Pearly Gates

Commander / EDH Affinity Bracket 3 Enchant Mono-White

ChaseyK

Enchantment (39)

• 1x All That Glitters
• 1x Angelic Destiny
• 1x Armored Ascension
• 1x Asha's Favor
• 1x Benevolent Blessing
• 1x Chains of Custody
• 1x Crown of Awe
• 1x Dog Umbra
• 1x Duelist's Heritage
• 1x Eldrazi Conscription
• 1x Endless Horizons
• 1x Ethereal Armor
• 1x Gryff's Boon
• 1x Holy Mantle
• 1x Hyena Umbra
• 1x Light of Promise
• 1x Mantle of the Ancients
• 1x Mask of Law and Grace
• 1x Mystic Barrier
• 1x On Serra's Wings
• 1x Redemption Arc
• 1x Sage's Reverie
• 1x Seal of Cleansing
• 1x Serra's Embrace
• 1x Shardmage's Rescue
• 1x Sheltered by Ghosts
• 1x Shield of Duty and Reason
• 1x Sigil of the Empty Throne
• 1x Skyblade's Boon
• 1x Smuggler's Share
• 1x Songbirds' Blessing
• 1x Spectra Ward
• 1x Sphere of Safety
• 1x Spirit Link
• 1x Spirit Mantle
• 1x Sunbond
• 1x Tempest Technique
• 1x Timely Ward
• 1x Unquestioned Authority

Land (38)

• 1x Eiganjo, Seat of the Empire
• 1x Ghost Quarter
• 1x Hall of Heliod's Generosity
• 1x Ishgard, the Holy See
• 1x Myriad Landscape
• 28x Plains
• 1x Plaza of Heroes
• 1x Reliquary Tower
• 1x Remote Farm
• 1x Rogue's Passage
• 1x Tower of the Magistrate

Instant (7)

• 1x Dawn Charm
• 1x Galadriel's Dismissal
• 1x Generous Gift
• 1x Razorgrass Ambush  ^Flip
• 1x Sejiri Shelter  ^Flip
• 1x Swords to Plowshares
• 1x Teferi's ProtectionGC

Artifact (3)

• 1x Assault Suit
• 1x Haystack
• 1x Swiftfoot Boots

Commander (1)

Creature (6)

• 1x Defiler of Faith
• 1x Eidolon of Countless Battles
• 1x Kor Spiritdancer
• 1x Light-Paws, Emperor's Voice
• 1x Sram, Senior Edificer
• 1x Witch Enchanter  ^Flip

Sorcery (6)

• 1x Divine Reckoning
• 1x Gift of Estates
• 1x Promise of Loyalty
• 1x Retether
• 1x Single Combat
• 1x Winds of Rath

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Remember Light-Paws, Emperor's Voice? Solid card. Cool voltron commander. I've considered making a Light-Paws deck of my own, but then Modern Horizons 3 launched, and I found a new commander that may give Light-Paws a run for her money: Pearl-Ear, Imperial Advisor. Lady Pearl-Ear is a major character from the original Kamigawa block novels (yeah, I read the books. They're not great, but they're fine,) and as a big fan of that block, I was pretty excited to get a card of her.

But then I read the card, and I got even more excited. For one more white mana than Light-Paws, Pearl-Ear gets you native lifelink, cost reduction for all your enchantments and a powerful (and repeatable) card-draw engine. It's pretty nuts how much value she gives you in just one card. In a lot of ways, I think she overshadows Light-Paws as a commander (and is also a great addition as part of the 99 in any existing Light-Paws decks.)

That being said, the deck you build around Pearl-Ear is much the same as a Light-Paws, though with a few tweaks. We're still loading up on auras (you'll find over 30 here), but we can be a little choosier in the ones we bring. As Pearl-Ear naturally has lifelink, we can dump some of the auras that provide that to avoid redundancy. And with her cost reduction ability, we can also add a few higher-costed enchantments and auras knowing we'll never be paying full price for them. Pearl-Ear wears Eldrazi Conscription incredibly well, and she can reduce Eidolon of Countless Battles's bestow cost too.

Now, voltron is still a risky strategy -- you are playing with three other people after all -- so we need a few ways to both keep our commander on the board, as well as provide her some blocking support when people try to swing in our way. We're running a lot of different protection for Pearl-Ear, from auras like Hyena Umbra, Unquestioned Authority and Spectra Ward to instants such as Galadriel's Dismissal, and even the repeatable Haystack. And to keep crackbacks to a minimum, we've got Sigil of the Empty Throne to add some extra bodies to the table and Sphere of Safety to completely shut down attacks against us. We also run a few advantageous board wipes in the form of Divine Reckoning, Promise of Loyalty, Single Combat and Winds of Rath to keep Pearl-Ear on the table while decimating any opponent's go-wide strategy. And then there's always a Angelsong as a final deadly line of defense.

We're never going to get off the line as quickly as Light-Paws, but when we are able to stick our commander, we can accelerate way past what a Light-Paws deck could ever dream of. And hey, Light-Paws is also here as a backup commander if needed.

Date added	1 year
Last updated	1 month
Legality	This deck is Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	2 - 0 Mythic Rares 29 - 0 Rares 30 - 0 Uncommons 11 - 0 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	3.03
Tokens	Angel 4/4 W, Copy Clone, Elephant 3/3 G, On an Adventure, Soldier 1/1 W, Treasure
Folders	decks I like