Vindicators of Extinction (Casual MTG Deck)

Vindicators of Extinction

Casual Aggro Angels Casual Flying Lifelink RW (Boros)

Skepter

Creature (19)

Planeswalker (1)

1x Archangel Elspeth *f-pre*

Land (25)

Instant (5)

Artifact (1)

1x Lithoform Engine

Enchantment (5)

Sorcery (4)

Sideboard

Creature (7)

Maybeboard

Instant (20)

Creature (12)

Artifact (1)

1x Aetherflux Reservoir

Sorcery (10)

Land (2)

Enchantment (3)

My Phyrexian Vindicator focused deck based on cards that I own.

The Steel Seraph has a mana cost of 6 which makes the mana curve look high, but you can cast it for 3 instead to make it considerably lower.

Quick start early attacks

If you can get a mountain and either Kari Zev, Skyship Raider or Reinforced Ronin, you can get a couple of quick attacks in against unprepared opponents

Notable combos

Use Phyrexian Vindicator for pretty much everything:

Phyrexian Vindicator + Star of Extinction : Destroys everything including the opponent
Phyrexian Vindicator + Primal Amulet + Star of Extinction : Destroys everything including the opponent, but this time do it twice
Gratuitous Violence + Phyrexian Vindicator : Phyrexian Vindicator deals more damage every time it attacks or is attacked

If things start going south, start farming life instead:

Soulfire Grand Master + Star of Extinction : Deal 20 damage to all creatures, then gain 20 life

General strategies

Put in Phyrexian Vindicator. Aim to buff your Phyrexian Vindicator by using:

Trample with Archetype of Aggression
Vigilance with Steel Seraph or Iona's Blessing
Lifelink with Steel Seraph
Indestructible with Aegis Angel

Make Phyrexian Vindicator deal damage (or more damage) with:

Devil's Play, pay one mountain and x mana to deal x damage to target player by targeting Phyrexian Vindicator. Attack again by using three mountains and x mana to cast its flashback cost.
Iona's Blessing, for a +2/+2 (and vigilance and can block two creatures).
Star of Extinction, deals 20 damage to all creatures and planeswalkers. When it deals damage to Phyrexian Vindicator, bounce that damage directly to the opponent.
Gratuitous Violence, deal double damage
Intrepid Adversary, the more Intrepid Adversary you can get into the battlefield, the more +1/+1 counters your Phyrexian Vindicator can gain

If you start dying, start farming life:

Chaplain's Blessing: 1 mana, gain 5 life
Intrepid Adversary, Steel Seraph: Lifelink
Dazzling Reflection: Prevent damage, gain life
Bloodfell Caves, Wind-Scarred Crag, Scoured Barrens: Put in land, gain life

If everything goes wrong, use clutch strats:

Farewell: Everything's going wrong, just start over.
Star of Extinction: The opponent's army is too big, get rid of it
Dazzling Reflection: Prevent damage and gain life

Suggestions

Updates Add

Major deck tweaks: No swamp, add Elesh Norn — June 3, 2023

Edit

Made a few changes, notably:

Replaced Scoured Barrens with Plains. Didn't need swamp lands.
Replaced Bloodfell Caves with Sandstone Bridge. Didn't need swamp lands.
Replaced Aegis Angel with Elesh Norn, Mother of Machines. A cheaper "all powerful" end-game card which has a much more powerful effect at neutralizing opponents.
Replaced Iona's Blessing with Ossification. Cheaper ossification for opponent control.
Replaced Primal Amulet ^Flip with Ossification. Cheaper ossification for opponent control.
Replaced Gratuitous Violence with Curse of Bloodletting. Modern legal and requires less mountains to cast.
Replaced Dragonmaster Outcast with Topplegeist. Required getting 6 lands to be useful which was too hard to attain in most games. A cheap 1 mana flying creature with control seems better.
Replaced Cascading Cataracts with Eiganjo, Seat of the Empire. Wastes land now replaced with white mana which is more useful given most spells require white mana
Replaced Mountain and Looming Spires with two Boros Guildgate. Need more white mana.
Added Metropolis Reformer. Hexproof, flying, vigilance and can be used to absorb attacks. Also prevents me being the target of any spells or otherwise
Added Lithoform Engine. Looked cool, might turn out to be a useful endgame card?
Removed Touch the Spirit Realm. Ossification does pretty much the same thing and is cheaper.
Removed Sorin, Grim Nemesis. Never once used this card and seems pointless having swamp mana purely to use this card. Great for lifelink, but too expensive and not worth it.

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Casual

94% Competitive

Date added	2 years
Last updated	2 years
Key combos	Phyrexian Vindicator + Star of Extinction Phyrexian Vindicator + Primal Amulet + Star of Extinction Gratuitous Violence + Phyrexian Vindicator Soulfire Grand Master + Star of Extinction
Legality	This deck is Casual legal.
Rarity (main - side)	13 - 2 Mythic Rares 10 - 3 Rares 7 - 1 Uncommons 10 - 4 Commons
Cards	60
Avg. CMC	3.29
Tokens	Copy Clone, Emblem Chandra, Torch of Defiance, Ragavan, Soldier 1/1 W w/ Lifelink
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