Back to your cells prisoners, it's time to Lock Down!
This a control deck at heart. The goal is to play a bunch of enchantments that prevent your opponent from playing or using threats and eventually, from attacking.
The main win con is Luminarch Ascension. Alternatively you can win by White Sun's Zenith, Celestial Colonnade.
In order for this deck to be successful the piolet needs to be experienced playing modern, so you know what cards to name with Runed Halo,
Nevermore
, and Pithing Needle. Below I've written a guide to a few key matchups if assembling a pillow fort sounds like fun to you!
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Matchups:
Affinity - Favorable (55/45). Look for hands with
Porphyry Nodes
, Path to Exile, Ghostly Prison.
Runed Halo, Pithing Needle - Inkmoth Nexus
Nevermore, Pithing Needle - Cranial Plating, Arcbound Ravager
Side in 3x Stony Silence, 1x Pithing Needle
Splinter Twin - Favorable (55/45). The deck is weak to Blood Moon so fetch for basics.
Runed Halo - Pestermite and Deceiver Exarch.
Nevermore - Cryptic Command, Splinter Twin.
Pithing Needle - PestermiteDeceiver Exarch
Ghostly Prison and Sphere of Safety prevent an attack if they combo.
Side in 1x Leyline of Sanctity to prevent them from snap bolting you to death, also shuts down
Keranos, God of Storms
and Vendilion Clique. Bring in 3x Negate and 2x Rest in Peace, 1x Pithing Needle.
Jund - Difficult (45/55) The discard and Abrupt Decay make this matchup tough. Mull until you find Leyline of Sanctity.
Runed Halo, Pithing Needle - Liliana of the Veil.
Nevermore - Abrupt Decay, Liliana of the Veil, Maelstrom Pulse
Side in 2x Leyline of Sanctity and 3x Negate, 1x Pithing Needle.
Burn - 50/50 Mull for Leyline of Sanctity
Runed Halo - a creature if you can't remove it otherwise name a burn spell.
Nevermore - Eidolon of the Great Revel, Destructive Revelry
wear/tear
if you have a Leyine out (name Tear), otherwise name a burn spell. Side in 2x Leyline of Sanctity, 1x Timely Reinforcements and 3x Negate, 1x Timely Reinforcements
Bogles - Favorable (55/45), keep hands with
Porphyry Nodes
and Runed Halo.
Runed Halo - whichever creature they're enchanting.
Nevermore - whichever creature isn't named by Halo.
Side in 3x Negate
Infect - Favorable (55/45),
Porphyry Nodes
and Path to Exile are what you're looking for in your opening hand. Survive past turn 4 and the game is likely yours to win after Ghostly Prison and Sphere of Safety
Runed Halo - Glistener Elf, Blighted Agent, Inkmoth Nexus
Nevermore - whichever creature isn't named by Halo, or a pump spell
Side in 3 Negate
RG Tron - Difficult (45/55). Keep them from assembling Tron long enough with Spreading Seas, Ghost Quarter,
Tectonic Edge
until you can play Nevermore's, Stony Silence, and Pithing Needle.
Runed Halo - Wurmcoil Engine, Karn Liberated.
Nevermore - Oblivion Stone, Karn Liberated, Ugin, the Spirit Dragon, Ulamog, the Ceaseless Hunger, Emrakul, the Aeons Torn.
Pithing Needle - Karn Liberated, Oblivion Stone, Ugin, the Spirit Dragon.
Side in 3x Stony Silence, 4x Spreading Seas, 3x Negate, 1x Pithing Needle