Rai TokensMain Board:
-Rai Tokens uses a combination of regular token generation (via
Legion's Landing,
Angel of Invention, and
Crested Sunmare), Embalm and Eternalize tokens (via
Anointer Priest,
Champion of Wits, Suncscourge Champion,
Aven Wind Guide), and
Saheeli Rai's second ability to create artifact creature tokens with haste in conjunction with
Anointed Procession to create large and diverse token creature armies.
-This deck features a lot of lifegain (e.g. vampire tokens with
lifelink,
anointer priest life gain from token creature entry,
sunscourge champion battlefield entry, and
Angel of Invention's
lifelink).
-Card draw is mostly accomplished through
champion of wits, although
Saheeli Rai contributes to selection of cards with her +1 scry.
-Threats are
Angel of Invention and
Crested Sunmare. As previously mentioned, there is a fair amount of lifegain, which means easy access to horse tokens. The
indestructibility of horse tokens when sunmare is out creates a level of insurance against board wipes the likes of
Fumigate.
Angel of Invention synergizes in a obvious way by buffing creatures. This has the added benefit of extra cards and life when
Champion of Wits and
Sunscourge Champion come into play.
-Saheeli Rai adds a lot of value to the deck; while she isn't essential victory (indeed the deck so far stands on its own even without
anointed procession, though games are harder fought without it), she does allow for extra life gain (sunscourge) and card draw (
champion of wits), creates additional creatures to attack with to trigger
Legion's Landing, and amplify board states for the win. The easiest illustration of a finisher with her is copying
angel of invention. At minimum, this means optional extra tokens, +1/+1 to all your creatures until end of turn, and a 2/1 or 4/3 (really 3/2 or 5/4 bc you've copied another
angel) with flying, and
lifelink (never mind
vigilance) that you don't care if it lives or dies. So that's 3 tokens you've created; if
anointer priest is out, that's another 3 life. Of course if you even have only one
anointed procession, that means two addional angels, 8 addtional tokens, and an extra +2/+2 buff to all other creatures. You get the idea.
-Removal includes
Abrade,
Cast Out, and
Ixalan's Binding.
Ixalan's Binding is particularly useful against targets like hazoret and
the scarab god,
Abrade is useful for early threats (
Rampaging Ferocidon) as well as an answer to Gift decks and vehicles in a pinch.
- Other items from mainboard worth mentioning are
Aven Wind Guide's obvious synergy. With all of these creature tokens being created, it's worthwhile to give them a form of evasion (flying) and a way to both attack and chump block (
vigilance). Field of Ruin- answers
scavenger grounds (hit it when they can't respond or force them to use it earlier than they want to), maybe in some cases an oppenant's adanto or azcanta.
Vizier of Many Faces, serves to mirror my opponent's biggest threats in an effort to answer them, or it can function to amplify the effects of my side of the board. Need life: copy sunscourge, cards:
champion of wits, flyers and buffs: the
angel, an army of indestructible horse: sunmare. Of course, if it's being embalmed, the potential to make multiple copies exists and thus multiples of the various creatures on the board.
-Weak points include: grave hate,
duress,
lost legacy, anything that turns off life gain (
rampaging ferocidon), removal of saheeli to some degree and removal of
anointed procession to a larger degree
Sideboard:
Authority of the Consuls- answers being bum-rushed early on (ramunap red and the like)
Negate- Useful in an Approach match or other heavy control
Solemnity- answers energy
Gideon's Intervention- good for matches against spell heavy decks, especially Approach decks
Settle the Wreckage- answers creature swarms
Fumigate- second option for wiping
Oketra the True- is additional insurance against board wipes the likes of
Fumigate and also can create additional board presence.
Cast Out- If I need to be able to respond faster, typically switches with an
Ixalan's Binding
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