
Virtue and Valor
Ellivere of the Wild Court Commander Precon
This is a Voltron-style Auras deck that stacks enchantments, Role tokens and Auras on a few creatures and swings for evasive, oversized combat damage. Ellivere fuels it by attaching a Virtuous Role to another creature whenever she enters or attacks, which scales with every enchantment controlled. She also draws a card each time an enchanted creature connects with a player. Cheap Auras, cost reducers and enchantress draw keep the hand full, while Aura-recursion and umbra-armor protection mean a creature that dies or a removal spell doesn't reset the board. How it wins: It suits up one or more creatures with stacked Auras and Roles until they are huge, evasive or effectively unblockable. It then wins through combat damage, drawing cards off every hit, with mass removal that spares its own enchanted threats as a backup. Key roles: - Role and Aura stacking: Ellivere and other Role makers attach growth-scaling enchantments, and Auras that count enchantments turn each new permanent into a team-wide or single-target power spike (Gylwain, Casting Director, Ethereal Armor, Ancestral Mask). - Enchantment-scaling bodies: creatures whose size grows with the number of Auras on them or on the battlefield are ideal carriers for the stack (Timber Paladin, Kor Spiritdancer, Aura Gnarlid). - Enchantress engine: enchantment and Aura spells draw cards, cost less, make tokens or produce mana, so each Aura is both a threat and card advantage (Enchantress's Presence, Setessan Champion, Sanctum Weaver). - Aura tutoring and cheating: top-of-library digs and attack triggers put Auras straight onto the battlefield or into hand to keep the voltron fed (Songbirds' Blessing, Knickknack Ouphe, Siona, Captain of the Pyleas). - Evasion and connect payoffs: flying, trample and unblockable damage ensure enchanted creatures reach players, where Ellivere and Aura triggers draw cards or make tokens (Indomitable Might, Angelic Destiny, Snake Umbra). - Resilience and one-sided sweepers: umbra armor, returning Auras and mass graveyard recursion protect the investment, while board wipes that spare enchanted or Giant creatures clear blockers (Umbra Mystic, Retether, Winds of Rath).
Virtue and Valor decklist
- Gylwain, Casting Director
- Liberated Livestock
- Ox Drover
- Songbirds' Blessing
- Unfinished Business
- Giant Inheritance
- Knickknack Ouphe
- Loamcrafter Faun
- Timber Paladin
- Ajani's Chosen
- Angelic Destiny
- Archon of Sun's Grace
- Austere Command
- Celestial Archon
- Daybreak Coronet
- Eidolon of Countless Battles
- Kor Spiritdancer
- Mantle of the Ancients
- Realm-Cloaked Giant // Cast Off
- Retether
- Shalai, Voice of Plenty
- Starfield Mystic
- Sun Titan
- Timely Ward
- Tithe Taker
- Umbra Mystic
- Winds of Rath
- Bear Umbra
- Eidolon of Blossoms
- Enchantress's Presence
- Indomitable Might
- Rishkar's Expertise
- Sanctum Weaver
- Setessan Champion
- Verdant Embrace
- Canopy Vista
- Castle Ardenvale
- Fortified Village
- Hall of Heliod's Generosity
- Sungrass Prairie
- Temple of Plenty
- Danitha Capashen, Paragon
- Ethereal Armor
- Generous Gift
- Sage's Reverie
- Spectral Steel
- Swords to Plowshares
- Transcendent Envoy
- Ancestral Mask
- Aura Gnarlid
- Careful Cultivation
- Destiny Spinner
- Fertile Ground
- Kenrith's Transformation
- Paradise Druid
- Snake Umbra
- Sylvan Ranger
- Utopia Sprawl
- Warbriar Blessing
- Jukai Naturalist
- Pollenbright Wings
- Siona, Captain of the Pyleas
- Arcane Signet
- Sol Ring
- Command Tower
- Krosan Verge
- Myriad Landscape
- Vitu-Ghazi, the City-Tree
- Tanglespan Lookout
- Syr Armont, the Redeemer
- 8× Forest
- 7× Forest
- 7× Plains
- 7× Plains