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Deck Challenge: Celestial Dawn

Hey guys (or girls), here's an interesting card I just discovered: Celestial Dawn.

http://gatherer.wizards.com/Handlers/Image.ashx?multiverseid=106639&type=card

It seems like it would be pretty kick-butt in a good combo. Your challenge is to make a deck revolving around this card. Good Luck!
Posted 01 February 2011 at 00:35

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Here's something I built. I hope you enjoy my take on the challenge.

http://www.mtgvault.com/ViewDeck.aspx?DeckID=141695
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Posted 01 February 2011 at 03:39

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Sorry, but celestial dawn works only on lands you control, so that wouldn't work. I was thinking more along the lines of being able to play differently colored cards with white mana.
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Posted 01 February 2011 at 15:39

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That's why the deck can give the opponent plains with Yavimaya Dryad + Savannah or Graceful Antelope. Then the combination of Celestial Dawn and Aysen Highway makes all your creatures white plainswalkers.
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Posted 01 February 2011 at 16:22

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Damit scumbling1, I was going to say that :p
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Posted 01 February 2011 at 16:24

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My instinct would be to Donate the Dawn and use anti-white cards like Gloom, Flashfires, Anarchy, Stromgald Cabal, Dread of Night, etc.

That wouldn't result in great deck, though, because the effort needed to pull such a combo together would be better used on more efficient and immediately-game-winning combos.


Using the card more as it was intended...

You'd want a multicolor deck to take advantage of the "spend white mana as any color" business, and you'd want cards that like you to be playing with white.
Quirion Dryad
Pearl Medallion, Thornscape Familiar, Stormscape Familiar
Essence Filter
Dreams of the Dead
Antler Skulkin
Sky Weaver, View from Above

Hm. I'm not feeling it.

Really the Dawn's best use is probably to just throw it in a three+ color deck for the mana-filtering. Then maybe use cards that want all five colors, like Bringer of the Blue Dawn, Legacy Weapon, Sliver Queen (which is good even on her own if she effectively costs :mana5:), etc.
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Posted 01 February 2011 at 20:29

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