High Spirits

Commander / EDH Aggro Control Mono-White Spirits Tokens

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Creature (29)

• 1x Anafenza, Kin-Tree Spirit
• 1x Angel of Invention
• 1x Blinking Spirit
• 1x Burnished Hart
• 1x Bygone Bishop
• 1x Dust Elemental
• 1x Eidolon of Countless Battles
• 1x Emeria Shepherd
• 1x Eternal Dragon
• 1x Hokori, Dust Drinker
• 1x Hopeful Eidolon
• 1x Kami of False Hope
• 1x Karmic Guide
• 1x Martyred Rusalka
• 1x Mirror Entity
• 1x Nikko-Onna
• 1x Patron of the Kitsune
• 1x Pteron Ghost
• 1x Razor Hippogriff
• 1x Revered Dead
• 1x Selfless Spirit
• 1x Spirit of the Labyrinth
• 1x Stonecloaker
• 1x Stormfront Riders
• 1x Sun Titan
• 1x Sunblast Angel
• 1x Topplegeist
• 1x Wall of Reverence
• 1x Yosei, the Morning Star

Artifact (17)

• 1x Armillary Sphere
• 1x Caged Sun
• 1x Cranial Archive
• 1x Dreamstone Hedron
• 1x Erratic Portal
• 1x Everflowing Chalice
• 1x Hedron Archive
• 1x Long-Forgotten Gohei
• 1x Oketra's Monument
• 1x Pearl Medallion
• 1x Seer's Sundial
• 1x Skullclamp
• 1x Sol Ring
• 1x Swiftfoot Boots
• 1x Sword of the Animist
• 1x Thran Dynamo
• 1x Whispersilk Cloak

Sorcery (9)

• 1x Collective Effort
• 1x End Hostilities
• 1x Kirtar's Wrath
• 1x Martyr's Cry
• 1x Mass Calcify
• 1x Planar Cleansing
• 1x Profound Journey
• 1x Remember the Fallen
• 1x Terashi's Grasp

Enchantment (1)

• 1x Marshal's Anthem

Commander (1)

Land (35)

• 1x Blighted Steppe
• 1x Emeria, the Sky Ruin
• 1x Encroaching Wastes
• 1x Ghost Quarter
• 1x Gods' Eye, Gate to the Reikai
• 1x Myriad Landscape
• 1x Opal Palace
• 26x Plains
• 1x Secluded Steppe
• 1x Temple of the False God

Instant (8)

• 1x Blessed Breath
• 1x Charge Across the Araba
• 1x Fate Forgotten
• 1x Otherworldly Journey
• 1x Pure Intentions
• 1x Return to Dust
• 1x Shining Shoal
• 1x Swords to Plowshares

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Sorcery (1)

• 1x Armageddon

Artifact (1)

• 1x Erratic Portal

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White spirit tribal. On the cheap. It ain't easy.

I love the style of Oyobi, Who Split the Heavens: the picture, the flavour text, everything. Unfortunately - like the white spirit and arcane spells that are supposed to complement her - Oyobi is a bit underpowered, to say the least. But, 3/3 flying creatures are not to be sniffed at. So the idea of this deck is to (yes you guessed it) get out a bunch of spirits and just hit people until they die, or use them to block while Oyobi gets the job done (slowly). The underlying strategy is that because the deck throws up decent defenses and is not very dangerous, you will last until late enough in the game to swoop for the win at the last minute.

There is some potential for re-use, if not exactly abuse, of your spirit triggers. With a Karmic Guide in hand, a Stonecloaker can become an endlessly resurrectable chump who ruins graveyards and produces spirits by returning to play. The Stormfront Riders are even more useful, since they give you an inexhaustible (if expensive) supply of soldiers and spirits in combination with any spirit card (Pearl Medallion and Caged Sun turn this into a genuinely deadly play). The pick of the bunch is the Dust Elemental, which can be awkward due to the requirement to bounce three creatures, but is amazing for evading the inevitable wipes at instant speed. All these cards allow you to get a little more out of your big hitters, like the Sunblast Angel and Luminate Primordial.

Given the cost of Oyobi and her obvious centrality to the strategy, there are a few things in there, like the Whispersilk Cloak. to protect her, alongside a couple of one-off effects like Otherworldly Journey and Blessed Breath. There are also a couple of effects, like the Eidolon of Countless Battles and Charge Across the Araba, to give her a sudden power-up that can hurt an unwary opponent. Shining Shoal can turn a loss into a win if you use it right.

Oyobi is a margins game, rather than a harsh combo game, so you need to go in on those types aggressively. Try to make sure all your opponents are worn down to kill range because healthy-to-dead in one turn is not gonna happen. There are a couple of cards to restrain opponents who try to go out of control, like Spirit of the Labyrinth and Hokori, Dust Drinker (a gamewinner in the right circumstances). In classic white style, you must champion the weak and honest against the strong and sneaky. Until you get them alone, at which point obviously you murder them.

Key Cards...

• Blinking Spirit / Nikko-Onna

• Stormfront Riders / Dust Elemental / Erratic Portal

• Martyred Rusalka / Kami of False Hope

• Spirit of the Labyrinth / Hokori, Dust Drinker - the Game-Changer.

• Eidolon of Countless Battles / Mirror Entity / Charge Across the Araba - aka Death from Above.

• Long-Forgotten Gohei / Caged Sun / Marshal's Anthem / Angel of Invention - aka Mini-Oyobi.

• Sun Titan / Emeria Shepherd

Combos...

• Martyred Rusalka + Stormfront Riders builds an army and prevents attack by mega-monsters.

• Emeria Shepherd + Burnished Hart improves your boardstate at a frankly ridiculous rate.

• Sun Titan + Kami of False Hope makes you very difficult to damage.

RATINGS (n/10)

-Offense-

Combat Damage-----------8

Commander Damage-----4

Evasion----------------------8

Direct Damage-------------0

Mill----------------------------0

Win Condition---------------0

Surprise Factor-------------2

Versatility--------------------5

-Defense-

Combat Defense-----------8

Life Gain---------------------4

Spot Removal---------------6

Wipes-------------------------5

Win-Con Disruption--------3

Versatility---------------------4

Redundancy-----------------7

Date added	9 years
Last updated	5 years
Legality	This deck is Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	2 - 0 Mythic Rares 33 - 0 Rares 26 - 0 Uncommons 12 - 0 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	3.49
Tokens	Clue, Servo 1/1 C, Soldier 1/1 W, Spirit 1/1 C, Spirit 1/1 W, Spirit 3/3 W, Warrior 1/1 W w/ Vigilance
Folders	Classic Decks, Precon Price-Range, 1-Colour Decks