Flying Soldiers

[DennisBergkamp]

60 Total Cards

23 Creatures
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4x Aven Brigadier
4x Aven Riftwatcher
4x Aven Squire
4x Birds of Paradise
4x Preeminent Captain
1x Ranger of Eos
2x Suntail Hawk

19 Spells
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1x Ajani Goldmane
3x Eladamri's Call
1x Moat
1x Mobilization
1x Mox Emerald
1x Mox Pearl
2x Oblivion Ring
4x Shared Triumph
4x Swords to Plowshares
1x Wrath of God

18 Land
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4x Flagstones of Trokair
3x Forest
7x Plains
4x Savannah

Birds beatdown!!!! I guess for the AI, substitute Shared Triumph with Glorious Anthem. This deck can kill pretty fast if a Preeminent Captain manages to get a Aven Brigadier into play early.

[Chris H.]

Fun deck. The Aven Brigadier + Preeminent Captain combo is awesome. I had a game where I was dealt all four Birds of Paradise. A Shared Triumph + Aven Brigadier later and my mana birds were all pumped up.

[Chris H.]

I guess for the AI, substitute Shared Triumph with Glorious Anthem.

The Field Marshall might be a useful card in this deck.

The AI should be able to make better use of this card over the Shared Triumph spell.

[DennisBergkamp]

Aha, very true (although it would not pump the Birds of Paradise and Suntail Hawk). And I think it's buggy together with Aven Brigadier in play (I've seen the Aven Brigadier gain / lose a point of power and toughness multiple times per turn ).

[Chris H.]

And I think it's buggy together with Aven Brigadier in play (I've seen the Aven Brigadier gain / lose a point of power and toughness multiple times per turn ).

I have seen something to this effect with the Shared Triumph + Aven Brigadier, but I can't quite put my finger on it. In one game the P/T of my Preeminent Captain seem to change.

[GandoTheBard]

A fun idea.

Comments:
I guess Im a little annoyed with Eladamri's Call for not being better. Also Wrath of God should be at least 3 of in place of the Oblivion Rings. It is very upsetting to remove something only to have it come back later because your ring gets disenchanted, removed etc. Wrath of God usually sets up a win. With Bops and Avens I dont think the Suntails are needed and mobilization seems a waste altogether though I realize it gives synargy with the other soldier cards. Moat seems counter intuitive to this deck if you dont get the birds side of the equation going. Better might be a Magus of the Moat which you could wrath out or plow should you decide you want to change the scope of the game. Why Ajani and Not Elspeth? Elspeth seems a better fit. A comment about Shared Triumph. I think this card sort of has the same handicap that Bad Moon and Crusade have. IE they are global. You really DONT want to see your opponent play cards that are pumped by your cards. So at best it seems a sideboard card which isn't even possible here. I guess its really a matter of how focused you want the deck to be. The few types of cards in the deck and the greater the quantity of those cards the more focused it will be. Also it seems with all the random artifacts and occasional enchantments around this deck could use Disenchant. Better would be Aura of Silence but again that might be more a matter of sideboarding rather than main decking. Something we can't do yet. Also at a cost of 6 the brigadiers are going to be a bit vulnerable to disruption.