Ways of abusing High Priest of Penance win Pestilence

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Posted on July 23, 2014, 12:04 a.m. by mtghypatia

Hi, I'm running a Pestilence deck (Frozen Pestilence) using Stuffy Doll , but until now it has proven to be too slow.

I was thinking of using High Priest of Penance and trying to make him indestructible to abuse his ability with Pestilence . One way would be tu use Indestructibility , but it costs 4 mana, and would slow my game.

Is there any other card I could use to achieve the same effect? Maybe using Conviction could make High Priest of Penance resistant enough for me to destroy my enemies permanents with Pestilence .

Any other idea?

MagicalHacker says... #2

Darksteel Plate , Shield of Kaldra , That Which Was Taken , and Eldrazi Monument are the only other things I can think of off the top of my head.

Pariah and Pariah's Shield would both work with your theme, so there you go.

July 23, 2014 12:32 a.m.

meecht says... #3

List of all White and Black enchantments that give protection.

gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Search/Default.aspx?action=advanced&color=+@(|[W]|[B])&type=+["Enchantment"]&text=+[Protection]

Instants and sorceries that provide protection.

gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Search/Default.aspx?action=advanced&color=+@(|[W]|[B])&text=+[Protection]&type=|["Instant"]|["Sorcery"]

Sorry, I'd linkify them if I wasn't on my tablet.

July 23, 2014 1 a.m.

Redstorm86 says... #4

He curves nicely into Gift of Immortality

July 23, 2014 1:07 a.m.

MagicalHacker says... #5

meecht, protection would prevent the damage, not the destruction.

July 23, 2014 1:09 a.m.

Redstorm86 says... #6

Although Gift of Immortality would work, you won't get more than one use out of pestilence per turn. Perhaps a cheap toughness-boosting equipment would help? I'm just throwing poo at the wall to see what sticks.

July 23, 2014 1:26 a.m.

maxon says... #7

does it need to be indestructible or does it just need to take a few Pestilence hits a turn without dieing? could you just give it a fat butt with something cheap like Accorder's Shield (for re useability), or something along the lines of Divine Favor ?

July 23, 2014 1:41 a.m.

PreZchoICE1 says... #8

I like the Divine Favor suugestion. I think its great for this build

July 23, 2014 2:45 a.m.

meecht says... #9

@MagicalHacker - Oops, my bad. It was late (for me) when I typed that.

July 23, 2014 7:02 a.m.

Death_The_Kid says... #10

This is off topic sorta of but what if someone used The Mimeoplasm and made it a copy off High Priest of Penance then have+1/+1 counters equal to a creature like Colossus of Akros or another huge creature lol

July 23, 2014 9:13 a.m.

MagicalHacker says... #11

meecht, ah I see. I was just clarifying what I was scared to think was a misunderstanding of what "protection" means...

July 23, 2014 9:34 a.m.

mtghypatia says... #12

What about Hero's Resolve ?

July 23, 2014 10:11 a.m.

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