Selesnya evening

by Kazzong on 04 July 2017

Main Deck (60 cards)

Sideboard (15 cards)

Sorceries (6)


Instants (2)


Enchantments (1)

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Deck Description

another take on the enchanted evening/ patrician's scorn deck. This time in selesnya colors. I figured that Heroic intervention, back to nature, ephemeral shields, primeval light and qasali ambusher were fitting additions to the deck.

If you don't care about being modern legal, and want a little more flexibility then swap primeval light for reverent silence.

How to Play

the concept here is fairly simple. play some early game creatures to clog up the board and ramp into enchanted evening. then play some combination of a "save" spell along with a board sweeper. the end goal is to clear your opponent's side of the board while leaving your side intact, giving you a huge tempo advantage.


essentially almost any combination of your spells is going to let you sweep the board, or rather sweep the half you don't like as long as enchanted evening is out, and you can do it for 2-4 mana fairly easily because your main combo pieces have alternate casting cost of 0 when met.

Deck Tags

  • Combo
  • Modern

Deck at a Glance

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Deck Format


Modern

NOTE: Set by owner when deck was made.

Card Legality

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

Deck discussion for Selesnya evening

You could use more efficient mana creatures. Starting with Avacyn's Pilgrim, Birds of Paradise is far superior. There's a mana dork "combo" that Ponza uses thar you may like: Utopia Sprawl (on a basic forest to get around Blood Moon) and Arbor Elf (which untaps forests). Noble Hierarch is very good here.

I like the inclusion of Heroic Intervention for the combo. I'd like to point out that the similar could be achieved in Boros because Boros Charm has a mode that makes all your stuff indestructible.

You could go with an enchantment prison shell. Ghostly Prison and Sphere of Safety hinder the opponent's attacks. Leyline of Sanctity protects you from burn and discard spells. Runed Halo protects you from a named card. Oblivion Ring gets rid of almost anything. Herald of the Pantheon makes most of your enchantments cost {1} less. Privileged Position gives everything, except itself, hexproof.

As for draw / search. Harmonize is your best draw spell. I've had some experience with Nissa, Sage Animist (Nissa, Vastwood Seer transformed) when she was Standard legal, she's a good "draw" engine. And speaking of Nissa, Oath of Nissa is effectively a green Ponder, but it can't get you an enchantment. Commune with the cards digs for a creature or enchantment. Idyllic Tutor tutors up any enchantment. Elvish Visionary and Wall of Omens draw a card.

Eternal Witness returns any card from your graveyard to your hand.

Bonds of Mortality could be useful from the sideboard to get around opponent's indestructible effects.

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Posted 06 July 2017 at 14:46

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dang. now I want to do a Boros version of this deck too... lol... :)

wish I had time to say more. got to run to class!!! will reply in more detail later. thanks!

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Posted 06 July 2017 at 14:56

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extremely well said DedWards, I think you really mentioned everything, besides the lack of draw the deck could suffer from in red, as well as the lack of draw here in this one, Harmonize and/or Commune would be my go to cards for that but you did not fail to mention those too so good job again.

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Posted 19 August 2017 at 18:37

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Selfless Spirit could work as another indestructibility card that you don't need to cast on your "combo" turn.

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Posted 19 August 2017 at 15:12

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I hadn't even thought of that. good call.

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Posted 19 August 2017 at 16:36

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