Light-Paws, Emperor's Voice [[PRIMER]]

Commander / EDH* Enchantment Mono-White Protection Toolbox Voltron

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Voltron Auras (16)

• 1x All That Glitters
• 1x Angelic Gift
• 1x Asha's Favor
• 1x Battle Mastery
• 1x Capashen Standard
• 1x Cartouche of Solidarity
• 1x Conviction
• 1x Daybreak Coronet
• 1x Ethereal Armor
• 1x Mantle of the Ancients
• 1x Mortal Obstinacy
• 1x Sage's Reverie
• 1x Skyblade's Boon
• 1x Spectral Steel
• 1x Spirit Mantle
• 1x Unquestioned Authority

Other Protection (5)

• 1x Blacksmith's Skill
• 1x Giver of Runes
• 1x Grand Abolisher
• 1x Mother of Runes
• 1x Swords to Plowshares

Draw (4)

• 1x Esper Sentinel
• 1x Kor Spiritdancer
• 1x Mesa Enchantress
• 1x Sram, Senior Edificer

Land (30)

• 29x Plains
• 1x Secluded Steppe

Tutors (2)

• 1x Enlightened TutorGC
• 1x Open the Armory

Ramp (14)

• 1x Arcane Signet
• 1x Chrome MoxGC
• 1x Fellwar Stone
• 1x Hero of Iroas
• 1x Jeweled Lotus
• 1x Land Tax
• 1x Lotus Petal
• 1x Mana Crypt
• 1x Mind Stone
• 1x Mox Amber
• 1x Pearl Medallion
• 1x Sol Ring
• 1x Starfield Mystic
• 1x Transcendent Envoy

Flash Auras (9)

• 1x Gift of Granite
• 1x Indomitable Will
• 1x Mageta's Boon
• 1x Mantle of Leadership
• 1x Saving Grace
• 1x Sentinel's Mark
• 1x Solid Footing
• 1x Triclopean Sight
• 1x Ward of Lights

Hate Auras (4)

• 1x Curse of Silence
• 1x Darksteel Mutation
• 1x Demotion
• 1x Minimus Containment

Commander (1)

Protection Auras (10)

• 1x Benevolent Blessing
• 1x Cho-Manno's Blessing
• 1x Felidar Umbra
• 1x Flickering Ward
• 1x Gift of Immortality
• 1x Hyena Umbra
• 1x Mask of Law and Grace
• 1x Shield of Duty and Reason
• 1x Shielded by Faith
• 1x Timely Ward

Stax (5)

• 1x Deafening Silence
• 1x Drannith MagistrateGC
• 1x Hushbringer
• 1x Mana Tithe
• 1x Spirit of the Labyrinth

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Other (5)

• 1x Danitha Capashen, Paragon
• 1x Ethersworn Canonist
• 1x Serra Ascendant
• 1x Sigarda's Aid
• 1x Umbra Mystic

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This is a voltron deck, and with a few adjustments can easily be modified into a budget deck. The goal is to cast Light Paws, have a flash aura up to blank removal, and then win with Commander damage over the next (hopefully very few) turns.

Your flash auras are actually keys to your toolbox of deck, fetching either Voltron or Protection auras on Light-Paws as needed.

Notable Auras you want:

Ethereal Armor, All That Glitters, and Battle Mastery provide the heaviest hitting buffs to power and toughness.

Flickering Ward and Conviction can bounce themselves, allowing you to replay them and get another search trigger off of Light-Paws.

Shield of Duty and Reason and Mask of Law and Grace combined offer protection from 4 colors for just two 1-mana auras. This is very good, since we use Protection from X to blank removal and get in for combat damage (ex, Spirit Mantle).

Benevolent Blessing actually specifies that " This effect doesn't remove Auras and Equipment you control that are already attached to it." You can go protection from white here and not lose everything, but you also cannot add any other auras on Light-Paws while Benevolent Blessing is in play. Yes, even off of its triggered ability.

You also have a few hateful auras. These are useful since they provide keys, but you should not tutor them up off of Light-Paws.

Attack the most threatening player, stax out the rest enough that you won't die on a crack-back, and good luck!

Total Guide to Tutoring Enchantments at instant speed:

I need:

• Lifelink: Daybreak Coronet, Felidar Umbra

• Vigilance: Sentinel's Mark, Daybreak Coronet, Asha's Favor

• To destroy a humility: Mortal Obstinacy

• To recur a vital aura: Mantle of the Ancients, Spectral Steel

• Long-term Value: Flickering Ward, Conviction, Skyblade's Boon

• To survive a Wrath Effect: Hyena Umbra, Felidar Umbra

• A chump blocker: Cartouche of Solidarity

• A protection effect to blank removal:

• • Flickering Ward is best if you have mana to spend bouncing it in the future
• • Mask of Law and Grace and Shield of Duty and Reason for best value
• • Ward of Lights for most meh to draw naturally
• • Spirit Mantle against a Solitude
• • Benevolent Blessing against white (ie, Swords or Path) if you've already invested heavily. Otherwise, consider if if would be easier to rebuild.

• A Mana Crypt IRL: Me too, friend, me too.

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Considering:

Flickerform for dodging Toxic Deluge and mass-enchantment removal

Teferi's Protection for the same reasons

Umbra Mystic for the latter reason

Robe of Stars for the former reason

Replenish in case it's too late already

Reprobation for more anti-commander tech

Sigarda's Aid Better toolboxing

Serra Ascendant Alternative Beater

Ethersworn Canonist and similar effects not wanted due to the liklihood of casting our commander and holding up a flash-aura on the same turn. Deafening Silence is an exception since we can still do that.

Top Ranked	Achieved #64 position overall 3 years ago Achieved #51 position in Commander / EDH 3 years ago Achieved #1 position in Commander / EDH Protection 3 years ago
Date added	3 years
Last updated	3 years
Legality	This deck is not Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	6 - 0 Mythic Rares 18 - 0 Rares 24 - 0 Uncommons 23 - 0 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	1.73
Tokens	Warrior 1/1 W w/ Vigilance
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