Every workday while the set is new, Insight is taking a quick look at one deck featuring the latest additions from The Brothers' War. Pioneer has seen dedicated Aura decks in white-black and white-blue. But now Audacity makes green a much more desirable color. Hexproof is back on the menu too!
The new version of is already making waves in Pioneer. is basically a copy of Rancor with the exception that its trigger does not return it to hand but draws you a card. A single green mana for a 2-power buff, trample, and potential card draw is a lot. It seems to have singlehandedly brought back the Selesnya version.
The overall game plan of the deck is to deploy a creature, suit it up with enchantments, and keep attacking for large chunks of damage. Easily the best Aura carrier in the deck is as hexproof makes it hard to kill. Luckily for the deck, Rakdos Midrange has basically dropped , who would otherwise be a way to deal with this pesky creature. In the span of just a few turns, the 1/1 can be attacking for 10 damage and more.
There's a plethora of other creatures that bring their own benefits. basically multiplies each Aura you play, resulting in fast, exponential growth. makes each Aura cantrip, providing you with a steady stream of cards. is an innocuous one-drop that places a +1/+1 counter for each enchantment cast. ordinarily loses hexproof once it gets into the red zone, but we can give it vigilance with , at which point it remains untouchable.
If you like strategies that allow you to boost creatures into obscenity but hate seeing them killed, there will not be a better deck for you. Suit up!
| Green-White Auras by Michael Letsch, 12-3 at Dreamhack Atlanta 2022, November 19 |
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