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A Bant Exalted deck that plays as many low-cost Exalted creatures as possible. I put this together as I played through Forge's Planar Conquest mode and fell in love with the Exalted mechanic. If you're unaware, each instance of Exalted on your board triggers separately, so if you have multiple creatures with Exalted they stack. A lot of the deck is focused on mana fixing so you might consider changing that out with cards that suit your play style better, but after rigorous playtesting I've found this is a good balance. You basically just try to outpace any damage you receive, though you can chump block if needed. There's some cheap counter magic like Spell Pierce and Mana Leak, along with control like Path to Exile and Fading Hope for removing an annoying blocker permanently or even just temporarily. Silent Arbiter and Stoic Angel really help this deck come together, essentially making all your opponent's monsters chump blockers every time you swing with a creature that's been buffed massively by all the Exalted triggers, with Stoic Angel forcing them to choose which creature they're going to give up each turn. Wrap in Vigor is basically the perfect counter for any boardwipes.

I'm actually legitimately considering Timber Wolves and/or Benalish Hero for Banding. I know, it's one hell of a strange keyword, but it would help for blocking, especially against a giant creature with Trample. I had Blighted Agent in the deck before, but swapped it out for Once Upon a Time. While it can benefit massively from all the Exalted triggers, it doesn't add anything to the board itself, where Once Upon a Time can potentially find another Exalted trigger, with the best-case scenario being it finds Sublime Archangel.

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