Modern Auracycle

Modern

Exodus20317

Enchantment (18)

• 3x Aqueous Form
• 2x Battle Mastery
• 3x Curiosity
• 2x Ephara's Enlightenment
• 2x Ethereal Armor
• 2x Gift of Immortality
• 3x Indomitable Will
• 1x Triumph of Gerrard

Creature (17)

• 4x Battlewise Hoplite
• 3x Favored Hoplite
• 3x Heliod's Pilgrim
• 3x Riptide Chimera
• 2x Sage of Hours
• 2x Sun Titan

Land (22)

• 8x Island
• 10x Plains
• 4x Tranquil Cove

Instant (3)

• 3x Triton Tactics

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Sideboard

Sorcery (6)

• 2x Dawn to Dusk
• 4x Hidden Strings

Creature (2)

• 2x Umbra Mystic

Instant (3)

• 3x Center Soul

Enchantment (4)

• 4x Chosen by Heliod

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An updated version of the first deck I ever built for myself

Simple and versatile, though admittedly with a few glaring weaknesses. cough bounce cough

The concept is pretty straightforward: drop a Heroic creature asap, Preferably Battlewise Hoplite as his scry will help a lot early on. Next, start to Voltron it with cheap auras, like Aqueous Form and Curiosity, which make a powerful combo to dig into your deck and start amassing resources. If you get away with it, swinging with a single buffed Heroic can end the game in a few turns, especially with a Battle Mastery or Ethereal Armor. If not, take a step back and shift to a defensive strategy. My favorite combo for this is to use Heliod's Pilgrim to pull Gift of Immortality and give yourself an immortal blocker that searches out your auras every time it dies. If you do wind up running low on auras in your hand, Riptide Chimera allows you to return those cheap auras in play to your hand to trigger Heroics again. And when all else fails, Sun Titan.

Triumph of Gerrard is a very recent addition and a bit of an odd-feeling choice that I like nonetheless. It doesn't trigger the Heroics, but its first two triggers help passively build up a creature and the third trigger gives a lot of safety for a big swing. Plus it seems to magnetize enchant destruction, even from people who know it's far from the most important target.

Date added	8 years
Last updated	5 years
Legality	This deck is Modern legal.
Rarity (main - side)	4 - 0 Mythic Rares 2 - 2 Rares 21 - 2 Uncommons 11 - 11 Commons
Cards	60
Avg. CMC	2.16
Folders	a b Training