Darien! Stop Poking Yourself!

Commander / EDH Mono-White Soldiers Soul Sisters Tokens Weenie

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Creature (27)

• 1x Anointer Priest
• 1x Archangel of Thune
• 1x Auriok Champion
• 1x Captain of the Watch
• 1x Catapult Master
• 1x Daru Warchief
• 1x Daxos, Blessed by the Sun
• 1x Emeria Shepherd
• 1x Esper Sentinel
• 1x Heliod, Sun-Crowned
• 1x Hero of Bladehold
• 1x Keeper of the Accord
• 1x Knight of the White Orchid
• 1x Mangara, the Diplomat
• 1x Mentor of the Meek
• 1x Mirror Entity
• 1x Myrel, Shield of Argive
• 1x Odric, Master Tactician
• 1x Ranger of Eos
• 1x Recruiter of the Guard
• 1x Soul Warden
• 1x Soul's Attendant
• 1x Stoneforge Mystic
• 1x Sun Titan
• 1x Suture Priest
• 1x Walking Ballista
• 1x Weathered Wayfarer

Sorcery (2)

• 1x Hour of Revelation
• 1x Open the Armory

Planeswalker (1)

• 1x Elspeth, Sun's Champion

Artifact (18)

• 1x Ankh of Mishra
• 1x Archaeomancer's Map
• 1x Caged Sun
• 1x Coat of Arms
• 1x Eldrazi Monument
• 1x Expedition Map
• 1x Extraplanar Lens
• 1x Idol of Oblivion
• 1x Lightning Greaves
• 1x Mana Crypt
• 1x Mana Vault
• 1x Pearl Medallion
• 1x Skullclamp
• 1x Sol Ring
• 1x Staff of Nin
• 1x Swiftfoot Boots
• 1x Sword of the Animist
• 1x Well of Lost Dreams

Instant (10)

• 1x Enlightened Tutor
• 1x Flawless Maneuver
• 1x Generous Gift
• 1x Lapse of Certainty
• 1x Path to Exile
• 1x Rebuff the Wicked
• 1x Settle the Wreckage
• 1x Sivvi's Valor
• 1x Teferi's Protection
• 1x Tithe

Commander (1)

Land (34)

• 1x Ancient Tomb
• 1x Blighted Steppe
• 1x Cavern of Souls
• 1x City of Brass
• 1x Emeria, the Sky Ruin
• 1x Grand Coliseum
• 1x Myriad Landscape
• 1x Nomad Stadium
• 1x Nykthos, Shrine to Nyx
• 22x Plains
• 1x Scavenger Grounds
• 1x Tarnished Citadel
• 1x Windbrisk Heights

Enchantment (7)

• 1x Anointed Procession
• 1x Aura of Silence
• 1x Cathars' Crusade
• 1x Divine Visitation
• 1x Grasp of Fate
• 1x Land Tax
• 1x Smothering Tithe

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Creature (10)

• 1x Bennie Bracks, Zoologist
• 1x Brimaz, King of Oreskos
• 1x Court Street Denizen
• 1x Drannith Magistrate
• 1x Healer of the Pride
• 1x Impassioned Orator
• 1x Jazal Goldmane
• 1x Knight-Captain of Eos
• 1x Ranger-Captain of Eos
• 1x Verge Rangers

Sorcery (1)

• 1x Collective Effort

Instant (8)

• 1x Brought Back
• 1x Forsake the Worldly
• 1x Heliod's Intervention
• 1x Make a Stand
• 1x Oblation
• 1x Return to Dust
• 1x Rootborn Defenses
• 1x Unbreakable Formation

Land (2)

• 1x Isolated Watchtower
• 1x Kjeldoran Outpost

Artifact (6)

• 1x Angel's Trumpet
• 1x Arcane Signet
• 1x Endless Atlas
• 1x Heraldic Banner
• 1x Strixhaven Stadium
• 1x The Immortal Sun

Enchantment (2)

• 1x Dawn of Hope
• 1x Monologue Tax

Planeswalker (1)

• 1x Ajani, Strength of the Pride

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Testing Sivvi's Valor, Archaeomancer's Map and Esper Sentinel. Replaced The Immortal Sun and Endless Atlas.

Combo:
Two Card Combo: Heliod, Sun-Crowned and Walking Ballista. Use Heliod, Sun-Crowned to give Walking Ballista lifelink. Then ping a creature or an opponent by removing a counter. Heliod will let you put a counter back on it so you can repeat.

Four card combo: With Darien, King of Kjeldor and any creature that gains you life when a creature enters the battlefield, remove a counter from Walking Ballista to ping yourself, which will create a token and gain you life. With Archangel of Thune on the field, the life gain will add a counter to Walking Ballista. Repeat for infinite soldiers.

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Creature

Draw

• Alms Collector
  

  Good card draw is difficult to come by in white. This either lets you draw cards with your opponent and prevents them from pulling ahead with extra card draw or it slows the opponent down because they don't want to waste their card draw spells or let you draw with them. It's also perfect to flash in and ruin your opponents Stroke of Genius or Blue Sun's Zenith.
  

• Mentor of the Meek
  

  A lot of the creatures in this deck are power 2 or less and Darien, King of Kjeldor pumps out creatures to easily trigger this card. This is an essential card draw spell in this deck.
  

Lifelink

We want to take as much damage as possible so Darien, King of Kjeldor can kick out tons of soldiers. The cards in this category help us gain back the life loss and let us continue to pump out soldiers. They also let us draw cards by triggering Well of Lost Dreams and Dawn of Hope.

• Anointer Priest
  

  Besides poking yourself, having Darien, King of Kjeldor kick out tokens, and immediately gaining the life back from this card, this card has the benefit of having Embalm. The ability to create a copy if this card goes to the graveyard is helpful if you have no other life gain options available. It also works well with Anointed Procession.
  

• Archangel of Thune
  

  In addition to the lifelink, flying is a useful ability and the counters it can add to your creatures can get out of hand quickly.
  

• Auriok Champion
  
• Healer of the Pride
  
• Soul Warden
  
• Soul's Attendant
  
• Suture Priest
  

Pump

We are producing a lot of small creatures. The cards in this category help us pump up our creatures and swing for the win.

• Archangel of Thune
  
• Captain of the Watch
  
• Daru Warchief
  

  This deck is not a tribal deck full of all soldiers so this creature doesn't reach its full potential. It helps with what soldiers are in the deck but the main purpose of this creature is to pump the soldiers produced by Darien, King of Kjeldor and let you cast your commander a turn earlier.
  

• Hero of Bladehold
  
• Jazal Goldmane
  
• Mirror Entity
  

Recursion

• Emeria Shepherd
  
• Sun Titan
  

Tokens

• Brimaz, King of Oreskos
  
• Captain of the Watch
  
• Hero of Bladehold
  
• Knight-Captain of Eos
  

Tutor

• Knight of the White Orchid
  

  Land Ramp.
  

• Ranger of Eos
  

  Used to grab Soul Warden, Soul's Attendant if we need the life gain and Weathered Wayfarer if we need to ramp.
  

• Recruiter of the Guard
  
• Stoneforge Mystic
  

  Can grab Lightning Greaves or Swiftfoot Boots if we need to protect our commander, Skullclamp if we need the card draw, or Sword of the Animist if we need ramp.
  

• Weathered Wayfarer
  

  Land Ramp.
  

Utility

• Catapult Master
  
• Court Street Denizen
  
• Daru Warchief
  
• Knight-Captain of Eos
  
• Loxodon Gatekeeper
  
• Odric, Master Tactician
  

Artifact

Draw

• Endless Atlas
  
• Skullclamp
  
• Staff of Nin
  

  Lets you draw a card and poke yourself to trigger your commander.
  

• The Immortal Sun
  
• Well of Lost Dreams
  

Pump

• Caged Sun
  
• Coat of Arms
  
• Eldrazi Monument
  

Ramp/Mana Related

• Caged Sun
  
• Expedition Map
  

  Main purpose is to grab Ancient Tomb, City of Brass, Grand Coliseum, Nomad Stadium, Tarnished Citadel to ping yourself in order to trigger your commander. Other useful targets are Emeria, The Sky Ruin for recursion or Scavenger Grounds to deal with your opponents graveyards.
  

• Extraplanar Lens
  
• Mana Crypt
  

  Provides additional value by enabling you to ping yourself in order to trigger your commander.
  

• Mana Vault
  

  Provides additional value by enabling you to ping yourself in order to trigger your commander.
  

• Pearl Medallion
  
• Sol Ring
  
• Sword of the Animist
  

Utility

• Ankh of Mishra
  

  Punishes your opponents who try to drop extra lands and also triggers your commander.
  

• Eldrazi Monument
  
• Lightning Greaves
  
• Swiftfoot Boots
  
• The Immortal Sun
  

Instant

Protection

• Lapse of Certainty
  

  This is meant to be a fun flex spot. A white counter spell catches opponents off guard and it can be used to save you from a game loss for a turn or stop a big play such as a Cyclonic Rift. The downside is this places the spell back on top of its owner’s library, so it is not a permanent solution to your problem. However, it may give you time to find a solution, give you the one last turn you need to win, or at least give other players at the table a chance to find a solution if the countered spell would also have a negative affect for them. Other considerations to rotate into this spot have been Rebuff the Wicked (won’t stop a Cyclonic Rift but can stop targeted removal), Mana Tithe (requires the opponent to be tapped out and there is a greater chance it will be a dead spell later in the game) and Divine Intervention (if you want a change of pace, make it a goal to end the game differently).
  

• Rootborn Defenses
  
• Teferi's Protection
  

  The ultimate protection card. Save yourself and your creatures from an opponents winning combo, boardwipe, or bounce. Also important to note that the rules have been changed where tokens now phase in/out.
  

Removal

• Path to Exile
  
• Return to Dust
  
• Settle the Wreckage
  

  This can be used to exile problem creatures attacking you but I don't recommend using it against your opponent if you don't have to since you don't want to give them additional lands. The main reason to run this card is to ramp yourself. Exile any number of your soldier tokens to push yourself ahead in lands.
  

Tutor

• Enlightened Tutor
  
• Tithe
  

Sorcery

Removal

• Collective Effort
  
• Final Judgment
  
• Hour of Revelation
  

Tutor

• Open the Armory
  

  Can grab Lightning Greaves or Swiftfoot Boots if we need to protect our commander, Skullclamp if we need the card draw, or Sword of the Animist if we need ramp.
  

Enchantment

All Categories

• Anointed Procession
  
• Aura of Silence
  
• Cathars' Crusade
  

  This card will win games. It will quickly put multiple counters on your creatures but be careful as there will be a lot of counters to track.
  

• Dawn of Hope
  

  Needed card draw in white. This also fits our plan to generate soldiers and recover life loss. In addition, the lifelink helps to trigger the card draw ability.
  

• Divine Visitation
  
• Grasp of Fate
  

  Well costed nonland permanent removal for each opponent.
  

• Land Tax
  

  A land tutor, staple for mono white.
  

Land

Nonbasic Lands

• Ancient Tomb
  

  This land enables you to ping yourself in order to trigger your commander.
  

• Blighted Steppe
  

  This land can save your life if you do too much damage to yourself or your opponent reduces your life total too low.

• City of Brass
  

  This land enables you to ping yourself in order to trigger your commander.
  

• Emeria, The Sky Ruin
  

  This land enables creature recursion.

• Grand Coliseum
  

  This land enables you to ping yourself in order to trigger your commander.
  

• Kjeldoran Outpost
  

  Not a very good land as it requires you to sacrifice a plains when white already has difficulties getting lots of lands into play fast. However, this land fits the theme and generates soldiers for a reasonable cost.
  

• Myriad Landscape
  

  This land is slow as it and the basic lands it gets enter the battlefield tapped. However, I have found the ramp to be worth the slow down.
  

• Nomad Stadium
  

  This land enables you to ping yourself in order to trigger your commander.
  

• Nykthos, Shrine to Nyx
  

  Staple land for all mono color decks. This has the chance to add a significant amount of mana.
  

• Scavenger Grounds
  

  Used to deal with graveyard strategies.
  

• Tarnished Citadel
  

  This land enables you to ping yourself in order to trigger your commander.
  

• Terrain Generator
  

  Used get lands onto the battlefield as quickly as possible.
  

• Windbrisk Heights
  

  It is fairly easy to get three creatures attacking.
  

Planeswalker

• Elspeth, Sun's Champion
  

Other Options

Creature

• Alms Collector
  
• Ballyrush Banneret
  
• Bastion Protector
  
• Boreas Charger
  
• Burnished Hart
  
• Elesh Norn, Grand Cenobite
  
• Field Marshal
  
• Frontline Medic
  
• Goldnight Commander
  
• Grand Abolisher
  
• Intrepid Hero
  
• Knight-Captain of Eos
  
• Loxodon Gatekeeper
  
• Requiem Angel
  
• Solemn Simulacrum
  
• Stormfront Riders
  
• Thalia, Heretic Cathar
  

Artifact

• Aetherflux Reservoir
  
• Akroma's Memorial
  
• Altar of Dementia
  
• Blasting Station
  
• Crystal Ball
  
• Darksteel Plate
  
• Endless Atlas
  
• Gauntlet of Power
  
• Heraldic Banner
  
• Jade Monolith
  
• Mind Stone
  
• Mind's Eye
  
• Oketra's Monument
  
• Panharmonicon
  
• Pithing Needle
  
• Relic of Progenitus
  
• Sensei's Divining Top
  
• Slate of Ancestry
  
• Spear of Heliod
  
• Strixhaven Stadium
  
• The Immortal Sun
  
• Thran Dynamo
  
• Throne of the God-Pharaoh
  
• Worn Powerstone
  

Instant

• Blood of the Martyr
  
• Brave the Elements
  
• Honor the Fallen
  
• Make a Stand
  
• Monologue Tax
  
• Rebuff the Wicked
  
• Reciprocate
  
• Retaliate
  
• Swords to Plowshares
  

Sorcery

• Austere Command
  
• Deploy to the Front
  
• Fell the Mighty
  
• Final Judgment
  
• Gift of Estates
  
• Hour of Reckoning
  
• Martial Coup
  
• Mass Calcify
  
• Nomads' Assembly
  
• Wrath of God
  

Enchantment

• Angelic Chorus
  
• Authority of the Consuls
  
• Darksteel Mutation
  
• Divine Intervention
  
• Endless Horizons
  
• Honor of the Pure
  
• Marshal's Anthem
  
• Mobilization
  
• Oath of Lieges
  
• Rest in Peace
  
• Shielded by Faith
  
• True Conviction
  

Planeswalker

• Ajani Goldmane
  
• Elspeth Tirel
  

Land

• Terrain Generator
  

Date added	7 years
Last updated	1 year
Legality	This deck is Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	15 - 0 Mythic Rares 42 - 0 Rares 15 - 0 Uncommons 6 - 0 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	3.05
Tokens	Angel 4/4 W, Angel 4/4 W w/ Vigilance, Anointer Priest 1/3 W, Eldrazi 10/10 C, Elephant 3/3 G, Emblem Elspeth, Sun's Champion, Soldier 1/1 C, Soldier 1/1 W, Treasure
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