Heliod, Bearer of Hate

Commander / EDH Combo Competitive Hatebears Mono-White

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Creature (30)

• 1x Alms Collector
• 1x Alseid of Life's Bounty
• 1x Apostle of Purifying Light
• 1x Aven Mindcensor
• 1x Containment Priest
• 1x Devoted Caretaker
• 1x Ethersworn Canonist
• 1x Grand Abolisher
• 1x Hushbringer
• 1x Hushwing Gryff
• 1x Leonin Arbiter
• 1x Leonin Relic-Warder
• 1x Linvala, Keeper of Silence
• 1x Mother of Runes
• 1x Order of the Sacred Torch
• 1x Phyrexian Revoker
• 1x Ranger of Eos
• 1x Ranger-Captain of Eos
• 1x Recruiter of the Guard
• 1x Samurai of the Pale Curtain
• 1x Sanctum Prelate
• 1x Scrapyard Recombiner
• 1x Serra Ascendant
• 1x Spirit of the Labyrinth
• 1x Thalia, Guardian of Thraben
• 1x Thalia, Heretic Cathar
• 1x Triskelion
• 1x Vryn Wingmare
• 1x Walking Ballista
• 1x Weathered Wayfarer

Sorcery (1)

• 1x Fragmentize

Artifact (18)

• 1x Aether Vial
• 1x Arcane Signet
• 1x Chrome Mox
• 1x Damping Sphere
• 1x Grafdigger's Cage
• 1x Jeweled Amulet
• 1x Juntu Stakes
• 1x Mana Crypt
• 1x Mana Vault
• 1x Mask of Memory
• 1x Scroll Rack
• 1x Smuggler's Copter
• 1x Sol Ring
• 1x Soul-Guide Lantern
• 1x Springleaf Drum
• 1x Sword of Fire and Ice
• 1x Tangle Wire
• 1x Thorn of Amethyst

Enchantment (11)

• 1x Ashes of the Abhorrent
• 1x Aura of Silence
• 1x Blind Obedience
• 1x Conclave Tribunal
• 1x Deafening Silence
• 1x Land Tax
• 1x Legion's Landing  ^Flip
• 1x Mastery of the Unseen
• 1x Rest in Peace
• 1x Seal of Cleansing
• 1x Smothering Tithe

Planeswalker (1)

• 1x Gideon of the Trials

Commander (1)

Land (30)

• 1x Ancient Tomb
• 1x Arid Mesa
• 1x Buried Ruin
• 1x Cavern of Souls
• 1x Geier Reach Sanitarium
• 1x Ghost Quarter
• 1x High Market
• 1x Idyllic Grange
• 1x Inventors' Fair
• 1x Nykthos, Shrine to Nyx
• 17x Plains
• 1x Remote Farm
• 1x Tectonic Edge
• 1x Windswept Heath

Instant (8)

• 1x Enlightened Tutor
• 1x Heliod's Intervention
• 1x Orim's Chant
• 1x Path to Exile
• 1x Silence
• 1x Swords to Plowshares
• 1x Tithe
• 1x Unexpectedly Absent

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Walking Ballista + Triskelion, with hatebears to get you there.

Thoughts:

Idyllic Grange is generally bad, but the fact that you can put a second counter on Walking Ballista by fetching it can be relevant.

I'm a big fan of the Torpor Orb effects of Hushwing Gryff and Hushbringer, even though they kill our tutors. There are so many important ETB effects that they shut off, and one of them comes with Flash speed and the other has lifelink and hits /dies/ triggers, too.

Mastery of the Unseen is a mana outlet that gives card advantage. We have plenty of creatures we can hit with it, and turning them up for 1-2 mana can be absolutely amazing. Turn up a Mother of Runes and protect something, turn up a leonin Arbiter to blank a tutor... If Walking Ballista is manifested, you can put counters on it with Heliod as normal, then turn it face-up for 0 and win. Note that it's not going to do anything with Grafdigger's Cage or Containment Priest out.

Seal of Cleansing is surprisingly effective. Just having it out can keep people from advancing their board, because they don't want to play anything worth destroying. And playing it out early before there are any key targets means that it's much less likely to be countered than directly casting a Disenchant on someone's Food Chain. Once it's out, you have a free disenchant whenever you need it without needing to keep mana up, and if someone does kill it (because they want to play out something important) you can just sacrifice it to take something else and at least get some value out of it. It also dodges some key counterspells because it's not an instant or sorcery.

You can't always cast Gideon of the Trials without blockers for it, but sometimes you can. If people are scared of sudden Flash or Demonic Consultation wins, they're more likely to let it stick around.

Date added	4 years
Last updated	4 years
Legality	This deck is Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	15 - 0 Mythic Rares 43 - 0 Rares 20 - 0 Uncommons 5 - 0 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	1.99
Tokens	Emblem Gideon of the Trials, Manifest 2/2 C, Treasure, Vampire 1/1 W
Folders	Wrath of god