Yes, the lives of my creatures are important to me...lol. This is gonna be my new setup for when Eldritch Moon standard. I normally tend to play 2 color decks, but decided to go outside of my comfort zone and stick to just 1 color for ease and mana consistency. Without further ado...
Lone Rider   is the card I chose for my first 2 drop. A 1/1 first striker with lifelink is ok, but I picked it due to its interaction with Blessed Alliance. Drop this guy T2, and T3 pass the turn, cast Alliance on your opponent's 2nd main phase to have this flip to a 4/4 on the end step!
Thalia, Heretic Cathar is my 3 drop. At 3 copies, I hope to see her often as she will punish multi color decks that use any type of fixing. Having nom basic lands and creatures enter tapped usually makes your opponent a turn slower or forces them to deal with her.
Fiend Binder in the 4 drop slot is ok. Her stats aren't great but getting to tap a creature when attacking removes their biggest creature from combat, and pairs really well with Always Watching .
Thalia's Lieutenant is a no brainer with this being a humans deck at heart, and her buff on multiple creatures puts decent pressure on the opponent.
Gisela, the Broken Blade seems to be another great addition. Flying, first strike and lifelink can put a game out of reach in your favor or get you back into the game if you are behind. 1 hit from her can also flip a Lone Rider   so there's that...
I also included 3 copies of Archangel Avacyn   because sometimes you need to protect your board.
Declaration in Stone , Collective Effort, and Blessed Alliance fill out the removal suite.

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This was the first FNM tournament with this deck but I couldn't really gauge the performance due to land issues. I removed all the Evolving Wilds and replaced them with plains prior to the start of the event. First round was against U/W spirits. Game 1 I got mana flooded and didn't draw into enough threats, and game 2 was just the opposite. He had just enough bounce to tempo me out and take the win...
Round 2 was a bye...
Round 3 was against a mono blue Rise from the Tides deck that I did very well against, winning 2-0.
Round 4 was against B/G elves. I took the first match, but the 2nd and 3rd were all his... Eyeblight Massacre took care of all my humans on the board and Foul-Tongue Shriek hit for some nasty damage as by turn 5 he had 6+ creatures on the board...
Needless to say, I think the deck has potential. Might have to play around with the numbers, and Fiend Binder didn't perform as well as I wanted it to. I feel like the deck needs more aggression turns 1 through 4, and I am considering splashing red for access to Hanweir Garrison  Meld, Nahiri, the Harbinger, Galvanic Bombardment and Ride Down.

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Date added 7 years
Last updated 7 years
Legality

This deck is not Standard legal.

Rarity (main - side)

4 - 0 Mythic Rares

17 - 0 Rares

10 - 0 Uncommons

6 - 0 Commons

Cards 60
Avg. CMC 2.73
Tokens Clue
Folders LIFELINK, Interesting, Like
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