Kestia's Divine Army

Commander / EDH Aggro Enchantment GWU (Bant)

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Creature (29)

• 1x Archetype of Imagination
• 1x Archon of Sun's Grace
• 1x Argothian Enchantress
• 1x Courser of Kruphix
• 1x Dryad of the Ilysian Grove
• 1x Eidolon of Blossoms
• 1x Eidolon of Countless Battles
• 1x Flitterstep Eidolon
• 1x Ghostblade Eidolon
• 1x Heliod, God of the Sun
• 1x Heliod's Pilgrim
• 1x Herald of the Pantheon
• 1x Hypnotic Siren
• 1x Jukai Naturalist
• 1x Karametra, God of Harvests
• 1x Katilda, Dawnhart Martyr  ^Flip
• 1x Kor Spiritdancer
• 1x Mesa Enchantress
• 1x Nylea, God of the Hunt
• 1x Nylea's Colossus
• 1x Sanctum Weaver
• 1x Satyr Enchanter
• 1x Setessan Champion
• 1x Starfield Mystic
• 1x Sythis, Harvest's Hand
• 1x Thassa, God of the Sea
• 1x Transcendent Envoy
• 1x Tuvasa the Sunlit
• 1x Whitewater Naiads

Sorcery (6)

• 1x Farseek
• 1x Idyllic Tutor
• 1x Rampant Growth
• 1x Supreme Verdict
• 1x Vanquish the Horde
• 1x Winds of Rath

Enchantment (28)

• 1x Ancestral Mask
• 1x Angelic Destiny
• 1x Aura Shards
• 1x Banishing Light
• 1x Bear Umbra
• 1x Empyrial Armor
• 1x Enchantress's Presence
• 1x Ethereal Armor
• 1x Exploration
• 1x Fertile Ground
• 1x Finest Hour
• 1x Grasp of Fate
• 1x Hallowed Haunting
• 1x Imprisoned in the Moon
• 1x Kenrith's Transformation
• 1x Market Festival
• 1x Oblivion Ring
• 1x Octopus Umbra
• 1x On Serra's Wings
• 1x Overgrowth
• 1x Rancor
• 1x Shielded by Faith
• 1x Song of the Dryads
• 1x Sphere of Safety
• 1x Staggering Insight
• 1x Unflinching Courage
• 1x Unquestioned Authority
• 1x Wild Growth

Instant (1)

• 1x Enlightened Tutor

Commander (1)

Land (35)

• 1x Breeding Pool
• 1x Canopy Vista
• 1x Command Tower
• 7x Forest
• 1x Hall of Heliod's Generosity
• 1x Hallowed Fountain
• 1x Hinterland Harbor
• 5x Island
• 1x Krosan Verge
• 7x Plains
• 1x Prairie Stream
• 1x Reliquary Tower
• 1x Rogue's Passage
• 1x Seaside Citadel
• 1x Temple Garden
• 1x Temple of Enlightenment
• 1x Temple of Mystery
• 1x Temple of Plenty
• 1x Temple of the False God

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Enchantment (1)

• 1x Snake Umbra

Creature (1)

• 1x Ephara, God of the Polis

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Kestia build focused on both cheap, evasive creatures and large indestructible gods. More description coming soon. Please provide feedback and upvote if you like!

Divine Enchantresses (Card Draw Engines)

One of the benefits of the Enchantress strategy is how amazing it is at drawing cards. Kestia herself is a great card draw engine. Depending on my opening hand, I sometimes hold off on casting her until I can pay for her Bestow cost. It means that she sticks around for more card drawing value after the inevitable board sweeper. Boardwipes don't hurt this deck as much as other aggressive creature-based decks as it is very easy to refuel our hand. Here are some of the other card draw engines:

Tuvasa the Sunlit, Sythis, Harvest's Hand, Mesa Enchantress, Enchantress's Presence, Setessan Champion, Satyr Enchanter, Argothian Enchantress, and Eidolon of Blossoms form the core "Enchantress" package and all draw cards when enchantments are cast or enter the battlefield. As mentioned above, the deck currently runs 45 enchantments/enchantment creatures meaning that these weenies are going to generate a ton of value.

Staggering Insight: Rewards us for doing what our deck wants to do, attacking our opponents.

Kor Spiritdancer: A bit more narrow than the other Enchantress cards as she is only triggered by Auras, but the deck does include a fairly high Aura count and she can become a massive threat in her own right.

Divine Ambrosia (Ramp)

Most of the ramp in the deck is enchantment-based to synergize with Kestia's Enchantress Package. Farseek and Rampant Growth may seem out of place as sorceries but I found that the deck was lacking enough cheaper ramp options without them. It's important to power out threats ASAP to start the card draw engine humming.

The deck rarely has mana problems due to a relatively low mana curve (a ton of 3-drops and not many cards more expensive than that). Also, we WILL be hitting our land drops consistently because of the large amount of card draw. Here is the ramp package:

Wild Growth, Fertile Ground, Overgrowth, and Market Festival are Land Auras that synergize with the Enchantress theme, drawing cards when we have one of the Enchantresses out.

Karametra, God of Harvests is a large indestructible threat that can massively ramp with the continuous creatures being cast.

Herald of the Pantheon, Jukai Naturalist and Starfield Mystic makes all of our enchantments/enchantment creatures cheaper.

Bear Umbra untaps all of our lands upon attack, allowing us to cast all the goodies we're drawing with Kestia's activated ability.

Exploration and Dryad of the Ilysian Grove help with one issue that consistent card draw has, lands getting trapped in our hand.

Divine Justice (Removal)

Similar to our ramp, most of Kestia's removal in enchantment-based as well to synergize with the theme. Cards like Swords to Plowshares, Path to Exile, and Beast Within are undeniably great staples but I decided to take a break from these to include more synergistic options.

Grasp of Fate, Banishing Light & Oblivion Ring: Very flexible removal in enchantment form that can exile any non-land threat.

Song of the Dryads, Kenrith's Transformation & Imprisoned in the Moon: These Auras are great at handling troublesome Commanders as they don't get sent back to the Command Zone to be recast.

Aura Shards: The deck runs a lot of small and mid-sized creatures. This powerful enchantment can consistently clear problematic artifacts and enchantments.

Winds of Rath: Synergizes with the deck's theme by keeping Kesita's enchanted creatures safe while blowing everything else up.

Supreme Verdict: Included as an affordable, uncounterable board sweeper for when opponents get out of hand.

Divine Boons (Auras)

Kestia and her army of Gods offer their troops divine gifts to pump, protect, and evade:

Pump

Ancestral Mask, Empyrial Armor, and Ethereal Armor don't offer evasion but give massive power boosts based on enchantments on the battlefield or cards in hand.

Angelic Destiny, Bear Umbra, Octopus Umbra, Rancor, and Unflinching Courage, all offer smaller power boosts than the other three but are still respectable buffs while also granting evasion or protection.

Protect

Bear Umbra and Octopus Umbra effectively grant indestructible with their totem armor abilities.

Shield of Faith grants indestructible and can be swapped around to our most important creature.

Evade

Flitterstep Eidolon, Rogue's Passage, and Unquestioned Authority all make creatures unblockable.

Unflinching Courage, Rancor grant trample.

Angelic Destiny, On Serra's Wings grant flying.

Divine Army (Threats)

The two main ways the deck is trying to win is either through big indestructible Gods or smaller evasive creatures with the Auras discussed above beefing them up. I find the two-coloured Gods easier to "turn on" as creatures in terms of achieving enough devotion but the mono-coloured Gods are still relatively easy to turn on. Here are some of the main threats in Kestia's army.

Karametra, God of Harvests: As mentioned above, Karametra is great for ramping. The 6 powered indestructible body makes her a large threat too.

Heliod, God of the Sun: One of the banes of aggro decks is the fear of retribution when you turn your creatures sideways. Heliod's ability to give your army Vigilance is very useful for protection. He also can create enchantment creature tokens which is a great way to sink mana after a board wipe to rebuild.

Thassa, God of the Sea: Thassa is the most difficult God to "turn on" with devotion as Blue is the least frequent colour in the deck. However, her ability to scry and make other threats unblockable is powerful enough to include in the deck.

Nylea, God of the Hunt: Nylea is useful for providing evasion for the rest of the team and, similar to Ephara, she gives you 6 indestructible power for just 4 mana.

Nylea's Colossus: Easily the most effective win con of the deck. Yes, the colossus is 7 mana but it can end games out of nowhere. The doubling up ability can stack up very quickly, turning a moderately-sized evasive creature into a win con.

Eidolon of Countless Battles: This eidolon can either pump another creature or be a massive beater in its own right, counting up all the creatures and Auras under your control.

Tuvasa the Sunlit: As well as being a card draw engine, Tuvasa gets huge with all of our enchantments on the field.

Katilda, Dawnhart Martyr  : A huge flying, lifelinking beater that can close out the game.

Kor Spiritdancer: A +2/+2 bonus for each Aura attached to her is no joke. A lot of the Auras are already enhancing her power so she gets massive quite easily. Not bad for 2 mana.

Archetype of Imagination & Whitewater Naiads: These two aren't beaters themselves but can make Kestia's entire army unblockable out of nowhere, helping us alpha strike our opponents.

Archon of Sun's Grace & Hallowed Haunting: The pegasus poops out a constant stream of pegasi, easily overwhelming the board while Hallowed Haunting does the same with spirit tokens

Top Ranked	Achieved #9 position overall 5 years ago
Date added	5 years
Last updated	2 years
Legality	This deck is Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	9 - 0 Mythic Rares 39 - 0 Rares 21 - 0 Uncommons 11 - 0 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	3.17
Tokens	Enchantment Cleric 2/1 W, Pegasus 2/2 W, Spirit Cleric */* W
Folders	My decks, Misc EDH, COMMANDER, Commander, Enchantress's, Interesting Commander Decks, Edh decks, Bant, Enbantments, Cool concepts
Based on	2018 Enchantment Commander Elan EDH