Prayer Circle of Nyx

Modern Combo Enchantment GWU (Bant) Midrange Reanimator

AgentGold

Instant (4)

• 2x Negate
• 2x Path to Exile

Sorcery (7)

• 2x Commune with the Gods
• 1x Enduring Ideal
• 2x Glittering Wish
• 2x Kruphix's Insight

Enchantment (16)

• 1x Detention Sphere
• 2x Leyline of Sanctity
• 1x Omniscience
• 1x Paradox Haze
• 1x Peace of Mind
• 2x Sphere of Safety
• 2x Starfield of Nyx
• 4x Utopia Sprawl
• 2x Worship

Creature (9)

• 2x Boon Satyr
• 2x Eidolon of Blossoms
• 3x Herald of the Pantheon
• 2x Nyx-Fleece Ram

Land (24)

• 2x Breeding Pool
• 2x Canopy Vista
• 2x Cinder Glade
• 2x Flooded Strand
• 3x Forest
• 1x Hallowed Fountain
• 2x Island
• 1x Lumbering Falls
• 2x Plains
• 1x Prairie Stream
• 2x Temple Garden
• 4x Windswept Heath

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Sideboard

Sorcery (3)

• 1x Open the Vaults
• 1x Supreme Verdict
• 1x Titanic Ultimatum

Enchantment (11)

• 1x Collective Blessing
• 3x Detention Sphere
• 1x Finest Hour
• 2x Nevermore
• 2x Stony Silence
• 2x Wheel of Sun and Moon

Creature (1)

• 1x Keranos, God of Storms

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Maybeboard

Sorcery (2)

• 1x Commune with the Gods
• 1x Idyllic Tutor

Enchantment (7)

• 1x Assemble the Legion
• 2x Ghostly Prison
• 1x Leyline of Anticipation
• 1x Privileged Position
• 1x Starfield of Nyx
• 1x Telepathy

Creature (4)

• 1x Courser of Kruphix
• 1x Eidolon of Blossoms
• 2x Yavimaya Enchantress

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Welcome, stranger. This sacred ground is a place of rest, safe from the outside world. We believe this place to have a strong connection to the Gods of Theros, and we look to them with requests of wisdom, safety, and power.

What's this? Are you showing aggression to overthrow us and take control of our utopia's power, or does your interest simply lie in destruction? Whatever your reason, you've made a mistake. I am the ruler of this land, and also its guardian. My connection to the divine is strong, even in spite of the time it takes to gather my strength.

My disciples will keep you at bay while I prepare. They may not look strong to you, but do not take them lightly--their ideals are undying. You will find that we draw strength from each other, both mental and physical. And if you cannot succeed quickly, I will soon become more powerful than you can imagine.

Say your prayers, before I finish mine.

This is my shot at a Modern deck making building around Starfield of Nyx as its engine. As such, a good portion of the deck is enchantments and cards that work to synergize with each other.

The deck is in a more solid state than it was when I first began. It's probably not a top-tier deck, but I think it's ready to hold its own against stronger decks that aren't Bloom Titan. There's probably still room to improve though, so any feedback is welcome! Be sure to check the "Current Considerations" section below to avoid explaining something that's a known possibility!

Premise / Plan Show

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The battle plan is to work quickly to make an establishing play, which should be doable around Turn 4. Once this is down, it should give you time to work into a finishing play, getting one or more engines online. Once you've made a finishing play, you can shift your playstyle to emphasize the strength of whatever engines you have in play.

For example, you might spend your early turns playing Herald of the Pantheon and using him to cast Worship on Turn 3. You won't necessarily be able to keep Herald of the Pantheon down as your creature, but as long as you can keep at least one creature on the board, you have time to dig deeper for your engine cards. Later, you get down Starfield of Nyx, which you can use to bring back enchantment creatures (making Worship active) for as much time as you need. If you play Peace of Mind at this point, you can put new enchantment cards into the graveyard to bring back without paying their costs. If you drop Omniscience this way, you can end up with a 10/10 creature (which can be revived as needed) and play out as many other cards as you like.

This is a bit of a glossy depiction of this deck's game plan and it's not the only way the deck will play to victory, but it is a reasonable example of what can happen.

Clever Combos Show

What good is a synergy deck if you can't do clever things by getting the right cards down? Here's a non-exhaustive list of combos this deck is capable of.

Enduring Ideal + Paradox Haze -- If you can cast Enduring Ideal (which is feasible, make no mistake), Paradox Haze is almost always the correct first card to grab with it. From this point forward, you're putting two enchantments from your library to the field each turn. This compounds further if you get down Starfield of Nyx to grab enchantments from the graveyard or restore creatures who chump block each turn. Enduring Ideal can definitely be a game winning play like this.

Peace of Mind + Starfield of Nyx -- Peace of Mind lets you spend and discard a card to gain 3 life. With Starfield of Nyx in play, you can throw away expensive cards like Omniscience or Sphere of Safety and bring them back for free (sometimes as powerful creatures). Peace of Mind is also great if you can't cast spells (hello Enduring Ideal) as it gives a new use to the remaining cards in your hand.

Eidolon of Blossoms + Omniscience -- When many of your cards are enchantments and you have an engine that causes all enchantments to cantrip (even if they weren't cast), being able to cast cards from your hand for can let you go through your entire deck quickly. If you have more than one copy of Eidolon of Blossoms out, you need to watch what you do carefully because you can play your whole deck out--but you need to be careful not to set yourself up so you'll draw out before you win!

Eidolon of Blossoms + Starfield of Nyx -- Not only does Eidolon of Blossoms help you draw an extra card each turn you're able to return an enchantment to the field, but it becomes a natural 4/4 when you have a total of 5 or more enchantments out.

Eidolon of Blossoms + Utopia Sprawl -- One more small combo to consider that Eidolon of Blossoms can do. If you use one land to cast Utopia Sprawl and enchant another with it, you don't lose any mana for the turn. If Eidolon of Blossoms is down when you do this, you don't lose a card either. This helps to keep Utopia Sprawl from being a dead card late in the game, and it can help Starfield of Nyx become active to boot. (Note that there are a lot of cards that are technically Forests in the deck, so enchanting something with Utopia Sprawl is not a difficult task.)

Starfield of Nyx + Worship -- What's better than endlessly recurring creatures to keep Worship active? How about turning Worship itself into a creature that loves you?

Glittering Wish + Omniscience -- Glittering Wish can be handy if you have different sideboard cards you might want depending on what point in the game you're in. If you have Omniscience without having used Enduring Ideal to get it, you can use Glittering Wish to get whichever card you need right that minute without losing any mana or tempo to do it. Specifically, you should almost never side Titanic Ultimatum into the deck directly--because of its very color-hungry mana cost, it's normally better to pull this with Glittering Wish when you have the mana ready or have Omniscience out (preferably as a 10/10 creature that's ready to attack...)

Known Weaknesses Show

Enchantment Hate -- Well, of course. Back to Nature is your worst nightmare, but you might be able to recover depending on when in the game it gets used. If you expect Back to Nature to come out of your opponent's sideboard, you should probably bring in counter spells from yours to try and block it.

As for targeted removal, exile effects hurt more than destroy effects since you can bring enchantments back from the grave. Starfield of Nyx is automatically the best target for targeted enchantment hate since it can bring other cards back. Try to protect it more than other enchantments for this same reason.

Board Wipes -- Or at least, board wipes controlled by your opponent. By turning your enchantments into creatures, any board wipe your opponent uses becomes stronger than normal and will almost certainly clear your board. Starfield of Nyx doesn't turn itself into a creature, but a second copy will. Be very wary about placing two copies of Starfield of Nyx onto the field at the same time, even knowing that they can bring back more cards each turn. If all your copies hit the graveyard, there are no built-in ways to get them back.

Also, this deck does run Supreme Verdict even though board wipes are a weakness. Supreme Verdict is here to clear your opponents' creatures before your enchantments become creatures. Once Starfield of Nyx becomes active, think carefully before using it--it might be correct at some point if you have lots of auras and can bring cards back right away, but it MUST hurt your opponent more than it hurts you to be worth it.

Graveyard Hate -- Since a lot of power comes from using Starfield of Nyx to bring enchantments back from the graveyard, things that are strong at keeping graveyards empty (such as Rest in Peace) can be painful to deal with. A one-time graveyard nuke like Tormod's Crypt isn't so bad since you can continue to use your graveyard after it's done, but if you're going up against lingering graveyard hate, you'll need to focus on being able to play from your hand and/or library. If you can keep up counterspells for the graveyard bombs, that's great. If you can't and they prove difficult to remove, you'll want to work harder to protect your existing cards, such as through use of Privileged Position. Starfield of Nyx isn't useless in this situation since it can still animate your enchantments, but it won't be gaining you advantage, so keep this in mind when deciding when it get it out as opposed to other cards.

Current Considerations Show

This section is about the current state of the deck and known ways that it could be improved, usually in the form of trade-offs.

Ghostly Prison vs Sphere of Safety -- Sphere of Safety is the stronger effect of the two, potentially forcing your opponent to pay or more to attack with one creature, but Ghostly Prison comes out considerably faster and helps keep your opponents at bay while you set up. Sphere of Safety is also a stronger body under Starfield of Nyx being a 5/5, while Ghostly Prison doesn't survive Lightning Bolt and dies to a lot of creatures. I'm going to try Sphere of Safety first since it sees less play and I'd like to see how it feels in an enchantment-heavy deck.

Enchantresses -- Specifically talking about Mesa Enchantress, Verduran Enchantress, and Yavimaya Enchantress. The 0/2 enchantresses don't feel as powerful as Eidolon of Blossoms despite their slightly lower mana costs. Eidolon of Blossoms has 2 power on its own, is itself an enchantment and cantrips off itself, and does not require the enchantments to be cast to draw the card, just that they enter (which is strong for this deck which isn't always casting its enchantments). Yavimaya Enchantress is interesting as it takes the effect of cards like Helm of the Gods and puts it on a creature with no extra cards or in-between steps, but the deck has enough beaters already once Starfield of Nyx is active, and Yavimaya Enchantress didn't add as much as you might think in my initial testing. If you do add Mesa Enchantress or Verduran Enchantress in this deck, consider which color you're using more of and will be easier to get early (probably green for this deck).

Utopia Sprawl vs Lotus Bloom -- In my first draft of this deck, I had a 2/2 split between Utopia Sprawl and Lotus Bloom and was advised to use 4 of Utopia Sprawl instead to increase consistency. Lotus Bloom has its merit helping you to cast your spells of giant cost sooner, and it can be cast without suspend with Omniscience on the field (I checked, yes). It can also be sacrificed to cast Open the Vaults and immediately brought back by that very effect, which is a lot of fun when it works.

Switch Blue for Red -- Currently my primary colors are Green and White, Blue is a secondary color for casting a few key cards, and Red is a tertiary color for a few cards that won't see use every game. I'm considering switching the roles of Blue and Red. With some of the recent changes, the only cards Blue is lending are Supreme Verdict, Paradox Haze, Omniscience, Detention Sphere, Keranos, God of Storms and a few counter spells (which the deck isn't using enough of for that to be a core strategy). Using Red as the secondary color would open up some nice removal spells like Lightning Bolt and Lightning Helix which are more likely to see use every game. Red doesn't offer very much in the way of powerful enchantments that this deck is looking for, but the spells (and maybe even Planeswalkers) it adds might be enough to cover the deck's weaker areas. Losing Omniscience as a curve topper isn't the worst thing because Collective Blessing plays the same role just as well and is MUCH easier to get down by this deck's plan.

Card Roles (Pure Flavor) Show

Guardian of the Paradise -- As laid out in the flavorful description above, this is your role! You'll be at your strongest once you get to cast your most powerful spells.

Disciples -- The creatures in this deck are your disciples who seek (and have seen) the favor of the gods. Herald of the Pantheon will bravely go forth, helping you to usher in the presence of the gods. Boon Satyr is a bodyguard--your own and your creatures'. They fight ferociously, but their fury is calmed a bit when the heavens open. Eidolon of Blossoms is a wise prayer leader, keeping you moving along as blessings rain down and becoming ever stronger when the gods' presence is near. Nyx-Fleece Ram is somewhere between a sacrificial lamb and, um... one of those statues you place outside the temple as a decoration and a blockade to invaders. But with Worship in play, any one of them is enough to inspire you to fight on to protect your sacred place.

Earthly Beauty -- Utopia Sprawl and Lotus Bloom reflect the natural beauty you and yours maintain in this place. Flowers make a wonderful prayer offering to usher in the gods' blessings faster (i.e. mana ramp for big cards or more cards).

Ethereal Beauty -- When Starfield of Nyx is in play, the heavens are opened and you can feel the gods' presence among you. This gives your disciples endless renewal of strength and allows you to call down their blessings more easily as you gaze upon their wonder (read: use Peace of Mind to discard enchantments and bring them to the battlefield without paying).

Heavenly Beauty -- If you can successfully cast Enduring Ideal, you give up a part of what ties you to this world to become a vessel for the gods' blessings. The power you gain is often worth the power you exchange.

Face Of A God -- With Omniscience on the field, you yourself become godlike, a reward for serving the gods so well. You no longer request blessings--you grant them. Starfield of Nyx allows you to step forward, finally giving you the chance to exhibit your true strength--stronger than that of any of your disciples.

Date added	8 years
Last updated	8 years
Key combos	Eidolon of Blossoms + Starfield of Nyx Enduring Ideal + Paradox Haze Peace of Mind + Starfield of Nyx Eidolon of Blossoms + Omniscience Eidolon of Blossoms + Utopia Sprawl Starfield of Nyx + Worship Glittering Wish + Omniscience
Legality	This deck is Modern legal.
Rarity (main - side)	3 - 1 Mythic Rares 34 - 14 Rares 6 - 0 Uncommons 10 - 0 Commons
Cards	60
Avg. CMC	3.03
Folders	liked decks, Saved decks, Mdn