Creature (10)
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1x
Baneslayer Angel
- 1x Graceblade Artisan
- 1x Grand Arbiter Augustin IVGC
- 1x Kor Spiritdancer
- 1x Mesa Enchantress
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1x
Mirran Crusader
- 1x Monastery Mentor
- 1x Sun Titan
- 1x Umbra Mystic
- 1x Windborn Muse
Land (35)
- 1x Adarkar Wastes
- 1x Command Tower
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1x
Evolving Wilds
- 1x Flooded Strand
- 1x Ghost Quarter
- 1x Glacial Fortress
- 1x Hallowed Fountain
- 1x Irrigated Farmland
- 8x Island
- 1x Maze of Ith
- 1x Nimbus Maze
- 9x Plains
- 1x Port Town
- 1x Prairie Stream
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1x
Reliquary Tower
- 1x Rogue's Passage
- 1x Sejiri Refuge
- 1x Strip Mine
- 1x Temple of Enlightenment
- 1x Tranquil Cove
Enchantment (26)
- 1x Angelic Destiny
- 1x As Foretold
- 1x Auramancer's Guise
- 1x Battle Mastery
- 1x Celestial Mantle
- 1x Corrupted Conscience
- 1x Detention Sphere
- 1x Duelist's Heritage
- 1x Eldrazi Conscription
- 1x Enchanted Evening
- 1x Ethereal Armor
- 1x Faith Unbroken
- 1x Ghostly Prison
- 1x Grasp of Fate
- 1x Greater Auramancy
- 1x Land Equilibrium
- 1x Land Tax
- 1x Leyline of Anticipation
- 1x Propaganda
- 1x Rhystic StudyGC
- 1x Righteous Authority
- 1x Rule of Law
- 1x Shielded by Faith
- 1x Spectra Ward
- 1x Sphere of Safety
- 1x Spirit Mantle
Artifact (8)
Instant (11)
- 1x Counterspell
- 1x Cyclonic RiftGC
- 1x Disallow
- 1x Enlightened TutorGC
- 1x Negate
- 1x Path to Exile
- 1x Return to Dust
- 1x Stubborn Denial
- 1x Swan Song
- 1x Teferi's ProtectionGC
Sorcery (9)
- 1x Austere Command
- 1x Cleansing Meditation
- 1x Idyllic Tutor
- 1x Open the Armory
- 1x Plea for Guidance
- 1x Ponder
- 1x Supreme Verdict
- 1x Windfall
- 1x Winds of Rath
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Voltron is one of the most powerful commander variants, and one of the most popular. But most of these decks tend to focus primarily on equipment instead of what I am focusing on, controlling the game in a meaningful and impactful way.
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After playtesting this deck for a few months (going through changes that weren't posted here as it would take too much time to constantly change the deck list), I have decided that the deck would be more explosive and effective as an enchantment focused deck. In that case I could use Mesa Enchantress and make Sphere of Safety a powerhouse. Among removing all equipments, and a few other cards to replace with auras and other enchantments, because of this, the deck is now a card:Bruna, Light of Alibaster voltron deck, whos uniqueness will be brought out as time goes on:D
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Try out Three Dreams, Heliod's Pilgrim, and Plea for Guidance.
Cards like Leyline of Anticipation and As Foretold are good for their value, but not for your strategy. Try battle limiters, like Silent Arbiter or Static Orb to your opponents' suppress damage.
Are you a fan of extra turns? I am! Check out Time Warp, Medomai the Ageless, and Walk the Aeons. Hopefully some of these will help you out
April 11, 2018
6:51 p.m.
Eldrazi Conscription. Why is there no Eldrazi Conscription? ;)
Beyond that, I've played against a good number of Bruna, Light of Alabaster decks, and the issue I usually see is that the deck just sits around looking sad if its commander is not on the field. Thus, smart opponents will keep her off the board if able (and it's a LOT of mana to cast her and hold up protection).
Have you considered Retether and Replenish to replicate her effects onto other creatures?
I also saw that your deck has some staxy elements - have you considered Rule of Law/Arcane Laboratory/Eidolon of Rhetoric effects? I find they're some of the strongest stax pieces (completely shut down many combo decks), and they don't affect you much.
In your counterspells, I'd cut Disallow for...any 2-mana counterspell, particularly Mana Drain if you have the money (and Arcane Denial, if you don't). Speaking of money, if you have some of it, I'd invest in strong mana rocks (Mana Crypt, Mana Vault, Grim Monolith, etc) - they're invaluable in a Voltron list.
To hit harder, there's not much better than Duelist's Heritage. I like it much better than Battle Mastery (sticks around when the creature dies, can use it to play politics, etc), though you probably should run both.
Other assorted good cards: Academy Rector, Spell Pierce, Mother of Runes
(Oh, and I'd cut Baird, Steward of Argive and Solemn Simulacrum. The first doesn't seem necessary - you're already running 3 better versions of the ability - and the latter is always one of my first cuts from my decks.)
My Voltron list is equipment-based, but you're still welcome to take a look at it in case it gives you some good ideas:
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April 11, 2018
8:22 p.m.
Edited.
Unfortunately I'm flat broke for the moment, but my birthday comes around (or I am able to save some money from my job) I'll invest in a Mana Drain, too good to deny myself it!
Duelist's Heritage is pretty good, I forgot about it when I was remaking the list
The deck is also made for a multiplayer environment, games that stretch on for a LONG time (usually at least an hour), so Spell Pierce would most likely not be able to counter any spell effectively, I'd rather just have a hard counter spell.
Eldrazi Conscription is so good, I always was questionable about its mana cost but I'm thinking its worth it
As for Disallow, this card's versatility and options it displays has saved me every time I draw it, whether it be stopping Sorin Markov from setting my life to 10, a heavy hitter from hitting the floor etc. etc.
Academy Rector is way to expensive now:(, someone I think did a buyout a few days before I was going to buy it (this was months ago) but now I just can't justify the purchase, same goes for the mana rocks, I don't have the money to afford them:(
As Foretold is game changing, that free spell every turn changes how games are played, the same with Leyline of Anticipation.
Too many tutors could be an issue as I'd run out of things to get lol, so I think I might only include Plea for Guidance and Heliod's Pilgrim
April 12, 2018
8:22 a.m.
I have a Rule of Law it certainly couldn't hurt to use it as my friends like to c-c-combo
April 12, 2018
8:23 a.m.
changes will be made when I get the chance, In school now
April 12, 2018
8:24 a.m.
I'm thinking of adding two or three extra creatures to target with Aura's should I need too, I'm thinking Graceblade Artisan (early game threat that can act as a catalyst for Bruna, and a card who's art I love so I might not be able to resist), Baneslayer Angel because it's an amazing card and one of my favorite, and Azor, the Lawbringer because he's a good threat and is a Sphinx's Revelation on a stick
April 12, 2018
12:27 p.m.
That or Mirran Crusader because I have one and its excellent
April 12, 2018
12:28 p.m.
Might want to consider using Unquestioned Authority instead of or in addition to your Spirit Mantle, so you get a cantrip effect in addition to the protection from creatures effect.
You might also want to consider adding in a couple more mana sources, whether those be lands or artifacts, as 6 mana can take a while to reach, let alone enough mana to both cast it and protect it same turn, and then you're in trouble if your commander somehow dies. Perhaps Azorius Cluestone or Azorius Keyrune, so they won't be a dead card if you find you have plenty of mana.
April 25, 2018
2:39 a.m.
Chiberia: Spell Crumple doesn't really work anymore. The rules were updated a little while ago regarding repalcement effects for commadners. Now if a commadner would be killed, exiled, shuffled/placed into a library or returned to hand, the owner of the card can instead place it in the command zone.
You have to use effects like Mindslaver to actually make commanders go away now.
February 15, 2018
7:01 p.m.
Oh and enpc upvote the deck if you like it;)
Ima votewhore my way to 50 upvotes if I have to lol
February 15, 2018
9:12 p.m.
Adding in some more lands because I think it needs it
February 15, 2018
9:45 p.m.
I wanted to add a bit of an addendum to enpcs post. Darksteel Mutation and Imprisoned in the Moon are both effective at removing a commander semi-permanently (also Song of the Dryads, but thats the wrong colour). The enemy commander is not changing zone, so its controller is not afforded the option of returning it to the command zone.
Also, +1 for being shameless in your quest to reach 50 upvotes.
February 15, 2018
10:08 p.m.
I forgot he suggested those, hmmm maybe, my friends do rely on there commanders a lot
February 16, 2018
9:10 a.m.
Since Ojutai is blessed with innate hexproof, you can drop a lot of the shroud and hexproof effects and focus on vigilance and untapping. Minamo, School at Water's Edge is amazing for this and only takes up a land slot.
Ring of Thune is amazing since it keeps Ojutai hexproof and grows him every turn.
In a control voltron shell, Runechanter's Pike provides a lot of power very cheaply.
Auramancer's Guise also works well if you want to play more auras.
February 16, 2018
12:34 p.m.
Is Fate Foretold a little slow? It seems a little slow. Still, you forgot the best voltron boar wipe of all time: Divine Reckoning.
March 1, 2018
2:29 p.m.
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The most unfortunate thing about control decks is that you have to tweak your deck to your meta, and Divine Reckoning does nothing as my meta relies on one creature typically, a clean board wipe is more useful then one that leaves a creature (in my meta.)
If you enjoyed the deck at all leave an upvote, my quest to 50 has been long~
March 1, 2018 6:31 p.m.