Kestia and Awkward Friendships

Commander / EDH* Enchantment GWU (Bant)

Aeraethus

Creature (30)

• 1x Argothian Enchantress
• 1x Boon Satyr
• 1x Celestial Archon
• 1x Eidolon of Blossoms
• 1x Eidolon of Countless Battles
• 1x Flitterstep Eidolon
• 1x Ghostblade Eidolon
• 1x Heavenly Blademaster
• 1x Heliod, God of the Sun
• 1x Herald of the Pantheon
• 1x Hopeful Eidolon
• 1x Hypnotic Siren
• 1x Karametra, God of Harvests
• 1x Kor Spiritdancer
• 1x Kruphix, God of Horizons
• 1x Mesa Enchantress
• 1x Nimbus Naiad
• 1x Noble Quarry
• 1x Nylea's Colossus
• 1x Nylea's Emissary
• 1x Riptide Chimera
• 1x Satyr Enchanter
• 1x Setessan Champion
• 1x Starfield Mystic
• 1x Thassa's Emissary
• 1x Transcendent Envoy
• 1x Tuvasa the Sunlit
• 1x Verduran Enchantress
• 1x Whitewater Naiads
• 1x Yavimaya Enchantress

Instant (4)

• 1x Cyclonic Rift
• 1x Path to Exile
• 1x Swords to Plowshares
• 1x Teferi's Protection

Artifact (2)

• 1x Sol Ring
• 1x Thought Vessel

Land (36)

• 1x Bountiful Promenade
• 1x Breeding Pool
• 1x Canopy Vista
• 1x Command Tower
• 1x Exotic Orchard
• 1x Fabled Passage
• 1x Flooded Strand
• 5x Forest
• 1x Glacial Fortress
• 1x Hall of Heliod's Generosity
• 1x Hallowed Fountain
• 1x Hinterland Harbor
• 1x Horizon Canopy
• 1x Island
• 1x Misty Rainforest
• 3x Plains
• 1x Prairie Stream
• 1x Prismatic Vista
• 1x Reflecting Pool
• 1x Reliquary Tower
• 1x Savannah
• 1x Sea of Clouds
• 1x Serra's Sanctum
• 1x Sunpetal Grove
• 1x Temple Garden
• 1x Tropical Island
• 1x Tundra
• 1x Waterlogged Grove
• 1x Windswept Heath
• 1x Yavimaya Hollow

Sorcery (4)

• 1x Austere Command
• 1x Open the Vaults
• 1x Replenish
• 1x Winds of Rath

Commander (1)

Enchantment (23)

• 1x Ancestral Mask
• 1x Burgeoning
• 1x Darksteel Mutation
• 1x Dawn's Reflection
• 1x Detention Sphere
• 1x Dismiss into Dream
• 1x Enchantress's Presence
• 1x Estrid's Invocation
• 1x Exploration
• 1x Fertile Ground
• 1x Imprisoned in the Moon
• 1x Journey to Nowhere
• 1x Kenrith's Transformation
• 1x Lignify
• 1x Myth Unbound
• 1x Oblivion Ring
• 1x Overgrowth
• 1x Prison Term
• 1x Sage's Reverie
• 1x Sigarda's Aid
• 1x Smothering Tithe
• 1x Utopia Sprawl
• 1x Wild Growth

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Full deck name: Kestia, Cultivator of Friendship, Harmony, Incredible Violence, and Love

I kind of love Bestow as a mechanic. It has a lot of flavor. And some of the rules behind the mechanic provide you with interesting options for political play. Namely, you can Bestow your opponents' creatures with beneficial auras, and trick them into thinking you're on their side. Then you can drop a board clear and kill everyone's stuff, and the enchantment creatures that fall off are yours to keep. Combine this concept with all the cards that care about enchantments and the best enchantments that Bant has to offer and you have on your hands a deck that has three possible playstyles:

• Beef up one dude with lots of Auras and beat down a la Slippery Bogle
• Have an army of enchantment creatures to do battle with
• Take advantage of your friends in order to put yourself in a powerful political position

Now, all of the above aside, I expect this deck to be just as suboptimal (read as: bad) as all of my other decks. After all, you might just die to the creatures that you've nonchalantly buffed. But that would be hilarious. And that's kind of the point.

Criticism, constructive or otherwise, is always welcome!

Date added	5 years
Last updated	3 years
Exclude colors	BR
Legality	This deck is Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	7 - 0 Mythic Rares 53 - 0 Rares 17 - 0 Uncommons 14 - 0 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	3.05
Tokens	Enchantment Cleric 2/1 W, Treasure