Πολιάς is back to the lab again

Commander / EDH* WU (Azorius)

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Creature (20)

• 1x Akroan Horse
• 1x Burnished Hart
• 1x Daxos of Meletis
• 1x Devout Harpist
• 1x Guardians of Meletis
• 1x Meletis Charlatan
• 1x Mistmeadow Witch
• 1x Nadir Kraken
• 1x Peregrine Drake
• 1x Restoration Angel
• 1x Saltskitter
• 1x Sokrates, Athenian Teacher *ser*
• 1x Solemn Simulacrum
• 1x Stunt Double
• 1x The Watcher in the Water
• 1x Traveling Philosopher
• 1x Wavebreak Hippocamp
• 1x Whitemane Lion
• 1x Windborn Muse
• 1x Yorion, Sky Nomad

Land (34)

• 1x Command Tower
• 1x Glacial ChasmGC
• 1x Reliquary Tower
• 16x Snow-Covered Island
• 14x Snow-Covered Plains
• 1x Temple of Enlightenment

Battle (1)

• 1x Invasion of Theros  ^Flip

Enchantment (15)

• 1x Cloud Cover
• 1x Force Bubble
• 1x Ghostly Prison
• 1x Imprisoned in the Moon
• 1x Leyline of Anticipation
• 1x Marit Lage's Slumber
• 1x Propaganda
• 1x Rhystic StudyGC
• 1x Solemnity
• 1x Solitary Confinement
• 1x Soul Echo
• 1x Teferi's Ageless Insight
• 1x The Birth of Meletis
• 1x Tocasia's Welcome
• 1x Well of Ideas

Instant (11)

• 1x Arcane Denial
• 1x Counterspell
• 1x Ephara's Dispersal
• 1x Ephemerate
• 1x Fierce GuardianshipGC
• 1x Ghostly Flicker
• 1x Hubris
• 1x Negate
• 1x Reality Shift
• 1x Swords to Plowshares
• 1x Twincast

Commander (1)

Artifact (12)

• 1x Aetherflux Reservoir
• 1x Alhammarret's Archive
• 1x Arcane Signet
• 1x Archaeomancer's Map
• 1x Azorius Signet
• 1x Kefnet's Monument
• 1x Marble Diamond
• 1x Sky Diamond
• 1x Sol Ring
• 1x Talisman of Progress
• 1x Thought Vessel
• 1x Vedalken Orrery

Sorcery (5)

• 1x Approach of the Second Sun
• 1x Chart a Course
• 1x Fractured Identity
• 1x Serum Visions
• 1x Temporal Trespass

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Creature (2)

• 1x Nyx-Fleece Ram
• 1x Soulherder

Artifact (1)

• 1x Conjurer's Closet

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"Athena was known as Atrytone (Άτρυτώνη "the Unwearying"), Parthenos (Παρθένος "Virgin"), and Promachos (Πρόμαχος "she who fights in front"). The epithet Polias (Πολιάς "of the city"), refers to Athena's role as protectress of the city."

Wilkommen, Bienvenue, καλό στον:

After Sokrates has been spoiled,

I spent some time figuring out how to make the philosopher work as a commander. He is able to stop a creature's damage from going through, and turning into cards for both participants. One could build a deck focused on disabling the opponent's damage towards us, which for my money could be the type of strategy that makes friendships go sour. On the other hand, one could also build a combat-focused deck, with strong attackers and sometimes converting their damage into cards. Piling it up with some evasion and answers, and hope that your draws eventually lead to your wincon.

...I've tried.

Now, I'm moving into a second attempt - just going back to Ephara. My old roots in building a deck that reflects my passion for ancient greek culture, and placing the philosopher in an unfortunate lower rank - but necessary for a better engine, in my opinion. Listen, Sokrates sounds amazing in paper, I just couldn't make it work. Not without turning it into a stax pile of annoyance, or without turning it into a 2k+ dollars deck that fairs just as well as the most casuals.

I'm a casual edh brewer, don't expect much here. What I'm trying to achieve with this is just a renewal of my former Ephara list, that I've tossed down the dumpster since the Paradox Engine ban, but now - a lot more into the thematic.

Εβίβα!

Date added	10 months
Last updated	10 months
Legality	This deck is not Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	5 - 0 Mythic Rares 32 - 0 Rares 15 - 0 Uncommons 16 - 0 Commons
Cards	99
Avg. CMC	3.14
Tokens	Copy Clone, Manifest 2/2 C, Marit Lage, Soldier 1/1 W, Tentacle 1/1 U, Wall 0/4 C