Athreos, God of Enchantments

by jcompy122 on 20 August 2014

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Deck Description

First take on an enchantment heavy B/W build. I like Athreos as a general for this build because it focuses on ETB abuse to search out enchantments, and he either enables combos or forces bleed damage. Plus, I've been on a God kick lately. Teysa didn't make the cut simply because I've played her too much. I try to keep my decks semi-casual, so I try to avoid kill combos, hence no RiP/Helm, etc. Need to make room for some graveyard hate, and it can probably be rebuilt to incorporate reveilark/karmic guide for recursion loops, but I like Sun Titan loops as well. Needs more card draw, but I always think that. Suggestions are welcome and appreciated!

How to Play

This deck is about board presence and resiliency. Without counterspells, you will get swept, and a deck needs to be able to bounce back quickly and effectively. The deck should play in phases; start with mana ramp, move to card advantage and board accumulation, then slip in a win condition and overwhelm your opponents. Constructing the pillowfort is a big part of keeping your opponents at bay; on this front, the deck may be lacking a bit. Solitary confinement with phyrexian arena (in already), underworld dreams, and necropotence is probably necessary (though necro usually leads to massive targetting, which this deck should to well to avoid).

Deck Tags

  • Athreos
  • B/W
  • Enchantment
  • Orzhov

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Card Legality

  • Not Legal in Standard
  • Not Legal in Modern
  • Legal in Vintage
  • Not Legal in Legacy

Deck discussion for Athreos, God of Enchantments

1 card that trolls creature based decks is Spreading Plague

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Posted 20 August 2014 at 14:15

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I like it, but I think I'm running too many creatures for it to be viable. I thought about only running one or two win-con creatures, like angel of despair and boonweaver giant, so I can make use of the enchantments like Spreading Plague that work well in low-creature strategies. Especially when running token generators, I do not think spreading plague will work well. Thank you for the suggestion though, I appreciate it! Keep them coming!

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Posted 20 August 2014 at 14:21

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See my BW enchantment commander is Obzedat, Ghost dad, so he just runs shit with plague in play:P
plague also works great with rector and the reveilark/karmic combo you wanted to add:P
lowering the number of creatures means you need more cards like Crawlspace, ensnaring bridge and/or portcullis.

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Posted 20 August 2014 at 14:25

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WOW I can't believe I've never seen Portcullis before. I need one for my Brago deck!

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Posted 20 August 2014 at 14:32

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yep haha it can lead to some pretty funny interactions when you pop it with a bunch of creatures under it.

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Posted 20 August 2014 at 15:07

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