The Aura Auteur [Primer]

Commander / EDH Casual Combo Constellation Enchant Enchantment GW (Selesnya) Midrange Multiplayer Primer Tokens

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Creature (34)

• 1x Avacyn's Pilgrim
• 1x Birds of Paradise
• 1x Cathar Commando
• 1x Collector Ouphe
• 1x Composer of Spring
• 1x Dreampod Druid
• 1x Elvish Archivist
• 1x Femeref Enchantress
• 1x Sanctum Weaver
• 1x Tajuru Preserver
• 1x Archetype of Courage
• 1x Calix, Guided by Fate
• 1x Cemetery Prowler
• 1x Jaheira, Friend of the Forest
• 1x Kodama of the West Tree
• 1x Kutzil, Malamet Exemplar
• 1x Loran of the Third Path
• 1x Managorger Hydra
• 1x Mirri, Weatherlight Duelist
• 1x Ravenous Slime
• 1x Setessan Champion
• 1x Siona, Captain of the Pyleas
• 1x Umbra Mystic
• 1x Archon of Sun's Grace
• 1x Archon of the Wild Rose
• 1x Beast Whisperer
• 1x Druid of Purification
• 1x Eidolon of Blossoms
• 1x Ellivere of the Wild Court
• 1x Halvar, God of Battle  ^Flip
• 1x Saryth, the Viper's Fang
• 1x Sovereign Okinec Ahau
• 1x Ohran Frostfang
• 1x Sigarda, Host of Herons

Land (35)

• 1x Boseiju, Who Endures
• 1x Bountiful Promenade
• 1x Brushland
• 1x Canopy Vista
• 1x Command Tower
• 1x Demolition Field
• 1x Emergence Zone
• 1x Exotic Orchard
• 10x Forest
• 1x Fortified Village
• 1x Hall of Heliod's Generosity
• 1x Overgrown Farmland
• 10x Plains
• 1x Reliquary Tower
• 1x Scavenger Grounds
• 1x Sunpetal Grove
• 1x Temple Garden

Instant (12)

• 1x Clever Concealment
• 1x Enlightened Tutor *list*
• 1x Swords to Plowshares
• 1x Eladamri's Call
• 1x Heroic Intervention
• 1x Rite of Harmony
• 1x Soul Partition
• 1x Beast Within
• 1x Eerie Interlude
• 1x Generous Gift
• 1x Stroke of Midnight
• 1x Teferi's Protection

Commander (1)

Enchantment (13)

• 1x Concordant Crossroads
• 1x Utopia Sprawl
• 1x Darksteel Mutation
• 1x Fertile Ground
• 1x Flowering of the White Tree
• 1x Kenrith's Transformation
• 1x Rest in Peace
• 1x Sterling Grove
• 1x Aura Shards
• 1x Shielded by Faith
• 1x Guardian Project
• 1x Hallowed Haunting
• 1x Sage's Reverie

Sorcery (5)

• 1x Farseek
• 1x Nature's Lore
• 1x Three Visits
• 1x Idyllic Tutor
• 1x Winds of Rath

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Maybeboard

Creature (32)

• 1x Fyndhorn Elves
• 1x Hero of Iroas
• 1x Kor Spiritdancer
• 1x Light-Paws, Emperor's Voice
• 1x Orochi Merge-Keeper
• 1x Regal Bunnicorn
• 1x Spirited Companion
• 1x Starfield Mystic
• 1x Sythis, Harvest's Hand
• 1x Ardenn, Intrepid Archaeologist
• 1x Cadira, Caller of the Small
• 1x Danitha, New Benalia's Light
• 1x Eternal Witness
• 1x Knight of Doves
• 1x Mesa Enchantress
• 1x Satyr Enchanter
• 1x Tanglespan Lookout
• 1x Verduran Enchantress
• 1x Ajani's Chosen
• 1x Armored Skyhunter
• 1x Bennie Bracks, Zoologist
• 1x Mondrak, Glory Dominus
• 1x Shalai, Voice of Plenty
• 1x Toski, Bearer of Secrets
• 1x Xenk, Paladin Unbroken
• 1x Yasharn, Implacable Earth
• 1x Yenna, Redtooth Regent
• 1x Danitha, Benalia's Hope
• 1x Ohran Frostfang
• 1x Ondu Spiritdancer
• 1x Krond the Dawn-Clad
• 1x Nylea's Colossus

Enchantment (20)

• 1x Ethereal Armor
• 1x Flickering Ward
• 1x Sigarda's Aid
• 1x All That Glitters
• 1x Alpha Authority
• 1x Canopy Cover
• 1x Daybreak Coronet
• 1x Spirit Mantle
• 1x Armadillo Cloak
• 1x Enchantress's Presence
• 1x Anointed Procession
• 1x One with the Kami
• 1x Parallel Lives
• 1x Songbirds' Blessing
• 1x Asceticism
• 1x Mantle of the Ancients
• 1x Primal Vigor *list*
• 1x Privileged Position
• 1x Skybind
• 1x Unnatural Growth

Instant (5)

• 1x Worldly Tutor
• 1x Ghostway
• 1x Stroke of Midnight
• 1x Cosmic Intervention
• 1x Lae'zel's Acrobatics

Sorcery (4)

• 1x Open the Armory
• 1x Rampant Growth
• 1x Replenish
• 1x Retether

Artifact (1)

• 1x Idol of Oblivion

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I'm back on my Enchantment bullshit. I've played the Enchantment archetype in a few different iterations (Tuvasa, Eutropia, Siona, and Mazzy) in the past 4ish years that I've been playing EDH. GW Aura Voltron was one of the first janky decks I put together in my earliest tabletop days. Although I've played plenty of Enchantment strats, each variation always felt like it was missing something, especially in my meta, which tends to lean go-wide aggro.

Gylwain, Casting Director is an exciting new take on the Aura archetype which encourages going wide with Auras. While most of my past Aura builds tended to lean Voltron, with some synergistic creature token generators, they tended to struggle against wider boards, and were subject to most of the common Voltron pitfalls.

The Gameplan:

• Play a more aggro creature heavy strategy, since Gylwain enchants creatures with an Aura Role when they ETB

• Utilize expanded creature base to deploy a mixture of Aggro threats and some Hate effects. Synergistic creature token production can help with chump blocking and laying aggro pressure as needed.

• Enchantment slots are now more focused on ramp, removal, and board protection.

• Utilize the combo of Concordant Crossroads + Shielded by Faith + Siona, Captain of the Pyleas as a potential combo win-con.

Combo Option

As with my other decks, the combo option in this deck is not the primary win-con, but a win-con option that fits within the deck's theme. Individually, each piece can function on its own without being a dead draw without the other pieces.

For this combo, Siona, Captain of the Pyleas and Shielded by Faith are the two primary pieces, which when combined create an "infinite" number of 1/1 Soldier creature tokens, along with permanent ETB triggers. Concordant Crossroads allows the tokens to all swing out the turn the combo pops off, instead of having to wait a turn rotation and eat a board wipe or Rakdos Charm. Altar of the Brood can be used as an alternate piece to Crossroads as a means of removing the need for combat.

Ramp

A mixture of the two drop sorceries and enchantment based ramp you might expect for a deck running Green with an enchantment focus.

Enchantment based ramp

• Utopia Sprawl

• Fertile Growth

Mana Dorks

• Avacyn's Pilgrim

• Birds of Paradise - A bit spicier in this deck with Gylwain on field. Not ideal for ramping at that point, but can become an evasive attacker or beefier blocker if needed.

• Fyndhorn Elves

• Sanctum Weaver - Fairly self explanatory with how it can be good in this deck.

Other Mana acceleration

• Composer of Spring - A means of playing extra lands (tapped), especially if she drops while Gylwain is active. Can sneak creatures out in mid-late game.

• Jaheira, Friend of the Forest - Turns our Role and Creature tokens into additional mana production.

• Kodama of the West Tree - Gylwain makes our creatures modified (with Trample as an option), and Kodama rewards aggro play.

Sorcery Ramp

The triplets

• Farseek

• Nature's Lore

• Three Visits

Draw & Card Advantage

This is likely the section that will need some additional editing. I decided to not add in some of the traditional Enchantress effects (for now), and focused more on Constellation style effects that trigger when enchantments ETB. I know I can always dip into some of those effects (Verduran Enchantress, Mesa Enchantress, Enchatress's Presence, etc).

Draw

• Elvish Archivist
• Femeref Enchantress - A card I've wanted to find a home for my one copy for. In past Enchantress builds, this was usually edged out by other Enchantress effects. I think this has potential in this deck since Roles hit the graveyard anytime I attach a new one onto a creature I control that already was enchanted by one.
• Kenrith's Transformation - Not truly a draw piece, but it's still nice to have cantrips that replace themselves in-hand.
• Rite of Harmony - Has decent potential given the deck's ability to create Role and creature tokens.
• Kutzil, Malamet Exemplar - Play-testing over Spirited Companion. Kutzil should be right at home in an aggro deck with Role tokens.
• Loran of the Third Path - Draw to set up politcal shenaniganary.
• Setessan Champion
• Tanglespan Lookout
• Beast Whisperer - The focus of the deck became more creature heavy with continual edits, so I figured this would be right at home.
• Eidolon of Blossoms
• Ellivere of the Wild Court
• Guardian Project - Ditto as Beast Whisperer.
• Sage's Reverie - Has boom potential, but is fairly dependent on how much my board is already set up. Does have additional benefits to help Aggro.
• Ohran Frostfang - Helpful deathtouch anthem that rewards connecting with aggro.

Card Advantage

These aren't true draw effects, but can dig through the deck, primarily to find Auras. These 3 cards may be replaced if I decide to move on from the Siona, Captain of the Pyleas + Shielded by Faith combo.

• Siona, Captain of the Pyleas

Tutors

• Enlightened Tutor

• Eladamri's Call

• Sterling Grove - Tutor effect will mostly be used in a pinch.

• Idyllic Tutor

Removal & Protection

• Boseiju, Who Endures
• Swords to Plowshares
• Cathar Commando - A body that can also be a surprise blocker, or even act as a cantrip with Gylwan and a Constellation draw effect.
• Darksteel Mutation - Useful for turning off problematic creatures, especially commanders.
• Kenrith's Transformation - Ditto as Darksteel Mutation, but with a cantrip effect to boot.
• Soul Partition - Pulling double duty as a removal or protection piece.
• Aura Shards - Made sense to add since the deck is so creature heavy, Since Aura Shards is a may trigger, it can be used politically.

• Beast Within, Generous Gift, and Stroke of Midnight :

• Loran of the Third Path - Removal on a body, with political draw as an option.

• Druid of Purification - One of my new favorite removal options in green. Although it makes opponents choose, I've often found that opponents tend to each remove one thing that they each don't like, rather that multi-selecting similar targets.
• Winds of Rath - A (mostly) asymmetrical board wipe.

Protection

• Flickering Ward - Useful for also getting repeated Constellation triggers.
• Flowering of the White Tree - A static Ward {1} for Legendary Creatures, which allows a bit more flexibility on Role selection.
• Heroic Intervention
• Soul Partition
• Sterling Grove
• Eerie Interlude - Board protection that can help proc Gylwain and any Constellation triggers.
• Kutzil, Malamet Exemplar - A Grand Abolisher-esque effect that can provide cover for spot removal or counterspells when attacking or comboing out.
• Teferi's Protection
• Umbra Mystic - An extra layer of insurance on each aura.
• Clever Concealment
• Saryth, the Viper's Fang
• Sigarda, Host of Herons - Beater and protection against edict effects all in one.

Top Ranked	Achieved #10 position overall 6 months ago Achieved #9 position in Commander / EDH 6 months ago Achieved #1 position in Commander / EDH Casual 6 months ago Achieved #1 position in Commander / EDH Combo 6 months ago
Date added	7 months
Last updated	2 months
Key combos	Concordant Crossroads + Shielded by Faith + Siona, Captain of the Pyleas
Legality	This deck is Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	11 - 0 Mythic Rares 44 - 0 Rares 16 - 0 Uncommons 7 - 0 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	2.72
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