WU Heroic/Cipher Combo Deck

by Evenus on 02 November 2013

Main Deck (60 cards)

Sideboard (15 cards)

Enchantments (2)

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Deck Description

So, basically this Deck tries to take an early advantage over the opponent by pumping creatures with Heroic and Spells. The thing UW excels at in that case is taking control by doing things such as tap enemy creatures or make my creatures unblockable/flying. Another thing is the use of Cipher, an effect which was introduced as Dimir's effect. Since Cipher is count as a copy of a sorcery every time it is triggered, i can pump my Heroic creatures to high stats without having to pay insane amounts of mana.

All in all, this deck can be described as an Aggro deck that builds up quickly, but at the same time it has got a lot of tools for keeping control over the battlefield. And since Cipher synergizes so well with Heroic, this also has got kind of a Combo aspect.

How to Play

The first turn often isn't much as i lack any Turn 1 moves, maybe Favored Hoplites might be a solution, though dropping a multicolored land is an option.

Turn two i often bring in the Battlewise Hoplite to start making pressure as only the 2/2 itself can already be a decent blocker.

Turn three is where it gets interesting as you get a LOT of options. My priorites are often to get our another creature, specifically i prefer the Wingsteed Rider most for early pressure with that flyer. I like to save my Daxos and Fabled Hero for when i have the mana to protect the card with something like God's Willing. Wavecrash Triton also is more of a card to play after some creatures have been dropped in order to disable enemy blockers.

Aqueous Form also plays a big rule in my deck as i get to combine it with Ciphers (more about that later) and in Order to either make Daxos ability broken or allow me to basicly scry a ton if cast on Battlewise Hoplite, which will in that case also be able to survive longer, hence more possibilities of casting instants.

Hidden Strings is an extremely powerful card as i may target two of my creatures, preferably heroic ones to cause a lot of triggered effects to be caused. Thanks to Cipher, i can attach this spell to a creature, preferably one with already Aqueous Form on it. This would lead to an unblockable creature which triggers a spell each turn that can target 2 of my creatures and untap them. If those two are Heroic, this leads to an insane amount of speed that this deck produces.

In the latter game you have either Righteous Authority to accelerate your card draw or a similiar case as with Aqueous Form + Hidden Strings with Stolen Identity. Also you can multiply these Daxoses for causing enemies a lot of trouble.

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Card Legality

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

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