Bonds of Faith

Enchantment — Aura

Enchant creature gets +2/+2 as long as it's Human. Otherwise, it can't attack or block.

Discussion (51)

Podkomorka on Ghostly Prison ||Tallowisp Spirit Tribal cPDH||

2 months ago

I'd make room for:

• Gelid Shackles (and run all snow plains)
• Bonds of Faith (if it's a human just tutor a different one)
• Compulsory Rest (its fine)
• Crown of Awe (backup)
• Luminous Bonds (pacifism is strong even at 3cmc)
• Revoke Privileges (^)
• Bound in Silence (^^)
• Caught in the Brights (^^^)

.. by taking out:

• Mortal Obstinacy (very meh, even for removal)
• Lifelink (nice but not needed at the most competitive place, which you're going for)
• Empyrial Armor (ethereal armor and some others are enough, just extra)
• Chosen by Heliod (cantrip is not worth tutoring for this meh)
• Armillary Sphere (is only used for colorfixing in decks with lots of colors and no green)
• Apothecary Geist (I understand you need tutor triggers but you've got plenty and this is your worst spirit)
• Shinen of Stars' Light (meh)
• Kami of Ancient Law (meh)

Brutal_B on Shu Yun, the Silent Tempest

3 months ago

Hell yeah! Another heroics deck! I have one too but Daxos the Returned commands mine, same idea tho.

Some creatures that I don't see here that could benefit the deck are Celestial Ancient , Danitha Capashen, Paragon Dawnbringer Charioteers , Graceblade Artisan , Lagonna-Band Trailblazer , Sram, Senior Edificer , Wingsteed Rider , Umbra Mystic and my personal favorite Thran Golem .

Some enchantments I really like in my deck are Celestial Mantle , Daybreak Coronet , Divine Favor , Face of Divinity , Griffin Guide , Hope Against Hope , On Serra's Wings Angelic Destiny and Bonds of Faith can go offensive or defensive. You should look into some umbras like Felidar Umbra and Hyena Umbra .

Windborne Charge is a great little pump spell for a good cost. I'm surprised you're not running any enchantment tutors. Crystal Chimes is great graveyard enchantment recursion.

I noticed you have some token generation. Intangible Virtue could be an option. With that said Sigil of the Empty Throne is an excellent card in decks like this.

I realize I've only suggested white cards but that's the only overlapping color our decks share.

Sorry to spam this comment with so much but I got excited. I love the heroic mechanic and I'm glad to see other people utilizing it. A big enchanted +1 from me!

5dollarMTG on $5 White Knights

3 months ago

If you really want to stick with the knight theme, you can sub Knight's Pledge for Bonds of Faith and then add in some more removal - Pacifism , Oblivion Ring , etc.

Aclaus on Just attack

5 months ago

1. Path of Bravery seems like a dead card most the game, since attacking always will leave you open, i suggest Brave the Sands to fill the void and keep ur wall up while also attacking

2. Gleam of Battle for Lightmine Field -a 6 cost enchant should really do more then this, u want it to really effect the board. this enchant does that!. i will warn you when considering this one, it screws you over bad if someone keeps killing your commander, but hes pretty hard to remove..

3. Hyena Umbra for Legion's Initiative , if your lookin for a little buff for ur junior guys this card here will help all of them! and its second ability i believe will save your men from a boardwipe, or u other combat tricks like block then sac it and they will return while still blocking trampless creatures!

4. Bonds of Faith if this is for removal i would suggest Swords to Plowshares or Pacifism or Oblivion Ring

5. Brawler's Plate for Loxodon Warhammer - just a better equipment in my opinion

6. in my last post about land i missed Sacred Foundry which is expensive but was just reprinted and will only go up in price. very excellent upgrade.

miracleHat on Tesseract #5: Single Card Discussion ...

8 months ago

I wouldn't worry about the Lone Rider  ^Flip/ Bonds of Faith interaction too much. When mirrodin and m12 were out together, the best g/w aggro strategy in the game was Mirran Crusader + Rancor ... :P

Yiggler on Tesseract #5: Single Card Discussion ...

8 months ago

Just a brief mention that Bonds of Faith doesn't really work for flipping Lone Rider  ^Flip. It lets you get the three life off of lifelink, but then the rider transforms into a creature that isn't a Human and so the bonds stop it from attacking or blocking.

oliveoilonyaasscureshemorrhoid on Tiana; Like an Enchantress but... Not

11 months ago

I would fix your mana base first. Average EDH decks have 45 mana sources, and Tiana definitely needs it, so consider more lands or rocks like Gilded Lotus/Boros Cluestone/Commander's Sphere/Fire Diamond/Marble Diamond etc etc. Fiery Mantle/Dragon Breath could replace Mark of Fury/Goblin War Paint? Guise of Fire/Bonds of Faith/Prophetic Ravings could replace Bloodshed Fever/Hammerhand/Cartouche of Zeal? Graceblade Artisan is a great duplicate of Champion of the Flame, it could replace Favored Hoplite/Call To Serve. If you want more combat map control you could run Goblin Spymaster/Overwhelming Splendor. Immolation/Inferno Fist are good duplicates of Ordeal of Purphoros.

Other than these replacements, I think you made a fine deck. I would include more finishers like Shiv's Embrace/Splinter Twin/Elemental Mastery/Burning Anger/Battle Mastery, or include a combo with Battered Golem/Paradox Engine/Endbringer/Traxos, Scourge of Kroog. I think some weaker finishers in this deck right now are Giant Spectacle/Lightning Reflexes/Madcap Skills/Lightning Talons. And I think Gift of Immortality is alright, but it doesn't protect your auras in extension if a creature-only board wipe happens, so another indestructible spells would be better.

I like the neat combo of Pariah and Tiana, and your enchantment based draw engines + Auratog/Faith Healer is another neat combo. Curse of Opulence is a great include, it's a one drop that adds influences damage away from you and toward your 120 combined life goal. Umbra Mystic/Anax and Cymede/Heavenly Blademaster are also great includes!

Lieutenant_DAngel on Voltron

1 year ago

I made a similar deck a while ago and I found that Court Homunculus, Glint Hawk and Ardent Recruit make for a fine initial creature base, while using Bone Saw and Ornithopter gives you both stuff to bounce to Glint Hawk and a fine vector for equipment. If you run a lot of humans, Bonds of Faith is a sneaky good aura that works as either a Pacifism effect or a buff for your guys.