MTG Salvation

53-16 now with the deck.
After the matches I posted above I played against a lot of different other decks as well in tournament practice:
1-2 vs Gruul Utopia
2-1 vs GB Elves
2-0 vs RB Burn
0-2 vs Naya Zoo
1-2 vs Squirrel Stoneblade
2-1 vs UW Control
2-0 vs Abzan Stoneblade
2-1 vs Winota
2-0 vs BR Zombies
2-0 vs Jund
2-0 vs G Tron
2-1 vs Temur Midrange
0-2 vs 5c Niv
2-1 vs Yawgmoth Toolbox
2-1 vs Gruul Utopia
1-2 vs UB Mill
2-0 vs Boros Damage Control
2-0 vs RW Tokens
2-0 vs Dredge
0-2 vs Landless Belcher
1-2 vs Amulet Titan
2-0 vs 5c Humans
2-0 vs Naban Wizards
2-0 vs Death and Taxes
2-1 vs Mono Black Pox
0-2 vs 5c Niv
2-0 vs 5c Humans
2-0 vs Dredge
2-0 vs Goblins
2-1 vs Mardu Stoneblade
2-1 vs Amulet Titan
Against Amulet and Belcher I got mana scr*wed even though I am running 24 lands which was pretty annoying.
During the two losses against 5c Niv I felt like I have no chance at all. This must be one of the worst match-ups for this deck.
I am now back to 2x Mirran Crusader main just like in the last Vial version (only since the last two matches).

I changed two cards in the deck: Thalia, Heretic Cathar was the one flex card in the deck and I went back to Silverblade Paladin for more explosiveness. I also cut Oketra's Monument. It's really good when you cast it early but it's terrible late game (even though it helps casting Elesh Norn). Instead I went back to an old favorite: Angelic Destiny - also a very nice thing to hide under Windbrisk Heights.
A few minutes ago I played an awesome match against a mono black Yawgmoth Toolbox deck and in game three Angelic Destiny was the winning top deck that led my Humans to victory against the forces of evil

That sounds awesome, megatog201! Really looking forward to watch your stream. Will it be on Twitch only or are you planning to upload on Youtube as well?
Btw, I added the new version on Tappedout as well. I am always updating the score there after a few games. Including today's win against Temur Midrange my win rate is 78% in exactly 50 matches. I hope the deck will work as well in your hands as it does in mine.

Edit: Updated the link after updating the results on there.

Here's a list of what I've played against with this new version (see attached pic):
2-1 vs Jund Vengevine
2-1 vs Temur Snow
2-0 vs Mono Blue Devotion
2-0 vs Grixis Shadow
2-1 vs RW Tokens
2-0 vs UB Mill
0-2 vs Elves
2-0 vs Jeskai Geist
2-1 vs Orzhov Control
0-2 vs Lurrus Jund
2-1 vs Blue Steel
1-2 vs Eldrazi Tron
2-1 vs Traverse Jund
2-0 vs 4c Control
2-0 vs 8-Rack
1-2 vs Temur Marvel
2-1 vs Boros Burn
2-0 vs G Tron
2-0 vs Hammertime
2-0 vs Gruul Midrange
1-2 vs Hammertime
2-0 vs Izzet Prowess
2-0 vs Bant Stoneblade
1-2 vs Enduring Ideal
0-2 vs Izzet Prowess
2-1 vs Fish
2-0 vs Bogles
2-0 vs Jund Shadow
2-0 vs Jund
2-1 vs GW Midrange
1-2 vs Living End
2-1 vs UB Rogues
2-0 vs UB Tezzeret Control
2-0 vs 4c Omnath
2-0 vs GB Rock
2-1 vs Nissa Tribal
2-0 vs UW Stoneforge
2-0 vs UR Gifts Storm

I love the new metagame!

I am totally convinced of the new version now. 5-0 again in yesterday's and today's matches (against Jund, Rakdos Death's Shadow, Fish, GW Midrange, Bogles). And winning with this deck is so much fun. Drowning your opponent in card advantage feels great. With this deck you're playing nine additional cards (3x Ranger-Captain, 3x Stoneforge Mystic, 3x Windbrisk Heights) and a Sun Titan for even more card advantage. I added the Titan as top-end next to Elesh Norn and the two Broodmoths. Broodmoths + Givers are a nightmare for every opponent. Batterskull keeps me alive long enough to play the top-end cards and win.
Btw, during my 35ish matches with the Heights version my Windbrisk Heights didn't get destroyed even once by Ghost Quarter or Field of Ruin. I encountered two Blood Moons and the GW Midrange opponent used Mwonvuli Acid-Moss but all in all I got to activate them pretty reliably.

I think it doesn't really matter if you run the version with 3 Vials and 2 Mirran Crusaders main or the version with 3 Windbrisk Heights and Shepherd/Elesh Norn top end. Both Vial and Heights can make your game more explosive and are good against counter spells.
Heights might be slightly better since it's card advantage, it's not a dead draw compared to a late second Vial and it makes the deck $100 cheaper.



The win percentage stays at about 75% so either version seems absolutely fine

Here's game 3 of a match I just played with my new build.
I love Elesh Norn! 10-2 now with this version. It's closer to my Vials deck than the version above.

I stumbled over this interesting 5-0 White Weenie list the other day.
The deck can cast Emrakul only with Windbrisk Heights but I liked the idea so I built a Windbrisk version:


It's only loosely based on my other deck. 3 Vials became 3 Windbrisk Heights. All a bit more midrange-y.
I chose top end cards that I can also cast normally. Shepherd is a pretty cool card to cast after combat.
The whole top end with Hero of Bladehold, Shepherd and Elesh Norn is really brutal.
So far I've played 6 matches with the deck and won all six. It's fun.
I might also try to convert my usual deck into a Windbrisk version.

Hi megatog201, what do you mean with Glimmering Steel?

Since the new set came out I tried out a few new cards.
I wanted to like Halvar, God of Battle and Starnheim Unleashed but Halvar is just a win more card and Starnheim is way too slow.

Since so many players are brewing with Trickery I changed my deck accordingly.



Since Sunday I am running 2x Ethersworn Canonist main. And since the meta is red and black heavy I also added 2x Auriok Champion main.
And it's working pretty well

I've put together a video of a few games out of nine matches I won recently.
You can watch it here, it expires in 30 days.
When I find the time I'll try to make a proper video with comment, music, effects and create a YouTube account, but atm I don't have the time.

I'd love to take this deck to a GP! That'd be so much fun. Someday maybe... hopefully...
I'd also love to add a 3rd Apparition but the CMC3 slot is so contested in this deck. Ranger-Captains and Mirran Crusaders are at least as good as Apparition. There isn't even enough space for Lurrus even though it would be great in this deck as well.

Hi everyone,
hope you all had a very nice Christmas.
I am still playing my 1 or 2 matches daily to relax, mostly after work.

Here's the most current version:


I made a few minor adjustments, just to keep it fresh.
Mana Tithe replaced one Sejiri Shelter.
So far I am very happy with this change.
Elspeth, Knight-Errant replaced one Thalia's Lieutenant.
This one is pretty greedy and just for fun. I love Elspeth but--with a heavy heart--I'd switch her back to the Lieutenant for a bigger tournament.
Rebuff the Wicked replaced Remorseful Cleric in the sideboard.
I almost never sided in the Cleric and Rebuff is pretty good since it not only protects my creatures but also my equipment.

With the current build (more or less) I am 61-16. 79% win rate in 77 matches.



I've played Jeskai Delver, Jeskai Geist, Jeskai Control and other decks for several years before I switched to mono white, but never with such good results. I mean, almost all of these matches are from tournament practice but still...
And yet not a single comment can be found on here from someone who actually gave this deck a try. But whatever, I'll continue having fun with it

I guess you're right. In the library the card should only have it's front-side characteristics. Too bad. Being able to tutor up a reasonably priced equipment and/or a strong creature would have been great. But without being able to find the card with SFM I think it's just not good enough for the deck.

Will Halvar, God of Battle (Sword of the Realms) be a good addition for this deck? I wouldn't know which of the other three equipments to cut for him. Since he's a creature too I could also add him in addition to the three equipments that are already in the deck.