the daunting defendants ability or does it not affect what's considered lethal and 1 goes through to me?