Flying Nuns -- Soul Sisters

Modern darleen

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lithium142 says... #1

aight, im no expert on soul sisters as an archetype, i built a soul sisters pillow fort deck awhile back, but that's it. that said, my comments are aimed at gearing for the modern meta as a whole, not necessarily soul sisters in particular.

anyway, i do know that soul sisters has a very grindy matchup against hard aggro, and the most versatile way to help you there is with Ghostly Prison. I personally also used to run Runed Halo back when Birthing Pod was huge, but i'll leave testing to you, if you like the way it fits. you should probably be running at least 2 Spellskites in the current meta. i'd run 2 main 1 side

My biggest suggestion to you would be in sideboarding. I dont know your meta, so maybe no one plays these decks, but right now your deck will lose nearly all games to both infect and affinity.

first and foremost: Engineered Explosives can be cast for 0 against affinity to ruin their day, and for 1 against infect to kill almost any creature in the deck. infect will win if you think you can rely on a playset of Path to Exile. targeted removal just doesnt do the job against it.

other hate for affinity would obviously be Stony Silence, and if you are at all worried about burn, you've got Leyline of Sanctity.

hope this helps in some way or another! happy brewing!

March 17, 2016 11:34 p.m.

tempest says... #2

this deck feels a bit slow for modern, but regardless, Serra Ascendant does wonders. If you're splashing green anyways, Essence Warden, Kitchen Finks, and Rancor are possible additions as well.

I have a similar deck albeit for casual play that you can check out if you wish. The Holy Trinity

March 18, 2016 3:44 a.m.

No tournament player at all, so maybe i'm going totally wrong with my ideas.

If you were to splash a third color, you could gain access to some interesting options (for the board maybe):

Red gives you Norin the Wary and Impact Tremors. You do already play everything norin needs, and he would put your etb-trigger count over 9000. The tremors do take a lot of profit from this.The other possibility is black to splash Ayli, Eternal Pilgrim, though playing abzan might oblige you to play rhino as well which would destroy your shell for sigarda.

March 18, 2016 4:15 a.m.

TMBRLZ says... #4

Lol I saw this coming right away.

Nice work putting new Sig into Soul Sisters! I like.

However I would suggest maybe using the Leonin Relic-Warder + Phyrexian Metamorph combo over the Chalice of Life as a win condition. Or try and squeeze both maybe?

Maybe scratch the Serene Steward and Abzan Falconer for three of each so you have straight life gain into victory conditions going on. Your combo won't have hexproof, but it won't matter if it goes off.

March 18, 2016 3:47 p.m.

maplesmall says... #5

What about and Hardened Scales? Lieutenant is a strictly better version of Champion of the Parish (well, except for the 1 extra cost) and Scales sends the counters count through the ceiling.

March 21, 2016 12:41 a.m.

maplesmall says... #6

Ergh, my link broke. I meant to say 'Thalia's Lieutenant', but that card isn't in the database here yet.

March 21, 2016 12:42 a.m.

smackjack says... #7

Wouldn't it just be better to use Archangel of Thune instead of Sigarda? Sigarda is cool and all, but Archangel most often wins you the game the turn she lands.

March 21, 2016 2:04 p.m.

TMBRLZ says... #8

smackjack - She dies to double bolt though.

March 21, 2016 5:13 p.m.

tempest says... #9

depends on how many soul sisters are out

March 21, 2016 5:18 p.m.

smackjack says... #10

TMBRLZ Well.. so does Sigarda and most things :)

March 21, 2016 5:20 p.m.

Exiled_soul says... #11

Westvale Abbey seems decent here as a late game kill you card. You will probably be able to flip it no problem. Worst case its super value as you cancel out the life loss. And they are human tokens so Champion of the Perish just gets bigger.

March 21, 2016 8:30 p.m.

Dursty says... #12

I think that with 22 creatures mainboard Collected Company would fit excellently in here. The Chalice of Life  Flip seems like a worthy candidate to be taken out. Also Return to the Ranks seems better in most situations than Immortal Servitude. Great deck +1

March 21, 2016 10:16 p.m.

i had a mono white soul sisters deck and i ran 2 rhox faithmender.

March 22, 2016 11:43 p.m.

LordOfMishap says... #14

Swap out Brave the Elements for Path to Exile. Great deck man! +1 for sure.

March 28, 2016 5:09 p.m.

Serene Steward is terribad. Take out it and 2-3 Hardened Scales for some Ranger of Eos and a full playset of Serra Ascendant.

March 28, 2016 5:46 p.m.

darleen says... #17

LordOfMishap, thanks for the comment and the vote. I already run a playlet of Path to Exile main board. :D

March 28, 2016 7:07 p.m.

LordOfMishap says... #18

I must be blind. Great work though.

March 28, 2016 8:18 p.m.

berfandil says... #19

Celestial Purge can come in handy several times.
Against Affinity and Bogles, I used to have in my sideboard 2xKataki, War's Wage, 2xParaselene, 1xRevoke Existence, 2xSpellskite; but that is what works for my deck, which is a death-and-taxes based one.
I also love Rest in Peace, which is kinda breaking Grixis control, but real bad against the new Eldrazi processors.

April 1, 2016 6:01 a.m.

This deck looks quite good. I don't know why you are running Abzan Falconer when the only thing I see to put counters on creatures is Serene Steward. My suggestion is -2 Abzan Falconer and +2 Thalia's Lieutenant.

April 18, 2016 7:39 a.m.

DrayDray says... #21

You may want to toss in 4 Kabira Crossroads, and maybe a copy or 2 of Ajani Goldmane. I find that Sunbond works very well with Ajani's Pridemate as well. Not really sure why you have the fetchlands... All you need are plains, and any nonbasic white or colorless lands that fit the deck. Not really worth having 1 Green card in the deck, especially when it's on a 2-of.

July 20, 2016 7:03 p.m. Edited.

Dornith says... #22

The idea is to thin the lands out of your deck so that you're less likely to draw them. It has a very minor benefit. Whether or not the benefit is worth the $90 investment is debatable.

July 20, 2016 8:44 p.m.

DrayDray says... #23

Wouldn't a combination of Terramorphic Expanse, Evolving Wilds, basic plains, and basic forests do the same thing for cheaper?

July 20, 2016 9:07 p.m. Edited.

frostdiggity says... #24

DrayDray - Yes, those would help thin the deck. However, they can't find the Temple Garden OP needs and they bring lands in tapped.

July 21, 2016 5:01 a.m.

Dreno33 says... #25

This deck is deinitely one in its own, i can appreciate that. :)

also, i see you just took out Honor of the Pure for Heron's Grace Champion.

There are two reasons I think you should either swap back to Honor or use a different card...

  • Your deck needs to be fast. As in, you need your one drop and two drop that interact with each other so you can T3 play Abzan Falconer and swing in the air.

  • You can use those 2 slots (and most likely should take out 2 other cards), to add 2-4 Experiment One. Perfect synergy with +1/+1 counters, fits your colors, and IS a human. (the regenerate wasn't necessary, but is welcomed.)

July 28, 2016 1:59 p.m.

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