So when I saw Hedron Alignment, I knew it was a card I just had to build a deck around. The idea here is to get hedrons in your graveyard, in exile and on the battlefield, then when you draw into the final hedron, cast Time Warp to take another turn, preventing your opponent from doing something evil on their turn to stop you from winning.
As a setting, Zendikar was awesome. Traps, quests, adventuring parties and leveling up, it had a great Dungeons and Dragons/Indiana Jones theme to it. Then the Eldrazi showed up and ruined everything. And then the Eldrazi showed up again and continued ruining everything.
I don't want huge upheavals in the setting, like the one in the second Mirrodin block when the Phyrexians showed up and ruined everything. I want a good, fun plane, and I want it to still be good and fun by the end of the block.
Don't forget about the time the Angels showed up and ruined the spooky atmosphere endangered-human feel of Innistrad, the Dragons showed up and ruined the wedge clan of Tarkir, or the when Jace showed up on Ravnica and became the LIVING FREAKING GUILDPACT after running through a bunch of gates.
Oath of Gideon 2W
When ~ enters the battlefield, put two 1/1 white Soldier Ally creature tokens onto the battlefield.
Creatures you control get +0/+1 for each planeswalker you control.
Oath of Chandra - 2R
When ~ ETB, ~ deals 1 damage to each creature and each player.
If a creature dealt damage this way would die, exile it instead.
Instants or sorcery spells you control cost 1 less to cast.
This has 0 to do with Planeswalkers, so I can't see that being it.
Oh, yeah... I forgot that was the point of them.
Oath of Chandra - 3R
When ~ ETB, ~ deals 3 damage to each player. You may not choose to redirect this damage
to a planeswalker that player controls.
Any time you could cast a sorcery, you may remove a loyalty counter from a planeswalker you control.
If you do, ~ deals 3 damage to target creature or player.
Oath of Chandra - 2R
Legendary Enchantment
When ~ ETB, ~ deals 1 damage to each creature and each player.
If a creature dealt damage this way would die, exile it instead.
Instants or sorcery spells you control cost 1 less to cast.
Well, now that we've seen Oath of Nissa too, we know it's a variable costed "cycle"
Oath of Nissa - G
Legendary Enchantment
When ~ ETB, Look at the top three cards of your library.
You may reveal a creature, land, or planeswalker from among
them and put it in your hand.
You may spend mana as if it were mana of any color to cast
planeswalker spells.
I can´t see why Ob Nixilis would make an oath. Also, the booster packs only show the 4 Planeswalkers face so I´m pretty sure we will only get 4 Oaths which makes sense flavor and storywise
Most people are justifying it by saying that he makes an oath of vengeance, not joining the Gatewatch.
Good suggestions, thanks! I do think Whisperer has a place though. At worst, it's a Leaf Gilder, but has some upside. Ferocious is easy to trigger in this deck. But you're probably right about Managorger Hydra vs Undergrowth Champion.
I think this deck's time has finally come. I've wanted GW or Abzan Hardened Scales to be a thing since the card was spoiled. Support might finally be the mechanic it needs to push things over the top. Right now the only Support card I have is Gladehart Cavalry as a finisher, but hopefully some cheaper ones are revealed soon.
Yeah, this is pretty rad. Even makes the fairly ho-hum man lands from this block into decent threats... and maybe why they seemed lacking in the first place. Also quite happy with the power level in OGW... It seems like BFZ was more of a hard reset than a sign of things to come.
If they printed the check lands, it would have to be the enemy ones. In a format without Fetchlands, the BFZ lands are just inferior check lands. ...hmm, maybe we will get the enemy fetches after all, so they don't need the BFZ lands while they are still in Standard.
4 Hedron Alignment
4 Path to Exile
4 Gitaxian Probe
4 Serum Visions
3 Relic of Progenitus
3 Monastery Siege
2 Time Warp
4 Merfolk Looter
4 Drift of Phantasms
3 Burnished Hart
3 Jace, Vryn's Prodigy
LANDS (22)
12 Island
4 Prairie Stream
4 Flooded Strand
2 Hallowed Fountain
4 Comparative Analysis
4 Overwhelming Denial
4 Disdainful Stroke
3 Cancel
Also, for those who don't want to throw their wallets out of alignment, here's a dirt cheap budget version!
4 Hedron Alignment
4 Negate
4 Sleight of Hand
3 Relic of Progenitus
3 Monastery Siege
4 Merfolk Looter
4 Drift of Phantasms
4 Jace's Archivist
3 Burnished Hart
3 Silver Myr
3 Zephyr Scribe
21 Island
Don't forget about the time the Angels showed up and ruined the spooky atmosphere endangered-human feel of Innistrad, the Dragons showed up and ruined the wedge clan of Tarkir, or the when Jace showed up on Ravnica and became the LIVING FREAKING GUILDPACT after running through a bunch of gates.
I like that. Very Gideon.
Oath of Chandra - 3R
When ~ ETB, ~ deals 3 damage to each player. You may not choose to redirect this damage
to a planeswalker that player controls.
Any time you could cast a sorcery, you may remove a loyalty counter from a planeswalker you control.
If you do, ~ deals 3 damage to target creature or player.
Legendary Enchantment
When ~ ETB, ~ deals 1 damage to each creature and each player.
If a creature dealt damage this way would die, exile it instead.
Instants or sorcery spells you control cost 1 less to cast.
Oath of Nissa - G
Legendary Enchantment
When ~ ETB, Look at the top three cards of your library.
You may reveal a creature, land, or planeswalker from among
them and put it in your hand.
You may spend mana as if it were mana of any color to cast
planeswalker spells.
Ok, I made a bunch of changes based on your suggestions. Here's the list as of now.
4 Den Protector
4 Avatar of the Resolute
3 Hangarback Walker
3 Servant of the Scale
3 Managorger Hydra
3 Anafenza, Kin-Tree Spirit
3 Woodland Wanderer
SPELLS (14)
4 Hardened Scales
4 Stubborn Denial
3 Nissa, Voice of Zendikar
3 Oath of Gideon
4 Forest
4 Plains
4 Windswept Heath
3 Wooded Foothills
2 Flooded Strand
2 Prairie Stream
2 Cinder Glade
2 Canopy Vista
4 Valorous Stance
4 Silkwrap
4 Dromoka's Command
3 Disdainful Stroke
4 Canopy Vista
9 Forest
5 Plains
4 Windswept Heath
CREATURES (27)
4 Den Protector
4 Anafenza, Kin-Tree Spirit
4 Hangarback Walker
4 Servant of the Scale
4 Whisperer of the Wilds
3 Avatar of the Resolute
2 Undergrowth Champion
2 Gladehart Cavalry
4 Inspiring Call
4 Hardened Scales
3 Nissa, Voice of Zendikar
4 Silkwrap
4 Dromoka's Command
4 Secure the Wastes
3 Valorous Stance