Aura of Humanity ($90 Competitive Modern Voltron)

Modern Aggro Competitive Enchantment Mono-White Voltron

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Enchantment (20)

• 2x Angelic Destiny
• 4x Call To Serve
• 4x Daybreak Coronet
• 3x Ethereal Armor
• 1x Gift of Immortality
• 2x Soul Tithe
• 4x Spirit Mantle

Creature (20)

• 2x Cavalry Pegasus
• 4x Favored Hoplite
• 4x Gideon's Avenger
• 4x Hero of Iroas
• 3x Intrepid Hero
• 3x Kor Spiritdancer

Land (20)

• 20x Plains

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Sideboard

Enchantment (4)

• 2x Rest in Peace
• 2x Spirit Link

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Maybeboard

Instant (2)

• 1x Emerge Unscathed
• 1x Path to Exile

Enchantment (6)

• 1x Battle Mastery
• 1x Brave the Sands
• 1x Gift of Orzhova
• 1x Gleam of Authority
• 1x Hyena Umbra
• 1x Ordeal of Heliod

Creature (5)

• 1x Elite Inquisitor
• 1x Field Marshal
• 1x Graceblade Artisan
• 1x Heliod's Pilgrim
• 1x Mentor of the Meek

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ACTUAL DECK PRICE: 90 dollars.

If you click on the TCGPlayer link and actually do the mass entry, it's like $90 without optimization. So pretty reasonable.

(Daybreak Coronet recently dropped in price, so this deck is about 40-50 bucks less than it might normally cost.)

The idea behind the deck is basically strong aggro from human soldiers and their auras. There is a strong control component, which makes me feel like it would be pretty competitive if I actually built it. (I didn't bother to find space for Path to Exile, I know.) There are three main aspects:

Damage guarantee

Angelic Destiny
Cavalry Pegasus
Call To Serve
the three above cards give flying
Spirit Mantle
Protection from creatures is absolutely insane, especially with vigilance. (That's why Brave the Sands is in the maybeboard.)
Favored Hoplite

Damage ramp/pump

Angelic Destiny
Similar to the below card, just more mana
Daybreak Coronet
The most insane card in any aura-focused deck, super strong.
Ethereal Armor
Gideon's Avenger
Pumps pretty fast (explained below)
Kor Spiritdancer
utility and easy pump?! sign me up

Control

Soul Tithe
I prefer this over Pacifism because it can actually remove the creature. If their creature stays, they have to tap out for it, so either way it's delightfully good for you.
Gideon's Avenger
A truly political card. I played against it and was worried about tapping more of my creatures than I had to, because this guy is a maniac that pumps up off everything that you do. Control because politics.
Intrepid Hero
Sorry, you can only have creatures with less than four power.

Why Daybreak Coronet is a stupid good card:
My very first playtest went like this.
Turn 1: Plains
Turn 2: Plains, Hero of Iroas (currently 2/2)
Turn 3: Plains, play Call To Serve for one mana, then play Daybreak Coronet. Hero of Iroas gets 2 +1/+1 counters from his Heroic ability, and gets +4/+5 from his auras. So, he's an 8/9 with flying, first strike, vigilance, and lifelink.

other playtest experiences Show

Second playtest ever: what the heck. same draw as the Coronet/Hero of Iroas thing.
Third playtest: again?! o_o
Fourth playtest: Voltron with Favored Hoplite. Similar stats by turn 3 (7/8) but not as many abilities since no Daybreak Coronet.
Fifth playtest: Similar but with no Daybreak Coronet. Turn three had a Hero of Iroas with two Ethereal Armors and a Call To Serve for a grand total of 12/13 with flying and first strike.

Basically it's insane in this deck because of the Call To Serve + Daybreak Coronet combo.

Daybreak Coronet alone is basically $90 of the deck price; if you want to run a budget version of this, try Sagarys's budget jedi-themed aura deck:

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Ultra-budget: Jedi Training Camp

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Date added	8 years
Last updated	8 years
Key combos	Call To Serve + Daybreak Coronet
Legality	This deck is Modern legal.
Rarity (main - side)	2 - 2 Mythic Rares 15 - 0 Rares 14 - 2 Uncommons 9 - 0 Commons
Cards	60
Avg. CMC	2.12
Folders	Stuff