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Shield of Duty and Reason
Enchantment — Aura
Enchant creature
Enchanted creature has protection from green and from blue.
FounderX on What does the Fox Say?
2 years ago
Nice! Eight-and-a-Half-Tails however, I'm not sure what your plan is with this card, but be aware that all attached auras will fall off if you target Light-Paws, since all auras are white. Mask of Law and Grace & Shield of Duty and Reason can be useful for protection, or a mid to late game Spectra Ward once Light-Paws is up to strength and has a double strike effect from Battle Mastery / Duelist's Heritage, Spectra Ward shuts the door for new auras to attach, but the already attached auras remain on Light-Paws. Mantle of the Ancients is good recursion and also boosts Light-Paws.
Flooremoji on Ghostly Prison ||Tallowisp Spirit Tribal cPDH||
5 years ago
MaStCu Hahaha, Yes! I would love to tell you how the deck plays, that discription isn't too informative :)!
Step 1: Typically, you try to get out Tallowisp asap, but if you don't think it will survive, wait until you can do both Step 1 and 2 at the same time.
Step 2: Cast a Spirit/Arcane spell, search your library for Mask of Law and Grace . Enchant Tallowisp . Sometimes Inviolability /An Umbra works fine, but only in rare circumstances.
Step 3: Cast a Spirit/Arcane spell, search your library for Shield of Duty and Reason . Enchant Tallowisp . Now that that's done, your Tallowisp has protection from everything except white. (Kill white players first because of that)
Step 4: Look around the table, find the most problematic commander. Cast a Spirit/Arcane, search you library for an answer.
Against Disciple of Deceit , Shackles can work, but sometimes Reprobation is necessary. (Use reprobation sparingly, it's your best enchantment.)
Against a Voltron commander, Asha's Favor does the trick surpisingly well. (Assuming that they have hexproof, otherwise Pacifism works fine.)
Against Aggresive decks, Lifelink + Asha's Favor / Ethereal Armor makes it very hard for them to survive.
If you have Plow Through Reito , search up Empyrial Armor for the OTK.
Step 5: You can mostly just start making the rest of your opponents boards unable to attack, while finding Ethereal Armor . Keep in mind that if you need a cath all answer, Reprobation & Choking Restraints are your best bets.
You can also tutor up cantripping auras to make your spirits draw you a card, and give protection to your opponents creatures to make other auras fall off.
Hope this helps!
Joe_Ken_ on Potential substitutes for swords of …
5 years ago
So as most everyone knows that cards like Sword of Feast and Famine and the rest of the sword cards are all pretty expensive. But if you are just looking for protection from two colors and not the added abilities then I may have found a decent (not great) alternative with Shield of Duty and Reason , Mask of Law and Grace , and Crown of Awe . All of these do give you protection from two colors but don’t have any other added effects and unfortunately they are only enchantments.
sonnet666 on [List] The MTG Weapons Arsenal
7 years ago
Don't stop now. I believe in you!
- Celestial Sword
- Flaming Sword
- Runesword
- Sword of Body and Mind
- Sword of Feast and Famine
- Sword of Fire and Ice
- Sword of Kaldra
- Sword of Light and Shadow
- Sword of the Ages
- Sword of the Animist
- Sword of the Chosen
- Sword of the Meek
- Sword of the Paruns
- Sword of War and Peace
- Wall of Swords (Might not count)
- Zelyon Sword
- Neglected Heirloom Flip
- Banshee's Blade
- Blade of Selves
- Blade of the Bloodchief
- Pennon Blade
- Deathrender
- Ensouled Scimitar
- Dancing Scimitar
- Leonin Scimitar
- Honed Khopesh
- Mage Slayer
- Armory of Iroas (Also Spears and Shields!)
- No-Dachi
- Oathkeeper, Takeno's Daisho
- O-Naginata
- Tatsumasa, the Dragon's Fang
- Veteran's Armaments (Also some Armor)
- Worldslayer
- Horn of Deafening
- Horn of Greed & Horn of Plenty (More like eating/drinking vessels, but eh.)
- Revelsong Horn
- Shriekhorn
- Moonsilver Spear
- Scorching Spear
- Searing Spear
- Wall of Spears (Might not count either.)
- Armory of Iroas (Also Swords and Shields!)
- Runechanter's Pike
- Kaervek's Torch
- Wall of Torches (They'll make walls out of anything these days...)
- Cathar's Shield
- Briar Shield
- Delaying Shield
- Kite Shield
- Pariah's Shield
- Dispersal Shield
- Ephemeral Shields
- Faith's Shield
- Floating Shield
- Kry Shield
- Mourner's Shield
- Rhystic Shield
- Shield of Kaldra
- Shield of the Avatar
- Shield of the Oversoul
- Shield of the Righteous
- Vanguard's Shield
- Shield of the Ages
- Shield of Duty and Reason
- Shield Sphere
- Shield Wall (Sort of?)
- Wall of Shields (I guess?)
- Spirit Shield
- Spectral Shield
- Angelic Armaments (Also a Hammer!)
- Armory of Iroas (Also Swords and Spears!)
- Horned Helm
- Vorrac Battlehorns
- Champion's Helm
- Coral Helm
- Helm of Awakening
- Helm of Chatzuk
- Helm of Kaldra
- Helm of Obedience
- Helm of Possession
- Helm of the Ghastlord
- Prowler's Helm
- Inventor's Goggles
- Ancestral Mask
- Bone Mask
- Dragon Mask
- Farsight Mask
- Illusionary Mask
- Imperial Mask
- Ivory Mask
- Jester's Mask
- Mask of Intolerance
- Mask of Law and Grace
- Mask of Memory
- Mask of Riddles
- Mask of the Mimic
- Mistform Mask
- Nemesis Mask
- Peregrine Mask
- Uba Mask
- Specter's Shroud
- Cranial Plating
- Grafted Skullcap
- Jester's Cap
- Crown of Ascension
- Crown of Awe
- Crown of Convergence
- Crown of Doom
- Crown of Empires
- Crown of Flames
- Crown of Fury
- Crown of Suspicion
- Crown of the Ages
- Crown of Vigor
- Mindstorm Crown
- Oblivion Crown
- Skullclamp
- Executioner's Hood
- General's Kabuto
- Healer's Headdress
- Amulet of Kroog
- Amulet of Quoz
- Amulet of Unmaking
- Amulet of Vigor
- Avarice Amulet
- Forethought Amulet
- Jeweled Amulet
- Veilstone Amulet
- Sigil of Distinction
- Sigil of the Nayan Gods
- Sigil of Valor
- Tainted Sigil
- Mox Diamond
- Chrome Mox
- Mox Lotus
- Mox Pearl
- Mox Emerald
- Mox Jet
- Mox Ruby
- Mox Sapphire
- Emerald Medallion
- Jet Medallion
- Ruby Medallion
- Sapphire Medallion
- Pearl Medallion
- Ashnod's Battle Gear
- Riot Gear
- Vulshok Battlegear
- Bladed Pinions
- Shielding Plax
- Argentum Armor
- Belbe's Armor
- Armor of Faith
- Armor of Thorns
- Blanchwood Armor
- Chromatic Armor
- Empyrial Armor
- Ethereal Armor
- Exoskeletal Armor
- Grafted Exoskeleton
- Flowstone Armor
- Holy Armor
- Illusionary Armor
- Improvised Armor
- Kithkin Armor
- Living Armor
- Magebane Armor
- Power Armor
- Silverskin Armor
- Slagwurm Armor
- Spidersilk Armor
- Urza's Armor
- Viscerid Armor
- Darksteel Plate
- Empyrial Plate
- Haunted Plate Mail
- Slayer's Plate
- Demonmail Hauberk
- Assault Suit
- Copper Carapace
- Neurok Stealthsuit
- Veteran's Armaments (Also some Armor)
- Celestial Mantle
- Dragon Mantle
- Farrel's Mantle
- Fiery Mantle
- Holy Mantle
- Keldon Mantle
- Lunarch Mantle
- Mantle of Leadership
- Mantle of Webs
- Nim Deathmantle
- Paradise Mantle
- Spirit Mantle
- Umbral Mantle
- Alexi's Cloak
- Armadillo Cloak
- Burning Cloak
- Chitinous Cloak
- Cloak and Dagger (Also a Dagger!)
- Cloak of Confusion
- Cloak of Feathers
- Cloak of Invisibility
- Cloak of Mists
- Haunted Cloak
- Moldervine Cloak
- Spectral Cloak
- Traveler's Cloak
- Whispersilk Cloak
- Lantern of Insight
- Reito Lantern
- Surveyor's Scope
- Courier's Capsule
- Dispeller's Capsule
- Executioner's Capsule
- Infiltration Lens
- Gorgon's Head
- Grappling Hook
- Cobbled Wings
- Hot Soup
- Kitesail
- Distorting Lens
- Lens of Clarity
- Prismatic Lens
- Thran Lens
- Urza's Contact Lenses
- Arcane Spyglass
- Glasses of Urza
- Infinite Hourglass
- Magnifying Glass
- Scrying Glass
- Sunglasses of Urza
- Twinning Glass
- Neurok Hoversail
- Wind Sail
- Skeleton Key
- Spidersilk Net
- Cloud Key
- Galvanic Key
- Key to the City
- Voltaic Key
- Spy Kit
- Stormrider Rig
- Strider Harness
- Witches' Eye
- True-Faith Censer
- Skinwing
- Thornbite Staff
- Nine-Ringed Bo
- Cultist's Staff
- Chimeric Staff
- Dingus Staff
- Proteus Staff
- Skyblinder Staff
- Staff of Domination
- Staff of Nin
- Staff of the Ages
- Staff of the Death Magus
- Staff of the Flame Magus
- Staff of the Mind Magus
- Staff of the Sun Magus
- Staff of the Wild Magus
- Staff of Zegon
- Sylvok Lifestaff
- Thunderstaff
- Voyager Staff
- Spellbinder
- Battering Ram
- Heavy Ballista
- Walking Ballista
- Ballista Charger (Also a Vehicle!)
- Gate Smasher
- Auriok Siege Sled
WhiteWeasel on Building a budget Voltron
7 years ago
So due to being less than thrilled with my Bant Token deck, I was thinking about rejigging it to be a voltron deck since my commander; Ishai, Ojutai Dragonspeaker is pretty good at powering themselves up since I often play multiple opponents in my local magic group, and was considering of changing it to a new theme.
Cards I own
I For control and disruption I have plenty of control cards like Convolute, Counterspell, Simic Charm, Spell Rupture, etc... Disruption includes Divine Reckoning, Pacifism, Diminish, Paralyzing Grasp, Rapid Hybridization, Defang, Cage of Hands As well as stuff that trashes enchantments and Artifacts.
For powering up my commander my Artifact pool is less than ideal, had to work with what I got. They include Trailblazer's Boots, Fireshrieker, Skyblinder Staff, Ring of Evos Isle, Grafted Exoskeleton, and Livewire Lash.
Enchantments and effects for protecting my commander and/or giving them evasion include: Infiltrator's Magemark, Holy Mantle, Guildscorn Ward, Alpha Authority, Ghostform, Sheltering Word, Survive the Night, Haze of Pollen, Shielded Passage, Rogue's Passage etc...
Mana Ramp: Assume all of my mana rocks in the bant deck are going to be cannibalized.
Creatures: I don't have the good stuff to do a true one man voltron, but I can use walls like Angelic Wall, Fog Bank, Wall of Frost for protecting myself and the effects of creatures like Fan Bearer, Mistmeadow Witch, New Prahv Guildmage, to aid my commander so they can swing in for lethal damage.
Cards I'm Scouting to Buy
New commander to pair with Ishai: Reyhan, Last of the Abzan
The cards I'm looking to get for this build would be things like the WUBRG Wards and the dual color protection like Shield of Duty and Reason, and Spectra Ward. Mask of Avacyn, Swiftfoot Boots, Aqueous Form, Steel of the Godhead, Indestructibility, and Battle Mastery
Others: Ring of Thune (and the variants in the other colors),
Sword of Vengeance, Whispersilk Cloak, Inquisitor's Flail, Grappling Hook, Mask of Riddles, Sigil of Distinction,
Think this is something that I can/should pull off? Any Budget recommendations?
Shadowmaster_King on Boros Heroic
7 years ago
I've played with this deck in paper and it's ok. It's less/more consistent (depending on how much protection you kept in your opening hand) version of the blitz deck. It does operate on a different axis, essentially punishing your opponents for trying to remove your creatures and then strikes with a lethal threat.
If money is no object the following is what I would consider:
Figure out if your deck is spells or enchantment based, this is the most important part, a spells base is more tempo orientated because of more, cheaper protection spells. An enchantment base relies on resistant evasive beaters.
There are cards that are in common with both of these strategies and they are of course the creatures. Both of these decks have 4 Lagonna-Band Trailblazer and 4 Satyr Hoplite and some number of Akroan Skyguard.
Creatures that dependent on weather you play spells or enchantments are Akroan Crusader and Kiln Fiend. Both being better in the spells deck because they both dont get bigger when you target them with an enchantment. Akroan Crusader as 1-2 of in the enchantment list is fine with 1-2 in the sideboard to bring in against edict effects.
One spell is universal for both decks in my mind and it is Temur Battle Rage because it constantly outperforms and kills out of nowhere.
For the enchantment base we start with 4-of of the totem armor enchantments Eland Umbra and Hyena Umbra for resiliency. Then follow up with 4 Madcap Skills and 3 Hammerhand for evasion. To make your creatures huge 4 Ethereal Armor.
Lastly but in Journey to Nowhere and Bonds of Faith for removal. Down the list any combination of Furor of the Bitten, Taste for Mayhem,Infectious Bloodlust and Cho-Manno's Blessing.
The sideboard for the enchantment list is superior than the spells list but does have a weaker main. For the side Hopeful Eidolon for lifelink, Flamespeaker's Will agianst affinity, Mortal Obstinacy against bogles. Shield of Duty and Reason for Delver Threshold.
As for the Spells list, it's more explosive and tempo orientated. Start with 4 Gods Willing, 2 Center Soul, 2 Apostle's Blessing for protection. 4 Assault Strobe, 4 Mutagenic Growth and 4 Brute Force for explosiveness.
4 Lightning Bolt for removal and your basically done.
The other spells in the spells archetype come down to personal preference but Reckless Charge, Expedite and Artful Maneuver are ones that I prefer.
Sideboard is pack of combat tricks and removal not limited to Smash to Smithereens, Swift Justice, Test of Faith as well as the other 2 copies of cards in the main.
You can mix and match the shells but some cards like Ethereal Armor and Kiln Fiend obviously go in one and not the other. Lands is simple, only play mountains and plains because you want untapped mana and utility lands don't offer enough benefit. You should have 21 lands in an enchantment heavy build, in the spells shell 19 - 21 depending on how many 1 mana spells you have.
Grind on Let's build around Unplayable Commanders; …
7 years ago
given the amount of artifact hate in EDH, Bottled Cloister seems like a dangerous card, it reads, exile your hand, get cloister blown up, and switch into topdeck mode with no extra card draw.
perhaps a more interactive card like Silence could replace it and let you have some tricks for those pesky blue decks. if you want more card draw, something like Sword of Fire and Ice gives you card draw. and given that you are already running two sords, Open the Armory is reasonable.
also some cards seem underwhelming, like Shield of Duty and Reason, something like Pariah can be dual purpose, used to pillowfort or for removal.
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