The Hitchhiker's Guide to Nyx

Without any further ado: Say hello to

Enchanters, take notes!

As I mentioned earlier, is no obvious bomb rare, but the good thing is, it doesn't need to be. For 2 mana we get a permanent cost reduction on all enchantment costs with the added bonus of growing the Starfield Mystic every time an enchantment is put into a graveyard.

Right of the bat this card reminds me of a staple for all artifact EDH decks, or an even more recent card with a similar ability; .

Enchantments in Commander

In 2018, enchantment fans around the world rejoiced when Wizards revealed that one of the pre-constructed commander decks was going to revolve around enchantments. Finally, there were three distinct enchantment commanders with each their own playstyle, in the correct colors (Sorry , it's nothing personal). allows you to gain card advantage while creating a huge beater in the process. is a perfect commander for an aura-themed control deck, while answered all calls for a mix of the previous two; mostly focused on the "Bestow" mechanic. Naturally the new is an auto include in all these decks.

Starfield Mystic's first ability is a very welcome addition. Where artifact decks have no issues with ramping or reducing the cost of their spells, pure-enchantment theme decks were always left a bit in the dust. Instead, enchantment decks have to rely on cards like and to accelerate their mana while fixing colors. Both and allow you to ramp faster into these enchantments and eventually your payoff enchantments.

Now 's second ability is even more interesting. At first sight, it seems strange that there is a card that cares about enchantments going to the graveyard. After all, this is a domain generally relegated to artifacts. A little bit of research, however, shows that there are plenty of enchantments that care about being sacrificed. , and are just a few examples of this.

Let's Brew

Naturally while writing about this card and enchantments that can be sacrificed, I wanted to brew a deck that cared about sacrificing and recycling enchantments, a deck where Starfield Mystic can truly shine. As a commander I have decided to go for as it provides the most value when we keep recycling our enchantments by letting us draw cards. Tusava also allows us to play the three most important colors for enchantments, White, Green and Blue respectively. A very important card in this strategy will be the new , allowing us to truly recycle our enchantments.

Choosing the Sacrifice Enchantments

A quick search shows that there's currently 134(!) enchantments in Bant colors that care about being sacrificed. I've selected the ones that seemed interesting to me at first glance:

The power level on these cards isn't that high, but the real value comes from finding a way to keep recurring these enchantments. This way you can have a toolbox enchantment setup that allows you to adapt to the game or board state like drawing cards, ramping, removing permanents, etc.

The Recursion

So, with that said, let's look at what options we have for recurring these enchantments. These options ideally allow you to recur enchantments either en masse or repeatedly.

Enchantments Matter

Naturally, having some enchantments that sacrifice themselves and recurring them isn't going to get us there. But if we throw some cards in there that generate advantage whenever we play or sacrifice these enchantments, we are getting somewhere.

Ramp, Tutors, Removal, and Win Conditions

Now that we've established our theme for the deck we're going to take a look at some cards that can fill up the remaining slots, to make this deck compete with other EDH decks.

The Final List

Recycling Enchantments by Robert

Starfield Mystic

A big thank you to Wizards of the Coast for allowing us to spoil this card! What do you think of ? Do you have a deck for it? Let me know in the comments! Thanks for reading and until next time!

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