and unto thee I Bestow...

by Sway on 02 February 2014

Main Deck (60 cards)

Sideboard (13 cards)

Sorceries (3)


Instants (2)

Artifacts (4)


Enchantments (4)

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Deck Description

a shield in hail of your enemies onslaught, a inspiring word to guard against the night and a sword to carry out the retribution of fallen allies....

U/W Bestow

How to Play

Ideal creatures for you win con are Flitterstep Eidolon and Nimbus Naiad, if you can bestow them up board wipes can be a pain in the ass as well as removal in general. Eidolon of Countless Battles is a super buff and paired with Ethereal Armor it is just play absurd.

Opening Hand
- Hopeful Eidolon/Nyxborn Shieldmate
- Flitterstep Eidolon
- Eidolon of Countless Battles/Nimbus Naiad
- Gods Willing/Celestial Flare
- Land
- Land
- Land

Deck Tags

  • U/W
  • Bestow
  • Standard

Deck at a Glance

Social Stats

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Mana Curve

Mana Symbol Occurrence

3114000

Card Legality

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

Deck discussion for and unto thee I Bestow...

I could use some help on the sideboard, comments and likes very much appreciated... Happy Tapping!

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Posted 02 February 2014 at 23:35

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I would sideboard at least 2 Elspeths, and 3 archetype of imagination if you want to give all your creatures flying. But definatly find room for a Heliod. none of your creatures have the inspired ability, so viglence is a must have. other then that I see a really good standard deck. I hope you win big with this.

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Posted 04 February 2014 at 12:16

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I like your idea of making use of the enchantment type on the creatures. Here's some ideas to consider

If budget is not an issue, I would try to include Helios; he count's as an enchantment, and his ability adds more enchantment creatures, either that or consider ajani's chosen since he provides free tokens for playing your creatures, which could escalate with the cheap creatures you've included.

I would try to include a couple of detention spheres in your main board; soul tithe slows them early game , but becomes a dead draw late game. Detention sphere is more reliable imo.

As for Soul tithe, I would consider SB them in place with pacifism. Soul tithe is less reliable, and can end up becoming a dead draw. pacifism effectively stops the creature from attacking and blocking, so threats like brimaz and desecration demon, are dealt with instead of giving your opponent the option. Soul tithe may be more effective agaisnt aggro to buy time to set up your field. also, pacifism synergives better with ethereal armor.

If you need more protection cards, Mizzium skin is another alternative as well.

For SB, other than soul tithe, I would consider glare of heresy and an additional rootborn agaisnt field wipes.

Hope this helps, if you can comment on my deck, I would appreciate it. :)

http://www.mtgvault.com/dobledanger/decks/either-way-youre-gonna-die/

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Posted 03 February 2014 at 02:37

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Dismiss into Dream... through rarely played turns this deck in a straight run... not a big deal. I like it... but I prefer a different set of colors.

Why not use the enchantment aura Indestructibly or Gift of Immortality? They're pretty nice and Gift of Immortality returns to your hand so you can use it again.

If you wouldn't mind I'm looking for some more input on this deck, http://www.mtgvault.com/knightofdisorder/decks/rule-of-liliana/
Mind giving it a look?

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Posted 03 February 2014 at 03:04

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Gift of Immortality doesn't return to your hand... It comes back to the field attached to the same creature if it survives until the end of the turn. And the card is called Indestructibility, not Indestructibly. But neither of those really fit the theme of the deck.

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Posted 03 February 2014 at 05:28

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Sorry, misread.

The other one is the spell check this computer has... well. I thought I'd offer my thoughts.

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Posted 03 February 2014 at 06:04

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Detention Sphere gets work done. Also Heliod puts out enchantment creatures and he himself is an enchantment! His spear is sweet too.

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Posted 03 February 2014 at 06:31

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I would add 4 Hero of Iroas.
Since when you bestow a creature it becomes an aura spell with enchant creature all your bestows would cost -1. There is also the Heroic: each time you bestow him he get's +1/+1. Pretty OP kkk
The only down side is that he is not an enchantment...

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Posted 03 February 2014 at 12:28

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I would probably second this. Maybeover the Shieldmate's. A deck maximising bestow will really appreciate lowering the costs of its best cards, and getting Eidolon of Countless Battles out sooner can never be a bad thing. Very interesting deck.

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Posted 03 February 2014 at 13:52

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sphere of safety would be hilarious in here

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Posted 03 February 2014 at 13:15

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It seems like you've made a decent bestow theme deck, but haven't yet turned added all the things you could add to make it standard competitive for the sake of keeping it on theme. The other commenters are right, Hero of Iroas is definitely a 4 of and you would do well to put in the Detention Spheres too. I would also put in some Auramancers. This is my version of W/U competitive, if you're interested:

http://www.mtgvault.com/kmk888/decks/auramancer-standard/

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Posted 03 February 2014 at 16:27

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Also if you don't put Odunos River Trawler in this deck I'll cry

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Posted 03 February 2014 at 17:02

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Now I know he's only a normal creature, but I think Hero of Iroas could do some serious work here, being that his ability stacks in lowering the Bestow costs and the fact that he gets a heroic trigger for +1/+1.

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Posted 03 February 2014 at 17:10

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Ok made some changes, looking at the comments I am seeing a common theme and suggestion. I like Hero, I was currently working him into my U/W Heroic Deck but he will fit nicely here as well. D.Sphere is in general much stronger so I moved S.Tithe down to sideboard, probably will be removing it all together in the end... Thanks for the comments and suggestions!

- 4 Soul Tithe; to the SB
+4 Detention Sphere
- 2 Ethereal Armor
- 1 Gods Willing
- 1 Celestial Flare
+ 4 Hero of Iroas

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Posted 03 February 2014 at 17:34

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Looking For More Card Draw? Why Not Ephara? :3
Seriously. If The Creature That Is Bestowed Gets Destroyed, Does The Aura Becoming A Creature Count As A Creature Entering The Battlefield? Which Would Trigger Epara's Ability, Giving A Card Advantage! That Is Some Food For Thought :D

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Posted 03 February 2014 at 17:52

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I think it would count as a creature entering the battlefield, because prior to the bestowed upon creature dies, all bestows count as enchantment auras. When it dies, the bestows should turn into creatures, triggering the effect, but I'm not entirely sure.

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Posted 03 February 2014 at 22:18

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It doesn't enter the battlefield. Same kind of ruling as the gods not entering the battlefield. And holy shit what is going on with your punctuation

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Posted 03 February 2014 at 23:58

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probably his phone. plus think of it this way: they already entered the battlefield as enchantments, then become a creature after the creature they are enchanting dies. Think of it like an Opal champion/gargoyle effect.

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Posted 04 February 2014 at 00:34

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if it were me, I would take out the flitterstep eidolons, use aqueous form instead. I would also suggest finding a way to put in fabled hero.
this is my deck, similar to yours, though different in a few ways:
http://www.mtgvault.com/dragonwolf7/decks/heroic-archon/

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Posted 04 February 2014 at 00:35

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you gotta have 4 Ethereal Armor

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Posted 05 February 2014 at 02:25

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I made a deck like this kinda and I would suggest to put in Meletis Astronomer in here its always the card i hope to draw.
http://www.mtgvault.com/prestonf/decks/blue-white-enchantmenthelp/
oh and I agree to the Aqueous Form over Flitterstep

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Posted 05 February 2014 at 04:45

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