Daxos - Aura me baby! - Comments

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Daxos - Aura me baby!

[nightwitch]

If you like gaining life through aura spells, further suggestions are vampiric link, spirit link or eternal thirst. But enchanting creatures, without the ability to protect them, is a brave approach. One spot removal and you loose x cards in exchange.

What about the contamination bitterblossom synergy?

If you need some time to build up, no mercy might be a solution.

With constant extra draw, you could give Island sanctuary a try.

For constant damage, daxos's torment comes to mind. More beat up options with starfield of nyx. It's also fine for the recursion slot. Perhaps sigil of the empty throne, for some silly angels?

Contra point: high cmc.

[nightwitch]

The aura strategy feels to be an all-in attempt. Play against meren or roon, and you will have a bad time.

In a four player match-up sphere of safety or ghostly prison can buy some time for the slow developing dax.

Song of the worldsoul may be to clumpy, but you can Turn cmc 1 enchantments in token and daxos trigger in one. For the late game.

[nightwitch]

To protect your commander with all the auras attached on him: flickerform.

More draw: mesa enchantress.

[Dafuq]

Contamination doesn't let me generate tokens any more (requires at least one white) unless im running some mana artifacts.

I thought to have enough protection for now:
- kayas ghostform / greaves / boots / gift of immortality / whispersilk cloak / 3 totem armor enchantments / mother of runes / flickerform (added) but ill consider other protection enchantments

Unsure about starfield of nyx (keep in mind that daxos tokens already count as enchantments) as it would almost immediately turn my enchantments into creatures that can be more easily destroyed with straight damage (instead of enchantment removal). On the other hand this might be a great finisher in combination with true conviction. Daxis torment is okayish for early harass but i rather invest the mana into buffing existing tokens by granting them flying/vigilance/lifelnk/doublestrike etc.

Sphere of safetly / ghostly prison / no mercy will be included when i change the deck non-2HG version!

Song of the worldsoul will be considered despite high costs.

[nightwitch]

I think, you are right. It might be helpful to get the xp count high asap. A low mana curve with many cheap enchantments could bring you there. Which enchantments support your gameplan most?

You need daxos on the field: protection.
You need a high exp. count: premise constant card draw. Result in many cheap enchantments on the field. And the mana, to play them. So...
You need mana to flood the table with tokens.
You need to pump them up.
You may need time: slowing opponents down.

I think the first three points are the most important, because they presume the last points. The card composition should mirror this. Pumping worths nothing, without things getting pumped.

[nightwitch]

The dax will rise 

[Dafuq]

What you think about Crackdown, Juntu Stakes, Meekstone? Prevent everyone from tapping their creatures but i can still do it using enchantments that give my permanents vigilance and/or flicker my stax quickly with skybind to avoid staxxing myself (would even work in 2HG, so i dont slow down my partner) ... 

"You need a high exp. count: premise constant card draw. Result in many cheap enchantments on the field. And the mana, to play them. So...
You need mana to flood the table with tokens."

- can be done either with flickerward OR cloudstone curio +1 mana enchantment. Essentially just need to tutor one of these and i can generate 4-6 experience counters depending on my available mana. With cloudstone mana cost per experience counter would 1 with flickerward it would be 2 white. So only 2 turns in mid/lategame are needed to ramp the experience counters.

[nightwitch]

 "With cloudstone mana cost per experience counter would 1 with flickerward it would be 2 white. So only 2 turns in mid/lategame are needed to ramp the experience counters." mega.

"What you think about Crackdown, Juntu Stakes, Meekstone? Prevent everyone from tapping their creatures but i can still do it using enchantments that give my permanents vigilance and/or flicker my stax quickly with skybind to avoid staxxing myself. " you see, that the tokens generated by your commander, are also creatures and will not untap after a meekstone. And when you flicker a token, itis gone, doesnt come back. - > okay, you want to flicker the stax elements to free your tokens.

If you can constandly do this, it's fine an can buy you some time. Im unsure about juntu stakes. It only will hit very small creatures. Depending on your meta, it can be strong or simply will have no impact.

Flickering your own stax artifacts is a cool idea. But can you constandly do this? Without cloudstone curio you will possibly run out of gas quickly. With all of your enchantments this trick will probably work.

I see, you spent much effort in the mechanics.

[nightwitch]

It's funny. My norin hardly relies on those kind of effects.
https://deckstats.net/decks/121544/1352132-norin-tax-destruction.

I like this playstile. If you will run this mechanic with artifacts, I suggest ensnaring bridge. Edgar will have a bad time 😅

[Dafuq]

I'm assuming my tokens have vigilance when the stax is active. Even playing stax and achieving vigilance later is viable as daxos tokens are rather weak at start but become stronger with each enchantment played.
But you're right its probably too many preconditions.. maybe focus should be on martyrbond/gravepact/erebos + token sac engine to remove opponent creatures. Also giving my tokens deathtouch with Archetype of finality might be a way of protection ..

[nightwitch]

For the xp count, you could try:
Cage of hands.
Forced worship. All 5 mana/bounce.
Gossamer chains. 2/bounce

Payoff:
Agent of the fates. Phalanx Leader. Ashiok's Adept. Tormented Hero. Perhaps a tutorable animate Dead to protect them or stealing some creatures.
Sigil of the empty throne.
Mesa enchantress.

Demonic tutor or Grim tutor to fetch them flexible.

Deathtouch is protection, when you are attacking. If you attack with power 5 creatures, blocking creatures might die anyway. And your creatures wont die through combat damage most of the time. Combat protection for cmc 2 you can get with dolmen gate, if necessary. But I dont think you will need it, when your creatures are big enough.
You are right: blocking with small creatures and deathtouch is a thing.

If there is enough mana available, death Match mashineguns the Board clear. This card is disgusting.