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| Format | Legality |
| 1v1 Commander | Legal |
| Archenemy | Legal |
| Arena | Legal |
| Block Constructed | Legal |
| Canadian Highlander | Legal |
| Casual | Legal |
| Commander / EDH | Legal |
| Commander: Rule 0 | Legal |
| Custom | Legal |
| Duel Commander | Legal |
| Gladiator | Legal |
| Highlander | Legal |
| Historic | Legal |
| Historic Brawl | Legal |
| Legacy | Legal |
| Leviathan | Legal |
| Limited | Legal |
| Modern | Legal |
| Oathbreaker | Legal |
| Planar Constructed | Legal |
| Planechase | Legal |
| Quest Magic | Legal |
| Tiny Leaders | Legal |
| Vanguard | Legal |
| Vintage | Legal |
Abiding Grace
Enchantment
At the beginning of your end step, choose one —
- You gain 1 life.
- Return target creature card with converted mana cost/mana value 1 from your graveyard to the battlefield.
Elgravo on
Martyr Life
3 weeks ago
Hi kamarupa, I’m glad you like my deck — I’m really attached to it and I have a lot of fun playing it. Your suggestions are interesting and much appreciated. That said, after lots of testing, I believe this current list is optimal for now and I don’t think I’ll be changing it, but I’ll go through your suggestions one by one:
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You’re right in saying that card draw would be a great thing — it would especially help me keep pushing more efficiently in the late game. I really hope some great draw cards for white weenies will come out in the future. The two cards you mentioned, while good, don’t fully convince me. Tocasia’s Welcome draws at most one card per turn, has no body, and has the same CMC as the most expensive card in the deck. I even tried Esper Sentinel for a while, thinking it might be strong in this deck like it is in other white decks, but I was wrong. This deck already has plenty of cards to open the game and is more interested in drawing cards in the late game, while Esper Sentinel shines more in the early game. I ended up replacing it, first with Thraben Inspector, and then — as soon as it was released — with Recruitment Officer, both of which are creatures that can comfortably be played in the late game.
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In this case too, you’re right in a way. It’s a pity to have only two removal spells, but the thing is: years ago I used to play four Path to Exile, then I went down to three, and finally to two. That’s because this deck wants to play almost only creatures, since it benefits a lot from them. If I start drawing more than one Path to Exile, the strategy can stall, especially since I need to reach a certain life total and — if I don’t see the right sequence or the opponent applies enough pressure — I need all the help I can get. I hope it’ll eventually become more viable to run more than two removal spells, or that they’ll release a creature — even a 1/1 with CMC 1 or 2 — that acts as removal. For now though, even though Winds of Abandon is interesting, Path to Exile remains my favorite.
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Patch Up and Raise the Past are very powerful cards for their CMC (I consider them better than the popular Abiding Grace), but I don’t like relying on the graveyard. This deck tends to be fast and tries to end games quickly, but beyond that, it also prefers to preserve its creatures, even the small ones (unless they’re Cat Tokens). Raise the Past, however, is a really interesting sideboard option.
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I tested Castle Ardenvale for a short time. On paper, it’s a promising card since it could help maintain the flow of creatures in the late game. However, I find that a card that only puts a 1/1 on the field when you have at least five lands (and no better spells to play) just underdelivers. Even assuming that you get to use Castle Ardenvale now and then, I think the benefit doesn’t outweigh the (small, but still present) risk of starting the game with a tapped land in play.
Lastly, I wanted to say that your rule of thumb regarding the number of disruption spells is relatable. You counted soul sisters as half a disruption spell each, and Giver of Runes as one full disruption spell each, right? I assume that’s because soul sisters don’t directly disrupt the opponent’s plans
RiotRunner789 on Goblinnia, warrens voice
6 months ago
In blue, Tetsuko Umezawa, Fugitive for unblockable goblins. Not very useful when combined with buffs/lords.
More White,
Probably already considered, but Mondrak or Anointed Procession. Also a bunch of token/weeny specific white and artifact cards dedicated to you drawing (such as Idol of Oblivion or Mentor of the Meek).
Rise of the Hobgoblins for tokens and some utility.
Abiding Grace if your running at least 10-15 cheap goblins and/or support.
Fanatical Devotion: Lose your tokens to save your threats.
NonetheWeisser on
Heavenly Assault.
7 months ago
@capwer
The scam comes from comboing turn 2 Martyr with turn 1 Speaker/Serra Ascendant to immediately start swinging or producing tokens as of turn 2. Creates a quick clock. I felt like "scam" just sounded better lol
I've thought about Abiding Grace, but it always seemed too high costed and slow. May have to take another look.
capwner on
Heavenly Assault.
7 months ago
Hmm, I'm a bit confused where the scam is here? Angels are cool but I expected some solitude ephemerate action, Restoration Angel or something along those lines, given the title. Also I would recommend if you want to be a 4x Martyr of Sands deck, try out the card Abiding Grace for truly massive amounts of lifegain by recurring your martyrs and other 1 drops every turn. Kami of False Hope is another classic mono white martyr card usually run in conjunction with these.
zapyourtumor on
Oketra's Sisters
11 months ago
Wrath of God over Day of Judgment, regen not super relevant rn but theres shit like hardened scales with Welding Jar
no Martyr of Sands? you already have 4 squadron hawk
Abiding Grace is great, gives you inevitability and a mid late CA grinding engine
The One Ring is always good but even better if youre a lifegain deck, unfortunately a single copy costs half as much as your entire deck
Theres a better ajanis pridemate now, Voice of the Blessed
1-2 Emeria, the Sky Ruin also good
nuperokaso on
Norin's Three Sisters (Martyr's Grace + Norin)
1 year ago
- Six red sources is awfully low number to reliably draw any in a game. You need to play more
- Voice of the Blessed is strictly better than Ajani's Pridemate. You just have to fix the mana base to reliably have double white and a single red in each game.
- You don't have to play 3 Norin the Wary. The are legendary, so extra copy is useless. You can search for them Ranger-Captain of Eos, and in case of losing one, you can return it to play with Abiding Grace.
- 1 Daxos, Blessed by the Sun may be usefull
BotaNickill on
Legacy Of the Blessed Soul Sistas
2 years ago
Barbarian_Sun_Pope, thanks for the suggestion and for stopping by to check out the build. I have not considered Cleric Class mostly because I don't have any copies, but I will keep my eye out for it and give it a try. Thanks! I will also look into Abiding Grace Thank you Metropolis39 and for the upvote!