Ridiculously Threatening Auras [Bruna EDH]

Commander / EDH agGravity

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June 13, 2013

Added a couple of interesting cards based on previous comment and personal research.

Want to do a reset of the discussion, still need to remove couple of cards.

Epochalyptik says... #1

Why the Dovescape ? It seems out of place without the Leyline of Singularity lock.

Same with Enchanted Evening . I don't see a reason for it.

Cards I would cut:

Cards I would consider:

June 1, 2013 7:28 a.m.

KevinLS says... #2

Epochalyptik, Dovescape is awesome in a Bruna deck. You get Bruna down, then Dovescape , if it lands there will be much fewer ways for your opponents to deal with her.

MurasakiRose, I suggest Scout's Warning . Flash her in on the end step before, untap and swing in the worst case, protect it with Dovescape , counter back-up, or shroud/hexproof in a better case.

I also like Pact of Negation . You can tap out for Bruna and still have counter backup. Of course, Force of Will would also be great, but that's always true.

June 2, 2013 4:51 a.m.

Epochalyptik says... #3

@KevinLS: I didn't think about using it to stop kill spells. That's actually viable. However, it does create tons of blockers, so you need to have your Spirit Mantle on Bruna to get around them.

June 2, 2013 5:21 a.m.

KevinLS says... #4

Spirit Mantle , Steel of the Godhead , Eldrazi Conscription and Infiltrator's Magemark . Steel of the Godhead is one of the best of the auras, IMO, one I'll often tutor for. Eldrazi Conscription , of course, is pretty often the first one to try to get.

June 2, 2013 5:47 a.m.

Crivaro says... #5

May I asK: Why do you use Entangler ?

June 2, 2013 8:27 a.m.

hunter9000 says... #6

Entangler is great once you have Indestructibility on Bruna.

June 2, 2013 9:57 a.m.

Ohthenoises says... #7

June 2, 2013 10:06 a.m.

Ohthenoises says... #8

Which... isn't here... Any reason why?

June 2, 2013 10:06 a.m.

shermanido37 says... #9

Ohthenoises, personally I prefer Unquestioned Authority since it generates card advantage if you bring it repeatedly. The minor bonus of +2/+2 on Holy Mantle is ineffective unless it comes with other proper additions like evasion, not to mention the +1/+1 on Spirit Mantle .

hunter9000, as for Entangler I think Pariah is pretty much strictly better in this case: it's cheaper, can be used as a creature removal + small damage protection on its own, and along with Indestructibility generates a better effect since it also absorbs noncombat damage and unblockable creatures.

June 2, 2013 1:30 p.m.

agGravity says... #10

@Crivaro; Entangler is insanely great in the meta I play 3 decks of my friends run tokens and once you get any protection aura it completely shut them down. And even without tokens it's a great tool to block any group of attackers, I rarely have more than 1 guy on the board.

@Ohthenoises: I'm currently thinking I have too much aura on this deck and tried to thin it a bit, Holy Mantle is only a worse Spirit Mantle , I'd rather have Unquestioned Authority than the Holy Mantle most of the time.

@Epochalyptik: I'd prefer not to reduced the number of creature my deck runs, I want to have as much alternate plan to go if Bruna get tucked or similar. Both of these creature can act as Enchantment wearer and are harder to deal with. Geist of Saint Traft have hexproof, while Archon of Justice can be quite detrimental to remove. Yeah I don't know why I forgot the Greater Auramancy

@KevinLS: Scout's Warning is quite a nice idea, I like that it also serves as a cantrip.

@shermanido37: I'll try to find a spot for Pariah , but I'm probably keeping the Entangler .

June 2, 2013 1:46 p.m.

Ohthenoises says... #11

The difference between Spirit Mantle and Holy Mantle actually is quite significant. You're cheating them both out so mana cost is irrelevant and the +2/+2 does make a difference in that +1/+1 means, lacking any other enchantments, Bruna swings 4 times for lethal whereas the +2/+2 means 3 turns. That may not make a difference to you but it certainly does to me. All that being said, the cantrip of Unquestioned Authority does make it a much better choice.

June 2, 2013 1:55 p.m.

agGravity says... #12

@Ohthenoises; I can't actually always cheat the enchantment; once Bruna is either out because her cost is too much or she's been tucked or I'm simply mana screwed and can't get to 7 mana by that time, I have to rely on other enchantment and at 4 mana there are much better option out there.

June 2, 2013 2:24 p.m.